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<blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 690669" data-attributes="member: 537">Re: same ol' typesYep. There's no sense in forcing someone to play a character they don't like or can't identify with. Looking over the PCs I've had since 3E came out:- male half-orc barbarian (CN)- male human fighter (NG)- male human martial artist (LN)- female spirit folk martial artist/blade dancer (LG)- female human sorcerer (N)- male human martial artist/archer (LG)Four of the six characters have been LN/LG/NG warrior types. That probably makes me a &quot;specialist&quot;, if you use Robin Laws' gamer classification scheme.(The seven types of gamers are:- powergamer: likes collecting crunchy bits- buttkicker: wants to blow off steam via lots of fights- tactician: likes solving puzzles and outwitting enemies; turning an adventure into an anticlimax is the best possible outcome for them- specialist: always plays one type of character, eg ninja, magic girl, knight, faceman, etc- storyteller: likes feeling like he's part of an ongoing story or work of fiction- method actor: the &quot;real roleplayer&quot;, wants to be true to his character over everything else- casual gamer: the guy who's there just to hang with friends)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hong, post: 690669, member: 537"] [b]Re: same ol' types[/b] Yep. There's no sense in forcing someone to play a character they don't like or can't identify with. Looking over the PCs I've had since 3E came out: - male half-orc barbarian (CN) - male human fighter (NG) - male human martial artist (LN) - female spirit folk martial artist/blade dancer (LG) - female human sorcerer (N) - male human martial artist/archer (LG) Four of the six characters have been LN/LG/NG warrior types. That probably makes me a "specialist", if you use Robin Laws' gamer classification scheme. (The seven types of gamers are: - powergamer: likes collecting crunchy bits - buttkicker: wants to blow off steam via lots of fights - tactician: likes solving puzzles and outwitting enemies; turning an adventure into an anticlimax is the best possible outcome for them - specialist: always plays one type of character, eg ninja, magic girl, knight, faceman, etc - storyteller: likes feeling like he's part of an ongoing story or work of fiction - method actor: the "real roleplayer", wants to be true to his character over everything else - casual gamer: the guy who's there just to hang with friends) [/QUOTE]

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