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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5663988" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Like DannyA, I've been known to make the same sort of complaint from time to time. But, typically it's because I have some sort of goal for the character and I can't achieve that goal until a certain point in time.</p><p></p><p>For example, some time ago, I was playing a 3e Cleric that wanted to start his own following. He believed he was a chosen one and that he had all the right answers, so on and so forth. So, every chance I got, I preached to the crowds, tried to convert people, all the usual stuff and I was having fun doing it.</p><p></p><p>But, I also knew that I wasn't really going to get into the whole "cult leader" thing until at least 6th level when I could take Leadership because I knew the DM wasn't going to give me henchmen - he just wasn't interested in the idea of tracking groupies. Fair enough, I have no problems with that.</p><p></p><p>But, I was still stuck doing more or less the same thing over and over again for six or so levels until I could reach the next plateau in my plans. Later goals would have been building churches, gathering funds, the usual stuff. So, I had, more or less, achieved my immediate goals of preaching to the masses. I was perfectly willing to wait for my long term goals. I was just killing time until I could reach my intermediate goals.</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, I can empathize with the player who wants to reach level X so he can achieve his goal.</p><p></p><p>And, just to add something here. I've played in way more failed campaigns than successful ones. Campaigns that ended before achieving intermediate goals, never mind long term ones are far more common IME than not. So, never mind that I didn't achieve a particular goal in this campaign, it's entirely possible I haven't achieved a goal in the last four campaigns either. Tends to make me a bit antsy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5663988, member: 22779"] Like DannyA, I've been known to make the same sort of complaint from time to time. But, typically it's because I have some sort of goal for the character and I can't achieve that goal until a certain point in time. For example, some time ago, I was playing a 3e Cleric that wanted to start his own following. He believed he was a chosen one and that he had all the right answers, so on and so forth. So, every chance I got, I preached to the crowds, tried to convert people, all the usual stuff and I was having fun doing it. But, I also knew that I wasn't really going to get into the whole "cult leader" thing until at least 6th level when I could take Leadership because I knew the DM wasn't going to give me henchmen - he just wasn't interested in the idea of tracking groupies. Fair enough, I have no problems with that. But, I was still stuck doing more or less the same thing over and over again for six or so levels until I could reach the next plateau in my plans. Later goals would have been building churches, gathering funds, the usual stuff. So, I had, more or less, achieved my immediate goals of preaching to the masses. I was perfectly willing to wait for my long term goals. I was just killing time until I could reach my intermediate goals. So, yeah, I can empathize with the player who wants to reach level X so he can achieve his goal. And, just to add something here. I've played in way more failed campaigns than successful ones. Campaigns that ended before achieving intermediate goals, never mind long term ones are far more common IME than not. So, never mind that I didn't achieve a particular goal in this campaign, it's entirely possible I haven't achieved a goal in the last four campaigns either. Tends to make me a bit antsy. [/QUOTE]
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