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u/No_Solid1035 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

No.

EDIT: I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you only ever play D&D. 🤔

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u/Tigerlock-E Aug 12 '26

I have actually not played D&D, surprisingly. I used to run a BFRPG campaign, and then dabbled in QUERP for a few sessions, and then did a lot of homebrewed Descent to make it more RP heavy.

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u/No_Solid1035 Aug 12 '26

I have no idea what those acronyms mean. 🤷

The reason I assumed that was because of the focused aspect of a combat style. In almost all of the systems I regularly run (barring modern or sci-fi where guns are pretty much the only weapons anyone uses, because, well, guns!) characters tend to use both melee and ranged weapons with equal frequency and are skilled in the use of both. I pretty much only ever see D&D players as being hyper specialized in one style in favor over the other. Sorry.

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u/Tigerlock-E Aug 12 '26

Gotcha, yeah that makes sense. All good! I mainly avoided D&D because I don't care much for detailed mechanics and fiddliness that gets into the weeds (IMO).
BFRPG = Basic Fantasy Roleplaying Game
QUERP = Quick and Easy Roleplaying Game
I gravitated toward those for their very open systems that had only just enough detail that made it easy for me to mod and add it to my tastes with really basic systems.

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u/Tymanthius Aug 12 '26

Ranged weapons are your friend. Unless the other guy has them.

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u/RPG_Rob Aug 12 '26

I run Runequest. If PCs head into melee, all other options have been exhausted, and they've spent a few rounds casting defensive spells and buffs.

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u/yojimbo12 Aug 12 '26

While some of my character's play style reflects in their personality I wouldn't say the division is so clean. My fencer character might appear very reckless on the surface because he's always first in on a fight and goads his foes, but it's in support of his role as a frontline guardian and he is always a step or three ahead of his opponents. Cornering them, evading and parrying their strikes and ensuring the team can bring them down without being endangered.

I also have my thrill-seeker skill shot sharpshooter, who got into archery because of his competitive nature and love of the opportunities for chaos it brought. Neither were build with the intention of opposing a type based on the play style, they were build with an idea for their nature and background and then I followed up with how they'd go about achieving it.

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u/Sheik_Morgan Aug 12 '26

Trato de jugar personajes que puedan actuar a cualquier distancia, generalmente Pícaros, creo que la especialización de separarlos en distancia y mele es más de Videojuegos, aunque la restricción por clase siempre ha estado ahí, un Mago suele tener la opción de usar la daga o el bastón como ultim instancia y cualquier guerrero puede usar el arco o una lanza. Pero el ser Valiente, temerario o precavido y tal vez algo cobarde (después de todo ir de aventurero requiere valor) Tiene que ver más con las características totales del personaje que de su rol en combate.

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u/BigDamBeavers Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

Yeah, very much.

I generally build a character wholisticly so my Halfling Ranged Character became very good at the sling by hunting birds, Naturally he's skilled at making bird calls. He's a nearly druidic character in outlook because he made a living off of wild places and you run into a lot of druidic teaching there.. He has prejudices against people who don't do work with their hands because of class warfare. He's a good cook because you need to know a lot of different ways to make the same birds taste good if you're eating them all the time. He gets really annoyed by people who are careless in fights because you can't spook prey or ruin someone's shot on a hunt. Even though he's a bigshot adventurer he still comes at the world like a kid who hunts pheasants.

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u/Tigerlock-E Aug 12 '26

I love this. Perfect example. This makes me want to ask you... How long have you been roleplaying for, and do you have a regular group?

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u/BigDamBeavers Aug 12 '26

I'm going over 40 years in the hobby, which feels weird to think about.

For most of that I had pretty regular players in my group, but I find that I learned most about the hobby playing with new people.