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<blockquote data-quote="SergeTroy" data-source="post: 6781667" data-attributes="member: 6805183"><p>I'm currently re-introducing myself and a pair of friends to DnD 4e, and while I'm working on a more personal campaign, we're going through first ' <strong><u>Reavers</u> <u>of</u> <u>Harkenwold</u></strong>' a s 2nd-level PC's, move on to '<u><strong>Cairn</strong></u> <u><strong>of</strong></u> <u><strong>the</strong></u> <u><strong>Winter</strong></u> <u><strong>King</strong></u>' from <em>Monster</em> <em>Vault</em>, and finally '<u><strong>Madness</strong></u> <u><strong>at</strong></u> <u><strong>Gardmore</strong></u> <u><strong>Abbey</strong></u>.' The party itself is a very small one, just the two player's, and me as DM, and at first we tried to run it with a Brutal Scoundrel and a Dwarven Cleric (Templar w/ the Battle Cleric's Lore option). The cleric was really not to the satisfaction of the player, however, and they've decided instead to run an Earthstrength Warden, either a Dwarf or a Goliath who will use a maul of some type. That's fine by me, because I kind of was wanting to add in a third 'player' or just plain companion of sorts. The idea had been for a Pixie healer of some kind, who via some level of invisibility or concealment flits around the battle, providing a bit of enabling and buffing, but is mostly there to make sure the player's can make use of those healing surges and be at the top of their game. But, I've been having a lot of trouble settling on the right BUILD for this, and part of it is that the only real leader I myself ever seemed to like was the Warlord, and not the Lazy 'Lord, either. I'm not against the Lazy 'Lord, but ... I dunno, I'm having trouble settling on what might be the best option here. My thoughts are Bard, Cleric, or Warlord, or some Hybrid or Multi-class Variant; I prefer the Pixie for flavor and style reasons (if you've ever heard of or read the manga series, '<em><u><strong>Berserk</strong></u></em>' by Kentaro Miura, I'm really thinking of a slightly more active Puck).</p><p></p><p>If anyone would be willing to spitball ideas with me on how I could set this up - even if it involves re-skinning some other race into a Pixie or something - I would really appreciate it. I also, of course, appreciate counter-arguments and even suggestions for how I can even avoid putting in this DMPC of a sort. Thanks in advance. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SergeTroy, post: 6781667, member: 6805183"] I'm currently re-introducing myself and a pair of friends to DnD 4e, and while I'm working on a more personal campaign, we're going through first ' [B][U]Reavers[/U] [U]of[/U] [U]Harkenwold[/U][/B]' a s 2nd-level PC's, move on to '[U][B]Cairn[/B][/U] [U][B]of[/B][/U] [U][B]the[/B][/U] [U][B]Winter[/B][/U] [U][B]King[/B][/U]' from [I]Monster[/I] [I]Vault[/I], and finally '[U][B]Madness[/B][/U] [U][B]at[/B][/U] [U][B]Gardmore[/B][/U] [U][B]Abbey[/B][/U].' The party itself is a very small one, just the two player's, and me as DM, and at first we tried to run it with a Brutal Scoundrel and a Dwarven Cleric (Templar w/ the Battle Cleric's Lore option). The cleric was really not to the satisfaction of the player, however, and they've decided instead to run an Earthstrength Warden, either a Dwarf or a Goliath who will use a maul of some type. That's fine by me, because I kind of was wanting to add in a third 'player' or just plain companion of sorts. The idea had been for a Pixie healer of some kind, who via some level of invisibility or concealment flits around the battle, providing a bit of enabling and buffing, but is mostly there to make sure the player's can make use of those healing surges and be at the top of their game. But, I've been having a lot of trouble settling on the right BUILD for this, and part of it is that the only real leader I myself ever seemed to like was the Warlord, and not the Lazy 'Lord, either. I'm not against the Lazy 'Lord, but ... I dunno, I'm having trouble settling on what might be the best option here. My thoughts are Bard, Cleric, or Warlord, or some Hybrid or Multi-class Variant; I prefer the Pixie for flavor and style reasons (if you've ever heard of or read the manga series, '[I][U][B]Berserk[/B][/U][/I]' by Kentaro Miura, I'm really thinking of a slightly more active Puck). If anyone would be willing to spitball ideas with me on how I could set this up - even if it involves re-skinning some other race into a Pixie or something - I would really appreciate it. I also, of course, appreciate counter-arguments and even suggestions for how I can even avoid putting in this DMPC of a sort. Thanks in advance. :) [/QUOTE]
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