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Talisman 10-22-07, 12:29 AM	Had a player in my group who stated categorically that "All dwarves are Gimli." What he meant, of course, was that all dwarf PCs are patterned after the Iconic Dwarf, Gimli (the heck with you, Tordek). I.e., fighter-type, fight with an axe or hammer, Scottish accent, grumble about elves, etc. When another player made a distinctly non-Gimli-ish dwarf, Player #1 kept forgetting that he was playing a dwarf :doh: Anyway, post your non-Gimli dwarves, you non-Legolas elves, your non-Aragorn rangers...in other words, your characters that took the stereotypes and smashed them to bits. I'll start. ------------------------------------------------------------- #1: (Not my PC, but it's appropriate) When the guy I mentioned above said that all dwarves are Gimli, another player promptly made a dwarf necromancer. He had 1 level of fighter, his background being that he essentially learned it in self-defense (arcane magic was not well-liked in the dwarvan lands). He was determined to become a lich, and therefore immortal. A perfect quote: "Once I become a lich, everything will be okay."
Guardian1 10-22-07, 12:39 AM	My breaking-the-mold character was my half-elf paladin 6/sorc 4/arcane archer 5. His primary weapon was a +2 holy composite longbow (+4 Str to damg). Think about that. Whereas most paladins would charge an opponent, my character would do the Legolas thing and take my opponent down with a distance. Even though he had a good Str and a good melee weapon (a Sunblade), he favored the bow over the sword. I even wrote a backstory explaining why he favored the bow. He was quite an interesting character.
Return of the Flumph 10-22-07, 12:56 AM	Ironically, dwarves are arguably the best wizard race in the PHB. +2 con and -2 cha are a wizard's paradise, +2 to saves versus spells means you almost always win in wizards' duels, and no one ever expects it. Better yet is a dwarven gish, so you can have the wizardly goodness and still use the Dwarven Waraxe weapon familiarity. The PC I wanted to play in my current game (which I could not because of the class restrictions of the setting) was a TN dwarven conjurer with a pompous attitude, a clean shaven face (he disdains dwarven culture and styles himself a "humanophile" of the platonic sort), and a million uses for the grease and burning hands spells. Instead, I ended up playing a LN elven archer (fighter/ranger multiclass, going for Order of the Bow Initiate in a few levels) who works as a guide and protector for caravans crossing the desert that seperates human and elvish lands. He is very lawful, but also desires nothing but profit; he is currently very upset that the Pharoah has ordered us to investigate a conspiracy without working out the value of our reward yet.
CryoSilver 10-22-07, 01:41 AM	I've played as many a dwarf in my time, often as wizards. Dwarves also make good combat-oriented rogues, though the -2 Charisma is a hit to UMD checks.
Ichon 10-22-07, 03:33 AM	Hmm...well, I had this drow, who was, unlike most drow, a good, peace and adventure loving sort. He escaped the Underdark at a young age, and also unlike most drow, prefers a straight-up fight where he can excel with his two scimitars...ok, I'll knock it off. Sorry.
nightside_samurai 10-22-07, 03:45 AM	I had Dwarf Wizard / Rogue who was a neopyte member of the local thieves guild. He wasn't very good at either of his classes but he did magic missile someone in the back during negotiations.
gullas 10-22-07, 10:32 AM	well one of my first chars was a LG dwarf Cleric who was well on his way becoming an alcoholic , HE never touched an axe in is life , he only used heavy maces as his weapon.
Eerongal 10-22-07, 10:57 AM	well one of my first chars was a LG dwarf Cleric who was well on his way becoming an alcoholic , HE never touched an axe in is life , he only used heavy maces as his weapon. you just described my first 3.0 character exactly :P
DwarfPcfan 10-22-07, 11:02 AM	I'll always remember my dwarven War Bard (when we stopped that campaign, he was a bard3/fighter4/Warchanter2, the end build was Bard3/fighter4/Warchanter10/Troubadour of the stars3). He fought with a gigantic shocking greatsword and he was everything but gruff.Rather he was... just sunny. He was a happy merry go-lucky adventurer who went on adventures to find new ideas for songs to write. He tried to woo the ladies (even elven women), laugh, dance, sing and everything else. He liked elves, found humans funny and orcs as great material for jokes. He'll, his first idea when seeing Bladelings charging was, to quote: "Bladelings, Cool that means I can finally write my new song IronHeart" He was also deeply spiritual, in his own way, he believed everything that happened was because of the Gods... Only the gods are making a party of it so lets just join in and have fun of it...
