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Thraskir Skimper
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Posted - 31 Jul 2018 :  13:08:21  Show Profile Send Thraskir Skimper a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Poll Question:
When visiting this keep what character class do you see yourself as?

In multiclass without a main class pick Other.

Choices:

Sage
Mage
Specialist Mage
Fighter
Specialist Fighter
Thief
Assassin
Cleric
Druid
Monk
Bard
Other

(Anonymous Vote)

Thay Red

Edited by - Thraskir Skimper on 02 Aug 2018 06:07:38

Wooly Rupert
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You need an Other category, since you didn't include paladin, sorcerer, barbarian, or any of a whole mess of other classes. And Zero level doesn't necessarily mean human.

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Thraskir Skimper
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Posted - 01 Aug 2018 :  00:18:19  Show Profile Send Thraskir Skimper a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Limited to 12. Paladin is specialist fighter as is Barbarian. Sorcerer is Mage or Specialist Mage.

Thay Red
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BARDOBARBAROS
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Posted - 01 Aug 2018 :  09:17:44  Show Profile  Visit BARDOBARBAROS's Homepage Send BARDOBARBAROS a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Bard from these

BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!


"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2)
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Misereor
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Posted - 01 Aug 2018 :  10:32:07  Show Profile Send Misereor a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:

When visiting this keep what character class do you see yourself as?



Dualclass Bard/Commoner. Master of None Specialist.



What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder, stronger, in a later edition.
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Icelander
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Posted - 01 Aug 2018 :  11:15:21  Show Profile  Visit Icelander's Homepage Send Icelander a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sage.

Professionally, I am consulted by people who require my expert knowledge and pay me for the consultation. That's pretty much exactly how sages work in the Realms.

In the real world, they call me an attorney-at-law.

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sleyvas
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Posted - 01 Aug 2018 :  13:56:47  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I had to choose other, as I picture "myself" as being a former Thayan bounty hunter, both fighter and mage, turned artifact by the spellplague... primarily appearing as a floating/talking book, often seen with a pompous historian turned sai, named Lorey, floating beside him. I didn't see that in the buttons.

Alavairthae, may your skill prevail

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Diffan
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Posted - 01 Aug 2018 :  18:29:59  Show Profile Send Diffan a Private Message  Reply with Quote
What kind of weird mechanics/classes is this?

I see myself as a Hoplite.
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LordofBones
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Posted - 02 Aug 2018 :  07:29:22  Show Profile Send LordofBones a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Thraskir Skimper

Limited to 12. Paladin is specialist fighter as is Barbarian. Sorcerer is Mage or Specialist Mage.



So why are Druids, effectively nature priests, separate from Clerics, and assassins separate from thieves when both are aspects of the rogue class? This just seems like a mishmash of classes; "Sage" isn't a class outside of Final Fantasy. It's a role or job description that the expert (or an Int-based class with Knowledge skills as class skills) pretty much accomplishes.

There are 11 core classes in the game, which would have given you one left over (for alternate classes [warlock, samurai, ninja, healer, warmage, etc] or Pathfinder classes).

Edited by - LordofBones on 02 Aug 2018 07:30:30
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Thraskir Skimper
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Posted - 03 Aug 2018 :  01:09:51  Show Profile Send Thraskir Skimper a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Basically I use the Advanced base classes then fill in the gaps, illusionist is a specialist class in later versions, Specialist cleric would be one of the many clerical other classes favoured soul, etc...

Seems no one is a Cleric Druid Paladin or Monk anyway.

Thay Red

Edited by - Thraskir Skimper on 03 Aug 2018 01:11:23
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dwarvenranger
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Posted - 17 Dec 2018 :  00:29:06  Show Profile  Visit dwarvenranger's Homepage Send dwarvenranger a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ranger/wizard. Dwarf of course.

If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.

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Ayrik
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Wizard. So I can wear a really cool-looking hat. Rolling four-sided dice for everything isn't such a big limitation when you have dwarven buddies.

[/Ayrik]
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BenN
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Posted - 17 Dec 2018 :  23:38:53  Show Profile Send BenN a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Llewyrr elf Oath of the Ancients Paladin.
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Dalor Darden
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Posted - 14 Feb 2019 :  15:54:30  Show Profile Send Dalor Darden a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'm inclined to be a reclusive Ranger these days...rarely contacting the world at all. I come to "the Keep" to look for old maps (from Markustay and others) and search out lore about various locations I want to explore.

The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me!
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Seravin
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Posted - 15 Feb 2019 :  10:21:58  Show Profile Send Seravin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Invoker :) the best specialist mage class!
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Wooly Rupert
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My class is Giant Space Hamster of Ill Omen.

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Nilus Reynard
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Posted - 16 Oct 2019 :  10:13:01  Show Profile Send Nilus Reynard a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Most definitely a cleric.

Nilus is a higher level Doom Master of Beshaba.

Nilus Reynard
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(2nd Edition AD&D)
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Portella
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Posted - 15 Nov 2019 :  21:03:15  Show Profile  Visit Portella's Homepage Send Portella a Private Message  Reply with Quote
hehe yea the zero level characters cracked me up remembering that.... I voted other.... sorcerer

Purple you say?!


