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<blockquote data-quote="RUMBLETiGER" data-source="post: 5573040" data-attributes="member: 6674868">I've not yet voted and I'm not sure how I could.&nbsp; I feel like &quot;Rolling&quot; up a powerful character is part of playing the &quot;Role&quot; of the characters I like to play, and my friends enjoy playing alongside.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm a fan of optimizing.&nbsp; I wouldn't spend as much time learning from and picking the brains of you fine people otherwise.&nbsp; Each character I build seems to become more effective than the last.&nbsp; I like knowing that I can do whatever needs to be done to succeed.&nbsp; However, I like to play those characters as helpers, supporters, &quot;power under control&quot; individuals.&nbsp; Because I could solo the encounter doesn't mean I choose to.&nbsp; &nbsp;I am currently playing a Psion Telepath in a game.&nbsp; He's not the party leader and he's not the party face, even though he could be.&nbsp; He's the quiet guy who occasionally makes a suggestion if no one else has any good ones.&nbsp; &nbsp;The guy has reality-bending, enemy neutralizing abilities at level 6 with Time Hop, Crisis of Breath, Brain Lock, False Sensory Input and Hostile Emathic Transfer.&nbsp; However, out of respect for my fellow players, he spends most of his time shooting Crystal Shards, summoning an Astral Construct (expanded knowledge), providing party support with Mindlink, Read Thoughts, and Tongues.&nbsp; He could outshine the other players, I just choose not to play him that way.&nbsp; However, in those &quot;Oh Crap, We're gunna die!&quot; moments, he steps in, Time Hops one BBEG, than Brain Locks the other so the party can survive.&nbsp; &nbsp;In those moments the other players are greatful, not resentful.&nbsp; Without building such characters, we'd all end up rerolling new ones much more often that we currently do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RUMBLETiGER, post: 5573040, member: 6674868"] I've not yet voted and I'm not sure how I could. I feel like "Rolling" up a powerful character is part of playing the "Role" of the characters I like to play, and my friends enjoy playing alongside. I'm a fan of optimizing. I wouldn't spend as much time learning from and picking the brains of you fine people otherwise. Each character I build seems to become more effective than the last. I like knowing that I can do whatever needs to be done to succeed. However, I like to play those characters as helpers, supporters, "power under control" individuals. Because I could solo the encounter doesn't mean I choose to. I am currently playing a Psion Telepath in a game. He's not the party leader and he's not the party face, even though he could be. He's the quiet guy who occasionally makes a suggestion if no one else has any good ones. The guy has reality-bending, enemy neutralizing abilities at level 6 with Time Hop, Crisis of Breath, Brain Lock, False Sensory Input and Hostile Emathic Transfer. However, out of respect for my fellow players, he spends most of his time shooting Crystal Shards, summoning an Astral Construct (expanded knowledge), providing party support with Mindlink, Read Thoughts, and Tongues. He could outshine the other players, I just choose not to play him that way. However, in those "Oh Crap, We're gunna die!" moments, he steps in, Time Hops one BBEG, than Brain Locks the other so the party can survive. In those moments the other players are greatful, not resentful. Without building such characters, we'd all end up rerolling new ones much more often that we currently do. [/QUOTE]

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