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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 520761" data-attributes="member: 96">This is a big problem I have with the "trickster" archetype - whether its in D&D (gnomes & kender) or White Wolf (Ragabash & Malkavians) or any other system, the sad fact is that most gamers just can't play that type of character without turning it into Jokey Smurf or Wile E. Coyote.You have no idea how hard it is to take a game seriously when one of the other players is introducing themselves as Somethingorother Bananarama McBoofy Boingboing.  (Or maybe you do.)I have no problem with comic relief in general - heck, I often play characters that provide some comic relief - but I prefer the type that doesn't yank you right out of the gameworld, and I prefer the type that knows when to quit (another problem that most players who like that sort of character seem to have).J</blockquote>