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Thread: Annoying DnD stereotypes
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2012-07-22, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Fighters are either Knights or Mercenaries.
Paladins are always Noble and never evil. Otherwise, they are Blackguard or whatever.
Druids are always eco terrorists.
Bards always have Lutes.
Dwarves are always stocky.
Humans are always in between five feet and 6'2".
Gnomes are always tricksters/comedians.
There are either Inns or Taverns. No Pubs, Bars, Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, or Motels.
Health Potions can be drunk as much as you want, without filling you up.
Ghosts are never friendly.
Zombies are always created by magical means, never by a mutated strain of Rabies.
Cannibals always eat every other race but their own
Magic wands are the equivellent of guns with magic instead of bullets. Hence they can run out of magic same way a gun runs out of bullets.
The only people who worship gods are Clerics and Paladins or any other divine class. There is never a general mass.
Temples are rarely actually used for prayer, instead they are warehouses of artifacts riddled with traps. Because congregations are never expected to meet inside the temple.
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2012-07-22, 03:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Workable though it is, you can't deny that the version of "noble adventurers" you speak of here is different than the one he's talking about. The runaways.
Conan was a wise man of the wild. "Smarter and tougher because he's not weakened by civilization" is his core character trait.Rising to the top through cunning and ruthlessness is the basic plot of half the Conan stories. He even became king of a country by working his way up the ranks of their military as a mercenary and then staging a coup.Last edited by AgentofHellfire; 2012-07-22 at 03:37 PM.
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Wait, wait. This gives me an idea.
Imagine the party giving a solem burial for their friend, and then, several levels later, having a go at yet another necromantic infestation. Pretty run-of-the-mill, except when they start gathering up the loot they get the stuff their friend was buried with.
Alternatively, items of previous characters from previous campaigns.
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2012-07-22, 04:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, but its kind of stupid considering that Paladins should have different morals compared to other paladins and nobles. They're kind of like Vigilantes that mess with law and order of a city, just because it doesn't fit their world view.
I had a couple Paladins killing off the clergy of other churches in order to gain more favor with their God. Makes sense.
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You never meet an elf child. Ever.
This is really kinda odd because they're kids for like a century.
Dragons are color-coded for your convenience.
DM: "The black dragons are breathing fire upon the town."
Player: "Black dragons have acid breath weapons, not fire."
DM: "Roll reflex."
Only the players consider the impact of high level magic on the construction of buildings and cities.
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Paladins are like henchmen, except good aligned. They fight for causes they believe in for little pay except for a pat on the back, and often die without a chance for another life, and in the end 90% of the people you meet will just remember you as that guy with the funny accent.
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The nobles of the country disdain the peasants.
If a PC is Lawful Good, the class is a divine class or a monk. Lawful good wizard? Rogue? Psion? Fighter? Warblade? Pshaw!
Someone posts a generalization stereotype for a fun joke thread, someone else responds with a counterexample.
A player will quote Monty Python or joke about attacking the darkness, depending on generation.
There once was a Great Empire that covered all the land. After the Emperor died, his heir was not accepted. There was civil war. When it ended we have the nations of today. Really, this predates Eberron!
When the game edition changes, a magic god and Good god dies, an Evil god once thought dead returns, and a well known Evil entity gains more power, to godhood and beyond.
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When it comes to saving the world/ high level play then yes, the PC party should be in the spot light and the go to guys. But when your a bunch of level ones or twos then were are the rival parties? The ones that solve the problems that you have no time for? Thats what I was thinking about
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well , i mean, considering that in fantasy Knights are the equivalent of superheroes....
fantasy knights are based off the tales of king arthur's court, not history.
History isnt fun, or else we'd go all "Oh, look at history, isnt the human race awesome?"
No we tell stories of non humans, and if we talk about humans its either improperly noble ones , or how the other races are better.Part of the "Raise Nale and Let Him Serve Life in Prison" fan-club
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I understand where you're coming from, but even at the low levels, the other parties are either elsewhere, or otherwise not taking your job. Maybe the DM should have a few quest-givers that say someone else has already started/completed that quest, but that doesn't really add much to the game.
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Half-elves and Half-orcs always relate to their non-human heritage. It's always their non-human bloodline that matters. They are involved with their non-human racial politics and culture. Their human ancestry is irrelevant and ignored.
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2012-07-23, 12:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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That irritates me too.
I remember once I created a NPC who hated his half elven nature, and almost worshiped his human half (considering any city, country, artifact, etc. of human make a grand symbol of his noble heritage). He grew up around elves, so humans were the exotic other who is father was part of. One of the players said the character inspired him to create a simmilar character when he was DM...who would always praise his elven nature and detested his human. The player didn't do it as a take that to me, he honestly thought it was more original.Last edited by GenericGuy; 2012-07-23 at 12:19 AM.
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2012-07-23, 12:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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I like this thread.
Mmm, I get annoyed when PCs assume that all barmaids are nothing more than fleshbags to hit on every time they come across one who live only to be sexed up by the PC. I myself am guilty of this, mostly to see if the DM will bend and indulge in my silliness, though I never had my PCs go past simple flirting.Last edited by Benson; 2012-07-23 at 01:15 AM.
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2012-07-23, 01:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Generally, the fact that humans will be the clearly dominant race, despite having no obvious advantages that would make them so.
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