[jsalsb]

Way back when, in my first AD&D campaign, I started playing a cleric because someone handed me a character. I liked that he could use spells and decent weapons and wear armour. It was a long time before I played anything else. And he was human. But then, when my own personality took over a bit, I switched to playing elves almost exclusively, and mixed classes, like fighter/magic-user/thief, my favourite!

But in the switch to CRPGs my main character is always either an elven ranger or an elven mage. and I rarely switch classes - except to upgrade within a profession (like mage to warlock)

I think the tendency for me is to gravitate towards the type of person I dream of being, not what I actually am doing. I am a development anthropologist by training, but most of my job deals with data analysis and database programming in health research. Not very fantastic or magical.

BUT... What I WANT to be doing is anything on a horse! I grew up with horses, spent summers in canoes and was actually an archery instructor at one point. So you can see the woodland connection there! To me that's the fantasy. That's the allure of playing an elven mage I guess - and elven ranger is obvious too!

[ 04-15-2005, 08:17 AM: Message edited by: jsalsb ]