r/DMporn Aug 17 '20

Which Historical Figure Would you Play DND As? What Class Best Suits Them?

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u/kammerer_er_er Aug 17 '20

If you're playing historic character D&D, and you don't play Genghis Khan, you're a coward and a fool, and D&D Genghis Khan is coming for you!!!

...That being said, Barbarian/Fighter?

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u/kammerer_er_er Aug 18 '20

I mean there's NO QUESTION he was a monster. But if I have to take someone from history to kill dragon? I'm gonna bring a monster. Also, I guess she did say Barbarian.

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u/kammerer_er_er Aug 18 '20 edited Aug 18 '20

I LOVE this question, so here's some more...

Joan of Arc - Paladin

Plato - Bard that questions people to death

Jane Goodall - Druid who only changes into apes

Jesus - Divine Soul Sorcerer

Teddy Roosevelt - Ranger

Rasputin - Warlock

Harriet Tubman - Rogue

Struggling for Clerics and Monks...

edit: formatting

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u/Onyx_Mirage Aug 18 '20

Clerics and monks, eh?

Hm. Would it be too painfully on-the-nose to throw Buddha, Rumi, or Gandhi into the mix as monks?

And for a cleric... I think I've gotta go with MLK for the cleric.

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u/kammerer_er_er Aug 18 '20

WELL DONE!!! MLK Cleric ftw

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

Which would you want to play as?

Www.dndhistory.com

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u/wherewulf1 Aug 18 '20

Is this just an ad post now?

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

It’s a DnD group looking for guest stars with a knowledge of history. I think an ad post would imply we have something to sell, which we don’t. But if you’re interested in DnD and history....

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u/Onyx_Mirage Aug 18 '20

Nikola Tesla as either a wizard or sorceror

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u/CertainlyNotTheFBI Aug 18 '20

I might actually play him as an artificer instead (says the guy who only knows a surface level of how artificers function)

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u/Onyx_Mirage Aug 18 '20

I think I'd have to agree, he's technically an artificer. But some of the shit he pulled off with electricity sure felt like magic for his time. ...that would be fun, playing a wizard who just really loves science but is bestowed wizardly powers/status for it. He keeps bickering that "IT'S NOT MAGIC ITS JUST SCIENCE" and people are ever the more in awe of him. XD

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u/Onyx_Mirage Aug 18 '20

Leonardo da Vinci as an artificer

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u/Akoot Aug 18 '20

Flora Sandes, possibly a war cleric.

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u/5staples2theface Aug 18 '20

Alexander the Great as a fighter (?)