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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5975976" data-attributes="member: 19675">I've been in the hobby for 30+ years- I've played generalist wizards who can do it all, jacks of all trades who master none, and PCs who have one good trick and "Spam infinitum!"  And in different RPG systems as well...I've found playing each kind of PC delivers its own kind of fun.In a combat running a one trick pony, I know 95% of the time what my next action will be.  This makes the PC effortless to play in combat.  The rest of the time, I do things nobody expects.  And because I'm not sifting through two dozen options, I have a lot of time to think about doing the unexpected in character.OTPs also present the challenge of overcoming a foe (or other campaign obstscle) when your one trick is no good.While, strictly speaking, not a OTP, Adragon Van Basten (the last 3.5Ed PC I got to run- campaign on hiatus) was damn close: a PHB Sorc with Draconic Heritage & (lightning) Breath, he wore Scale Mail and wielded a Maul.  His spells were mostly utility types, to be cast outside of combat, except his attack spells, which were ALL lightning based.  In combat, he was use Maul, breathe Lightning, or cast a lightning-based spell 95% of the time.Utter.  Freaking.  Blast.As for others?  I see 'em pretty frequently.One guy I've been gaming with since 1998 has played a sniper type in every campaign we've been in together, in every RPG system, with the exception of one hammer-wielding dwarf.  A young lady I gamed with for 3 years played a paladin who would not give up her sword of honor in exchange for any magical weapon.  A guy in a HERO game I ran played a straight up hyper accurate gunslinger- with twin revolvers- while another guy ran a whip master.Part of that may be because I play with gamers my own age- people in their 30s & 40s- whø also are mostly veterans.  Which means they played many a session with PCs- in many systems- whose combat options were very proscribed.IDK the reasons why, but I do see them.</blockquote>

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