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Why do players want to play a large race?
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Li Shenron
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Jakar said:
Hey that might be true
It's always the guys to play large characters, none of the girls in the group has so far asked for a large PC!GammaPaladin
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Eh, that's more due to the fact that the large+ creatures are all ugly. Girls don't like to play ugly characters, as a rule.
Argh... Note to self: DOn't forget you came to a thread via a google search and then reply to it, forgetting that it's probably years old.
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blargney the second
blargney the minute's son
It just looks like so much fun when the DM gets to play with big weapons and reach. Who can blame a player for wanting to enjoy the same benefits?
doghead
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general - large characters
Hey, GammaPaladin cast raise thread.
I like playing melee types, and would enjoy playing a large character for some of the reasons mentioned. There is the sheer physicality of the thing. And they can lay out some serious smack-down, especially in Ken Hood's combat system. As a DM, I like throwing larger monsters at the PC's.
I think that there can be interesting role play aspects to playing a larger character. In many settings, a troll, ogre, or giant PC is not going to get the warmest welcome in many places. They will be something of an outsider. I like playing outsiders. Come to think of it, most of my characters are outsiders - a monk from a far away continent, a barbarian from far lands, a female goblin warrior in a male dominated society. Huh, I hadn't really realised that before.
doghead
aka thotd
Hey, GammaPaladin cast raise thread.
I like playing melee types, and would enjoy playing a large character for some of the reasons mentioned. There is the sheer physicality of the thing. And they can lay out some serious smack-down, especially in Ken Hood's combat system. As a DM, I like throwing larger monsters at the PC's.
I think that there can be interesting role play aspects to playing a larger character. In many settings, a troll, ogre, or giant PC is not going to get the warmest welcome in many places. They will be something of an outsider. I like playing outsiders. Come to think of it, most of my characters are outsiders - a monk from a far away continent, a barbarian from far lands, a female goblin warrior in a male dominated society. Huh, I hadn't really realised that before.
doghead
aka thotd
I play "brick" characters often, in a variety of rpgs in a variety of genres.
Sometimes its about pure damage output & intimidation, sometimes its about what the party needs (see earlier this sentence), sometimes it really is about roleplaying.
I had great fun playing a 2Ed Minotaur Ftr/Mu based on/inspired by the original illustration of the Hurloon Minotaur and Native American Plains tribes lore, esp. legends about the White Buffalo. That he did loads of damage was a side benefit.
Sometimes its about pure damage output & intimidation, sometimes its about what the party needs (see earlier this sentence), sometimes it really is about roleplaying.
I had great fun playing a 2Ed Minotaur Ftr/Mu based on/inspired by the original illustration of the Hurloon Minotaur and Native American Plains tribes lore, esp. legends about the White Buffalo. That he did loads of damage was a side benefit.
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