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<blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 6965325" data-attributes="member: 6855204"><p>Don't worry about sucking or not. Just worry about having fun. Make an interesting character that you like, play them true to themselves. The people I've met who have the most fun at this game are the ones who make "Characters", not just characters. In other words, "I'm a dwarven cleric that worships a god of Fire, so I stare longingly at the sun for hours every morning, and I talk with a Belgian accent." And then he actually does, every time he talks for the character. Or "I'm an aarakocra, and so I act like a bird". And so he does. Every time his character did something, he acted like a bird. </p><p></p><p>If you suck at creating a character for combat reasons, just decide what role you want to play in combat. Melee attacker? Damage Soaker? Sniper? Battlefield control? Rain down the heavens on to your enemies? Decide that, and the combat portion of the build will take care of itself.</p><p></p><p>But not everything is about combat. I enjoy a lot of role play as well (though I'll tailor the game to what the players like). So maybe you're the party face who just isn't that good at combat. When you need to persuade the guard to leave his post, you're the guy to go to. When the fecal matter hits the oscillating household appliance, you're scrambling to stay alive and find a way to help the others. You'd still be useful, you just don't do combat well. I'd still make sure you had fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tglassy, post: 6965325, member: 6855204"] Don't worry about sucking or not. Just worry about having fun. Make an interesting character that you like, play them true to themselves. The people I've met who have the most fun at this game are the ones who make "Characters", not just characters. In other words, "I'm a dwarven cleric that worships a god of Fire, so I stare longingly at the sun for hours every morning, and I talk with a Belgian accent." And then he actually does, every time he talks for the character. Or "I'm an aarakocra, and so I act like a bird". And so he does. Every time his character did something, he acted like a bird. If you suck at creating a character for combat reasons, just decide what role you want to play in combat. Melee attacker? Damage Soaker? Sniper? Battlefield control? Rain down the heavens on to your enemies? Decide that, and the combat portion of the build will take care of itself. But not everything is about combat. I enjoy a lot of role play as well (though I'll tailor the game to what the players like). So maybe you're the party face who just isn't that good at combat. When you need to persuade the guard to leave his post, you're the guy to go to. When the fecal matter hits the oscillating household appliance, you're scrambling to stay alive and find a way to help the others. You'd still be useful, you just don't do combat well. I'd still make sure you had fun. [/QUOTE]
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