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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 8496060" data-attributes="member: 23">When I do make a character, I look for things my character is good at - because I want my character to be great or very good at one role, but also good at a second, and decent as a third.&nbsp; Yes it's good to specialize, but being a one-trick pony is not fun.&nbsp; People in the world are multi talented.&nbsp; I also look for what makes my character interesting.&nbsp; My character isn't just a fighter - he's a sage, a historian and an alchemist.&nbsp; And then there is this interaction between the RP of the character and what they are good at - so my sage is an alchemist, so I will take the &quot;chef&quot; feat and reflavor it as an alchemist - I am giving temp hp via &quot;tonics&quot; and improving healing via poultices.&nbsp; So not only am I improving my character's main role a bit (a bit of con for a tank) I'm now a &quot;secondary support&quot; - it's not enough to be the party healer, but it does back up the healing a bit and that's nice. The &quot;nice&quot; thing about the optimizers is that you can pick and choose a trick or two of theirs to ensure that your flavorful character is still good at their job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 8496060, member: 23"] When I do make a character, I look for things my character is good at - because I want my character to be great or very good at one role, but also good at a second, and decent as a third. Yes it's good to specialize, but being a one-trick pony is not fun. People in the world are multi talented. I [I]also[/I] look for what makes my character interesting. My character isn't just a fighter - he's a sage, a historian and an alchemist. And then there is this [I]interaction[/I] between the RP of the character and what they are good at - so my sage is an alchemist, so I will take the "chef" feat and reflavor it as an alchemist - I am giving temp hp via "tonics" and improving healing via poultices. So not only am I improving my character's main role a bit (a bit of con for a tank) I'm now a "secondary support" - it's not enough to be the party healer, but it does back up the healing a bit and that's nice. The "nice" thing about the optimizers is that you can pick and choose a trick or two of theirs to ensure that your flavorful character is still good at their job. [/QUOTE]

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