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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 4427347" data-attributes="member: 9026">Sarah - All groups need a healer, whether they admit it or not. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Arkhandus - An anime-ish Final Fantasy (Such as 7) in my mind requires good jumping on the part of the melee characters, as such I felt that Leaping dragon Stance and Sudden Leap were required. (Just look at the fight scenes in Advent Children for an example)I like the dragoon concept, and had seriously contemplated it myself.  I don't think we'll be stepping on each other's toes too much, after all a good group kinda needs two main melee types.  I admit that our characters ARE similar, but why not work WITH that instead of assuming it'll get in the way?  A pair of hard-hitting melee's with complementary skills is a tough nut to crack, and can be very fun to play so long as we each have something unique.And now, a few mechanical issues about your character.First and foremost:  You can't play a Dragoon without Leap Attack, it's... it's just... wrong...Second:  You should take Leap Attack. (this bears mentioning twice).Third: Do you really need Sudden Recovery as a Warblade?  They can allready recover ALL expended manuevers as a swift action.Fourth: Improved Initiative is generally a wasted feat unless your character's fighting style relies on catching your opponent flat-footed.  My suggestions so far would be to drop sudden recovery and Improved Initiative and replace them with Power Attack and Leap Attack.  That will greatly increase your offensive capabilities.And Finally: I recall Kai saying DON'T buy weapon/armour, b/c they will be provided for us (It seems a large part of his final fantasy setting is using a similar approach to what I used for my FFJ game).  As such, I suggest re-allocating the gold you spent on your +4 long spear and +4 Mithril Full Plate to other items.  This returns 58,805 gp that you can use on other stuff.A Belt of Strength+6 would be my biggest suggestion, upping you to a +6 strength modifier, making your 'normal' spear attack +19 for 1d8+11 damage(19-20/x3 crit), not counting whatever weapon you are given.  That being done, your 'offensive lag' isn't all that much.  I'd also suggest buying some defensive items to up your AC.. perhaps a Ring of Protection, Amulet of Natural Armour, and maybe even Gloves of Dex (As mithril full plate has a max dex of +3 and your current dex mod is +1).My quick comparison of our characters: Assuming we both get our 'preferred' armour types, I'd have a Mithril Breast-plate for a total AC of 24+enhancement.  If you were to spend 20,000 GP on defensive items (Which is less than I spent), you'd have mithril full plate for a total AC of 24+enhancement, giving us the same AC.YOU would have a +1 to hit, 30 more HP, and harder hitting crits.I would deal 1d8+3 more damage, and more frequent crits.It's our respective playing/fighting styles and special manuevers/abilities that will set us apart from each other.Oh, also - I'm not the DM, but if you could break down your ability scores as to how they each got their current total (Points spent + where your level bonuses went and what (if any) enhancement/racial bonuses you may have?</blockquote>

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