Every good teams has a nice balance of people—those whose strength can back-up what other weaknesses are. Whether this is in the real world, working with coworkers that you spend time around daily, or creating a team of people in a game setting where an infinite amount of things can happen, it’s necessary that we are able to know who we are working with, and learn how to be as cooperative as possible. Knowing people’s jobs and specialties can really help in creating a positive team, especially when they all balance each other.
Just like in Dungeons and Dragons, there are certain fields that require certain jobs to help the workflow of the team, and to make sure that things are running as efficiently as possible. An example of this would be a team dedicated to making graphic designs for a company, but the team is broken down into different categories and job titles:
- The one who can create the design (Graphic Designer)
- The one who requested the design (Art Director)
- The one who can go through and make changes before sending it back (Editor)
- The one who provides imagery for the design (Photographer)
- The one who adds the flair and creates moving imagery to help sell the point, after the design is finished and needs to be presented to an interested party (Special Effects Artists and Animators).
Based on the Myers-Briggs personality types that are usually used for D&D characters, as well as linking up those same personalities to each job listed here, we can create a team within the world of D&D that has the same match-up as the creative multimedia team we see in real life:
- Art Director = Warlock or Rogue (INTP, the Logician)
- Editor = Paladin (ENFP, the Campaigner)
- Graphic Designer = Wizard or Sorcerer (INTJ, the Architect)
- Photography = Barbarian (ESTP, the Entrepreneur) or Fighter (ENTP, the Debater)
- Special Effects Artists and Animators = Ranger or Bard (ISFP, the Adventurer)
The classes themselves all differ based on what weapons they use, as well as what their roles are for the party (arcane users for varying types of abilities, a paladin for healing, a warrior class for damage and tanking (a person who uses their self to take on a lot of damage from the opposing team, as well as deal massive damage), and therefore can pick each other up when one lacks a certain skill for a certain action. This is very similar, if not almost exactly, to how everyone working on a real life job uses their own specialty and skills to help each other on a certain task, and collaborate to complete it.
Citation:
Ball State University | Myers Briggs Personality Types
16Personalities | Personality Types
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