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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beckett" data-source="post: 3614208" data-attributes="member: 781">I do a bit of thinking, in terms of classes and feats I'll be using.  Skills I assign whenever I level, though I might glance ahead when I spend them (oh, 9 ranks of basketweaving for Grand Basket Master- I should toss some points in there).  Part of it is I like thinking in terms of character mechanics and considering what I can do with this character.However, nothing is set in stone.  I recently leveled up my fighter/warblade, and even though I had thought about what feat I was going to take, I still flipped through three books before confirming the decision.  I've got a decent idea of what I'll be taking in upcoming levels, but circumstances can change that.  Most of my plans enhance my offensive capabilities, or have to do with my maneuvers.  But if I start taking a lot of beatings, I might consider a defensive feat or two.  I might wake up one day and decide, "Self, Master of Nine would actually fit the consummate warrior I see this guy as.  I should start grabbing the requirements for that."When I DM, I try to make it easy to get by without planning.  Besides giving out more feats than the 1/3 standard, I also allow players to swap out an old feat each level (can't get rid of prereqs, though- no swapping out cleave because you have great cleave).  Same thing with classes; I had a guy realize his cleric levels weren't something he wanted.  So each time he leveled, he dropped one cleric level and gained a ranger level in its place (in addition to gaining a new level as normal).  With some players who are totally dissatisfied with their choices, I've allowed near-total rebuilds and handwaved it in game (No, Rex couldn't possibly have thrown fireballs last week- he's been a fighter as long as you can remember).</blockquote>

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