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From: johnsons@stolaf.UUCP (Scott W. Johnson)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Personality in D&D
Message-ID: <1696@stolaf.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-May-84 16:53:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  8 16:53:13 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 09:55:32 EDT
Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN
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   I have too often heard D&D as a game where only experience points and
various spells are mentioned. I am writing to find out if there is anyone
out there who believes that the fun in D&D lies in creating characters
and situations where those characters abilties, and personalities are
tested. It is my philosophy (as well as the people I play with) that
developing interesting characters; background history, personality, is
the most rewarding. For instance, there is this character (not mine)
called Miri, who has the continually irritating habit of calling on
her god (Hades) at very inopportune moments. Miri is a Grey Elf--a
fighter/magic-user.
   And then there's Azdall, also a Grey Elf fighter/magic-user who
thinks quite strongly that he is the incarnation of the Great God Nergs
(who exactly this god is few know). Have any of you ever read "Cerebus"?
Then you know Azdall, for he is nearly an exact copy of Elrod. "I say
son!, put down, I say, lower that wand there! Someone might get hurt!"
   And of course there's Ise and Fal, both rangers who worship Sif. They
are both vying for godhood themselves. Being such loyal fans of Sif, 
they can't stand to see anyone else worship another "lesser" god.
   Well, excuse my long winded talk here, but I am just wondering if
there are other people out there who like to play D&D just to meet
various interesting personalities, and put the same in testy situations.
Are there any interesting characters of others?

                                            Thanks for the time

                                        "We're all gonna die!!" Scott