Tell us about your First Table top Roleplaying charcter

[spectralhunt]

I remember making an elf way back when I played the Basic D&D box but I don't remember the name. AD&D is when I really got into pen and paper. I was influenced by LotR so my first character was Aragornne (I changed the spelling like that made a difference) the ranger. I added Aramis the cavalier later on but I always came back to my ranger. In 2ed, I made a half-elf ranger/cleric named Jorin, who continued to live on through Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind Dale series and to a lesser extent, NWN (multiclassing changed dramatically in 3ed).

[aavarius]

I had an elf named Khan. Many years later, in a different campaign, I recreated him as a pygmy jungle elf with a boar steed. He would avoid using any metal weapons or armor. His people were descended from a once high jungle civilization that had gone back to nature. I don't know what version the DM was using, but Khan was basically a swordmage - using both some magic and melee.

Please tell me his name was pronounced, "KHAAAAAAAN!!!" by his enemies.

[pugdaddy]

Please tell me his name was pronounced, "KHAAAAAAAN!!!" by his enemies.

I blush but refuse to answer.

[skeletun]

Please keep these going. They are fun to read..

To add to it, here is my first AD&D character.

The GM and the group said I had to play a fighter. I wanted to be a Ranger or Bard but they said I had to play a fighter.
So i created Peter the Powerful. He was a 16 year old fighter on his first adventure. Grew up in a small village where he was the biggest baddest warrior. He was cocky, He was Arrogant, He had a big sword, and He was lvl 1 in a group of lvl 4-5 characters. So he joined up with the group to help out with a local dungeon clearing. (Remember I said I didn't want to play a fighter)
First door we come to..rogue check for traps. "I'm PETER THE POWERFUL..I FEAR NO TRAPS!!" Smash goes the door..(crap..no trap).
further along we hear noises down the corridor. Rogue goes stealth to investigate and hears. "I'm PETER THE POWERFUL..FEAR ME Muaahhhhh!!!!" as he charges the next room.
After that fight, the GM said you can't have a death wish. I explained The character was young, cocky inexperienced and thought he could take on the world...then I showed him his intelligence and wisdom (both less than 10) and he laughed.
Basically Peter did a Leroy Jenkins on the entire dungeon (this was in 1991). I honeslty think the GM kept him alive to screw with the party because he was having a blast.
After we left the dungeon, the party turned to Peter and said "This isn't working out..you gotta go". So I gave the Character sheet to the GM and rolled a Ranger.

Funny thing is that we kept hearing tales of this Peter guy doing heroic things all over. And the party kept getting asked if they knew him, and whats he like and stuff.

[iamtruthseeker]

My first DM character that I remember was one of the oldfold old ones. Human fighter (or fighting man) l 99...got to Asmodeus. No matter waht I tried, i couldn't succeed and died. Didn't understand since I succeeded so many times before...hey I was single digits in years at the time and it was my friend's big brother.

[unclegrimm]

My first character was a human Magic user don't remember his name. The only thing I can remember about him is he wore green robes with very large pockets and had a staff like Gandalf's.
The first character I remember the name of was a Dwarf fighter Earthal Oppengoop

[gillrmn]

I am not very very sure, but I think my first PC was bard - the 3e bard. And it was almost useless. I added dances and songs but apart from fascinate and one or two buffs it didn't do much of anything.

I like 4e bards. they are always so strong and versatile. I wish 4e was my first edition - my 3e bard made me convinced of spoonyness of bards.

EDIT:-
I remember faintly that it went to epic levels but was killed and raised as undead. But somehow DM had this funny idea that undead have no music sense - it reduced me to comic relief in most situations. Later we met a bartender who turned out to be avatar of Selune who had disguised as bartender to save herself from Shar. She retrieved the soul of my bard and made him whole again. I became cleric then. It would have taken a nice turn but then our group abandoned that campaign and started with Greyhawk. But I started to have a liking to Selune ever since.

[aeroth001]

.My campaign has lasted for almost 20 years now because I learned how not to DM from the experiences.

Learning from mistakes is a sign of wisdom. *the wizard takes his hat off and salutes*

ontopic. my first character was a fighter from dragonlance. His name was Sir Conrad of York and was builded to imitate a medieval knight. Lawfull good,saving damsels in distress,making the bid of the nobles a crusader of the light and all that is good. He was a beacon of kindess, never to attack an unarmed foe or harm an innocent. This was in the year of grace 2001.
Second character was in Forgotten Realms and evil Luskan wizard by the name of Aeroth. Besides his name and origins he is a total mistery for all. He just pops up from time to time to do evil deeds all witch seem tied together for some greath evil plot.

[ryger5]

All of these old 1e characters from 1980 to 1983...

Alozar, a Lawful Good cleric, who used that bearded "Moses" miniature that Ral Partha released in 1980. I painted him with a crimson robe. He became an NPC many years later.

After that, came Draus, a Half-Orc assassin, who caught lycanthropy from a Wererat, so he had himself put to sleep for seven years to advance the disease to the point he could control it. An assassin that could change into a rat, at will, was a very useful thing indeed. He was kind of broken obviously, so he was retired and remained an NPC.

Then came Farwin Glumpf, a Halfling Fighter/Thief, who had great RP hooks and was rather adorable. He "stumbled" into killing a young adult blue dragon, and while he didn't have much to do with the fight, was awarded all the credit (which he gladly took). He retired to write a story about it (bragging mostly) which made him rich and he too became an NPC quickly.

My first character here will be a relative of Farwin, several generations later.

Gineimis Hood-Green was a Gnome Illusionist/Thief, who eventually became trapped in the Astral Plane, in time, he becomes an ally of the Githzerai, but is then captured by the Githyanki and imprisoned in an extremely small, unstable demi-plane. He stays there for years, until he's discovered in a much later campaign, and rescued, where he also becomes a vital NPC in a campaign that dealt with a Githyanki incursion.

[haldain2145]

Haldain a paladin from 34 yrs ago first adition D&D. I was recovering from knee surgery after playing against Dan marino when he was the QB at Pitt. ( I was a nose guard at Kansas)My little brother got me into the game and I made that character while I was at home in the Fla. keys. I've been a gamer ever since and Haldain has stayed with me thru D&D, Iron Crown Rolemaster and all the online rpg's and MMO's. I just retired after almost 26 as a police officer from Miami dade and enjoyed the beta weekend with my guardian Fighter Haldain half eleven