# Difference between WoW and Diablo?

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**Created:** [May 15, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-wow-and-diablo/622032 "2012-05-15T23:06:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-wow-and-diablo/622032/21 "2012-05-19T00:26:01Z")

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> [@cckerberos](#):
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> As an aside, what roguelikes have your starting class as a random element? I can’t think of any roguelike where you couldn’t choose your class (assuming there were classes, of course.)

Powder, doesn’t have classes, per se, but your starting skills (and equipment, and really everything except gender and name) are completely randomized.

That’s my most played Roguelike, I actually thought Nethack was random too, but I guess I forgot you could pick for some reason.

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