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<blockquote data-quote="koesherbacon" data-source="post: 6171390" data-attributes="member: 78297"><p>We're going to be starting a new campaign next Wednesday. One of my players wanted to take his turn DMing and wanted us to make new characters for his game. We're going to be level 3 and playing in a homebrew game taking place in Golarion where we're either from or traveled to a small town looking to join the Pathfinder Society and act as explorers to the undiscovered areas of the world while at the same time undertaking personal quests on behalf of our own characters' backstories together as a group.</p><p></p><p>The problem I'm having is character ADHD. Anybody who has ever had too many fun characters ideas knows what I'm talking about. I just don't know <strong>who</strong> I want to play!</p><p></p><p>I do know one thing. I want to be a <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/strix" target="_blank">Strix</a>.</p><p></p><p>The character's I've already enjoyed making in <a href="http://wolflair.com/index.php?context=hero_lab&page=pathfinder_roleplaying_game" target="_blank">Hero Lab</a> are:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Strix Cleric</strong> of Desna with the <em>Revelry (Chaos subdomain) & Imagination (Luck subdomain)</em> <em>domains</em> [no archetype].<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focusing on the randomness of the universe, giving both buffs to the party and debuffs to the enemies.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I also took the Luck variant channeling option.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm going to ask my DM if I can roll 1d2 each morning while praying to see if I channel Positive or Negative energy that particular day since I'm a cleric of a luck domain, in order to see if I'll give my party a channel bonus or give enemies a channel penalty through <em>Healing Channels</em> or <em>Harmful Channels.</em></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em></em>Will act as the magic item identifier of the party.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 9px">(I don't know where there's that extra space above that bullet, I can't seem to get rid of it...)</span></em></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Strix Fighter</strong> [Airborne Ambusher archetype]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focusing on individual combat control, especially disarming enemies.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Strix Monk</strong> [Tetori archetype]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focusing on grapples, and flying upward with those he's grappled in order to either intimidate them into surrendering or dropping them for massive damage.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Strix Wizard</strong> (Teleportation specialty school (Conjuration subschool) with Evocation and Transmutation as opposition schools).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focusing on entire battlefield control by summoning monsters to provide flanking bonuses to the party.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Will act as the magic item identifier of the party.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p></p><p>The players who have figured out their characters have chosen:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Samsaran Oracle </strong>with the Battle mystery and Haunted curse (no archetype)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focusing on ending battles quickly and efficiently.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is my wife, who is pretty new to the game, so although she's an Oracle who channels positive energy, I'm leaning toward the Cleric because I do not want her to feel pidgeonholed as the party's healer so she'll have a better time playing.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I also know that the Oracle can be a slightly complicated class, but she really wanted to play one, and the best way for her (and any new player) to have a good time is to let them play who they want while learning more and more about the game in the process.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She is definitely not a min-maxer or munchkin and favors role-playing much more over roll-playing.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Goblin Barbarian</strong> [Feral Gnasher archetype] who will have a few levels of Rogue for some sneak attack bonuses<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focusing on biting enemies and stabbing them repeatably.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is our good friend who can make fairly min-maxed characters, but usually opts to make characters who are not mechanically optimized and instead make characters who are fun to play and very fun to interact with. Although he can be a min-maxer, he also prefers role-playing much more than roll-playing.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another player has not chosen a character yet.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">...But this good friend of ours is a player who generally makes min-maxed characters and is more of a roll-player than a role-player.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He prefers hack'n'slash much more than out of combat encounters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If his previous characters are anything to go on, he'll probably be a Ranger (with the Archery combat path), dealing massive damage and using Stealth to gain bonuses against enemies.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There might be another player joining as a first time DND player, but he's not gotten back to us yet.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>Now, I'd like to know your thoughts on my current choices as well as any thoughts of someone else to make who will be enjoyable for me to play and enjoyable for the party to interact with.