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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
 Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 17:45:33
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Poll Question:
Which do you play more frequently?
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The brave don't live forever,the cautious don't live at all |
Edited by - Aravine on 22 Apr 2008 14:55:11
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 17:50:38
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I think arcane, but I love playing divine, as well.
Also, note that I love playing bards, which would tip the scales a bit towards arcane, even though they aren't wizards. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 21 Apr 2008 20:48:40 |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 20:10:30
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I am a wizard playing fool!
With spells, they give you so many possible options... |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 20:57:19
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I played a number of clerics/specialty priests after Faiths & Avatars came out long ago, but with 3E, I will admit to loving the sorcerer for facility of play and ease of character building.
SES |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 21:08:34
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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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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36814 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 21:54:08
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quote:
Originally posted by Steven Schend
I played a number of clerics/specialty priests after Faiths & Avatars came out long ago, but with 3E, I will admit to loving the sorcerer for facility of play and ease of character building.
SES
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AlorinDawn
Learned Scribe
USA
313 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 21:55:54
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| Nearly all of my active characters are acrane casters of some sort. I just love magic, plain and simple. I have been playing some divine characters here and there, but overall arcane all the way. |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 00:18:22
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'Everyone dies...I only choose the time and place for a few.' --Eric Destler |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 01:10:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Steven Schend
I played a number of clerics/specialty priests after Faiths & Avatars came out long ago, but with 3E, I will admit to loving the sorcerer for facility of play and ease of character building.
SES
I must admit, I was guilty of much the same when I first purchased F&A. There really were some great kits detailed within.
I've never really had any opportunity to play a 3e sorcerer however. And I'm not sure I'd want to. I still haven't brought the class into my FR as of yet, mostly because I haven't been able to settle on a suitable 'origin tale' for 3e sorcerers in the Realms. I do have 'sorcerer-like' NPCs, who possess strange "wild talent-like" abilities with magic, much like Ed's interpretation of sorcerers in 2e -- they just weren't called 'sorcerers.'
I suppose my take on 3e sorcerers in my FR would be very similar to what Ed outlined in Temptation of Elminster. I would probably establish a possible link between sorcerers and dragon/draconic bloodlines -- which hints at where the sorcerers get their dragonblood from. In the novel itself, it notes the dragonsblood experiments undertaken by Cordorlar, in the waning days of Netheril. In fact, I'd probably expand the scope a little, and suggest that other highly magical creatures also gained their own sorcerous abilities in much the same way.
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Pasta Fzoul
Seeker
USA
79 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 04:14:29
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| I probably play the two almost almost equally; they're definitely my most-played classes. If I want an eccentric character, I'll play a wizard. I'll play a cleric if I come up with a particularly interesting interpretation of a given religion's dogma. |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
2285 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 09:28:15
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| where are the both and or other choices? |
why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 16:04:10
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| Too late for me...now there's a "both" option. I would have checked that. I think in the long run, I play arcanes more frequently, but I doubt it'd be by much. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 22 Apr 2008 16:04:52 |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1076 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 16:05:58
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I like to play both classes, but specialty priest are most-played class. I like playing specialty priest and believe in a minor good, because, this makes it easier to have great influence among the churches, and more respected.
When I an not a DM and I play evil characters, I usually create a Evil fanatic specialty priest, only healing believers and killing those who insults the goods. When playing Wizards, I usually specialize in a field conjuration, fire magic ore polymorph spells.
Ahh that was more that I thought to say 
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 16:06:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Too late for me...now there's a "both" option. I would have checked that. I think in the long run, I play arcanes more frequently, but I doubt it'd be by much.
Sorry about that... I normally put that option in my polls to begin with. (Alignment was an exception) |
The brave don't live forever,the cautious don't live at all |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 16:07:13
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Originally posted by Aravine
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Too late for me...now there's a "both" option. I would have checked that. I think in the long run, I play arcanes more frequently, but I doubt it'd be by much.
Sorry about that... I normally put that option in my polls to begin with. (Alignment was an exception)
It's OK. |
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Rory
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 00:25:49
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| I like the D&D cartoon sytle of the Wild Mage. Presto... |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36814 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 00:45:25
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quote:
Originally posted by Rory
I like the D&D cartoon sytle of the Wild Mage. Presto...
2E had a wild mage that I really liked. 3E had them, too, but the sheer chaos inherent in the 2E class was mostly stripped away. I've not seen a 3E wild mage class that I liked. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 03:03:30
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| I like both after reading the 2e players guide to the realms, where the story teller was a 1/2 elven cleric mage of Mystra. |
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TheArchPriest
Acolyte
Brazil
14 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 03:22:11
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Black Flame Zealot
Influent Kossuthan Cleric
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sfdragon
Great Reader
2285 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 09:20:22
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| since there is now a both option, both but not both at once as i dont like the MT |
why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
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http://steelfiredragon.deviantart.com/gallery/33539234 |
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Baldwin Stonewood
Acolyte
34 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2008 : 17:30:11
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Vangelor
Learned Scribe
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2008 : 01:41:55
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| Arcane - but in a Bardic and not Wizardly way. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2008 : 08:17:39
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Divine. If I were to play an arcane caster it would most likely be a bard.
You know, it just hit me, I think I have only seen two or three wizards PC's used through nearly twenty years of gaming. I have a feeling that that is slightly less than normal. |
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Ithil
Acolyte
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2008 : 02:42:53
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Arcane.
Wizard in true RPG because of how flexible you can make a wizard with all the feat and spell options out there.
Sorcerer in NWN because there wasn't much flexibility available with the wizard, and the Charisma overlapped nicely with convincing people to do stuff for you. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 15:51:12
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| Arcane but I do have a Mystic Theurge floating around in a campaign. |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 17:09:59
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| Wow. I didn't realize I hadn't given a response to my own post. I like arcane, better, just because of sheer versitilty. Although a cleric with travel and magic domains(if one exists) would be pretty sweet. |
The brave don't live forever,the cautious don't live at all |
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Marc
Senior Scribe
658 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 20:10:51
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| Psionics (tough powers should be more different then spells, so with many houserules) |
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RRELIN
Acolyte
12 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2009 : 15:08:17
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| I generally stick to Arcane casters. |
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althen artren
Senior Scribe
USA
780 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2009 : 19:44:12
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Scrolls shared, scribes:
Mystic Theurge in 3rd, Clage (Cleric/wizard) in 2ed.
I love the flexibility of having both types of spells
available. |
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 16 Mar 2009 : 02:02:07
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| My favorite classes are ranger, druid, and sorcerer, so I like both. |
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What type of spellcaster do you like to play?