Ananvilhurtz 10-22-07, 11:13 AM	I had an Elven Fighter named Jerith, would ended up being a master melee combatant who wielded Greatsword. He didn't carry a bow at all, and had 12 Dex, tops, running around in +1 Flaming Spiked Full Plate (Mostly for the effect). His only ranged weapon that he had was a Returning Throwing Axe which he only used to sunder bows from range (because he considering it cowardly to fight from far away, unless you were like... throwing your sword or something at someone running away, he did that once too.) I remember when I wanted to make him able to fly, and one of my party members asked why, I responded, "So I can hit the damn flying dwarf fingerwigglers that keep throwing boulders at us." (Another story all in its own)
ryanlycaon 10-22-07, 11:24 AM	I had a Dwarf Fighter Named Guardimond Gardenia who flew a magical horse named Telf and a Dwarf Fighter Marinur Moor who rode a ox named Muddog.Both were humble did not hate or grumble about elves.They were defined by their steeds. As dwarves they were fearless.Gimli is good so is Tordek and Elwood from the DnD picture.
RobbyPants 10-22-07, 11:30 AM	I have a player in my game who's running a halfling barbarian. It's an odd concept (i.e. not a standard kender-like rogue or plump complacent hobbit), although she's doing a decent job in terms of AC and her ability to hit consitantly (yay for small size). My only complaint about her character is that she never remembers to (or sees the advantage) of using Rage or Power Attack. I've yet to see her use either ability, and she almost never misses (suggesting that she could stand to take a small attack penalty).
annoyinglizardvoice 10-22-07, 01:02 PM	The only Dwarf PC in my campaign is a fighter/inventor who uses a musket most of the time. The player said that when the character reaches a higher level, he wants his character to make a steam driven version of Dr Octopus's arms. I told him one arm would have to be constantly ocuppied with soveling coal into his back. The character has never used an axe.
Count Nerindil Van Seraph 10-22-07, 01:14 PM	I think my dwarf Evoker would disagree.
Speech 10-22-07, 02:00 PM	My current dwarf is a Wiz 8/Loremaster 1. He has never used an axe or hammer (though his Magic Missles are in the form of hammers that make a clanking sound when they strike). He is more concerned with ancient knowledge and is in the process of opening a bookstore to augment is current hoard of books. I figured a dwarf with their inclination towards ancestors and ancient things is a natural fit with a loremaster.
smeagol_lied 10-22-07, 02:25 PM	A dwarf fighter, who wore the heaviest armour he could get his hands on, fought with an axe, spoke with a scottish accent and could drink any pansy elf under the table. The sterotypes are fun and cool too! :P
CryoSilver 10-22-07, 03:09 PM	My last dwarf fighter wore stone armor (from Arms & Equipment Guide) and used a maul.
Wight_Chocolate 10-22-07, 03:30 PM	I once played a halfling that wasn't jolly. Why wasn't he jolly. I did once have (as an NPC) a dromite tyrant with a thing for gnomish technology. He (it, whatever) believed that the species' inventions were the wave of the future, and that the wave of the future would come about much more quickly if they took their work more seriously and didn't tend to experience around 50 failed (and explosive) attempts at something before finally getting it right. To that end, he had aspirations of controlling the gnomes and making them into his regularly disciplines worker ants. Granted, the dromites are sorely lacking in fluff, but I'd say that's fairly out of the ordinary for one of a largely peaceful and somewhat hive-minded race.
CombatMedic 10-22-07, 04:08 PM	My buddy Grendel [yes, his parents really named him Grendel] played a dwarf wizard/fighter, back in 2000. 3E was brand new, so everybody was still excited about things like dwarf wizards and half-orc paladins. He had a toad familiar, wore only leather armor, and carried a spiked chain instead of the typical axe. I once played a dwarf paladin who carried half of a blessed anvil mounted on a haft [big maul, basically] as his holy weapon. He also rode a dwarven war pony [ from Hackmaster/KODT]. No Scottish accent at all. Ironically enough, the other dwarf in the party was almost hilariously sterotypical, despite being a cleric of Fharlanghn[ the guy sounded like William Wallace, hit things with his axe as a passtime, drank ale out of buckets, etc.]. Cornelius Ordmann, my current PC in an online Ravenloft game, is a dwarf diviner. He uses dowsing rods to facilliate his divinations. His usual work is as a magical investigator/surveyor.
