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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NEXxREX" data-source="post: 5670347" data-attributes="member: 6681393">iv only been playing for about 8 months now and i love it, went to gencon in indianapoilis and iv been playing 3.5 which i love so much more then 4.0. but someone in my group said something when i made my first character "pick one thing you want to be good at and stick to it, because the more things you do then more mediocre you are at them"my first character was a messup cleric/favored soul and i screwd him up so bad i coulnt believe it.but by the time i made my second character i had a ranger 2/fighter 8 and he kicked ass with a bow i maxed out a few skills and what he did (HE DID) rarely ever missed a roll and what the party needed done i got donebut like empirate said (or this is what i got from his post) its not exactly your classes that makes a character its how you play them and the quirks you give them etc.but the other side to that coin is which classes are picked, cause if you spend your whole time in the game swinging a weapon and all of a sudden you want to use spells where did that class come from??? i like to play a character on what my next class is gonna be so when i level up that class and the personality that goes with it is present in my characterand greylord i think that fighters are more of a beginner class to play cause anyone can swing a sword but casting a spell makes ya think a little, plus people like being the "Hero" type running in killing everything and being the "Leader", when you first start spell casting can be quite confusing and taking a PrC can be annoying due to that fact that you want to continue your spellcating progression and maybe have some class abilities that complement their casting schools/style.....but with a fighter as long as they continue their BaB then their good.but my third character (when i can bring him in) is gonna be a dread necro and playing in a good party i think is gonna be quite fun. but after reading up and learning about spellcasting i think ill have a better handle on it then just going into it, cause anyone can swing a sword but casting a spell makes ya think a little</blockquote>

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