Do you play more than one character at a time?

[KingOfChaos]

I've done this several times, especially when I had a character that had a siamese twin...so in effect I was playing two characters in one...I got told several times that I role played with myself too well, which was then followed by laughter at my expense of course.

 

[Gold Roger]

I like to really focus on my character and build a bit of an attachment (not in a blackleaf sense). For me the idea of having more than one PC at a time in the same game is pretty foreign and I don't think I'd want to play that way. When I want to switch personae, I DM.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I love focusing on one character at a time and am constantly pushing the limits of what they are capable of and love writing tidbits of personal history. If is a character I am really into, I'll keep a Dream Log, a Diary/Journal (sometimes will have two journals; one current one for delving into their past), a possible family crest, miscellaneous scriblings, maps of some places and an occassional recipe of disshes they really love.

 

[Herobizkit]

I almost always play two characters. Usually they will be related somehow, and I do trade them out on occasion for story spotlight purposes.

Example? Brother and half-sister team of Jarl and Amberlee MacAllister. He's a Human Fighter/Rogue/Shadow Warrior (homebrew PrC; kind of a mix between Master Thrower, Ninja of the Crescent Moon, and Duelist) and she's an Elven (formerly Half-Elven -- long story) Favored Soul/Soldier of Light of Taelisha (PrC borrowed from the back of Deities and Demigods; Taelisha is our homebrew Goddess of Light and Healing [and my oldest D&D character deified *woo*]).

When it's time to kick down the door, kill a lot of stuff, and be generally loud and obnoxious, I play the 16-yr old Jarl to the hilt. When it's time for quiet diplomacy, common sense and a touch of morality, 21 yr-old Amberlee takes centre stage. In dungeons, I take them both and they work as a team with their "pet" NPC's/supporting cast.

 

[DaveyJones]

all the time. i have several concepts i like to play. so i make up about 13 or so PCs and play them until they die. and then i get out the new guy. and since he is made up already it saves time and he is easily inserted into the current situation.

 

[Presto2112]

I played two characters only once - halfling brothers named Hymee and Lomond - and I had to drop Hymee because I was always favoring Lomond.Hymee might as well have been an NPC for the amount of character development I did with him.

It was interesting to do once, but I'm not doin that again.

 

[Fat Daddy]

I voted "No, I play one at a time" I have played more than one in the past and it is just not as fun. I prefer to 'get into' my characters and, for me, that just is not possible when playing multiple characters. Playing only one character enhances the role playing aspect for me.

 

[rose4100]

Yes and No

I play one character at a time but i have multiple characters in the same world. when i get bored of one he goes off doing his own thing and another one joins the party.

 

[Wombat]

In D&D? Nope, one at a time.

In other games? Sure, quite often.

 

[megamania]

When playing I will only roleplay one PC at a time. As a DM I have reluctantly allowed players to run two since to recent member losses from new jobs and the such.

This causes issues as some players do it on purpose and others unintentionally but they share items or stack one character (their favorite or original).

Such is life.