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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7588074" data-attributes="member: 19675">I used to just fill the gap and play the stereotypes, and used roleplaying to differentiate between Sword & Board human fighter #1 from Sword & Board human fighters #2, 3, and so forth.  Over my decades in the hobby, I have become more focused on realizing PC concepts.  Part of that is the influence of other games- mostly HERO- but also a certain boredom with playing the same PCs with minor variations.*So since the 1990s, my first question to myself is “What would be fun to play in __________ setting?”  And my answers have come from inspirations as diverse as literature, minis, specific game mechanics, music, obscure weapons, movies, TV series, comic books, art (genre-centric or otherwise) and even the odd dream or two.Once I settle on a concept, then I try to figure out how I can model the character within the system and setting.Just to be clear, I still play gap-fillers.  But don’t expect me to play cookie-cutter ones...anymore.  One of my last 3.5Ed PCs was a gap-filler.  The group was playing through Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, and two of the 3 players with any healing capacity moved away.  The remaining character had 1 level of Cleric.  I retired my character and created a new healer PC.  The inspiration was trifold: the original Sacred Healing feat, the Geomancer prestige class, and DC Comics’ Swamp Thing.  The character took all the plant-centric Drift options from the Geomancer class.  With a high Charisma and by taking Extra Turning to bolster his number of Turn Undead attempts/day, he was able to fuel Sacred Healing enough that he rarely had to actually cast a healing spell.He couldn’t turn undead all that well (as a Cl/Sorc/Geo) but in that adventure, that was almost never a concern.* “No, dude, this dwarf warrior has a GERMAN accent, not Scottish!”</blockquote>

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