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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 7716715">But it really isn't that cut and dry.&nbsp; Like, for example I love fighters but by-the-book, fighters are pretty dry.&nbsp; They hit things with a stick and then do it again.&nbsp; So I went through some CharOp boards to find out &quot;What can I do with a fighter to make my gameplay more interesting?&quot; And I found several guides on how to do some slick stuff (like charge, knockback, and so forth).&nbsp; I had no idea that this form of playing a fighter even existed.&nbsp; To put that back into MTG terms, these are cards I didn't even own, much less even knew were part of the game.In a robust game like most editions of D&amp;D and MTG its really not hard to be good and creative at the same time.&nbsp; It's more like one of those 2-dimensional grids where &quot;creative&quot; is up and down and &quot;effective at the table&quot; is left and right.&nbsp; For example I'm running a very OP Cleric in a game, she's very op and of course, a little downtime and I can completely switch out all my spells and I know which ones are the &quot;best spells&quot; but for the most part I choose spells that I find interesting, thematic, and flavorful.&nbsp; Sometimes I can't break the world even when I need to for no other reason than I don't want to.And I think it's important to remember that breaking the game is not something that automatically happens when you create a powerful character.&nbsp; It's always a choice you make as part of play.Lastly though I would say that being creative doesn't come from the game.&nbsp; That comes from the player.&nbsp; Without the imagination of the player to detail in the appearance, attitude, hopes, dreams, fears, desires and general taste in clothing, it doesn't matter which feats you take or how many classes you dip into.&nbsp; That is where the creativity of a character really happens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 7716715"] But it really isn't that cut and dry. Like, for example I love fighters but by-the-book, fighters are pretty dry. They hit things with a stick and then do it again. So I went through some CharOp boards to find out "What can I do with a fighter to make my gameplay more interesting?" And I found several guides on how to do some slick stuff (like charge, knockback, and so forth). I had no idea that this form of playing a fighter even existed. To put that back into MTG terms, these are cards I didn't even own, much less even knew were part of the game. In a robust game like [I]most[/I] editions of D&D and MTG its really not hard to be [I]good[/I] and creative at the same time. It's more like one of those 2-dimensional grids where "creative" is up and down and "effective at the table" is left and right. For example I'm running a very OP Cleric in a game, she's [I]very[/I] op and of course, a little downtime and I can completely switch out all my spells and I know which ones are the "best spells" but for the most part I choose spells that I find interesting, thematic, and flavorful. Sometimes I [I]can't[/I] break the world even when I need to for no other reason than I don't want to. And I think it's important to remember that breaking the game is not something that automatically happens when you create a powerful character. It's [I]always[/I] a choice you make as part of play. Lastly though I would say that being creative doesn't come from the game. That comes from the player. Without the imagination of the player to detail in the appearance, attitude, hopes, dreams, fears, desires and general taste in clothing, it doesn't matter which feats you take or how many classes you dip into. [I]That[/I] is where the creativity of a character really happens. [/QUOTE]

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