Tolkien as GM. CS Lewis as paladin...

[Zander]

The D&D-influenced novels thread got me thinking: If I could be part of a gaming group made up of famous people, who would those other gamers be and what roles/characters would they play?

I set myself two rules:

1. They must be famous
2. They must be dead

Here's my list:

• JRR Tolkien - GM
• CS Lewis - human paladin
• Douglas Adams - halfling wizard
• Modest Mussorgsky - half-orc sorcerer
• William Shakespeare - elf bard
• Florence Nightingale - human cleric
• Homer - centaur ranger
• William Wallace - dwarf barbarian/fighter

Who's on your list?

 

[Mark CMG]

DM - Robert E. Howard

Genghis Khan - Barbarian
Joan of Arc - Paladin
Billy the Kid - Rogue
Socrates - Wizard
Dr. Sigmund Freud - Alchemist/Cleric
Ludwig van Beethoven - Bard
Abraham Lincoln - Aristocrat/Diplomat
Napoleon - Expert/Strategist

 

[cmanos]

Marquis de Sade - Bard
Oppenheimer - Artificer
Lizzy Borden - Warrior
Jack the Ripper - Rogue
David Berkowitz - Sorcerer
Lady Godiva - Cavalier
Josef Mengele - Cleric

 

[diaglo]

GM - Leo Davinci

St Nicholaus - thief
Omar Khayyam - bard
Vlad the Impaler - blackguard
Louis Pasteur - druid/herbalist

 

[StupidSmurf]

GM- Isaac Asimov

Necromancer- HP Lovecraft
Paladin- Joan of Arc
Aristocrat/Fighter- Manfred Von Richtofen (the Red Baron)
Bard/Rogue- John Lennon
Fighter- Sargent Alvin York
Cleric- The Apostle Paul
Sorcerer/Rogue- Harry Houdini
Monk- Rasputin
Ranger- Teddy Roosevelt
Assassin- Lucrezia Borgia

 

[Drowbane]

GM- Isaac Asimov

Necromancer / Alienest - HP Lovecraft

 

[The Cardinal]

DM: R.A. Heinlein or Lyon Sprague de Camp

Marylin Monroe - half-elf bard
Otto Skorzeny - elf scout/fighter
John Dee - human wizard
Bruce Lee - human monk
Judge Roy Bean - half-orc cleric
any Gurkha vet - dwarf fighter

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Fritz Leiber - CK
R.E. Howard - Fighter
Charles Baudelaire - Bard
Snorri Sturluson - Bard
Rozz Williams - Rogue
Joseph Campbell - Cleric

I'd also want to throw in the following:
G.G. Allin - Barbarian
W.S. Burroughs - Illusionist

But G.G. Allin would probably get into a fight with everybody else, get beat up by R.E. Howard, and kicked out of the group. Burroughs would probably be a great PC, until he started nodding off or using his character sheet for cut-ups.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Hmmm, for Call of Ctulhu D20...
Keeper - Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

Robert E. Howard - Offensive hero.
Robert Bloch - Defensive Hero.
Clark Ashton Smith - Defensive Hero.
M. R. James - Defensive Hero.

All choosing Writer as their occupation.

And an all Western group

Wyatt Earp - DM
Emperor Norton 1 - Aristocrat
Doc Holliday - Cleric/Rogue
Bat Masterton - Palladin
Ned Buntline - Bard
Kit Carson - Ranger/Scout
John Hardin tried playing a Blackguard, but was booted from the game for not fitting with the group.

The Auld Grump

 

[Wild Gazebo]

GM: H. G. Wells
Halfling Rogue: Mark Twain
Elven Wizard: Voltaire
Human Fighter: H. Ridder Haggard
Dwarven Priest: Farley Mowat
Half Orc Barbarian: Allen Ginsberg
Half Elf Bard: Groucho Marx

Yep...that sounds like fun!