Your favorite reverse-cliche character type (or other game element)?

[kanithardm]

The hedonist. You'd think that the way most players play, their characters think that tents and iron rations are fine. My character keeps brandy, cured meats and a decent bed in his portable hole.

I always thought i was alone on that point. I never leave town without 10 bottles of fine wine. Which is a major problem at first level.

 

[Warbringer]

Cleric struggling with his god - specifically, won't use his domain spells (death, but not destruction), just so uncuthe

Clumsy rouge - low dex, high wis and int (focus (search), canny dodge)

"It's trapped, subtle, but trapped"
"Can you disable it?"
"Sure; got a big stick"

Gnomish barbarian ... rage really should cause a save vs. hilarity

Dwarvish barbarian ... more the skald that minstrel

 

[JonMonster]

Some unusual archetypes I've considered:

A reluctant paladin:

Closest I got was the wannabe paladin. A young, dumb and full of faith guy who was desparate to prove his valor and honor and chivalrous ways. He was book smart but really naive and usually wound up insulting the wrong noble or 'saving' a member of a con artist ring instead of thier victims. Whenever the party's plans backfired you could count on him being the first to draw steel and just hack his way out of the situation - which was really saying something in a fairly bloodthirsty group.


Senile Cleric
I have a tendency to play aged Clerics who ain't as wise as they should be. I'm talking about 60 year old coots running around in full plate, waist long beard trailing behind, and swinging a barely controlled mace to and fro. These guys tend to forget about conserving thier healing spells and burn off all thier divine powers chucking boom-boom spells hither and yon.

 

[Wraith Form]

Misanthrope bard.

 

[xmanii]

Some other anti-stereotypes I'd like to see or try:


Vicious, bloodthirsty halfling.

Like Belkar Bitterleaf (from OOTS)?

 

[Silver Moon]

One of the NPC's in our game is a flaming homosexual bugbear fighter.

 

[Sejs]

Two more words: Transvestite Elf.

Again - how could anyone tell?

Misanthrope bard.

Heh, now this one I've actually done albeit it was back in 2nd ed. Rolling up stats for a new campaign and I wind up with a 5 charisma. I instantly turn to the DM and announce that I want to be a bard. And get promptly shot down. To which I follow up with "Fine, I'll be a fighter/mage/thief and just pretend to be a bard. C'mere kids, you want a story? I'll TELL ya a f@#$ing story!"

Brief but fun.

My own addition to the list - pacifist fighter.

 

[Sejs]

Oh, yeah, and:


Half-Celestial Gelatinous Cube with Cleric levels.


Mmm mm good.

 

[Nerfwright]

A 1st Ed. halfling fighter/thief with an unhealthy case of dwarf-envy, which creeped out any other dwarves we encountered. He also had a taste for Haste spells and Potions of Speed. He was a blast to play long after he maxed out his fighter levels. At +1 year's aging per Haste or potion, he aged unnaturally early...

Ah, nostalgia...

NWG

 

[Driddle]

Oh, yeah, and:


Half-Celestial Gelatinous Cube with Cleric levels.


Mmm mm good.

You're missing the point -- we're talking about the reversals of cliches that are so obvious and used repeatedly that they become cliches in their own right.

What you just posted has been done to death. Pretty darned vanilla standard.