The Ubbergeek 10-22-07, 04:18 PM	Not very mold-breaking anymore (if it ever was, with Eberron), but a Valenar, Baklunish-like stoic and reserved elf warrior was offered as a pre-rolled pc by me. Lawfull Neutral dervish kind with scimitar and chainmail. He was nice and very un-chaotic, flimsy, non-nonsense man. Of course, you can't go to the raw strenght other races, but he made up with the BLADE SPEED of doom. :) At least, it was a BIT different...
Bleeding_Eyes 10-22-07, 07:22 PM	I once played a Dwarf Monk who cared absolutely nothing for anyone but himself
Matthais777 10-22-07, 07:43 PM	I have several paladins that don't drink, don't do drugs, and seem like your usual straight arrows... Until women get involved. Then there hound dogs. Just for fun, I re-enacted the Paladin Comment in my Sig. My Pally's like hot, young, and smooth women, and aren't above paying for a night if no one will let them at em. As Ebrion said, YEAH FOR PERVY PALADINS!
Voran 10-22-07, 08:48 PM	Hmm...well, I had this drow, who was, unlike most drow, a good, peace and adventure loving sort. He escaped the Underdark at a young age, and also unlike most drow, prefers a straight-up fight where he can excel with his two scimitars...ok, I'll knock it off. Sorry. Maniloooooooow!
BigGus 10-22-07, 09:09 PM	In the groups I DM'd a few years ago there was a tall, bald, nature-loving male half-dwarf ranger, and a female elf barbarian who was so psychotic that it was only by generous DMing that she survived as far as level 4. Mind you, those groups also included a female half-elf half-halfling sorcerer and a male half-orc half-elf monk, so they didn't seem particularly out of place. (In my campaign, you can have any half-race you like, with the proviso that if you want a really unlikely one you have to come up with an interesting and at least vaguely plausible story as to how it happened...).
Artax 10-22-07, 09:58 PM	I played a dwarven Dread Pirate, Swashbuckler 3/Fighter 2/Mage 3/Rogue 2/ Dread Pirate 7. He was a dual-elvenblade wielding terror of the seas, and as a party member his rally the crew ability was huge. Keep your sneak attacks, with STR, INT, and Magic Weapon bonus damage added together (Insightful Strike) he was +10 before a die was rolled, and with six attacks a round he was a great, what do they call it now, Striker type character. If he had to penetrate DR then his dual strike feat came in handy (penetrate DR/20 without rolling a die). Despite what it seems he was far from being a min-maxed character. The only reason he had any levels of Wizard was so he could have a Raven familiar that did all his talking for him, unless it was a dire emergency that is. He didn't fear the ocean, but he refused to ride a horse of any kind choosing instead a wagon which was often dragged behind someone while he slept. As for his ship, well he didn't spend as much time on it as he liked, but his crew made him feel at home anywhere he travelled.
Stardrake 10-22-07, 10:33 PM	I'm currently running a Halfling Wizard with a heavy Bronx/Brooklyn accent (think Bugs Bunny). Oddly enough, nobody in his home village sounds anything like that....(He constantly refers to a Human paladin friend of his as "High-Pockets".)
Shadowhowler 10-23-07, 12:26 AM	I have to reach 12 years back to AD&D for this guy, but... I had a dwarf character, Noridal GreyBeard, who was a Fighter/Psionicist. Highly intelectual and well travled, I put a lot of his skill into languges, I think he spoke 7. His Weapons were a cold iron scimitar and a strength rated shortbow. He was entirly self-serving, helping out others only if there was a chance it would benifit him somewhere down the road. He did enjoy having people owe him favors. He got along VERY well with the thife in my party... becuase he was something of an acomplished thife himself. Dispite not having the class, a lot of his psionics where well suited to thivery... and he had very little in the way of moral compunctions about stealing. I'm one of those players that develops voices and personas for characters. It's been a long time... but I recal Nordial had no scottish accent, nor was he gruff. He spoke very elloquintly, tho with a good degree of bass to his voice... and was curtious and well mannered.
