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Re: Character Subcategories
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:08:40 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> Seeing as the list of characters will prove to be extensive, what would be a
> good way to categorize it (similiar question to structures)? My thoughts on • the
> general segregation so far are:
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> 1) Villager - your standard folks
> 2) Knight - your warriors by profession (part of bigger whole)
> 3) Rogue - lone adventure seekers
> 4) Leader - the main person in a group of any kind
> 5) Warrior - a lone Knight
> 6) Sailor - sails the Legoceania
> 7) Merchant - sells goods or services
> 8) Traveler - wanders the known land
> 9) Explorer - seeks to discover the unknown land
> 10) Outlaw - wanted by the law in a specific kingdom - or all of them?
> 11) Servant - serves Royalty
> 12) Royalty - Kings, Queens, Barons, Lords, etc...
> 13) Priest or Priestess - uses non-attacking Magic, as well as your regular
> church minifig (healers, etc)
> 14) Sorcerer or Sorceress - plenty of attacking Magic, fortune teller, etc.
> 15) Public Servant - Judges, etc...
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> I'm sure I'm missing something, but for example wizard would be a subcategory • of
> Sorcerer, as would Necromancer, mage, etc... Thanks for your input.
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> -- pn
Pawel, while that list certainly contains all the general character types of
any good fantasy roleplay game, I think that there is possibly too much room
for crossovers. For example, I have a wandering band (Travellers) containing a
warrior leader (Knight & Leader), an excommunicated elf (Outlaw), and a Mage
(Sorceror), so each of these characters fits into at least two of the above
categories, and possibly more, depending on whether they are being roguish,
exploratory or merely wandering on any given day.
Wouldn't it be simpler to really narrow the groups down into, say, Peasants and
Servants, Villagers of Import (shopkeepers, magistrates, etc.), Soldiers (of
whatever Royal allegiance), Royalty, and Adventurers, and then you can
categorise any character within those groups as an Outlaw, Magic-user, or
whatever.
Keep up the great work, and count me in once my dad gets his digital camera in
a couple of months!
Stu C.
University of Glasgow
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| (...) <snip> (...) An excellent point. (...) Hmm...well, arranging them geographically would be the easiest way, but I think that Pawel was also pondering a 'master list'. Maybe there should be a recognized set of 'keywords' and then, well, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Uh O, roleplaying game? Is that like D&D? I have no interest in that at all! I thought there were sites where that was being done already, or so I understood. What exactly were you trying to set up, Pawel? I am all into telling stories, but (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| Seeing as the list of characters will prove to be extensive, what would be a good way to categorize it (similiar question to structures)? My thoughts on the general segregation so far are: 1) Villager - your standard folks 2) Knight - your warriors (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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