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<blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9299928" data-attributes="member: 7044459">I often end up playing out-going and confident leader types. I try not to, I don't like the idea of hogging the spot light, but it often can't be helped. I haven't gotten to play in a consistent group for a long time, so all of the games I've played in probably the last decade or so have been one-shots, or attempts at campaigns that fizzle out. I regularly find myself trying something different and end up back as 'The Face'.For example, the last time I got to play was in an Adventurer's League game a couple of months ago. I rolled up a Dragonborn Cleric, as it's a race and class I've never played. I knew Adventurer's League wasn't going to be the place for me to play out a novella's worth of back story so I stuck to just attitude. Trak the Grave Domain Cleric was grizzled, serious, and cautious. He has a lot of respect for death, and special reverence for the gods who claim it as their domain, namely Jergal. The plan was I wanted to be devil's advocate against any more rash party members. I had lines in my head &quot;Maybe we should think twice about rushing in blindly. It seems unwise given how easily it would be to waste our precious gift of life.&quot; What happened though is we sat at the table, and during every role play encounter the DM would look around the table in seat order asking if anyone had a response and everyone would just clam up and pass. I was second to last, next to a Kobold Sorcerer who was a pyromaniac who's answer to every question was &quot;Can we set it on fire?&quot; So I ended up doing a lot of the talking, and it got to the point where when we'd get to the talking part of any encounter they all turned to me. Funny thing about the Kobold, he respected Trak a lot due to them both being &quot;Dragons&quot; and I got to talk him off the ledge a few times. So I did get to play him a lot like how I wanted, but I still had to be the face of the party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Meech17, post: 9299928, member: 7044459"] I often end up playing out-going and confident leader types. I try not to, I don't like the idea of hogging the spot light, but it often can't be helped. I haven't gotten to play in a consistent group for a long time, so all of the games I've played in probably the last decade or so have been one-shots, or attempts at campaigns that fizzle out. I regularly find myself trying something different and end up back as 'The Face'. For example, the last time I got to play was in an Adventurer's League game a couple of months ago. I rolled up a Dragonborn Cleric, as it's a race and class I've never played. I knew Adventurer's League wasn't going to be the place for me to play out a novella's worth of back story so I stuck to just attitude. Trak the Grave Domain Cleric was grizzled, serious, and cautious. He has a lot of respect for death, and special reverence for the gods who claim it as their domain, namely Jergal. The plan was I wanted to be devil's advocate against any more rash party members. I had lines in my head "Maybe we should think twice about rushing in blindly. It seems unwise given how easily it would be to waste our precious gift of life." What happened though is we sat at the table, and during every role play encounter the DM would look around the table in seat order asking if anyone had a response and everyone would just clam up and pass. I was second to last, next to a Kobold Sorcerer who was a pyromaniac who's answer to every question was "Can we set it on fire?" So I ended up doing a lot of the talking, and it got to the point where when we'd get to the talking part of any encounter they all turned to me. Funny thing about the Kobold, he respected Trak a lot due to them both being "Dragons" and I got to talk him off the ledge a few times. So I did get to play him a lot like how I wanted, but I still had to be the face of the party. [/QUOTE]

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