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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3682862" data-attributes="member: 14041">Occasioanally around here the subject comes up about planning out your PCs and inveitably someone points out that in real life people often do not become what they set out to be and that characters should progress just as organically.&nbsp; Of course thats true of a lot of people, but it is true of you?In other words, did you become what you set out to become (or are you in the process at least)?&nbsp; Are you single classed and focused on doing one or a limited number of things really well?&nbsp; Of course in RL most of us are Experts, with a few Commoners, Warriors, and Aristocrats thrown into the mix - but where is the fun in that?&nbsp; If you were in a DnD type world and your career followed your real life career would you be an Optomized PC?In my case I would say not.&nbsp; In DnD terms I am easily a Cleric/Bard, with most of the emphasis on Cleric.&nbsp; I have a BA in Religion and a MDiv and am currently working as a minister and relgious educator, but I am also a free lance writer and have taught Speech and Communications courses.&nbsp; I have done a wide variety of things, and know a good deal of fairly esoteric knowledge about a wide range of fields due to my hobbies and interests (and a tendency in my younger years to read encyclopedias.)&nbsp; So while, again in DnD terms, I would have alot of ranks in Kn(religion), Perform (oratorty), Diplomacy, and Sense Motive I have a few ranks in every knowledge skill, and probably at least 1 rank in 90% of the skills (not counting Craft and Proffession but I do have several of those).So not really optomized.What about you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 3682862, member: 14041"] Occasioanally around here the subject comes up about planning out your PCs and inveitably someone points out that in real life people often do not become what they set out to be and that characters should progress just as organically. Of course thats true of a lot of people, but it is true of you? In other words, did you become what you set out to become (or are you in the process at least)? Are you single classed and focused on doing one or a limited number of things really well? Of course in RL most of us are Experts, with a few Commoners, Warriors, and Aristocrats thrown into the mix - but where is the fun in that? If you were in a DnD type world and your career followed your real life career would you be an Optomized PC? In my case I would say not. In DnD terms I am easily a Cleric/Bard, with most of the emphasis on Cleric. I have a BA in Religion and a MDiv and am currently working as a minister and relgious educator, but I am also a free lance writer and have taught Speech and Communications courses. I have done a wide variety of things, and know a good deal of fairly esoteric knowledge about a wide range of fields due to my hobbies and interests (and a tendency in my younger years to read encyclopedias.) So while, again in DnD terms, I would have alot of ranks in Kn(religion), Perform (oratorty), Diplomacy, and Sense Motive I have a few ranks in every knowledge skill, and probably at least 1 rank in 90% of the skills (not counting Craft and Proffession but I do have several of those). So not really optomized. What about you? [/QUOTE]

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