What is the most cliché adventuring party you can think of?

[Mordo the Spaz - Forum Troll]

Tactician and disguise artist nicknamed Hannibal.
Rogue con-man, scrounger, and spy nicknamed Faceman.
Bard Linguist nicknamed Howlin' Mad Murdock.
Brawler and strongman crafter nicknamed B. A.

(link for ya moppets)

[Arazyr]

Human Commoner, Human Rogue with Bugbear Barbarian cohort, Old Human Wizard, and two golems.

[W E Ray]

Greatest Cliche D&D adventuring party:

1) CG Human Fighter (no archetype, no Combat Expertise, no Vital Strike)
2) N Elf Wizard (no School Specialization, Raven Familiar)
3) NG Human Cleric (of Pelor, or Mishakal, Lathander or Sarenrae; mostly healing, some Heavy-Mace melee)
4) CN Halfling or Half-Elf Rogue (heavy Trapfinder/disabler, Stealth, Thief)

[Chemlak]

Ooh, got another.

Human male fighter (greatsword)
Human female rogue (longbow)
Human male bard/dashing swordsman (rapier/lute/hand puppet)
Elf of indeterminate gender wizard (spells/raven familiar)
Halfling male ranger barbarian (TWF)
Dwarf male cleric (war hammer/spells)

[Gingerbreadman]

A dhampir inquisitor of pharasma.
The other three don't matter.

[Captain K.]

Arazyr wrote:

Human Commoner, Human Rogue with Bugbear Barbarian cohort, Old Human Wizard, and two golems.

Well played. With a Goblin Oracle NPC advisor.

[KainPen]

I Hate Nickelback wrote:

7 Dwarves.

Their classes are irrelevant.

you forgot the sleepy white female noble.

[Vod Canockers]

1 farmboy hero with 2 comedic druid slaves
1 elderly wizard (with a bad@$$ sword)
1 scruffy rogue with a furry barbarian sidekick
1 princess that is secretly the twin sister of the farmboy

Alternately

1 indestructible Knight Hero
1 mostly indestructible dumb knight sidekick
1 mystical priestess (of a not quite human race)
1 practical follower of the Knight Hero
1 preteen rogue (usually relate to hero, sidekick or follower)

Alternately alternate

1 Mary Sue
additional serious and comedic sidekicks as necessary
1 serious mentor

[Chemlak]

KainPen wrote:

I Hate Nickelback wrote:

7 Dwarves.

Their classes are irrelevant.

you forgot the sleepy white female noble.

It's probably more accurate to say:

6 grumpy dwarf experts
1 non-grumpy dwarf expert
1 narcoleptic human female aristocrat

[Captain K.]

Chemlak wrote:

KainPen wrote:

I Hate Nickelback wrote:

7 Dwarves.

Their classes are irrelevant.

you forgot the sleepy white female noble.

It's probably more accurate to say:

6 grumpy dwarf experts
1 non-grumpy dwarf expert
1 narcoleptic human female aristocrat

Only one was Grumpy.

[Atarlost]

1 mythic human fighter named Gilgamesh
1 non-mythic human fighter named Enikdu

[Mark Hoover]

Captain K. wrote:

Arazyr wrote:

Human Commoner, Human Rogue with Bugbear Barbarian cohort, Old Human Wizard, and two golems.

Well played. With a Goblin Oracle NPC advisor.

Took me a minute, but I got it. Brilliant you are.

[Valkir]

1 - male human fighter. To lead his men to battle; single-handedly defeat monsters (and their Mothers); become king; and finally battle a fire-breathing dragon.

Everyone else gets to pretty much stand around and bear witness to his awesomeness...right up until the time he gets roasted and poisoned.

[Lincoln Hills]

I dunno about classes, but I know what alignment most of the cliche adventuring party has... ;)

[Kazaan]

1) Human male Fighter (Tactician) specializing in heavy blades
2) Centaur male Fighter (Phalanx) w/ high Con but low Dex
3) Human male Cleric focused on healing
4) Elven male Ranger with Ranged style
5) Human female Sorceress with Fire bloodline
6) Dwarf male Fighter specializing in axes

Bonus points if you can tell what game this comes from.

[Mudfoot]

Half-elf magus with artifact sword and 3 Con
Human fighter/rogue

[Lincoln Hills]

Whatever happened to Moonglum? Nice guy. By comparison.