</p><p></p><p>Right now, I'm leaning toward the Cleric much more than the others. That said, I would be extremely happy to play as my other choices... and potentially other ideas people have for me.</p><p></p><p>Although I <strong>can</strong> min-max if I wanted to, I want to play a fun character who isn't necessarily mechanically optimized. I'm much more of a role-player than a roll-player.</p><p></p><p>Help me cut my way through my character ADHD jungle and figure out who I should play in this campaign! Thanks a ton, I'm definitely looking forward to hearing other's opinions! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="koesherbacon, post: 6171390, member: 78297"] We're going to be starting a new campaign next Wednesday. One of my players wanted to take his turn DMing and wanted us to make new characters for his game. We're going to be level 3 and playing in a homebrew game taking place in Golarion where we're either from or traveled to a small town looking to join the Pathfinder Society and act as explorers to the undiscovered areas of the world while at the same time undertaking personal quests on behalf of our own characters' backstories together as a group. The problem I'm having is character ADHD. Anybody who has ever had too many fun characters ideas knows what I'm talking about. I just don't know [B]who[/B] I want to play! I do know one thing. I want to be a [URL="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/strix"]Strix[/URL]. The character's I've already enjoyed making in [URL="http://wolflair.com/index.php?context=hero_lab&page=pathfinder_roleplaying_game"]Hero Lab[/URL] are: [LIST] [*][B]Strix Cleric[/B] of Desna with the [I]Revelry (Chaos subdomain) & Imagination (Luck subdomain)[/I] [I]domains[/I] [no archetype]. [LIST] [*]Focusing on the randomness of the universe, giving both buffs to the party and debuffs to the enemies. [LIST] [*]I also took the Luck variant channeling option. [LIST] [*]I'm going to ask my DM if I can roll 1d2 each morning while praying to see if I channel Positive or Negative energy that particular day since I'm a cleric of a luck domain, in order to see if I'll give my party a channel bonus or give enemies a channel penalty through [I]Healing Channels[/I] or [I]Harmful Channels.[/I] [/LIST] [*][I][/I]Will act as the magic item identifier of the party. [LIST] [*][I][SIZE=1](I don't know where there's that extra space above that bullet, I can't seem to get rid of it...)[/SIZE][/I] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][B]Strix Fighter[/B] [Airborne Ambusher archetype] [LIST] [*]Focusing on individual combat control, especially disarming enemies. [/LIST] [*][B]Strix Monk[/B] [Tetori archetype] [LIST] [*]Focusing on grapples, and flying upward with those he's grappled in order to either intimidate them into surrendering or dropping them for massive damage. [/LIST] [*][B]Strix Wizard[/B] (Teleportation specialty school (Conjuration subschool) with Evocation and Transmutation as opposition schools). [LIST] [*]Focusing on entire battlefield control by summoning monsters to provide flanking bonuses to the party. [*]Will act as the magic item identifier of the party. [/LIST] [/LIST] The players who have figured out their characters have chosen: [LIST] [*][B]Samsaran Oracle [/B]with the Battle mystery and Haunted curse (no archetype) [LIST] [*]Focusing on ending battles quickly and efficiently. [*]This is my wife, who is pretty new to the game, so although she's an Oracle who channels positive energy, I'm leaning toward the Cleric because I do not want her to feel pidgeonholed as the party's healer so she'll have a better time playing. [LIST] [*]I also know that the Oracle can be a slightly complicated class, but she really wanted to play one, and the best way for her (and any new player) to have a good time is to let them play who they want while learning more and more about the game in the process. [/LIST] [*]She is definitely not a min-maxer or munchkin and favors role-playing much more over roll-playing. [/LIST] [*][B]Goblin Barbarian[/B] [Feral Gnasher archetype] who will have a few levels of Rogue for some sneak attack bonuses [LIST] [*]Focusing on biting enemies and stabbing them repeatably. [*]This is our good friend who can make fairly min-maxed characters, but usually opts to make characters who are not mechanically optimized and instead make characters who are fun to play and very fun to interact with. Although he can be a min-maxer, he also prefers role-playing much more than roll-playing. [/LIST] [*]Another player has not chosen a character yet. [LIST] [*]...But this good friend of ours is a player who generally makes min-maxed characters and is more of a roll-player than a role-player. [*]He prefers hack'n'slash much more than out of combat encounters. [*]If his previous characters are anything to go on, he'll probably be a Ranger (with the Archery combat path), dealing massive damage and using Stealth to gain bonuses against enemies. [/LIST] [*]There might be another player joining as a first time DND player, but he's not gotten back to us yet. [/LIST] Now, I'd like to know your thoughts on my current choices as well as any thoughts of someone else to make who will be enjoyable for me to play and enjoyable for the party to interact with. Right now, I'm leaning toward the Cleric much more than the others. That said, I would be extremely happy to play as my other choices... and potentially other ideas people have for me. Although I [B]can[/B] min-max if I wanted to, I want to play a fun character who isn't necessarily mechanically optimized. I'm much more of a role-player than a roll-player. Help me cut my way through my character ADHD jungle and figure out who I should play in this campaign! Thanks a ton, I'm definitely looking forward to hearing other's opinions! :) [/QUOTE]
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