Favourite Race, Class and Alignment - Page 2

Grojlach · 01-19-2003, 07:13 AM

Funny to notice that I was the first person to select Sorcerer as the most favourite class...

shadowhound · 01-19-2003, 09:08 AM

Half-Elf Thief NE, as always [img]smile.gif[/img]

On a second choice Elf Archer NE. I love being NE too much to give it up.

Luvian · 01-19-2003, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by macoati:
With pure classes (edit...had 'races' here) I was stuck with Half-Elf/Fighter/CG

My true favorite is Half-Elf/Fighter-Mage/CG...so fairly close enough.

As for the Paladin voters: If you ascribe to the E. Gary GyGOD aspect of Paladins being holy warriors that can ONLY be Lawful-Good then you are missing out on some very fun game-play [img]smile.gif[/img] . I ask you...are there holy warriors only for LG gods or does it make perfect sense that all LAWFUL persuaded gods have their own holy warriors...such as the LE "anti" Paladin? I do not believe Chaos and Nuetrality giving the necesary structure for Paladins to operate (they really have no formalized "code" - for lack of a better word).

Allow me to give all a taste of excellent game-play from some of my old dice&paper groups:

Scene:
Your typical AD&D town with a manor house (castle) dominating the landscape. Children playing something akin to soccer/football in the streets. The party moves on up to the town and the 'ball' the kids are kicking around ends up near the party's Paladin - which is, of course, being played as a "lawful-stupid" type. The Paladin reaches down and picks up the "ball"...recoils and drops said "ball" in abject disgust and righteous anger (everyone got the picture there? [img]smile.gif[/img] )

The "ball" is a human head. The child who kicked the "ball" strides up to the party and says to the Paladin in his best "Oliver voice" (English accent and all) "Please, Sir. May I have my mother back?"

Of course the Paladin goes through the roof and gallops up to the 'castle'...challenges the "lord" of the 'castle' to a duel. Out comes the "lord"... an "anti"-paladin of Lawful-Evil alignment. He's a few levels higher than our intrepid Lawful-stupid guy and procedes to smack him around a bit. He quits the fight after getting our L-S Paladin to say "uncle" (he yields).

Believe me when I say this entire 30 minute span of game-play was one of the MOST hillarious I have EVER been witness to!

It was a great teaching moment for our L-S Paladin...The moral of the story? Simple, be very careful whose balls you play with.

Anti-Paladin is not even an official class. Also, not all Lawfull Good would have rushed to the castle either. In fact, I think no paladin would have. They are LAWFULL. Rushing up to the castle to challenge the lord when you don't have any proof that he has something to do in it is hardly Lawfull. Being Paladin does not prevent him from making plans, either, or using his friend's help to take care o the problem.

Thinking all paladins are stupid goody two shoes is the same as thinking all thiefs are evil backstabing selfish people.

macoati · 01-19-2003, 02:42 PM

True, but the point of the matter was the player was running his Paladin AS a Lawful-Stupid (LG, must destroy all evil no matter what form/power it may appear in). You will note I had "anti" in quotes. Holy warriors are holy warriors but they follow a code...in other words a "law". Therefore Chaos and Nuetrality do not have Paladins... and... Evil is in the eye of the beholder. I suppose I left out some rather critical points in the story such as the town was known to have an LE lord and such plus the campaign at that time was dealing with "good" vs "evil".

Also a note to those who remember D&D and AD&D1 (definitely dating myself)... the Paladin class was restricted according to the Player's Handbook and the DM Guide to ONLY Lawful-Good alignment. It never ceased to amaze me that Gygax would make a class with no true 'opposite' by restricting the alignment as he did...(Gygax, whom I call GyGod for the very simple reason that his 'rules' were unwavering despite the introduction in each reference book that said something to the effect that the DM could do whatever the bleep they wanted to do...I suppose that's why I wrote my own system about 6 years ago)

Of course it may simply be one of those cases where "you had to be there" to truely appreciate the enitre scene.

Zarr · 01-19-2003, 06:10 PM

Chaotic good dwarf fighter(beserker)!

GokuZool · 01-19-2003, 08:20 PM

Human-Paladin-Lawful Good

Weilding two swords

chi master · 01-20-2003, 11:47 PM

Elf,Thief,CG

Gnarf · 02-20-2003, 05:31 PM

My lvl 20 char in NWN: Chaotich Neutral Halfling Ranger/Rogue/Fighter 15/3/2 (voted for ranger)

Angelousss · 02-20-2003, 09:48 PM

i picked human, barbarian, nuetral good although it would kinda depend on my mood, that's why i've got like 10 games going in bg2, finally started putting more than one pc in

Olli Kalma · 02-21-2003, 05:52 AM

Hmmm....

