Approved Class Tags

[Kor]

Class tags are intended to be used for sentient, humanoid creatures that would typically be player characters or non-player characters.

• archer - (Used for most any mini wielding a bow).
• artificer - (Used for a mini that appears to be a crafter of magical constructs).
• barbarian - (Used for minis that appear more savage / tribal in appearance, usually lacking full armor)
• bard - (Used for minis that have a musical instrument or that appear to be entertaining with a performance)
• cleric - (A stereotypical cleric appearance, usually wearing armor, brandishing a holy symbol, wearing a religious symbol, and wielding a weapon typical to cleric such as a mace).
• cultist - (Typically a robed figure wearing no armor, that could fit the stereotypical appearance of a religious zealot or cult member).
• druid - (A stereotypical druid appearance, usually wearing clothes that allow them to blend into their preferred habitat, and wielding typical druid weapons such as a staff).
• monk - (Used for minis that wear no armor and use typical monk weapons such as fists or a staff).
• necromancer - (A stereotypical necromancy appearance, usually wearing skulls or bones for armor and helmets, or having a very evil appearance)
• ninja - (A stereotypical ninja appearance, usually wearing no armor and wielding typical ninja weapons such as a katana or spiked chain).
• noble - (Used for minis that wear fine clothing, and appear less geared for combat).
• paladin - (A stereotypical paladin appearance, usually heavily armed and armored, and displaying religious symbols).
• pirate - (A stereotypical, pirate appearing mini, often depicted as wearing a tricorn hat and wearing an eye-patch... if looking at the mini makes you want to say "arrr", then it's a pirate. Also, add the sailor tag to any mini you are giving the pirate tag to.
• priest - (An unarmored mini, which appears to be holy/religious in nature, often wielding a holy symbol or casting a spell).
• ranger - (A stereotypical ranger/woodsman appearing mini that is lightly armored and well suited for traveling in natural environments) .
• rogue - (A stereotypical, sneaky/roguish/assassin looking mini, usually wearing a hooded cloak).
• royalty - (Typically a mini wearing a crown, or identified as being royalty.)
• samurai - (Typically a mini wearing traditional samurai armor).
• sage - (Typically a mini that appears to primarily be a researcher or general font of knowledge, and not necessarily a wizard).
• sailor - (Used for minis that appear to be nautical themed -- and these minis should also be given the nautical "theme" tag.
• shaman - (Used for spellcasting minis that appear more savage / tribal in appearance).
• spellcaster - (Very general tag used for any miniature that is casting any type of spell (divine or arcane), or appears likely to be capable of spell casting).
• townsfolk - (Used for any miniature that is either very common in appearance, or may appear to be engaged in a merchant related profession, such as a cook, merchant, tavern staff).
• warrior - (Very generic tag used for any mini whose primary purpose is to fight with a weapon).
• wizard - (Very generic tag used for any mini which appears to be capable of casting a spell, arcane in nature -- such a wizard, mage, warlock, witch, or sorcerer.)

[jaredh]

crossbowman?

[Kor]

crossbowman?

I 'm not certain if there is a need for a crossbow specialist type of character class as there really just are not that many miniatures using crossbows (sadly), and I think just searching for "crossbow" for equipment would suffice. Although a search for "bow" would also produce similar results for bow users, however there are a lot of humanoid minis made that fit the "archer" label, so I thought that would warrant these minis to have their own tag.

[berk the black]

Some ways I sort my humanoids

Guards
Pirates / Sailors
Soldiers
Thugs

[Kor]

Some ways I sort my humanoids

Guards
Pirates / Sailors
Soldiers
Thugs

In my opinion "thugs" can be a little too generic I think and really could apply to many rogues and fighters.

The "pirate look" is pretty iconic and I think could be captured as a class tag. I think a "sailor" class tag would also be useful, and would also apply to any mini with the pirate tag. Both of these minis would also get the "nautical" theme tag.

I would like to use a either a class tag or a theme tag to describe city watch/guards/soldiers, but I am not sure what the best tag name would be. Any ideas? Maybe "soldiers" is generic enough to describe them all?

[Kor]

A couple members have recommend "npc" as a tag, but I think this is far too generic and could apply to most every humanoid character. The same would apply to "pc" as well. I think generally if someone is searching for a pc or npc mini, they already have a class and or race in mind, and those tags would likely produce far more useful results.

[berk the black]

Some ways I sort my humanoids

Guards
Pirates / Sailors
Soldiers
Thugs

In my opinion "thugs" can be a little too generic I think and really could apply to many rogues and fighters.

The "pirate look" is pretty iconic and I think could be captured as a class tag. I think a "sailor" class tag would also be useful, and would also apply to any mini with the pirate tag. Both of these minis would also get the "nautical" theme tag.

I would like to use a either a class tag or a theme tag to describe city watch/guards/soldiers, but I am not sure what the best tag name would be. Any ideas? Maybe "soldiers" is generic enough to describe them all?

Actually, I think you are right, those terms are probably too generic. While I have cases label soldiers or guards, they are useful to me because I have built out warbands of matching and duplicated minis that could represent an army of police force. The individual minis were chosen for how the match and synergies with the others in the group. Labeling them individually as soldiers or guards isn’t probably that useful.

[jaredh]

How about Gladiator?

I have serveral minis that I'd classify as gladiators. Some Heroscape ones come to mind immediately.

[Malroth]

This one might be a pain, but...what about "wild shape?" One of my players just rolled up a druid and I'm scrambling for wild shape miniatures. Being able to search for that tag on this site would make life much easier.

[Guyra]

This one might be a pain, but...what about "wild shape?" One of my players just rolled up a druid and I'm scrambling for wild shape miniatures. Being able to search for that tag on this site would make life much easier.

Wouldn't that just be most things tagged with "beast" though?