Post/Author/DateTime	Post
DemnYosh 02-15-05, 07:55 PM	Other then the old man in robes etc, whats the most generic wizard character, using as many cliches as possible preferably?
SD 02-15-05, 11:27 PM	Define "et cetera". Do you mean "Other than generic wizards, describe a generic wizard", or do you mean "Other than an old man in robes and wearing other things that are not robes, describe a generic wizard"? I imagine that the iconic wizard is a pretty decent generic wizard. You know, that being the point of the iconic characters and all.
DemnYosh 02-16-05, 12:00 AM	by the etc i meant expanding on the old man wizard thing, with the beard, pointy hat, and other ghetto gandolfish gunk.
TheMightyMcClaw 02-16-05, 09:22 PM	Cute elf girls who wear skimpy clothes. The iconic wizard, Mialee, almost fits this... except she looks like a horse.
Johnny3D3D 02-17-05, 06:03 AM	One that comes to mind for me is the generic/classic Final Fantasy Mage: Baggy, flowing robes, and a huge hat that makes the face - other than the eyes - impossible to see. Another generic-cliche wizard would be some bumbling fool sitting in the middle of a room cluttered with books, scrolls, and vials. He can barely keep from tripping over his own two feet, and he has a list of laughable phobias, but is a competant wizard none-the-less. He's the cliche-idiot savant wizard.
Morka 02-17-05, 10:41 AM	Gnome Illusionist anyone? The freak alchemist continually mumbling to himself. 3 words: Red Wizard of Thay: shaved skull, red robe, tatoos... The sick wizard who almost die anytime he casts a spell. (Raistlin) The archetype "elf": a stealthy ranger with some arcane spells. The witch: old hag kidnapping children and using their organs as spell components. As TheMightyMcClaw suggested, cute elf girls who wear skimpy clothes. Only, she is a necromancer...
Callista 02-18-05, 07:57 PM	...cute elf girls who wear skimpy clothes. Only, she is a necromancer... Ooh, that would be *so* perfect... Too bad we're playing a strongly Good campaign right now, and the party Paladin and Cleric would kick my butt halfway to the Nine Hells and back...
Janusunaj 02-18-05, 10:25 PM	The all powerful knows everything you know and infinitely more than you and can kill you with their eye lashes as spell reagants to blow you up with a fireball and then torture your soul and then conquer the world after destroying Gaia herself type wizard.
leopardmessiah 02-19-05, 06:34 PM	The mad lunatic conducting insane, forbiden research in a tower over looking a chasm, with only his monstrous creations for company? The sadistic, insane, treacherous Grand Vizier? Or the Evil Emperor himself, probably planning to sacrifice the world or at least sacrifice a bunch of people in a bid to become a god? All the Good guys were taken....
Draco Strang 02-24-05, 04:12 AM	The young, idealistic wizard who watched his master get slain by said master's old apprentice/brother/rival. Then, he sifts through the ashes, finds his mentor's staff (and powers reveal themselves over time) and goes on a quest to mess up the bad guy.
Arkonth 02-25-05, 05:19 PM	The Wizard who is obviously wiser and infinitely more powerful than you could dream, yet who is completely and totally incapble of carrying out whatever quest he sends you on.
Dreaming Bard 02-25-05, 11:35 PM	The sickly-pale-bags-under-his-eyes-necromancer type The my-life-goal-is-to-live-forever type The I-know-magic-and-obscure-knowledge-but-nothing-else type. Oh wait they're all like that (just kidding, don't fireball me)