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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 8698086" data-attributes="member: 19270">Kingmaker 5E adaptationBaron Cormac - Human Bard 11 (college of lore)&quot;Daisy&quot; - Human Barbarian 11 (wild magic)Brycen - Human Wizard 11 (divination)Eugene - Half-elf Paladin 11 (vengeance)Ulfar - Human Druid 11 (circle of land)The players wanted a heavy dose of kingdom building and campaign politics, war, subterfuge, etc., and most opted for human to invest in that style of RP based on the setting itself being human-dominant. We started this around 1 1/2 years ago (slow advancement on purpose to enjoy our lower levels), and &quot;Baron Cormac&quot; is the only original character from level 1. Some died, some retired (roleplay reasons, e.g. to get married to an NPC and settle down). It's been the most RP heavy and complex campaign I've run in roughly 30 years of DMing. There hasn't been any real chatter about &quot;optimizing&quot; the group. They figure it out. Craziest part is that these are folks I met when I moved states in 2019, and despite being mostly strangers who met in a game store, some who'd never played D&amp;D before, we've clicked into something special. It's been a blast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 8698086, member: 19270"] [B]Kingmaker 5E adaptation[/B] Baron Cormac - Human Bard 11 (college of lore) "Daisy" - Human Barbarian 11 (wild magic) Brycen - Human Wizard 11 (divination) Eugene - Half-elf Paladin 11 (vengeance) Ulfar - Human Druid 11 (circle of land) [I]The players wanted a heavy dose of kingdom building and campaign politics, war, subterfuge, etc., and most opted for human to invest in that style of RP based on the setting itself being human-dominant. We started this around 1 1/2 years ago (slow advancement on purpose to enjoy our lower levels), and "Baron Cormac" is the only original character from level 1. Some died, some retired (roleplay reasons, e.g. to get married to an NPC and settle down). It's been the most RP heavy and complex campaign I've run in roughly 30 years of DMing. There hasn't been any real chatter about "optimizing" the group. They figure it out. [/I] Craziest part is that these are folks I met when I moved states in 2019, and despite being mostly strangers who met in a game store, some who'd never played D&D before, we've clicked into something special. It's been a blast. [/QUOTE]

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