Why is it a problem for character to not fit any archetype, though? Plenty of characters in fiction don't fit an archetype, right?

Why is it bad for PCs to look alike, though? We're already playing games where everyone's an adventurer exploring ruins and fighting monsters for treasure.

I guess I'm more wondering whether every class-based RPG needs classes. If you're building, say, a generic fantasy RPG, why does the designer need to impose their notion of what a rogue is? (Reasonable in early D&D, when PCs were more like chess pieces in clearing a dungeon and the roles were new.)

To be clear, I'm not saying that classes are bad or wrong. Just realizing that one reason players get annoyed with a class is because their view of the class's archetype clashes with the designer's view of that archetype. So why not just let them build their own class?

(And the PC who died got revived by a god.)

Since you're the only one who's confirmed, I'm uncomfortable running Searchers for just one person; PCs are too squishy. Let's see if we can get more folks interested at another time. Thanks for volunteering though!

2 hours or so

If folks need more time I'm fine with that too. :)

If I get at least 2 characters I'll run a PbP game.