[Mudfoot]

Human commoner
Human female expert
Human? rogue/pathfinder
Ettin bard/vivisectionist (with 3 arms)
Paranoid golem

[Mudfoot]

Human warrior
Human female expert
Human female commoner
Human commoner
Dog
AND ABSOLUTELY NOT A &*$£&!! PUPPY!

[Mudfoot]

About 4000 PCs, mostly aristocrats and fighters, with a very short life expectancy
6 dire wolves

[Vod Canockers]

1 Human Warrior King
A lot of followers to die along the way.

Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie, and Questor the Elf.

[Kazaan]

Female Human Sorceress/Fighter with very low Wis
Male Human Fighter/Paladin w/ very low Int
Female Youth Human Cleric/Emperyal Sorc
Female Human Cleric
Male Half-Construct, Half-Undead, Human Fighter/Sage Sorcerer

[APersonAmI]

Two human males.

or

one human male,
one human male,
one human female.

[Torger Miltenberger]

Kazaan wrote:

1) Human male Fighter (Tactician) specializing in heavy blades

2) Centaur male Fighter (Phalanx) w/ high Con but low Dex
3) Human male Cleric focused on healing
4) Elven male Ranger with Ranged style
5) Human female Sorceress with Fire bloodline
6) Dwarf male Fighter specializing in axes

Bonus points if you can tell what game this comes from.

Shining Force?

- Torger

[Kazaan]

Torger Miltenberger wrote:

Kazaan wrote:

1) Human male Fighter (Tactician) specializing in heavy blades

2) Centaur male Fighter (Phalanx) w/ high Con but low Dex
3) Human male Cleric focused on healing
4) Elven male Ranger with Ranged style
5) Human female Sorceress with Fire bloodline
6) Dwarf male Fighter specializing in axes

Bonus points if you can tell what game this comes from.

Shining Force?

- Torger

Ding Ding, a winner is you.

[KainPen]

Kazaan wrote:

Torger Miltenberger wrote:

Kazaan wrote:

1) Human male Fighter (Tactician) specializing in heavy blades

2) Centaur male Fighter (Phalanx) w/ high Con but low Dex
3) Human male Cleric focused on healing
4) Elven male Ranger with Ranged style
5) Human female Sorceress with Fire bloodline
6) Dwarf male Fighter specializing in axes

Bonus points if you can tell what game this comes from.

Shining Force?

- Torger

Ding Ding, a winner is you.

expect that Cleric should be halfling. he's got huge feet. he shorter then everyone else and has 20ft movement speed. just like the dwarf. lol

[Kazaan]

KainPen wrote:

expect that Cleric should be halfling. he's got huge feet. he shorter then everyone else and has 20ft movement speed. just like the dwarf. lol

Who cares... no one uses him anyway. I'll take Sarah from SFII over Lowe from SFI as my first healer any day of the week... twice on Sunday.

[KenderKin]

Saturday morning cartoon......

Heroes delivered via rollercoaster

Becoming
Ranger with a magic bow
Acrobat....magic stick
Thief with magic cloak
Cavalier with a magic shield ( no weapon)
Wizard with nothing but a hat of cantrips
A barbarian who is four foot tall with a magic club
A random baby unicorn

Battling Venger and Tiamat!

[Vod Canockers]

Barbarian with a magic flaming sword.
Wooki er Big hairy sidekick barbarian
Human Female Noble Sorcerer.

[Kazaan]

Caboose: And Andy can be... the stealthy archer.
Andy: A bow and arrow? I DON'T HAVE ANY ARMS YOU DOLT!!!
Caboose: That... is what makes you so stealthy.

[BuzzardB]

The party from Dragon Strike

[KenderKin]

Vod Canockers wrote:

Barbarian with a magic flaming sword.

Wooki er Big hairy sidekick barbarian
Human Female Noble Sorcerer.

Thundarr the Barbarian

Ariel
Ukklah.....how is that actually spelt?

[nate lange]

how old school are you looking to go?

final fantasy old?
- fighter, thief (rogue) or red mage (bard), white mage (cleric), black mage (wizard)

basic d&d old?
- 2 fighting men (fighters), a magic user (wizard), and a cleric

arthurian legend old?
- some combo of paladin, fighter, ranger, cavalier

[Vod Canockers]

Human male aristocrat
Human female aristocrat
Visually impaired human female Bard(Archeologist)
Skinny human rogue with the munchies
A large awakened dog.

[Silent Saturn]

Six clerics, of six different deities of six different alignments.

I SMELL A SITCOM!

[GozrehTime]

Human female bard/ commoner with Perform: Oratory.
Gnome male rogue/ ranger (favored enemy: fey).
Big, hairy ogre male with Int 3 and Stone Call as an SLA.
Awakened tiny dog male cavalier with riding dog mount.

