Post by dwayanu on Feb 12, 2009 0:12:52 GMT -6
I'm betting this has come up before, but I noticed nothing on the first page of this forum.
What characters from fiction stand out as truly "archetypal" -- whether or not one might think they need special classes in D&D? And how might one lump the characters into types? Here's my start (in no particular order):
King Arthur, Roland, and their peers: knights
Most heroes in classical mythology probably = knights as well, perhaps
Tarzan, Mowgli: beast-lord savages
Robin Hood: bandit, marksman, ranger, scout
Cugel the Clever: picaro
Three Musketeers, John Carter, Grey Mouser: fencers
Kull, Conan, Fafhrd, etc.: barbarian warriors
Berserker types from the Sagas and so on I see as something else
Elric of Melnibone, Nifft the Lean: combination warrior-magicians
Assorted characters: steppe or desert nomads (barbarian variation?)
What characters from fiction stand out as truly "archetypal" -- whether or not one might think they need special classes in D&D? And how might one lump the characters into types? Here's my start (in no particular order):
King Arthur, Roland, and their peers: knights
Most heroes in classical mythology probably = knights as well, perhaps
Tarzan, Mowgli: beast-lord savages
Robin Hood: bandit, marksman, ranger, scout
Cugel the Clever: picaro
Three Musketeers, John Carter, Grey Mouser: fencers
Kull, Conan, Fafhrd, etc.: barbarian warriors
Berserker types from the Sagas and so on I see as something else
Elric of Melnibone, Nifft the Lean: combination warrior-magicians
Assorted characters: steppe or desert nomads (barbarian variation?)