Man in the Funny Hat 10-23-07, 12:51 AM	Back in 1st Edition D&D. Player created three dwarf characters who were brothers: Inwe, Anwe, and Anwe (pronounced INway, ENway, and AHNway respectively - not sure how to do diacritic "a" characters). The one pronounced AHNway, became his primary PC but for whatever reason he got it into his head that THIS dwarf wanted to become a mage. I think he just had managed to roll a high INT score when creating the character. Something DEFINITELY impossible by the rules (being a mage, that is). [Edit: as I recall now he went under the "dual-classing" rules of 1E because he would only use a dagger and still managed to get in some decent kills with that while he was busy sucking as a spellcaster.] He sacrificed a great deal of gold, research time and finally obtained a properly worded wish to get the DM to allow it at all. Now this was a weak and pathetic 1E mage, as all 1E mages are, and he was trying to keep up with other PC's who were well into their teen levels. His only means of survival for a long time was to simply FLEE combat, so he did so quite regularly and researched spells to facilitate his retreat capacities. We even stated openly that his character had only three possible choices in any combat: - run - run and hide - run far, far away and hide. This by the way was all in a campaign that once had the infamous "Fearsome Foursome". Four dwarves - ALL with Girdles of Giant Strength, Gauntlets of Ogre Power, and Dwarven Throwers. Dwarves were the EPITOME of fighters and all that was best in D&D and the overwhelming favorite character choice. Elves were barely tolerable, twinkletoed, interior decorators. Wizards were hopeless losers until they started throwing Disintigrates around regularly and could Teleport us about the world. Brave choice on the part of the player, and braver still to stick to his guns in that era, in that campaign. Definitely NOT Gimli.
ADHadh 10-23-07, 08:38 AM	In my campaign dwarves speak with a Germanic accent and tolerate elves, but are quite refusal to orcs. There appeared only one dwarf so far and this guy was a bartender. So everything ahead of me.
Another_Poet 10-23-07, 10:10 AM	Fracktooth, Hobgoblin Paladin Fracktooth was a favourite character of mine. He was adopted and raised by the elves who killed his tribe (these elves received a sign from Corellon to try to raise the baby hobgoblin as an elf). Eventually he became a paladin of Corellon Larethian (sp). Unfortunately, in our campaign we were almost always fighting goblins and hobgoblins. Fracktooth would talk to them in Goblin, trying to get them to change sides and fight for good. They would just mock him and his elven armour and then the PCs, Fracktooth included, would just have to slaughter them. I decided Fracktooth had a true commitment to virtue and fighting evil, which was the only thing keeping him from killing himself out of depression and loneliness. Eventually this got too sad to think about every week so I had him peacefully leave the party and rolled up a new character. But I still have a soft spot for valiant, duty-bound Fracktooth. ap
wordserpent 10-23-07, 12:35 PM	Some fictional Dwarves that weren't Gimli: From Terry Pratchet's Discworld Novels; Casanunda, worlds second greatsest lover (he tried harder). Sort of a roguish seducer type of dwarf. From Richard Wagners Ring of the Nibelung operas, Alberect and Fafnir. Alberect was a dwarven smith (okay okay...bear with me) who was charged with raising the hero Sigfried. He conned the young man into killing his brother Fafnir and returning with a horde of treasure and a magic ring. Both dwarves were incredibly greedy and conniving creatures who had no problem with deception and murder. From the Slaine comic by Pat Mills; Ukko the dwarf, comedey relief and sidekick of the hero Slaine. Ukko looks more like a goblin and acts like one too. he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. As for me, I played a dwarven necromancer once, but he died right away. The high Con bonus made my...guts...bigger than my brain and I bought it in a melee fight with some goblins after I had run out of spells. He did not have a Scottish accent.
Shiftkitty 10-23-07, 03:59 PM	One player I knew was tired of the stereotypical dwarf, as characterized by Gimli. He played them with the personalities of truck drivers, construction workers, and generally blue-collar types. I didn't feel they were Gimli. (Damn! Now I want a gimlet...)
CrimsonDeath 10-23-07, 04:29 PM	Well, the OP did ask for characters other than Dwarves, so... Currently playing a Neanderthal Bard with the goal of learning about the "civilized races" in order to facilitate trade. Unlike many Bards (and thanks to some judicious multiclassing), he isn't afraid to rush into melee, wields a Tigerskull club (sabertooth tiger's head on a stick), and wears blue ice full plate armor (or would if it hadn't been stolen...) Also currently playing a Deep Dwarf Barbarian aspiring to become a Fist of the Forest. Lives very close to nature, whether above ground or below it. Speaks with a Welsh accent for some reason I can't adequately explain. Been trying to bring an evil Gnome Druid to the table, but never got a really good chance. Devious, untrustworty, vindictive, spiteful, greedy, and very very bloodthirsty. Nearly had a Warforged Scout Telepath for a cohort once. May flesh (chrome?) her out and use her as a character later. Maxed out Bluff and Diplomacy. Absolutely loved being around humanoids just to talk to them. Easily infatuated with people in spiked full plate (or Warforged Juggernauts).
