Sep. 6th, 2002 03:26 pm
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muckefuckCan you tell that it's Friday afternoon and I'm in full avoidance mode? I blame the lunch buffet. Besides, the network is hosed right now so the only work I can do is grunt work. Enough rationalising. The next message is intended for RPG geeks. Die Leser ohne solche Neigung kann diese Eintragung einfach uebersehen.
I recently realised that my younger brother and I have essentially traded characters between the previous 3E campaign and the current one. He brought this to my attention the other night when he pointed out that I was doing with Owlet a lot of what he had been trying to accomplish with Tybalt. Or, to get technical about it:
In my case, the cleric was female in a male-dominated church; Korgrim is a half-orc in a humanocentric society. The major difference is that he started with one level of barbarian, so we still tend to think of him as a warrior first and foremost even if he's no longer our heaviest hitter.
I don't think there's any Deeper Hidden Meaning to these choices. They're like personality tests: If you're the least bit self-reflective, they don't tell you anything you didn't know already. It should surprise no one, least of all the two of us, to find that my brother and I have similar personalities, interests, and predilictions. I do find it mildly amusing since, in the previous campaign, I was deliberately choosing to play against type. In fact, I even thought twice about choosing an elf and a spellcaster this go-round since that was my first D&D character and has remained my favourite combination ever since--and, yes, my brother did choose to remind me of that in a mocking fashion. I feel the love!
I recently realised that my younger brother and I have essentially traded characters between the previous 3E campaign and the current one. He brought this to my attention the other night when he pointed out that I was doing with Owlet a lot of what he had been trying to accomplish with Tybalt. Or, to get technical about it:
- He was and I am playing a rakish, dark-haired, dextrous, lightly-armoured and slightly dandyish character with a high Tumble skill and a light sword as his preferred weapon who can't really stand up to being a front-line fighter but is surprisingly resilient and a smooth talker. Our characters are so physically similar, I'm even using the same figurine he did.
- I was and he is playing a cleric, simple and pious almost to the point of exasperation, but not especially charismatic or well-dressed and saddled with a serious social stigma and an independent attitude that inhibits advancement in a clerical hierarchy and in the larger society, but who nonetheless is well on the way to becoming a Divine Agent.
In my case, the cleric was female in a male-dominated church; Korgrim is a half-orc in a humanocentric society. The major difference is that he started with one level of barbarian, so we still tend to think of him as a warrior first and foremost even if he's no longer our heaviest hitter.
I don't think there's any Deeper Hidden Meaning to these choices. They're like personality tests: If you're the least bit self-reflective, they don't tell you anything you didn't know already. It should surprise no one, least of all the two of us, to find that my brother and I have similar personalities, interests, and predilictions. I do find it mildly amusing since, in the previous campaign, I was deliberately choosing to play against type. In fact, I even thought twice about choosing an elf and a spellcaster this go-round since that was my first D&D character and has remained my favourite combination ever since--and, yes, my brother did choose to remind me of that in a mocking fashion. I feel the love!