Who are the iconic characters from the settings?

[Kaodi]

I would hesitate to say that Eberron has any iconic characters. I would especially hesitate to say that any of the novel characters are iconic, doubly so because they are not even setting canon.

For DragonLance, if you are one of the main protagonists in a Weis & Hickman novel, chances are you are also iconic, hehehe...

While I am not really that up on Forgotten Realms, I would like to suggest that Fzoul Chembryl perhaps qualifies as an iconic character. I have never bought into any of the FR gaming products, only novels, but that guy seems to be mentioned more often than perhaps any other villain outside of the deities.

 

[Ron]

Are you talking iconic as in supposed to represent the typical PC? Or iconic as in meant to identify the setting? If we're talking the latter...
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Mystara/Known World: Bargle
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I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but these are what come to mind when I think of these settings.

Bargle was a minor character, I would certainly choose Captain Haldemar and the crew of the Princess Ark. Their years long column at Dragon Magazine was the reason why I care so much about this setting.

 

[Frostmarrow]

For Eberron it's Lord of Blades and Lady Vol. No other even come close. Okay, Garrow comes close but he is a dork.

 

[Anti-Sean]

For Eberron it's Lord of Blades and Lady Vol. No other even come close.

Yeah, I'd probably have to agree. Kauis III is a distant third (no pun intended), and the Daughters of Sora Kell and Lhesh Haruuc are way behind him. Mordain the Fleshweaver hasn't even bothered to leave his tower to join the race.

 

[Frostmarrow]

Yup. Kaius is an up and comer.

 

[RichGreen]

Outside of The Lady of Pain, Planescape's iconics probably include the various Factols, Xanxost the Slaad, The Painter, and maybe A'kin the Friendly Fiend.

Or maybe the Marauder as well.

And maybe a few dozen others. So many characters of different flavor running around makes it hard to pick.

Rule-of-Three and Kylie the tout.

Cheers


Richard

 

[Faraer]

Don't limit it to 3e iconics. I'm sure Greyhawk had different ones back in the day.

I wouldn't identify 'iconic characters' as Wizards conceives and uses them, as planned marketing devices, with earlier, more democratic parallels to the idea.