Ariath Ska'Vhor 10-23-07, 05:51 PM	Ehgah, the Mujuon Raptoran(homebrew subrace) ranger who took up two-weapon fighting as his fighting style, and he was as I like to describe him as, the CG version of a reaver. He ALWAYS fought, and he was good, like, really good. He enjoyed spilling the blood of the wicked, but abhorred violence against innocents and even took it easy on people in simple duels. But when he came across a baddy, he went out of his mind and turned him into cubes, frequently making the DM consider an extreme alignment change. That's a pretty un-Aragorn ranger, isn't it?
Eldritch_Lord 10-23-07, 06:14 PM	I've got two: I had an elf wizard who was xenophobic in the extreme, used big words, and generally thought himself superior to all around. Stereotypical, right? Wrong. He was absolutely crazy for melee combat; thanks to a level of cleric (domains: Strength and War :D), two levels of warblade, and a bunch of geomancer levels, he was able to stride around the battlefield in jet-black full plate, lay the smack on opponents with his maneuvers, and when they ran out, he'd step back and rain fiery death and destruction on his foes. Two characters after that, I had a claustrophobic, bald, and beardless dwarf warlock/swordsage who was extremely cultured (high Int and Cha) and spoke with a British accent. He would wade into combat and trade some blows, acting like the usual dwarven fighter with his illusionary plate mail to throw off opponents, then pull a flee the scene-quickened invisibility-greater insightful strike combo to finish some foes and intimidate others. He got some great work as an assassin, though the campaign ended before he could get more than 2 assignments.
Rodimal 10-23-07, 08:03 PM	My 'break the mold character'? Dri'el Do Maridour, Lawful Good Palladin of Tyrinos (Homebrew God). His favored weapon, GryphonEdge (+2 Longsword of Sharpness) and Dragon's Breath (+3 flameburst Scimitar). He started out as a 2e character that we moved to 3.5 to fit in with the rest of the storyline. He was a slave in the home of a Half-Celetial, Half-Fiend Bloodlord of SkyIsle. He found the Crystal Ways (transporters) and free Crystalis (the Paladin School) and became first Paladin. He's one level away from becoming a Shadowbane Inquisitor (sp). Out
Shiftkitty 10-24-07, 03:22 PM	Mold-breaker (AFAIK)- Garbik, CN goblin bard and recent escapee from Menzoberranzan. Born in the slums, found out early that banging on things drowned out all the other noise. Eventually run out of his house, boosted a small drum from a handless orc. Now with a surface party, his drumming causes a hypnosis that gives enemies a -2 to AC and Reflex DC Willpower 15 so far) as they fall under the sway. The steady pulse gives allies a +2 on all saves and on certain skill checks (usually those involving physical coordination). As a DMPC, he sees only moderate use.
Rogue Elendae 10-24-07, 04:57 PM	Let's see...characters that break the mold? The best one I can think of wasn't mine, but one of the people in our group played a Human Wizard who had something like three 18s in his stats, including one to STR. Let's just say that said Wizard was really based pretty heavily on his own personality and attitudes about fighting, not to mention the fact that he was physically a sort of idealized version of this friend--who's a 6 foot-plus, all-around big guy--and therefore looked better suited for Fighter or Barbarian. He'd taken Martial Weapons Proficiency to use a rapier in addition to having a staff to sling around when he had the room to do so, and was just as likely to wade into things blade-first as stand back and start slinging spells. However, he had a fondness for Magic Missile; his favorite spell, however, was Shocking Grasp, which he often applied to the shoulder/neck area of a battered enemy after a quick crack of the knuckles, all while grinning like a loon. He enjoyed that far too much. Our only Dwarf was stereotyped out the yin-yang, as is the Gnome in the group I DM...but as for other PCs...let's see. My first character was an Elf Rogue who was about as far from stately, nature-loving, and elegant as you can get. Elendae Darkmoon came from noble blood, but had no talent for magic and no love lost for Paladin-hood; she'd gone off to the city and become a Rogue. Elendae was a relentless flirt with anything that looked good, regardless of gender or race, drank like a fish, swore like a sailor (we often, for RP purposes, assumed that she probably knew every dirty word in every major language, even if she didn't actively speak that language) hated magic (she'd had some bad experiences with spellcasters), and loved playing the sexpot if it got her a chance to cut some poor sucker's purse (her favorite method involving tavern poker games and getting the players to think others were cheating). She loved the city, hated the forest, went around in black leathers and a silk shirt with a rapier at her belt, and was generally a hellion. We've also had in our group a Half-Elf PC who was the most bumbling, wimpy Cleric of Kord you ever saw; this player had a horrible time with stat-gen, even though we used a 4d6-drop low-reroll ones method. In this case, he had an 8 and a 16, all other stats in between those. Somehow, the 8 ended up going to STR, and for some godforsaken reason, we jokingly suggested he choose Kord for his deity, and it stuck. Thus was born Carandring the Red Hammer, wimpiest Cleric ever to serve in the clergy of Kord, rejected by the order of Corellon Larethian and just about every other church he'd joined. Kord liked him for his sheer stubborn guts. He was forever getting into trouble, not so much because he was wimpy, but because he was a reckless doofus who did crazy things for the hell of it. We also had Astrum, an Elf Druid who despised being one, because she was born into a family of Druids who simply insisted she would carry on the family traditions, and Kenta, an Elf Monk who was insistent on becoming a Drunken Master (he once survived a drinking contest with a Half-Orc Barbarian we'd jokingly based on Stone Cold Steve Austin, who chugged ale by twin tankards at a go, and the crazy Elf didn't end up unconscious). Then there's my latest PC, Kesshira, who's a Rogue/Ranger who only took up the Ranger skills to learn not to get blindsided when the person her guild sent her to take out (she's a sharp-shooter, effectively) leads her astray outside the city. According to her back-story, this happened early on in her career, and her victim nearly turned the tables on her because he knew his way around the woods in ways she didn't. She's good at tracking in the city, but still sucks in the forest, and has no real Knowledge: Nature skill to speak of--she's a very backward sort of Ranger. And her guild's got a price on her head for breaking precepts and learning things outside the guild's teachings...all for wanting to be better at her job. She's kind of unlucky. Those're all the PCs I can think of, and we've had more odd NPCs than I can really count. But I'd say these are about the most stereotype-breaking characters we have: tough-guy bruiser Wizard, party-girl booze-hound Elf, wimpy Cleric of Kord, city-dwelling Ranger. I think that's enough strangeness, yes?
Vrykolas2k 10-24-07, 06:26 PM	Hmmm... Once, way back when I first started role-playing, I made a short, stocky human with a beard. Then I started reading the "fluff" about dwarven culture, decided it would be fun to play that, and did so. Same with elves, and even drow when they became available... though the drow character was neutral, he still was the "outsider's voice" in the group... not just a funny looking human.
pigknight 10-27-07, 10:53 PM	Well one of my players plays as a gesalt gnome ninja/rogue who uses two shortsworded glammered as butter knives and rips peoples spines out. I don't think most gnomes are that blood thirsty.
TheAnthroDM 10-28-07, 12:10 AM	Tiefling the Tiefling. Now Tiefling is sort of stereotypical in that he's a good aligned devil descended. However, Tiefling didn't really care to make a big deal out of this, in fact, he never mentioned it at all.(Tiefling was called Tiefling because it was catchier than the name I gave him.) Tiefling was a generally good hearted, nature loving Druid. He revoked all that was unnatural and perversion of nature, however, he could never understand why some Druids saw Outsiders as unnatural, the to him the outer plains were just another part of the natural world. Tiefling was NG with a guilty conscience(I wrote it so that he his fiendish blood made him feel guilty about doing good things, but he never broke down.) I look forward to using him again, who knows? Maybe I'll even get to roleplay his "I can't keep doing this it's driving me insane!" breakdown. Also called Shaman, almost never call by his true name, Alaz. Quotes: "Yes, I know they're Ogres, but that one's a Druid we have an understanding..." 6 minutes later, hanging upside down over a vat of acid. "I guess something got lost in translation...." To a Lich "Enough with the Unholier-than-thou attitude! I'm summoning Brimstone![A fire elemental]"
Stardust 10-28-07, 10:19 PM	One of my current characters is a Dwarven Cleric who hates everything about dwarves and everything about religion, I think that probably qualifies. He shaved his head and his beard totally bald, fights with a mace and gets his spells by contemplating the nature of entropy. Due to events in his past, the whole idea of Dwarven culture (especially worship of gods and Moradin in particular) makes him sick. Good fun :)
lastknightleft 10-29-07, 09:22 AM	Hmm...well, I had this drow, who was, unlike most drow, a good, peace and adventure loving sort. He escaped the Underdark at a young age, and also unlike most drow, prefers a straight-up fight where he can excel with his two scimitars...ok, I'll knock it off. Sorry. That isn't against the mold, I've seen twelve players play that exact same character, all drow PCs are misunderstood loners trying to find acceptance in the lands of the sun.
