Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
I run a 10th level Ocean/War themed elven cleric, that is currently adventuring with a party in the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil adventure (and I have been running the character since first level). The diety is the Drowned One, taken from the George R.R. Martin books (with some liberties). Alignment is True Neutral. Companions include a Ranger/Archer type (I believe he is an unfettered from Arcana Unearthed, but you get the idea), a Rogue, a fighter-type (actually one of the Oriental Adventures fighter-type prestige classes), and a sorceror. Recently, a druid also joined our group (which may help with some of the issues I am having).
I'm having some trouble enjoying the role playing aspects of the character lately. I've explored a lot of the ocean-oriented opportunities to role play the character, chosen spells that match that theme, but I feel like they are a bit worn out at this point.
Sadly, I have another character in a game that is on hiatus that I enjoyed a lot more (an Akashic skills-monkey). The contrast with this other character makes the issue more noticable for me.
It isn't a DM'ing issue at all. The DM is great, and he does everything one could ask for to help his players enjoy the game. I really think this is just an issue with my own lack of inspiration for this cleric character lately. It's the only cleric I've ever run, and I vaguely recall choosing that class simply because the group needed a cleric, and not because I started with a deep interest to play the character.
I've considered a prestige class, but I have never found one I particularly liked, and even the two I've worked on creating didn't seem particularly inspirational to me. I've also considered multi-classing...however the loss of spell levels would damage the party a bit, as this character is relied on for a great deal of the necessary spellcasting during the adventure. The adventure is pretty rough, and I suspect it will only get more difficult the deeper we delve into the mines we are in. Although, we did just pick up a druid into the party, so that may help.
I am looking for both advice, and a suggestion of cleric-oriented products that to purchase that people have found useful in developing their characters. I have Complete Divine (and actually all the Complete splat books and their 3.0 predicessors). I also have faiths and pantheons, and the book of divine might.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I'm having some trouble enjoying the role playing aspects of the character lately. I've explored a lot of the ocean-oriented opportunities to role play the character, chosen spells that match that theme, but I feel like they are a bit worn out at this point.
Sadly, I have another character in a game that is on hiatus that I enjoyed a lot more (an Akashic skills-monkey). The contrast with this other character makes the issue more noticable for me.
It isn't a DM'ing issue at all. The DM is great, and he does everything one could ask for to help his players enjoy the game. I really think this is just an issue with my own lack of inspiration for this cleric character lately. It's the only cleric I've ever run, and I vaguely recall choosing that class simply because the group needed a cleric, and not because I started with a deep interest to play the character.
I've considered a prestige class, but I have never found one I particularly liked, and even the two I've worked on creating didn't seem particularly inspirational to me. I've also considered multi-classing...however the loss of spell levels would damage the party a bit, as this character is relied on for a great deal of the necessary spellcasting during the adventure. The adventure is pretty rough, and I suspect it will only get more difficult the deeper we delve into the mines we are in. Although, we did just pick up a druid into the party, so that may help.
I am looking for both advice, and a suggestion of cleric-oriented products that to purchase that people have found useful in developing their characters. I have Complete Divine (and actually all the Complete splat books and their 3.0 predicessors). I also have faiths and pantheons, and the book of divine might.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Complete Divine I feel is the worst of the complete books, Quinessential Cleric is not that great, and heck even the Clerics Hanbook in the days of second edition was pretty crappy. 
