Your Sword & Sorcery / Fantasy Fiction D&D Dream Party?

[The Shaman]

Ged (The Tombs of Atuan) - magic-user
Rold (The Sword of Welleran) - fighter
Daffyd Ap Hywel (The Dragon and the George) - ranger
Shadowspawn (Thieves' World) - thief
Turpin (The Song of Roland) - cleric

 

[arscott]

The Fighter
King Orin of Atlantis, from Aquaman

The Wizard
Gaspar du Nord, from The Colossus of Ylourgne

The Barbarian
Fafhrd, from the Lankhmar series

The Thief
The Gray Mouser, from the Lankhmar series

Obviously missing: A cleric, and a girl. Sword & Sorcery tends to be pretty light on the clerics (since the gods are either apathetic or hostile), and even lighter on female heroes.

 

[Bluenose]

Ah, see I don't see religion as being the most important attribute of a Paladin. For me, being a Paladin is about playing the idealized knight - a paragon of chivalry and courtly love, etc. To me, a Paladin is defined as a Knight of the Round Table or one of the Twelve Peers.

I don't disagree with your earlier statement that Lancelot or Galahad could also be considered Paladins (and perhaps better examples than Gawain overall). It is just that my basis for the ideal Paladin is Gawain in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Within the confines of that story, and a few others, Gawain exemplifies the characteristics that define a Paladin. He shows himself to be honorable, courteous, and demonstrates the codes of chivalry and courtly love. Those are the characteristics I use when define a D&D Paladin. Religion is important, but not as important as those other virtues.

On that basis, yes, definitely, Gawain makes an excellent Paladin. Sorry for misunderstanding before.

Obviously missing: A cleric, and a girl. Sword & Sorcery tends to be pretty light on the clerics (since the gods are either apathetic or hostile), and even lighter on female heroes.

There are several female characters who are companions to the main heroes. Belit (? I think that's her name) and Valeria in Conan, for example. Jirel of Joiry is the heroine in her own right in C.L.Moore's tales, and Dark Agnes and the original Red Sonya in Howard.

I can't disagree about clerics, though.

 

[Jon_Dahl]

Wizard:
Zula

Paladin/wizard:
Murlynd before ascension to Godhood

Roque:
Garrett from Thief-series

Fighter:
Thibbledorf Pwent

 

[scruffygrognard]

Fafhrd (Human Barbarian with a level or two of Bard)
Gimli (Dwarven Fighter)
Odysseus (Human Ranger/Thief)
Merlin (Cambion Magic-User/Druid)
The Grey Mouser (Human Thief with a level or two of Magic-User)
Thoros of Myr (Human Cleric)

 

[steeldragons]

This thread is rather timely in that I had just run across an image by Larry Elmore that I'd never seen before in which he banded together the pinnacle/quintessential "fantasy heroes" together. I found it rather humorous that Drizzt and his panther were included among the "great literary" figures, but I suppose, at this stage, he is iconic.

The painting can be found here Official Website of Larry Elmore
(It is the second from the right in the top row. Image 11 of 36.)

It is, I have to say, a fairly well balanced party. Little light in the spellcasting arena...but a nicely balanced group nonetheless.

Gandalf- MU/DRD
Conan- BBN
Drizzt- RGR (with animal companion)
Elric- FTR/MU
Arthur- PDN
Robin Hood- FTR (or RGR?)/THF

I digged it.
--SD

 

[The Shaman]

. . . Dark Agnes and the original Red Sonya in Howard.

Agnes de Chastillon isn't a sidekick, and Red Sonya of Rogatino isn't a sword'n'sorcery character, nor would I necessarily consider her to be a sidekick - she seems more the equal of Gottfried von Kalmbach.

 

[Bluenose]

Agnes de Chastillon isn't a sidekick, and Red Sonya of Rogatino isn't a sword'n'sorcery character, nor would I necessarily consider her to be a sidekick - she seems more the equal of Gottfried von Kalmbach.

I probably should have phrased that post better, but I was putting them in with Jirel as heroines in their own right.

Now I'm starting to think about a party solely of female S&S characters, just for the fun of it. I'd think they'd both make it in.

 

[the Jester]

D00d!!

You guys, THINK before you put Elric on your team!!!

You KNOW that's a self-inflicted inevitable TPK waiting to happen!!

 

[The Human Target]

Kylar Stern (Assassin, The Night Angel Trilogy)
Logen Ninefingers (Barbarian, The First Law Trilogy)
Raistlin Majere (Wizard, Dragonlance)
Jaime Lannister (Fighter, A Song of Ice and Fire)
Tempus (Paladin, Thieve's World)
Locke Lamora (Thief/Conman, The Gentleman Bastard Sequence)
Iskaral Pust (Priest, Malazan Book of the Fallen)


The most troubled team of awesome guys I could think of.