Exactly! If you're going to play someone who can't walk, at least do something interesting with it. If the Red Wizard of Thay rocks up on a palanquin carried by a pair of hearty bodyguards, that's a lot cooler than this combat wheelchair tripe.
I remember an old story of a guy who played as a Goblin wizard that had absurd INT but abysmal CON. So he was carried everywhere by a gang of goblins, who bore his throne out of either fear or reverence, and while a stiff breeze could kill him, he would turn people to meat slush with a flick of the wrist.
Exactly! If you're going to play someone who can't walk, at least do something interesting with it. If the Red Wizard of Thay rocks up on a palanquin carried by a pair of hearty bodyguards, that's a lot cooler than this combat wheelchair tripe.
I remember an old story of a guy who played as a Goblin wizard that had absurd INT but abysmal CON. So he was carried everywhere by a gang of goblins, who bore his throne out of either fear or reverence, and while a stiff breeze could kill him, he would turn people to meat slush with a flick of the wrist.
But wheelchairs…
Also a cool idea. If somebody asked me to play such a character, I'd get to work statting out a Goblin Swarm to represent the gang.