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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 4717258" data-attributes="member: 40177">Time for me to weigh in on this one...I'm not a fan, either as a GM or a player.  This applies in pretty much every system, but I'm particularly talking about 4e herein.As a GM, I've seen two different players running two characters.  One player decided to drop both PCs in favour of a Warlock (ha!), while the other one is still running those two PCs.  The first player took up a lot more of the game time, because he had a hard time figuring out powers, while the second player is much better at it.  However, I just don't *like* it now that my group is at a decent size.  I don't think there's anything to gain by it.So, there may not be any real "problems" with it, but there's an aesthetic involved I'm not a huge fan of.As a player, I really don't like it.  I feel I have to concentrate more to really bring out the best of both characters, and that gets me away from the spirit of the game and the things I love most about the game (namely, creative problem solving and getting a laugh out of playing my character's faults to the hilt).  Basically, when I'm running two PCs, I feel like I'm pretty much a GM in a slightly different role.Two weeks ago, I played two characters in a dungeon delve, and while it was fun, I didn't really feel like I was "in character" or anything like that.  I was juggling powers, trying to figure out both of my characters, and trying to set up good "tag teams" between the PCs.  last week, I played my first 4e game as a player playing only one PC, and I enjoyed it a lot more.  I was able to focus on my character, and had a lot of fun doing that.  So, yeah, I find as a player that two PCs are a distraction I'm not a fan of.</blockquote>

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