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Message: <blockquote data-quote="purplerook" data-source="post: 7113407" data-attributes="member: 6875781">IMO, understand your character and how they would use magic.  Even similar spell selection can be used very differently.  Think of spells or abilities as icing on the cake - decorative, but emphasizing the underlying differences.  As an example, I have two wizard characters, and both have taken minor illusion (MI).  One is an Elven painter, who uses MI to sketch painting before committing them to a medium (e.g., wood, canvas).  The other is a Gnomish wanderer, who uses MI to emulate the sounds of creatures crashing through the woods. The nice thing about utility spells (e.g., Prestidigitation, Minor Illusion) is that their usage can vary widely based on the underlying character.Same thing with skills.  Look at your character and ask yourself, given this character's backstory, what skills would it be natural for the character to have.  As an example, I have a character who has a number of factions who would like to hunt her down.  So, she is good at disguises, took the Charlatan background, but also the Actor skill.  Sent from my iPad using EN World</blockquote>