Legendary Hero PCs

[Bardan_the_Slayer]

Hey there everyone. I thought I'd get the ball rolling here and ask a question. How many of you tend to use PCs that you have based on some sort of legendary hero, from books or myth and legend?

I mean, there must be loads of people out there who play as Raistlin, or Drizzt, or God knows who else, so let's hear them. Which legendary hero do you like to play as?

[Solaufein_Xiltyn]

Someone say Drizzt? I played him once in the BG series. I did a game with Halaster but that was overkill starting off as a level 30 mage.

In IWD I played a party of gods (without their powers and starting at level 1)

[RavenKnights]

My character in BG and BG2 isn't based on a legendary hero, he's based on a character from a novel. His name is Eric von Darkmoor, and he's from the novel Shadow Of A Dark Queen by Raymond E. Feist.

I DID make an Arthurian team for IWD, though... Even made a few weapons to fit em.

[Bardan_the_Slayer]

Coolio! I myself tend toward the Dragonlance settings. I have nade MP parties of the characters, normally with raistlin as the protagonist. I have also played Allanon, a sorcerer from the Shannara novels

[Rika_CatGirl]

I play as myself , a hero ;D

[DiabloRex]

I made a arthur party once, but never got to play with it (always wanted to add more so it was never completed)

[Solaufein_Xiltyn]

My first PC I started in BG1 and finished ToB with was a character I had started to write a short story on. Actually she originated long before this in a PnP game I played loooong ago

[MasterD_Evil]

Only played with my own characters, no heroes... For that matter, I only finished SoA and ToB with 1 character, Kirederf, my sorcerer (ended as level 28). For those who finished ToB (don't want to spoil others), he's Good aligment and still carrying that Bhaal taint. (as opposed to getting rid of it).

Anyway, BG1 I finished first with a paladin, then with a figher/mage and also a regular mage... The mage character set the tone for my sorcerer on BG2.

[Nightcrawler]

Does a comic book character count? hehe
Well I started BG1 using Nightcrawler as a fighter, but had to re-create him in BG2 as a swashbuckler because that fits him much better.
I converted my BG1 character to Gawain, who according to this story I'm reading is probably the best knight next to Lancelot in Arthur's court.  I haven't read any of the fantasy books you guys are talking about, so I have to work with what I've got  
Other than those 2, my characters are original.

[Nachtrafe-Tyrant Jr]

I am working on a party of Dragonlance characters.  Custom Kits, weapons/armour/items etc.  I DL'd PDF copies of the DragonLance modules and am working from them.  One of these days if I'm feeling ambitious I'll do a whole Mod for it.

Normally I play old PC's from PnP games.  

[Erik]

I loosely based my character off of Conan the Barbarian.  And I named him after Conan's son Conn.  

[Kothoses the Tyrant]

My chars are based on chars from my own realm that my RP is set in.

Kothoses the mage(I also have a fighter called Koth not from my setting)
Quinn the ranger
Avloar (fighter)

or if I play an evil party
Khem Phek Assasin/mage
Dumak Mage
Knaagraak Half Orc Fighter

[Demiurgos]

My all time fav. character is someone I used to play in PnP.
Elven Bladesinger with amazing stats. I had just lost four-five characters in as many play sessions and then I rolled up a character with 3 18 scores!!! In fornt of the rest of the players and the GM, so I got to play it.
Bladesinger with 18/00 strenght (after rolling 3 18s the 100 strenght wasn't really a surprise), 19 dex and 18 int!!! He kicked ass!!!

Edit: for those of you that don't know, a Bladesinger is an amazing fighter/mage combo.

[Zoras]

When I was younger, I used to base my mage off Raistlin from Dragonlance. As time passed though I gradually made him more and more unique from the novel character, until he is the character he is today.

[ElricMorlockin]

All my character were taken directly from pen and paper days in the Forgotten Realms Setting. Though two listed below were based on the Newhon books (Mouser and Fafhrd...........Fulk and Helfdane)


1.)Helfdane- Human Barbarian    (Bhaal Spawn)
2.)Oldredd Blackhammer- Dwarf Beserker (Crown Prince of Citadel Adbar in the Spine of the World Mts.)
3.)Fulk Nerra- 1/2 Elf   Ftr-Thf (Cheated to be assasin kit)
4.)Veronica Faenya- Elf  Cleric
5.)Eflen Morlockin- Elf   Mage
6.)Elric Morlockin- Elf  Ranger (Archer Kit)

PnP Days..... (fun stuff)

Helfdane- Is killed in one of the many civil wars in Chessenta
Oldredd- Returns to Adbar, eventually finds the axe of the dwarvish lords and "converts" the Duergar.
Fulk- Becomes the "chairman of the board" of a widespread crime syndicate based in West Gate.
Veronica- Retires to Evermeet to run the temple of Aedrie. On occassion she comes out of retirement to have an adventure or two in the Elven Court/Dales region.
Eflen- Sets up shop in old Elvencourt more precisely in Dark Watch. His hatred for Sembians makes him the fiercest opponent to their desired expansion into the dales and old Elvencourt.
Elric- Also decides to remain in Faerun instead of migrating to Evermeet with the majority of his folk. He leads a small band of Elves, Rangers and Druids near the area of Myth Drannor. Where he fails to ward of would be adventurers from entering the city, he exacts in a "usage tax" when they get out with some treasure. This is usually in the form of ancient elvish artifacts that he has sent to Evermeet for safe keeping/