Modern Day Classes

>>49076082
IN a modern-day sim it would be careers.

In a modern-day action game it would be action movie archetypes.

In a modern-day horror game it would be age groups and personality types.

It really depends on what kind of game in the modern day.

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>>49076337
This. The setting really is what crafts the classes and archetypes you portray in a game. I like how Chaosium takes the approach to it. You have a skillset based upon the career path you've chosen. No two career paths will have the same skills and values entered unless the players intentionally did that.

>>49076082
soldier, scientist and spy. they upgrade to super-soldiers, super-scientists and super-spies. very alliterative.

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Combat Specialist, Technical Operator, Free Agent, Diplomat.

These classes mean next to nothing, because after a while you get enough points to do whatever the fuck you want.

You could make a class for each primary stat. Strength class, wisdom class, etc.

>>49076337
>IN a modern-day sim it would be careers.

Traveler does this in a Sci-fi setting. "Corporate", "Broker" and "Support Marine" are all valid character careers.

>In a modern-day action game it would be action movie archetypes.

Feng Shui does this: you can have parties consisting of "Old Master", "Scrappy kid", "Cyborg" and "Maverick Cop".

>In a modern-day horror game it would be age groups and personality types.

Can't think of any game that uses age / personality as a base for character establishment, but i'd love to hear some examples.

>>49079372
And then you can feel awful when only Dexterity and Intelligence classes are of any value to the game.

>>49076082
None. Point-based or go home.
Star wars has classes and it sucks for making generalist or opportunist characters.

>>49076082
Frankly, I don't think classes work very well with modern day stuff, but it really depends on what you're trying to do with it. Action games would probably be able to keep it up, but anything else is probably going to fall apart in trying to work with humanity as it stands. Perhaps having point-based perk trees and saying that the trees are "classes".

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>>49076082
>strong
>fast
>tough
>smart
>dedicated
>charismatic

I never understood why they didn't go with "wise" and "charming" for the last two.

>>49076082
Honestly, assuming this is in the mold of D&D, I'd probably have common fictional archetypes of the modern day and just have those be the classes. For example, soldier, cop, martial artist, scientist, priest, celebrity, etc.

>>49083115
That image is basically why i love america.

>>49081378
Grimm, which involves children getting trapped in American Mcgee's mother goose has classes like "Bully, Jock, and Nerd."
Does that count?

>>49083115
>British show
>"Welcome to America!"

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>>49083719
spoken by a british actor, no less.

>>49076082
If it's meant to be fantasy, you should read, "Beginner's Guide to Magical Site Licensing," for ideas. It's a web serial based on an alternate Earth with magic.

>>49081378
>Can't think of any game that uses age / personality as a base for character establishment, but i'd love to hear some examples.

There is definitly a number of highschool RPGs that do this. I've never looked at it, but maybe Monster Hearts? In anycase, there was some homebrewer that was working on Mean Girls RPG that did it. No idea how far that project progressed. IRC, there were classes like "Gay BFF" and such.

>>49076082

– priests and teachers.
– warriors and rulers.
– farmers, traders and merchants.
– labourers.
– garbage men, homeless

>>49076082
That picture makes no fucking sense? Who the fuck wants to grow up to be a complete loser? How does someone unintentionally become an astronaut which requires both peak physical condition and impressive mental abilities?

>>49087607
it's a joke

>>49087607
Why in god's name are you so angry about this?

>>49076082
I'd just use a form of BRP. Maybe CoC specifically.

>>49076082
I'd still be a rogue, but not the charming, dashing, handsome sort. More like the greasy, untrustworthy, naturally-suspicious-looking sort, who gets through life entirely by lying, cheating, and stealing.

>>49087607
That's the joke

>>49078822
>that pic
I'm still bummed out that they killed CoC LCG.