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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asmor" data-source="post: 4846235" data-attributes="member: 1154">For a long time, I've had a problem with switching characters. On the few occasions in which I've gotten a chance to play for an extended period, it hasn't taken long for me to get a bad reputation for always wanting to play a different character. The longest I've ever played a single character was a 3e dragonborn I played from 10th to 17th level. But even then, halfway through I got really bored with the character as a fighter and multiclassed into paladin-- not a major change to the character, but definitely a noticeable change.It's not that I want to play different characters. Not specifically, at least. Rather, I just get bored with the same character after a while and want to go try some other new shiny. I have character ADD, I guess.I've recently come to realize that this isn't really a problem, per se. In particular, I don't care about it except for the fact that it annoys others and I also don't get to play (as opposed to DMing) very often so it doesn't come up very often.So really, the only problem is that this proclivity is annoying to those I play with. I think that's for two reasons.1. There are certain expectations that a player's goal should be to have their PC last as long as possible, and so the DM and other players plan with that in mind.2. There's really little, if any, precedent for someone bucking that trend.So I think what I may try doing is making an arrangement with my DM where I might play whatever character he would need in any particular game-- sort of a PC-NPC. He tells me he needs a guide to lead the players through the mountains for a couple games, so I roll up a dwarven ranger. After they finish up that, he needs a priestess for whatever reason and I roll up a cleric.This way, it's all right up front and everyone's expectations are set correctly.The only sticking point is how the DM might take it. Would it be seen as a welcome way to integrate a plot-important NPC into the party, or as a burden where he's got to keep coming up with ways for me to introduce a PC?Does anyone else have the same problem with me? Anyone ever try anything similar to this?</blockquote>

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