The Trumps in BG
bleusteel
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I'm always interested in new ideas for themed parties and hadn't yet seen this one: The Trump Family! Please be nice (whether you think they deserve it or not) and let's have fun!
Big Donald - pure Cleric, great with crowd control and buffs
Melania - Sorcerer, lots of natural talent
Donald, Jr - Cavalier, stalwart knight with no ranged options
Ivanka - Cleric/Mage/Thief, ultimate utility character
Eric - Fighter, some extra muscle/tank
Tiffany - Shadowdancer, always in the shadows
Big Donald - pure Cleric, great with crowd control and buffs
Melania - Sorcerer, lots of natural talent
Donald, Jr - Cavalier, stalwart knight with no ranged options
Ivanka - Cleric/Mage/Thief, ultimate utility character
Eric - Fighter, some extra muscle/tank
Tiffany - Shadowdancer, always in the shadows
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@bleusteel: If you want to create a Cleric/Mage/Thief, that's technically not possible in the game engine, but I do know how to rig a Cleric/Thief so it operates almost like a CMT would. It involves tweaking spell slots and creating lots of custom cleric spells based on mage spells. If you want to create such a party, I can send you some files with instructions on how to make this happen.
Melania - Sorcerer - Who needs wits when you have charisma
Donald jr - Fighter/Cleric - The support and muscle of the team
Ivanka - Enchanter - The smart one with the magical talent and good looks
Eric - Thief - Because someone needs to look after the finances
Tiffany - Bard - The young performer still new to the world
Here in Europe, obviously The Donald has had lots of coverage, and Melania has had a little, but the Trump offspring are pretty much unknown. I couldn't even have listed their names until I saw this thread.
Another possibility:
Similarly, you don't become a figher pilot for one of the most dangerous fighters ever built (in terms of pilotting the thing) and not have a major mishap in your entire career on it, without a LOT of brains. Yet, that person is considered a moronic monkey by a certain segment of society.
The bias is pretty clear, really, but I don't mind. I love the Schadenfreude when that particular segment of society loses time and again.
Trump is certainly NOT a strongman by any stretch of the imagination. The guy ain't Vin Diesel, let alone 19 strength (which is Hill Giant strength level in the BG stat system; strong than even Ogres). Making him a Half-Orc with all muscles and no brains is a bit insulting, which is probably the intent. Oh, and he certainly does not have a charisma of a rock. You don't run a successful reality TV show with no charisma.
As for the alignment thing, you show your bias when you call him CN AT BEST. That means that you believe the guy is Evil, which in DnD terms means you believe he is actively malevolent in some manner. That is a pretty big statement to make about someone.
I don't think he's evil however there is an argument to be made that he could be. Especially when you say things such as we should kill the FAMILIES of terrorists and there should be punishment for women if they choose to get an abortion...I would consider these stances to be that of a callous evil heart not of a good and honourable one. Very true his charisma is high, and he certainly isn't a strong man at all. In SCS enemies always go for the most fragile enemy...
I know the OP intended this thread as light-hearted apolitical entertainment, but maybe it was a bad idea to start this.
He also has shown high charisma. Intelligence? Not book smart, but he is savvy. So bard levels of Int. And finally as a bard, he gets to be the party race without being a front liner. It fits.
On the flip side, Hillary was definitely a wizard who had off the charts Int (i.e.: optimized), but who didn't have the Cha.
He worships money and that hair would be perfect on a gnome.
I don't object to you not liking the man, but when you use a thread like this to purposely denigrate him, that is when I will speak up.
You might want to try Waukeen.
You already have a perfectly good venue for voicing your political opinions. This discussion is not it.
Maybe he pays homage to both, "just in case". You know, like the guy in the movie "The Mummy" who shows the Imhotep every religious symbol just in case.
It is hard to tell, to be honest, because we don't really know that much about him. I don't rate any of the information thrown at us about him by the mainstream media who has been proven to be absolutely biased and working against the man. Believing what your rabid, fanatical enemy says about you is folly.
That is why I pointed earlier to the fact that his employees have actually said good things about him. One of the best ways to gauge a guy is by what the people who works with him says about him. If what they say is true, then we might be looking at a Neutral Good or Chaotic Good person with the ability to heal or help (of which the most prevalent in a DnD setting is healing), and with the nous (i.e., Int and Wis) to manipulate a hostile media into working for him and the Cha to run his own successful TV series.
A Bard might be a pretty good fit, particularly one that bolsters and support his party (i.e., his employees) with his song, although I hesitate to make him one because Lore (in the DnD sense) doesn't seem to be his thing. BG classes are too narrowly defined to make it easy to fit a person in them, which is one of the reasons I prefer 3.x.
Alternatively, perhaps a high mental stats Wild Mage? He does seem to have the ability to blow up spectacularly, seemingly at random...
I like the idea of an atypical jester - not the court fool but the king instead!
i don't think he's evil, but CN would suit him well i think. he's incredibly unpredictable, but also seems very selfish.
finally, i've also heard a lot of good stories about trump in person. just goes to show the person you see on tv isn't the same person you meet in real life.