lastknightleft 10-29-07, 09:56 AM	I'm playing a gnome alchemist with absolutely no social skills or sense of humor (cha 8) she takes everything said litterally and doesn't stop asking questions no matter how much it pisses others off. Oh and she feels magic is elitist and wants science to replace it since anyone can benefit from the development of science (alchemy) whereas only the rich or those born with innate magic can benefit from magic.
Fuzzychan 10-29-07, 01:20 PM	I played a Dwarven Monk (my personal favorite race class combo) who tried not to fight whenever possible. Great Dex, constitution and wisdom he actually became the guiding force of the group that everyone else looked up to for advice on how to handle a situation... with the exception of the barbarian who had an obsession with bull rushing doors usually leading to set off traps and/or a staircase which he would then tumble down into a room of enemies.
Kojiro James 10-29-07, 08:43 PM	That isn't against the mold, I've seen twelve players play that exact same character, all drow PCs are misunderstood loners trying to find acceptance in the lands of the sun. He was making a joke.
Naomi_Escen 10-29-07, 09:25 PM	Dunno if my ranger's breaking the mold, but she's not a lot like Aragorn. She's very archery focused, due to the fact that she DOES NOT want to get into hand to hand battle unless she absolutely has to. Rather scared of it in fact, as evidenced by her panic reaction when an army appears at the base of the pyramid their group had been exploring to complete a small quest for her halfling rouge friend.
Kojiro James 10-29-07, 09:34 PM	Dunno if my ranger's breaking the mold, but she's not a lot like Aragorn. She's very archery focused, due to the fact that she DOES NOT want to get into hand to hand battle unless she absolutely has to. Rather scared of it in fact, as evidenced by her panic reaction when an army appears at the base of the pyramid their group had been exploring to complete a small quest for her halfling rouge friend. Why are halflings always wearing makeup?
Naomi_Escen 10-29-07, 09:44 PM	Why are halflings always wearing makeup? *snicker*lol...Rogue. Cause my fingers type faster than my brain spells. So all the letters get there, but rogue and rouge aren't misspells that firefox'll catch.
Talisman 10-30-07, 12:22 AM	I'm pretty sure it's a 4E halfling subrace. You've got your aquatic elves...your mountain dwarves...your rouge halflings...
lastknightleft 10-30-07, 11:25 AM	He was making a joke. :waits: rrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaaallllllllyyyyyyy and here my sense-o-humor meter must not be triggering, I probably a failed DUH check. so was I:D and am also right now just to head off any :tantrum: :headexplo
High Octane 10-30-07, 07:21 PM	I based my dwarf cleric off Greivus (sic) from Record of Lodoss wars. He has some iconic dwarven traits but he's still not a stereotype in my mind.
Subedei 10-31-07, 01:41 AM	Chaotic Evil Gnome Barbarian from paleolithic times spent 10,000 years encased in rock to be broken out by Kobold miners. Valued strength and fearlessness above all else, couldn't read, didn't understand why he couldn't just kill anyone weaker who crossed him.
tuby2008theMTGwizard 10-31-07, 04:41 PM	ok, let me take a crack at this..... For starters, i had made a Fighter/Sorcer, Name Sansidicou, that wore some crazy robes. He was on his way to becoming an elementalist, (before i met the Wu Jun class) and we stopped playing. I became a DM, and Sansidicou's spark ingnited and assiended to planeswalker hood to help the campain. DM's will in human form. I also had an evil Elf that, when growing up, wanted to be a demon. He became an Cleric/necromancer/rouge. We stopped that campain too and now he is an evil toltalirentairan dictator of a monothistic therocrocy that worships Pelor, and he is slowly turning the world evil. He is controled by a sword called the Sword of Entropy (home made). He used to be best friends with Sans. The last thing i have is my gf's character. She is a Halfling Nijia/Swashbuclker/Dread Pirate. She wanted the extremes of reality together. So i though, Nijia pirate would be great. SHe is an unstoppable killing machine. She commands a full size ship that is runned by halflings also.
