D&D matters

No time to play, but it was nice to see a Fark thread today on this totally uncontroversial article on how to choose a character class.

Two potentially useful sites mentioned:

• 538's "Is Your D&D Character Rare"?  My half-eld barbarian is unavailable for comment.

• whothefuckismydndcharacter.com is really interesting.  The first couple I tried were pointless, but then things got interesting:
• PEACEFUL HUMAN WARLOCK FROM THE DUSTY MOUNTAINS WHO IS A COMPULSIVE LIAR...PG Wodehouse's Uncle Fred with magical powers?  Yeah, that could work.
• SOMBRE ELF BARBARIAN FROM A ROYAL LINEAGE WHO IN HINDSIGHT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE TREASURE MAP TATTOOED ON THEMSELVES...ok, I've got my backstory.
• But perhaps most compelling - MOODY HUMAN PALADIN FROM THE DUSTY MOUNTAINS WHO IS HAUNTED BY THE GHOSTS OF THOSE THEY KILL...whoa, when do we start?

Also, I was not aware of The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment.