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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5679698" data-attributes="member: 6668292">I have an old friend, roommate, and player who does this. He'll usually last 1-2 months before thinking up another concept to play. He did stick with one character for a long time, and probably played him better than my other players, though. He's a good player, he is just enticed to try new things, and the game I created is based around character options, so...At any rate, though I find it mildly annoying, two things really help. One, we all realize this is for fun, and so if he's not satisfied, we let him swap it out. Two, he knows that his is for our fun, too, and he'll try to make it work out before swapping. In case it doesn't work out, he'll work to make a smooth transition. These two things really help us when it comes up with him.My other players will occasionally swap other characters if they feel like they aren't clicking with it, but not as often. If your GM is okay to let you swap, I'd suggest following the two things I mentioned, above. One, try to remember that this is for fun, so don't play something you don't like. Two, try to make it fun, and if it doesn't work, try to keep other players in mind when swapping characters, so it doesn't ruin their fun (by pushing suspension of disbelief, breaking immersion, messing up the flow of the game, etc.). I think it's fine if you want to swap out as long as those two criteria are observed.I do understand you being annoyed at yourself. This situation happens, sometimes, and you have to chalk it up a loss and move on. Maybe you could play out some mock battles or some basic RP between sessions with another player or the DM using the character you're looking at using instead. If you feel like you can really click with the personality and abilities (and you're not just excited to use some new character combination), then go for it. I've seen a lot of instances of players itching to try a new concept because of one particular combination, and while they really enjoy that combination in play, not much else clicks with them. So, I'd advise watching out for that.At any rate, I hope this helps. The game is about having a good time, so try to work something out where everyone is having a good time. As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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