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Originally Posted by dukey90 i agree its retarded and ppl should just say i made a mage or etc |
Sounds like someone doesn't know their history.
The whole "roll" thing came around from the old pen & paper RPGs ( Dungeons and Dragons, et cetera.) The first MMOs all copied the old style of making new characters, so it has evolved into being a normal term. Sort of like how "ding" is used when you level up, although there is no real "ding" sound. The "ding" started in Dark Age of Camelot because when you leveled, you really did ding.
The reason for the "roll" term, anyways, is that you physically had to roll die to figure out your character's stats in the old pen & paper RPGs.
Hope you enjoyed this history lesson with Dr. Dwarpy