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<blockquote data-quote="Kinneus" data-source="post: 4753096" data-attributes="member: 48215">I play a lot of online games via Maptool, and I've noticed one more &quot;it's always the rogue&quot; sort of thing. The rogue seems to be the favored class of younger, less experienced players, players that &quot;alwys mispell thngs lik dis&quot;, make poorly-built characters with little to no attempt at a background, and generally do unwise things in combat.&nbsp;I'm in about three games right now, and two of them contain at least one rogue that meets that description. They rush headlong into combat, don't even try to get CA, shout out taunts that sound like they were riffed from their Saturday morning cartoons... I don't really particularly mind it, but it's a strange coincidence.&nbsp;As for other role stereotypes, the &quot;evil wizard&quot; is a real popular one. You have a party of good-aligned adventurers... and then, for some reason, a tiefling wizard that worships Lolth or a human artificer that only wants to rape and pillage. These characters irritate to me no end, because realistically, the party would dice them up the first time they kill a prisoner in cold blood, or attempt to leave a helpless person behind. But instead all the other characters are forced to treat them with unflappable kindness, even as they insult them to their faces, in the name of party cohesion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kinneus, post: 4753096, member: 48215"] I play a lot of online games via Maptool, and I've noticed one more "it's always the rogue" sort of thing. The rogue seems to be the favored class of younger, less experienced players, players that "alwys mispell thngs lik dis", make poorly-built characters with little to no attempt at a background, and generally do unwise things in combat. I'm in about three games right now, and two of them contain at least one rogue that meets that description. They rush headlong into combat, don't even try to get CA, shout out taunts that sound like they were riffed from their Saturday morning cartoons... I don't really particularly mind it, but it's a strange coincidence. As for other role stereotypes, the "evil wizard" is a real popular one. You have a party of good-aligned adventurers... and then, for some reason, a tiefling wizard that worships Lolth or a human artificer that only wants to rape and pillage. These characters irritate to me no end, because realistically, the party would dice them up the first time they kill a prisoner in cold blood, or attempt to leave a helpless person behind. But instead all the other characters are forced to treat them with unflappable kindness, even as they insult them to their faces, in the name of party cohesion. [/QUOTE]

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