How much do you plan your characters?

[Nailom]

I never played beyond 7th level so why should i bother planning further.

 

[Dingleberry]

I typically have the next level or two statted out with likely advancement, mostly so it won't take long if the PC levels up in the middle of a session. That said, the details (especially skill points) usually change on the spot based on what the character's actually been up to.

 

[NCSUCodeMonkey]

I said 1-5 because I'm usually looking ahead about 5 levels. I tried playing a character once who wouldn't really "come into his own" until like 10th level and it just wasn't any fun. I'm too much of a "butt kicker" type player to have a mediocre character for the first 10 levels. So I tend to put the best character that I can on the table and then develop him as the campaign advances with a five-level look ahead.

NCSUCodeMonkey