Quote from: McrowI guess according to this thread I'd have been:

4 Jock/2 Scrapper/2 Geek

Multiclassed.

Heh, I was a stoner, notwithstanding the fact that I never tried any illicit drugs of any kind. When asked my classification, I was told in no uncertain terms that I was a stoner. ...which struck me as fair enough.

Curious to see how this one turns out. Could be fun.

Have you looked at Malls & Morons at all?  It was free, and handled this sort of thing pretty well, IMO.

Quote from: BrantaiHave you looked at Malls & Morons at all?  It was free, and handled this sort of thing pretty well, IMO.

No, I hadn't!  Thanks!  Looking now.

EDIT:  Huh.  Looked over the subcultures page (which seemed the most relevant).  Seems a bit ... light on the differentiation.  No artists, no earnest students, no clever rich-bitches.  But maybe that's the mall setting coming into play.

In case someone is SERIOUS about this and might want to know something like this already exists for D20 modern...
http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=292&products_id=6478&

Quote from: Product BlurbWelcome to Campaign Builders: Modern High, the book that will send your Modern game back to the teen years. Lately more and more popular television series have featured the recurring exploits of pesky teenagers dealing with all the usual high school problems along with aliens, supervillians and demons too. Modern High aims to help you bring this sort of adventure to your weekly Modern game.

Included this product of teen angst:

• Rules for Popularity and Allowance.
• Rules for Extracurricular Activities and Higher Education
• Rules for Entering the Work Force.
• New Teen Talents for the Base Hero classes.
• 2 Campaign Models: Horror High and Ninja High.

I wouldn't run it straight out of the box, but it would make a good substrate for a variety of games. I considered combining it with Elements of Magic: Mythic Earth for my potteresque but more American "American Arcana".

Quote from: RPGPunditIf we're talking English private schools wouldn't there just be the two basic classes: hot crumpeter and hot crumpetee?

RPGPundit

Are those the same as fags?

Quote from: Pierce InverarityAre those the same as fags?

No, you smoke them.

Quote from: One Horse TownNo, you smoke them.

Nonono.

"He was my fag at Eton," I remember my then tutor exclaim as scholar X's name came up in conversation.

Whre do you fit High schol musicians into all of that ?

 There are different kinds of that "class" too. You got the nerdy /but not really a virgin types ( The Alyson Hannigan character from the American Pie movies)  and you also have the  Rock & Roll guitar kids who might be part of a struggling garage band. (some of the bands are actually pretty good).

 What about the Drama & Theater kids ?

- Ed C.

Maybe expand "Poet" to "Artist"?  Or is there something distinctive about Poet that should be preserved, independent of whatever different thing a garage band guitarist has going?

Should people maybe start as multiclassed? So to create the garage band guy. He would start as Artist 1 (with focus on music, obviously), Stoner 1. A band geek would start as Artist 1, Nerd 1. Just a thought.

I think there does need to be an artist class, and I think multiclassing needs to be heavily encouraged.  Most people are going to have at least two (if not three  or even four) classes.

Quote from: RezendevousI think there does need to be an artist class, and I think multiclassing needs to be heavily encouraged.  Most people are going to have at least two (if not three  or even four) classes.

Why?  Realism?  Some other benefit?

Dunno about the US, but we have a term here for a goody two-shoes who always does their work on time, does extra work and is a general suck-up. Swot.

Socialite. The guy or gal who is always the centre of attention, throws the parties etc

Gossip. The one who is always in the know and likes to spread rumours.

Cheerleader.

Joker. The class clown.

Quote from: TonyLBWhy?  Realism?  Some other benefit?

Not to speak for Rezendevous, but. I dont see everyone fitting into a single group. I look back at when I was in high school. Just at the people I hung out with. There was a preppy guy who was also a car guy. Stoner who was a car guy. Another guy that if he wasnt a stoner would have been considered a nerd. I dont think people realistically are as one dimensional as a class some times is. People had mutiple skill sets/talents. That may not be infered if they are just dropped in a single class. Sure preppy/car guy and stoner/carguy both have car guy skill sets. But one can better can better navigate the preppy rich kid realm, and has the skills/talents to deal with that. But if put in a situation needing the stoner skill set/talents would be lost.

There is an anime-high-school game out there that emulated the shoujo magical/psychic girl genre.  One slight problem is the name.

    _Panty Explosion_

    I pity the HS attending gamer who brings that to school.  Almost as bad as me reading Atwood's _The Edible Woman_ while attending a private all-boy's school.