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cpthero2
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Posted - 05 Mar 2020 :  15:58:52  Show Profile  Visit cpthero2's Homepage Send cpthero2 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Learned Scribe Skimper,

Definitely a Specialist Mage.

Best regards,




quote:
Originally posted by Thraskir Skimper

When visiting this keep what character class do you see yourself as?

In multiclass without a main class pick Other.


Higher Atlar
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 05 Mar 2020 :  16:07:20  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Man, I'd forgotten about Skimpy! It's been a while since he posted here.

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cpthero2
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Posted - 05 Mar 2020 :  16:44:01  Show Profile  Visit cpthero2's Homepage Send cpthero2 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Morning Master Rupert!

Sounds like you know him well! :) Always a good thing.

I saw the poll and thought I'd chime in. Though, I must say, I wish there could be more options than just the ones available. I noticed he had to put things into specialist fighter and specialist mage.

I personally would have preferred to put Diviner.

Speaking of other options: is there a way to add another option to polls that is listed as, "Other" where a text field is available for input? Then you could get the real options figured out! :)

Best regards,




quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

Man, I'd forgotten about Skimpy! It's been a while since he posted here.


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Copper Elven Vampire
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Posted - 07 Mar 2020 :  16:17:31  Show Profile Send Copper Elven Vampire a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I picked Assassin for the simple fact that I wanted to be simple for once. lol. An Epic Assassin at 21'st level is amazing if you play them right in a party. We play the game where an assassin can be CN, not any alignment of evil if you choose not to. I mean reall you choose what type of assassin you want to be. If you join a guild you need to take the jobs they offer only. Nasty business in the end. Parting from the guild is always a rough thing to do.

If you're an independent contractor and work alone and for your own needs and wants, then you'd be more than likely CN in disposition. Not to mention the local assassin's guild wanting to hunt you down and kill you by contract from the moment you establish yourself.

But if you're just a fighter/ assassin or rogue/ assassin, or mage assassin it doesn't matter what your ethics are if you're not in a guild.

Pheyloo Audark: CN Shadow-Walker Wild elf male of The Winterwood. CR 26; Rogue 5/ Assassin 10/ Quietknife 10. Spymaster in the Everlund guild of elven rogues known as The Laughing Midnight. Grandmaster Assassin of The Silver marches. For instance... This guy. lol.

If you pick the right assassin spells per day, and utilize your rogue skills constantly without blinking, then you'd possibly become a Quietknife. Once that has happened... you're nothing less than a whirlwind of thrown magical daggers and knives, with up-close melee skills and spells to harm, deceive and hamper your foes.

Imagine a Sorcerer 20/ Mage-Killer 10. CR 30 without templates or level adjustments for being a powerful race. That alone is an assassin of legendary status, without having the "assassin" PrC.
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The Arcanamach
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Posted - 28 Aug 2020 :  16:10:24  Show Profile Send The Arcanamach a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thief hands down. I steal so many ideas from CK it should be illegal.

I have a dream that one day, all game worlds will exist as one.
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Diffan
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Posted - 28 Aug 2020 :  16:22:51  Show Profile Send Diffan a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Looking back at this thread, I'm sort of disappointed at myself that I didn't remember my groups "Avatar" campaign where we actually portrayed ourselves in the Forgotten Realms. That campaign spanned over 2 Editions.

So for the purposes of the poll:
1e: Specialist Fighter (paladin)
2e: Paladin
3e: Knight 5/ cleric 2/ prestige paladin 1
4e: Paladin
5e: Paladin, Oath of the Crown


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Zeromaru X
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Posted - 28 Aug 2020 :  17:32:05  Show Profile Send Zeromaru X a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I consider myself being a kind of sage, but since this is fantasy, I don't want to be a common, boring sage. So, I went for Specialist Mage, as my sage may have delved in spellcasting or may even be a sorcerer.

Instead of seeking change, you prefer a void, merciless abyss of a world...
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Delnyn
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Posted - 29 Aug 2020 :  01:50:11  Show Profile Send Delnyn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Cleric in all editions except 4e. There I'm invoker.
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cpthero2
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Posted - 06 Nov 2020 :  23:58:25  Show Profile  Visit cpthero2's Homepage Send cpthero2 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Master Zeromaru X,

Watch out, Savras is listening in, and he knows of your heresy in saying such things. Diviners are the most powerful in the game, in my opinion. ;)

Best regards,




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Rymac
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Posted - 08 Nov 2020 :  19:28:09  Show Profile  Visit Rymac's Homepage Send Rymac a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Specialty Priest of Mystra. I also do Khelben Arunsun impersonations, because of Corona-beard.

- Ryan
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cpthero2
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Posted - 08 Nov 2020 :  22:14:28  Show Profile  Visit cpthero2's Homepage Send cpthero2 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Learned Scribe Rymac,

quote:
Specialty Priest of Mystra.


Ah, nice! I have to ask, would your character as a Dweomerkeeper be affiliated with an order? If so, which one?

  • Children of the Starry Quill
  • Order of the Blue Moon
  • Order of the Shooting Star
  • Knights of the Mystic Fire


Best regards,




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GRYPHON
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Posted - 07 Dec 2020 :  02:57:10  Show Profile Send GRYPHON a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Monk-Ranger.
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