I get the feeling that Mr. David P. Janes is a bit older than me, at any regard he is quite accomplished it would appear by his marraige, sailing competitions, worldly reading, and developed technical interests.
After finding Mr. Jane's site in my web traffic report, I went to visit, as I periodically do with any web sites that aren't bot related. He's got himself quite a variety of interests!
This particular page, of David's character sheets, shows a history of creativity. There is a lot of material one can derive from the history of an RPG! I myself have saved a few or the narrative recaps from some of our own group's more memorable adventures. I must admit however to having captured none of my URLy days stuff. There was a
ranger from the game led by "Ron the Beautiful,"
1982.
There was
Ursula, named for Ursula K LeGuin on my roommates bookshelf. Ursula was a
sea nymph, water elvish sort. she spent far too much of her adventuring time chasing after a mysterious character she thought might look like the cute guy playing him, but alas at 17 she learned what role playing really is. There was a woman under that cloak and she was none the wiser for months, but a blush came to her cheeks when she learned that she really wasn't into the game so much as the players! Oops. That was
1983.
Recent role playing years left the old versions of D&D with a
Ranger turned Monk, Ku, a
wiff of a druid (constitution of ) named
Moss; only proven at turning into a bush when danger was near by. Her only positive to the group was a mighty polar bear named Holly Beary, but she wouldn't put her to fight since the bear was her friend and primary security. It was against her beliefs to force the bear to fight. Last seen was a ranger
-fighter named Sunny (Sunflower). She was study and could survive a hack n slash campaign, but she was boring.
I look forward to reading more
David P. Janes. The inner role player in you just might too!