Which of these sterotypical PCs have appeared the most in your campaigns?
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Sejs
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The Abstracted Monster: When in town, or really any given social situation, this Troll / Barbazu / Awakened Half Celestial Gelatinous Cube completely forgets the fact that it's the sort of thing that people run in gibbering terror from. But once in the field - hoo boy, out come the neat-o monster powers!
Damn you, Savage Species, damn you.
Damn you, Savage Species, damn you.
DonaldRumsfeldsTofu
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Is there a <b>wine-drinking art-loving cosmopolitan Bardic long-winded letcherous Chaotic Good Elvan gypsy with an Intelligence and Charisma of 18 and 20 known languages who's more-than-likely a reflection of the hippie player's personality if he wasn't such an anti-social nerd</b> stereotype? Because if so, I'm playing it right now. 
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<b>The Gruff Dwarven Fighter:</b> I think those are the only Dwarves people are capable of making.
<b>The Conan-wannabe Womanizing Barbarian:</b> If that's the same thing as the <b>Spartan Misenthrope Barbarian that is distant from civilization but who's player still wants to collect thousands of gold pieces to purchase more matereal posessions</b>, than yes, I've seen it.
<b>The Brooding Loner: </b> God, yes! I think we might have one in the making in the current party.
<b>The Good-Aligned Drow:</b> Numerous attempts, I don't think those characters ever get off the ground, because even the people who make these stereotype characters realize how one-dimensional and boring the Good-Aligned Drow is halfway through making it.
<b>The Dumb Half-Orc:</b> Indeed. This usually overlaps with the Conan wannabe.
<b>The Nimble Elven Archer:</b> I don't think I recall anyone playing one of those before.
<b>The Self-Righteous Paladin:</b> Once again, God yes!
<b>The Kleptomanical Halfling Thief:</b> I usually play those.
<b>The Tinkering Gnome:</b> Sadly, no. Gnomes are severely underrated, and most people don't play as them.
<b>The Abstracted Monster:</b> Far too many times. Luckily, when I'm the DM, I make sure all monster characters are thuroughly scrutinized.
<b>The Pacifistic Vegan Druid:</b> Although annoying, these are outnumbered by the <b>Druid who doesn't give murdering any sort of animal a second thought, and considers the equipment restriction a game-rule nuesence that needs to have loopholes made around it instead of an ethical taboo the character has placed on him or herself, and is pretty much playing the Druid for the animal companion and cool spells</b>
<b>Flippantly Cynical Yet Witty Charismatic Rogue:</b> I usually play those
<b>Sultry Sexpot Warrior:</b> Encountered a few times
<b>Uber-PC:</b> There are far too many of these too.
I'd like to contribute another one; The <b>Fireball Jock</b>. This stereotype is usually created by a player with very little originality who refuses to play anything but Wizards . Although his character's personality and physical appearance is ill-defined, he usually claims that he looks like an old man with the pointy hat and the long gray beard, even though he's usually an Elf who has "120" written down as his age. His three favorite spells are "fireball", "lightning bolt", and "magic missile", and he casts them as soon as he has the chance, whatever the situation is. His high dexterity and obnoxiously good luck almost always gives him the first initiative, and he takes advantage of it and fireballs potential allies. Whenever he makes a successful save, he gloats about it, and his character is never seen reading a book, or researching or taking interest in spells. He of course always learns offensive spells, and knows very little about most of the spells in his spellbook. He pays no attention to his alignment or race, and physically attacks other PCs when they kill the enemy before he gets a chance to cast a "cool spell" And to top this all off, the player seems to get orgasmic pleasure from marking off spells on his laminated sheet with a wet-erase marker.
EDIT:
<b>The Gruff Dwarven Fighter:</b> I think those are the only Dwarves people are capable of making.
<b>The Conan-wannabe Womanizing Barbarian:</b> If that's the same thing as the <b>Spartan Misenthrope Barbarian that is distant from civilization but who's player still wants to collect thousands of gold pieces to purchase more matereal posessions</b>, than yes, I've seen it.
<b>The Brooding Loner: </b> God, yes! I think we might have one in the making in the current party.
<b>The Good-Aligned Drow:</b> Numerous attempts, I don't think those characters ever get off the ground, because even the people who make these stereotype characters realize how one-dimensional and boring the Good-Aligned Drow is halfway through making it.