Count Nerindil Van Seraph 11-01-07, 12:39 PM	Nerindil, the seven foot tall, tattooed, armor shod, full-blade wielding, tough as nails elf. He eventually became the basis for my homebrew race, Blade Elves. He died a hero's death. Though he would tell you he was just having the time of his life.
JimProfit 11-01-07, 08:36 PM	I played an elven psychic-warrior/fighter (gestalt) who was a brawler through and through. He didn't let his low con-score get in the way of ripping apart everything in his path. And using all those feats to maximize combat efficientcy. http://peridotparrot.com/costumepics/Ichigo_manga.bmp He was also not accepted in elf community because he was a no-good ginger! He's rude, unkept, arrogant, he gets along great with orcs and dwarves. I actually used the high dex to my advantage to replace armor for AC reasons. Sure armor is more efficient, but armor is heavy. I need that extra weight for my bastard-sword and essentials like torches and dungeoneering equipment.
Raptorial 11-01-07, 10:51 PM	I played an elven psychic-warrior/fighter (gestalt) who was a brawler through and through. He didn't let his low con-score get in the way of ripping apart everything in his path. And using all those feats to maximize combat efficientcy. http://peridotparrot.com/costumepics/Ichigo_manga.bmp He was also not accepted in elf community because he was a no-good ginger! He's rude, unkept, arrogant, he gets along great with orcs and dwarves. I actually used the high dex to my advantage to replace armor for AC reasons. Sure armor is more efficient, but armor is heavy. I need that extra weight for my bastard-sword and essentials like torches and dungeoneering equipment. I always thought his ears were a bit too pointy to be human... :P Anyway...yeah, steretype breakers...Sharla'na, female CG orc Monk 6/Ranger 4. Sort of a wandering martial artist with animal magnetism.
Aethan 11-02-07, 12:17 AM	Presented for your consideration... Padran, son of Hallan - Halfling Knight. Since I needed a character for our Covenant of Light game, and I hadn't played a halfling for a time, I thought I'd go for this rather non-traditional view of the former furry-footed fellows. So rather than being a chubby stay-at-home, or a traditional horse-mounted, lance-armed, shining-armor clad sort, our Padran generally issues his knightly challenges in ululating screams, pulls his dinosaur mask over his face, and spurs Rekki, his loyal Clawfoot dinosaur, into battle. Woe to those who fall within range of his blessed tangat... Of course, there's also Rukh Redmane, half-orc paladin. Follower of an obscure manifestation of the god of chivalry in our campaign, Rukh lives with the shame of his half-blooded existence. He's reviled as weak and insane by his orcish forbears and an object of terror to his human mother's people. Astride Tempest, his huge black warhorse, he rides into righteous battle, but his real fight is a constant one inside himself. His desire to uphold chivalry and honor is at war with the terrible orcish rage within him...
Shadewest 11-02-07, 02:25 AM	Mrs. Wimbly, halfling paladin of Yondalla. Genia Wimbly was an empty nest mother and widow who needed something to do after her husband passed away. Some adventurers (the other PCs) were passing through town off to the sort of derring-do that adventurer types do. They stopped at the inn where Mrs. Wimbly worked as a cook. They seemed like nice folk, not dangerous at all like so many adventurers do. Genia was genuinely interested in hearing their plans to investigate some goblin bandits causing trouble nearby. She wished them well and sent them on there way, but deep inside she was worried about them. She just knew they were going to get into trouble, and they seemed such nice folks, too. This was on her mind all evening, until she sat down to dinner, and saw the face of Yondalla herself from in the noodles of her soup. Mrs. Wimbly too that as a sign that the adventurers wound need her help. Fortunately, her husband had belonged to the local militia, and she had kept most of his things. She donned his old chainmail shirt, strapped on his rusty shord sword, saddled up Brutus, her riding dog, and charged off to meet them. The DM was generous enough to fiat me into the first combat right after the ranger went down, so this unlikely hero even got a grand entrance. Of course, old Brutus eventually became her bonded mount, and as a mounted combat specialist she was able to hold her own, despite a lower strength score. And you can be sure that the merry band never set off in the morning without a good breakfast!