Dice4Hire
First Post
I am a bit curious ....
In 3.x I spent a lot of time brainstorming characters. I would look at races, prestige classes and such, looking for what combination of classes, prestige classes, equipment and feats would make for unusual characters, and backgrounds to support these concoctions. And it mattered not at all if this were for a game or jsut a thought exercise.. I spent hours doing so, even time at work, when I had memorized enough stuff to make the mental exercise pretty effective. I imagine I spent at least a couple hours a week doing this, and it was great fun.
Even though I still play 3.x, and do a lot of 4E, I spend no tie doing this in 4E. Unless I have a game coming up and need a character, I do not think about designing characters this way. Not at all.
How about everyone else, especially those who did another game before 4E. Do you brainstorm less in 4E than your last game, or more? Especially if the game was 3.5?
In 3.x I spent a lot of time brainstorming characters. I would look at races, prestige classes and such, looking for what combination of classes, prestige classes, equipment and feats would make for unusual characters, and backgrounds to support these concoctions. And it mattered not at all if this were for a game or jsut a thought exercise.. I spent hours doing so, even time at work, when I had memorized enough stuff to make the mental exercise pretty effective. I imagine I spent at least a couple hours a week doing this, and it was great fun.
Even though I still play 3.x, and do a lot of 4E, I spend no tie doing this in 4E. Unless I have a game coming up and need a character, I do not think about designing characters this way. Not at all.
How about everyone else, especially those who did another game before 4E. Do you brainstorm less in 4E than your last game, or more? Especially if the game was 3.5?