<b>The Dumb Half-Orc:</b> Indeed. This usually overlaps with the Conan wannabe.
<b>The Nimble Elven Archer:</b> I don't think I recall anyone playing one of those before.
<b>The Self-Righteous Paladin:</b> Once again, God yes!
<b>The Kleptomanical Halfling Thief:</b> I usually play those.
<b>The Tinkering Gnome:</b> Sadly, no. Gnomes are severely underrated, and most people don't play as them.
<b>The Abstracted Monster:</b> Far too many times. Luckily, when I'm the DM, I make sure all monster characters are thuroughly scrutinized.
<b>The Pacifistic Vegan Druid:</b> Although annoying, these are outnumbered by the <b>Druid who doesn't give murdering any sort of animal a second thought, and considers the equipment restriction a game-rule nuesence that needs to have loopholes made around it instead of an ethical taboo the character has placed on him or herself, and is pretty much playing the Druid for the animal companion and cool spells</b>
<b>Flippantly Cynical Yet Witty Charismatic Rogue:</b> I usually play those
<b>Sultry Sexpot Warrior:</b> Encountered a few times
<b>Uber-PC:</b> There are far too many of these too.
I'd like to contribute another one; The <b>Fireball Jock</b>. This stereotype is usually created by a player with very little originality who refuses to play anything but Wizards . Although his character's personality and physical appearance is ill-defined, he usually claims that he looks like an old man with the pointy hat and the long gray beard, even though he's usually an Elf who has "120" written down as his age. His three favorite spells are "fireball", "lightning bolt", and "magic missile", and he casts them as soon as he has the chance, whatever the situation is. His high dexterity and obnoxiously good luck almost always gives him the first initiative, and he takes advantage of it and fireballs potential allies. Whenever he makes a successful save, he gloats about it, and his character is never seen reading a book, or researching or taking interest in spells. He of course always learns offensive spells, and knows very little about most of the spells in his spellbook. He pays no attention to his alignment or race, and physically attacks other PCs when they kill the enemy before he gets a chance to cast a "cool spell" And to top this all off, the player seems to get orgasmic pleasure from marking off spells on his laminated sheet with a wet-erase marker.
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Tonguez
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DonaldRumsfeldsTofu said:Is there a <b>wine-drinking art-loving cosmopolitan Bardic long-winded letcherous Chaotic Good Elvan gypsy with an Intelligence and Charisma of 18 and 20 known languages who's more-than-likely a reflection of the hippie player's personality if he wasn't such an anti-social nerd</b> stereotype? Because if so, I'm playing it right now.
You just described all the people posting to this thread (well except me of course
) Me yeah um I'm not really a nerd, I do this for the um yeah um creative potential um yeahAnubis the Doomseer
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Only the elven archer.
I'd almost qualify for the paladin one only I never attack just because they show up on Detect Evil, and never go on about righteousness or justice (I'm a lead by example type, not by preaching type).
- Ma'at
I'd almost qualify for the paladin one only I never attack just because they show up on Detect Evil, and never go on about righteousness or justice (I'm a lead by example type, not by preaching type).
- Ma'at
Dark Jezter
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Hmm, on initial glance, it currently looks like the Gruff Dwarven Fighter has the most votes. Followed by Nimble Elven Archer and Conan-Wannabe.
Elder-Basilisk
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Of course, this character actually takes a bit of wit on the player's part to pull off putting it in a slighly different category from the rest.
As for my current party:
Brooding loner archer (human though--not elf)
Sultry sexpot monk/rogue (although her personality rhymes with "itch")
the rest don't readily fit into the stereotypes listed here.
As for my current party:
Brooding loner archer (human though--not elf)
Sultry sexpot monk/rogue (although her personality rhymes with "itch")
the rest don't readily fit into the stereotypes listed here.
Zappo said:
Andrew D. Gable
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I have a guy in my group who almost always plays stereotypes. Archers are a particular favorite of his, in fact his current character is a drow archer. He once had a gnomish tinkerer, and might have started the industrialization of Greyhawk. 
I fall into two categories when I play. Either blatantly stereotypical (Legolas clone, and I'm fond of dwarf fighters) or very un-stereotypical (lizardman druids and halfling barbarians).
I fall into two categories when I play. Either blatantly stereotypical (Legolas clone, and I'm fond of dwarf fighters) or very un-stereotypical (lizardman druids and halfling barbarians).