Their opponent is a sexy wizard.

[notabot]

5 bards.

On vocals: the leader and face for the party
On String: second in command and is a complementary opposite of the leader
On keyboard: The brains, physically weak but knows everything, and often makes the plans once a course of action is determined.
On drums: the big guy, can intimidate others and generally ends up being the muscle. Sort of dumb and simple.
The girl: back up vocals, fills in where needed. The glue that holds the group together. Played as an NPC by the GM.

Yeah, so the 5 man band trope...

and c'mon, you know you want to play an all bard party making optimal use of the archetypes available.

[Kyras Ausks]

GozrehTime wrote:

Human female bard/ commoner with Perform: Oratory.

Gnome male rogue/ ranger (favored enemy: fey).
Big, hairy ogre male with Int 3 and Stone Call as an SLA.
Awakened tiny dog male cavalier with riding dog mount.

Their opponent is a sexy wizard.

best pop culture grope sunk in here it took me reading "sexy wizard" to get the reference

[Zombieneighbours]

Kyras Ausks wrote:

GozrehTime wrote:

Human female bard/ commoner with Perform: Oratory.

Gnome male rogue/ ranger (favored enemy: fey).
Big, hairy ogre male with Int 3 and Stone Call as an SLA.
Awakened tiny dog male cavalier with riding dog mount.

Their opponent is a sexy wizard.

best pop culture grope sunk in here it took me reading "sexy wizard" to get the reference

it took me a little while, but I got it eventually.

[Vod Canockers]

1 preteen wizard, red hair from an old but poor wizarding family
1 curly headed, buck toothed, preteen female witch from a non wizarding family
1 uneducated but powerful preteen wizard (with scar) from an esteemed wizarding family, but raised by his non-wizardly relatives.
Various friends.

Or

4 Human Musket Masters.

or

1 Human Alchemist(Ragechemist)/Barbarian with anger issues
1 Human Paladin/Monk
1 Human Summoner(Synthesist) with alcohol problems
1 Human fighter(archer)
1 Human female Gunslinger/Monk
1 God with a spiffy hammer.

[Kazaan]

Male Human Mobile Fighter/Elec Sorc w/ Katana
Female Human Empereal/Ice cross-blooded Sorc w/ Crossbow
Female Human Fire Sorc/Pistolero Gunslinger
Male Grippli Paladin/Marid Sorc w/ Greatsword
Male Android Paladin/Monk
Female Human Barbarian w/ IUS
Male Human Wizard w/ Scythe

[Noireve]

Gallo wrote:

Male Human Fighter with Greatsword

Female Human Rogue with Longbow (and a treasure fetish)
Male Dwarf Cleric (now with vampire template)
Male (probably) Elf Wizard

Then have as what is effectively the rogue's cohort:
Male Human Bard

And as the fighter's quasi-cohort:

Male Halfling Ranger (with psychopath template)

Just make sure they are played very two-dimensionally......

I see what you did there!

[Shiftybob]

Well, we played on friday, and for the record...

Dragon's Demand obituary:

The guy that made a Drizzt (Two weapon fighting drow) ended up failing basically every single dice roll of the day. He curled up and died of hunger pains when someone tried to poison the hungry ghost in the collapsed tower. So much for destiny.

[Jeven]

The hero, the "princess", the comic relief guy.

Translated: male fighter w/ sword, female mage or cleric, male rogue.

[Leisner]

The characters all had their parents killed by orcs. Or otherwise orphans.

If they were killed by smurfs, now that would be fun.

[KenderKin]

Silent Saturn wrote:

Six clerics, of six different deities of six different alignments.

I SMELL A SITCOM!

We did that in 2nd edition after the forgotten realms hardcover came out....

Everyone showed up with a different "specialty priest" ...

[Kazaan]

1 Aasimar Scion of Humanity Adept
12 Human Commoners and Experts.

[Sloanzilla]

super nerdy dude with a perfect recollection of the rules

dude who daydreams during the roleplay stuff but loves killing things

slightly less nerdy dude who goes out on dates now and then so can't play

token girl player

[Lincoln Hills]

KenderKin wrote:

Ukklah.....how is that actually spelt?

"Ookla."

(Sadly, the space in my brain that I use to store this fact is the spot I'm supposed to be using to remember my own phone number.)

[Eryx_UK]

Dwarf Fighter.
Halfling Rogue.
Elf Ranger.
Human Wizard.