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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1662575" data-attributes="member: 3146">If the other players are so concerned about the lack of a particular character type, why don't they ditch their characters to bring one in? If they don't care enough to give up their character concepts, why should you give up yours? If they can't even be bothered to take leadership and get a cohort to fill that role, why should you ditch your character. (And in your particular case, a mystic theurge is probably a better contributor than either a single-classed cleric or wizard in a party where he's the only spellcaster. Mystic theurge types can be competent and fill certain spellcasting roles well. With a sorceror, you'd have no cleric type character. With a cleric, you'd lack the battlefield control capabilities of a wizard. With a mystic theurge, you've a bit of both; the party with no other spellcasters seems the ideal situation for a mystic theurge not a situation you'd want to ditch him in favor of a different character).A party can survive without members who fill particular roles (I won't count the number of Living Campaign adventures I've played without one or two of the main character roles--I must have played over a half-dozen sessions at 14th level without a cleric and I've played numerous sessions without a rogue and dozens of sessions without an artillery wizard). The players just need to adapt their strategies to take advantage of their strengths and to minimize their weaknesses. And, to a certain degree, they need to be lucky as well.When I have joined existing campaigns, I generally look at what the party is missing and try to fill one of those roles. But I do that because there are several types of characters I enjoy playing and looking at party balance helps me decide which of those several potential characters I actually want to play. I don't do it because I feel some obligation to fill the empty spots on the party's roster. I play the game for fun and if a role wouldn't be fun to fill, it will have to go unfilled.</blockquote>

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