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<blockquote data-quote="vulcan_idic" data-source="post: 1943402" data-attributes="member: 19615"><p>Mine is derived from the species from Star Trek (Spock is a Vulcan in case you're not familiar with it much) who I admire for their logical perspective on things.&nbsp; The second portion refers to the Vulcan philosophy of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations - basically a heterogenous group of people working together are stronger than a homogenous group due to the way their strengths combine to cover individual weaknesses.&nbsp; I like to relate it to the old nursery rhyme, &quot;Jack Sprat could eat nofat, his wife could eat no lean, but between the two of them they licked the platter clean.&quot; Basically they could do together what neither of them could do alone...&nbsp; or with another person just like them - it was their differences that lent strength to the group.&nbsp; An idea very applicable in many scenarios...&nbsp; not the least of which is RPGs.&nbsp; It's (generally) easier to get through obstacles when you have a variety of talents in a party (mage/cleric/rogue/fighter) than many of one skill set (all fighters for instance)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vulcan_idic, post: 1943402, member: 19615"] Mine is derived from the species from Star Trek (Spock is a Vulcan in case you're not familiar with it much) who I admire for their logical perspective on things. The second portion refers to the Vulcan philosophy of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations - basically a heterogenous group of people working together are stronger than a homogenous group due to the way their strengths combine to cover individual weaknesses. I like to relate it to the old nursery rhyme, "Jack Sprat could eat nofat, his wife could eat no lean, but between the two of them they licked the platter clean." Basically they could do together what neither of them could do alone... or with another person just like them - it was their differences that lent strength to the group. An idea very applicable in many scenarios... not the least of which is RPGs. It's (generally) easier to get through obstacles when you have a variety of talents in a party (mage/cleric/rogue/fighter) than many of one skill set (all fighters for instance) [/QUOTE]

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