(10-09-2014, 01:57 PM)CrookedTarot Wrote: Is it good or bad to let your in-game class choice define your character?
I think just as jobs speak at least a little bit for who a person is in real life, classes do speak in some way what kind of person takes up that profession. However, these aren't always to be expected. For example, when I was in the nursing program at college, many people were in it for the money, not to be nurturing like you'd expect from a nurse.
But overall, I think it is bad to define a character by their class. A class impacts a character and what he or she does but it's not the sole identity of them. When you interact with other characters, the nature of your class should not come up often--that's where your character's personality should shine through. You can write so much about what your character does for a living but it will only speak for a small fraction of who your character actually is.
It's even considered a test to be able to describe a literary character without talking about their job, their looks, or what they do in the plot. People are more than that.
