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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8588129" data-attributes="member: 5948">I have ... mixed results in doing this.I'm currently playing a level 10 paladin, storm king's thunder.  Definitely not a weak build - 20 Str, Great Weapon Master etc.  I do make some deliberately mechanically suboptimal decisions in play though.  I have avoided seeking out magic armour or any sort of protective item (even though we have had the opportunity to go magic item shopping several times) because as a paladin of Ilmater, the god of suffering, I think it's a little out of character to be spending huge amounts of money on avoiding getting injured.  Similarly, every time we're in a major city, I tithe 10% of my current cash to the temple.  That's pretty small stuff, but i think it makes a difference.Similarly, the level 12 ASI/feat is coming up soon.  The optimal choice would be something like a Cha increase, or Lucky, or Tough, or maybe something like Skilled to improve the Insight and Perception skills which I've been rolling hilariously badly on all campaign.  But I kinda don't want to do any of those things.  The unperceptive paladin is basically a campaign trope at this point, and I don't want to ruin the joke.  And all the rest just seem ... bland.  I've been trying to find some sort of in-character feat that gives me an interesting option to use in-play rather than just beating enemies to death with big numbers.  Martial Adept could have been interesting , but one use per short rest seems very stingy...What i find really hard to do is play down Int.  The PC has a 10 int, which is not terrible, but for me personally (while I dunno what MY int score is!) I find it really hard to avoid compulsively planning and srategising and analysing and trying to guess plots etc.  I shouldn't do that for this sort of PC, but I find myself doing it anyway, and not doing it is un-fun.  I'm only in one fortnightly campaign, and so it's not like i have the option of playing a low-int barbarian or something as a palate cleanser while I do my strategising elsewhere.  A PC is a long-term commitment, and it's the only PC I'll likely get to play for over a year.  Next time I'll play someone more analytic, a wizard or something.</blockquote>

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