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by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/03/2011, 2:25pm PST |
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Not to be a massive curmudgeon about this, but I think that your sense of what fictional characters fit what RPG roles is strongly colored by the fact that you have only played RPGs on a computer. There is nothing about the thief of Dungeons and Dragons that suggests Robin Hood. As of the 1st ed. Player's Handbook a thief can't even use a bow and are explicitly noted to tend towards an evil alignment.
The whole thief as ranger-lite thing is basically a way around the inherent shortcomings of CRPGs. Unless your whole game is about stealth, it's hard to make a general case for using thieves' abilities. This doesn't matter when you have a human being who can adjudicate on the fly, but it basically makes a thief a glorified key ring that you have to protect in combat when your DM is a computer.
To dodder even further into the old ways, the Greyhawk/1e PHB ranger isn't much like Robin Hood either. Instead, it's probably the second-most obvious case of Tolkein's influence on Gygax, because the class is clearly modeled on the Dunedain. |
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Dragon Age: Awakening - Positive! by Fortinbras 11/17/2010, 12:04pm PST 
Re: Dragon Age: Awakening - Positive! by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/18/2010, 7:36am PST
The tactical combat is. . . pretty fun. by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/18/2010, 9:16am PST
Re: The tactical combat is. . . pretty fun. by Kenji Carter 11/18/2010, 12:27pm PST
The cleric has been dying since the day he was born. by Jerry Whorebach 11/18/2010, 3:54pm PST
I still dug the AD&D1,2 cleric, which felt kind of like a KOTOR jedi consular by Fullofkittens 11/18/2010, 5:03pm PST
Jerry doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. 3.5 Clerics were awesome. by Fortinbras 11/18/2010, 5:18pm PST
Jack of all trades, master of... all? That doesn't sound right. by Jerry Whorebach 11/18/2010, 5:45pm PST
Amazingly, Fortinbras can write a post that is technically correct (we assume) NT by and Jerry's error post is still btr 11/18/2010, 7:07pm PST
Re: Jerry doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. by N 11/19/2010, 6:32pm PST
Your sense of D&D archetypes is for shit. by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/20/2010, 9:51am PST
Jerry does rule. 8) NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/20/2010, 12:07pm PST
Holy Shit Jerry by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/20/2010, 12:07pm PST
good job, jerry! NT by up with pod people 12/03/2010, 11:48am PST
Yeah, when is this coming about again NT by Souffle of Pain 01/07/2011, 6:53pm PST
ICJ covered his ass by not specifying a year. NT by laudablepuss 01/07/2011, 7:06pm PST
Secret Origins of... The Cleric by Jerry Whorebach 01/02/2011, 10:34pm PST
You were also wrong about the archetype for thieves. by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/02/2011, 11:20pm PST
Where did I claim that the thief of D&D was patterned after Robin Hood? by Jerry Whorebach 01/02/2011, 11:58pm PST
Look here, young fellow by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/03/2011, 2:25pm PST
Much better! I'm learning things from you already. by Jerry Whorebach 01/03/2011, 7:52pm PST
Re: Much better! I'm learning things from you already. by Shredder 01/03/2011, 9:24pm PST
Re: Much better! I'm learning things from you already. by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/04/2011, 11:26am PST
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