[UA] Archetype, stereotype

[Michael Daisey]

Jason P.Prince wrote:
> 
> >
> >Now THERE's a hard archetype to dislike, even when he's giving aid and
> >succor to your ass-whupped enemies.  And when you think about it, there
> >probably isn't nearly as much competition for Godwalker status among the
> >self-sacrificing archetype(s?) than there is among the greedy, powermad,
> >dog-bites-dog-in-the-ass archetypes.
> >
> >-G.
> 
> Fair enough. But I the opposite extreme is unlikely to be much of a team
> player for a party of characters either. Although they do make nasty
> adversaries.
> 
> I put up the Untouchable partly as an example of a relatable
> character archetype that could realitvely easily fit into more
> "traditional" party (which I feel many of the darker ones would have
> problems doing) of investigators or law enforcement.

	For good or bad, I'm not certain that many archetypes are
	very compatible with group endeavors at all.

	In a sense, that's the downside of all Avatarhood...your 
	individuallity become suborned to a greater symbol.  As the
	character becomes more and more like their archetype, they
	become less and less human.

	 

-- 
Michael Daisey
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"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the
oath." Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek dramatist. Fragments, no. 385.