Elf and ranger was really common character to play, but I choose
chaotic evil to alignment...

Don't know, there's so few games you can play really evil elf ( not dark elf just normal elf ), who is ranger...
I'd really like to try that!

View Poll Results: Favourite Race? (no sub-races)
Human	3	4.23%
Elf	19	26.76%
Half-Elf	25	35.21%
Dwarf	15	21.13%
Gnome	4	5.63%
Halfling	5	7.04%
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01-19-2003, 09:08 AM	#12
shadowhound Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: November 24, 2001 Location: Australia Age: 39 Posts: 3,281	Half-Elf Thief NE, as always [img]smile.gif[/img] On a second choice Elf Archer NE. I love being NE too much to give it up. __________________ Carpe Noctem: Ph’nglui mglw’nafh cthulhu r’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.

01-19-2003, 02:42 PM	#14
macoati Manshoon Join Date: February 27, 2002 Location: WY Age: 57 Posts: 184	True, but the point of the matter was the player was running his Paladin AS a Lawful-Stupid (LG, must destroy all evil no matter what form/power it may appear in). You will note I had "anti" in quotes. Holy warriors are holy warriors but they follow a code...in other words a "law". Therefore Chaos and Nuetrality do not have Paladins... and... Evil is in the eye of the beholder. I suppose I left out some rather critical points in the story such as the town was known to have an LE lord and such plus the campaign at that time was dealing with "good" vs "evil". Also a note to those who remember D&D and AD&D1 (definitely dating myself)... the Paladin class was restricted according to the Player's Handbook and the DM Guide to ONLY Lawful-Good alignment. It never ceased to amaze me that Gygax would make a class with no true 'opposite' by restricting the alignment as he did...(Gygax, whom I call GyGod for the very simple reason that his 'rules' were unwavering despite the introduction in each reference book that said something to the effect that the DM could do whatever the bleep they wanted to do...I suppose that's why I wrote my own system about 6 years ago) Of course it may simply be one of those cases where "you had to be there" to truely appreciate the enitre scene. __________________ Macoati

01-19-2003, 06:10 PM	#15
Zarr Symbol of Cyric Join Date: June 19, 2002 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 41 Posts: 1,330	Chaotic good dwarf fighter(beserker)! __________________ Minsc - \"Don\'t ask questions better left to aged sages\"<br /><br />\"You must gather your party before venturing forth\". BANG shoots him dead

01-20-2003, 11:47 PM	#17
chi master Zhentarim Guard Join Date: July 19, 2002 Location: New Zealand Age: 35 Posts: 398	Elf,Thief,CG __________________ Long time no see.

01-19-2003, 07:13 AM	#11
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 44 Posts: 5,281	Funny to notice that I was the first person to select Sorcerer as the most favourite class...

01-19-2003, 08:20 PM	#16
GokuZool Lord Ao Join Date: September 11, 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,061	Human-Paladin-Lawful Good Weilding two swords

02-20-2003, 05:31 PM	#18
Gnarf Emerald Dragon Join Date: February 6, 2003 Location: Norway Age: 40 Posts: 928	My lvl 20 char in NWN: Chaotich Neutral Halfling Ranger/Rogue/Fighter 15/3/2 (voted for ranger) __________________ I want a hippo.

02-20-2003, 09:48 PM	#19
Angelousss Red Wizard of Thay Join Date: August 23, 2002 Location: come play with my wings Age: 42 Posts: 821	i picked human, barbarian, nuetral good although it would kinda depend on my mood, that's why i've got like 10 games going in bg2, finally started putting more than one pc in __________________ Just because your paranoid<br />Don\'t mean they\'re not after you<br />Kurt Cobain

02-21-2003, 05:52 AM	#20
Olli Kalma Avatar Join Date: October 2, 2002 Location: Finland Age: 44 Posts: 546	Hmmm.... Elf and ranger was really common character to play, but I choose chaotic evil to alignment... Don't know, there's so few games you can play really evil elf ( not dark elf just normal elf ), who is ranger... I'd really like to try that! __________________ What doesn\'t kill you, makes you stronger.

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