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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 6273900" data-attributes="member: 6668292">Yeah, I have a feeling it'll be fine. In the meantime, I'll be adding a character I like to replace the Wizard. Hopefully that won't last long (and we get a new player) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm pretty familiar with them, but I've always been a little hesitant that they hold up as a striker, as their damage buff mechanic doesn't seem as reliable as other strikers. And while they have lots of flavor, I'm not sure "fighting the good fight" fits with this party; they lean towards Good, but they are definitely not Good (all Unaligned). They got dangerously close to torturing a guy for information for their own interests last session (even if their interests were helping out strangers).Yeah, those were the main ones I was considering. I was also considering something like a Warlord (so that the NPC I bring in puts the focus on the party and not himself), but the problem with that is damage might be a little low. Though the Knight does pretty good damage for a Defender (1d10+8 now, plus Cleaving stance plus a free attack [and guaranteed 4 damage] if an enemy attacks anyone else or shifts while adjacent to him). And the Scout definitely brings some good damage, too.Since the PC I'm replacing had a lot of utility outside of combat, I was also considering replacing her with someone else who had a lot of utility outside of combat as well. The Hunter has that, but a lot of it would overlap with the Scout. The Elementalist could grab Ritual Casting again, but so could anyone else that was trained in Arcana (or Religion, I suppose). So I was also considering the Thief for more damage / multiclassing to grab Ritual Casting (plus all those thief skills / utility powers).As much as certain other classes look fun (for some reason I really want to add a Vampire; the flavor just strikes me as a fun thing to add to this party), they aren't the best options. I probably need something ranged. I considered a Vampire / Ranger hybrid, but it doesn't seem as optimal as, say, the Elementalist (water).</blockquote>

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