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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8429799" data-attributes="member: 2629">About 10% of my character's character come from mechanical inspiration.  The rest come from the background and personality I select.  Usually, I come up with a premise for a PC and then fill in the mechanics after I decide who the PC will be.  So, by the time I look at the mechanics, the PC is 90% complete.  To that end: Neither complex nor simple PCs have a substantial impact on my creativity.  Whether I played a mechanically simple PC or an intricate build like my Glasya Tiefling Gloomstalker/Divine Soul/Cleric of Order/BattleMaster/Assassin, it isn't the mechanics that are telling the story - they're just the window dressing of the character.  The guts of the PC's character are the story of the PC.There are times when a mechanic does inspire me and I build a PC around a mechanic - but that is rare.  Mostly, the abilities the PC gains are treated like unexpected giftas they acquire as they become more powerful.  When I do build around a mechanic, it is usually because the mechanic inspired a story that I thought it'd be fun to play out.  As that tends to happen in more complex mechanics, I guess it would be fair to save the complex inspires me more than the simple, but - for most PCs - it isn't a factor.</blockquote>