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Message: <blockquote data-quote="squat45" data-source="post: 2346743" data-attributes="member: 20921">Not my PC, but I DM'ed him and had all sorts of fun... probably the best character I've ever seen played...Campaign started off on Earth, circa 1300 and a low/no magic campaign.  John was a simple human fighter/thief (back in 2nd edition, I bent the rules and allowed him to multiclass) who when doing his thief thing, was practical rather than looking for money.  I don't know how many blankets, food and such he stole while leaving jewels and magic items behind... overall, very different...  But things then got interesting.  With no or little magic, it gets very difficult to ran a game for characters of 5-7th level, so I opened a portal (actually a thunderstorm) and low a behold, the were in a new world and John, well, John was a halfling.  He took to this like butter on bread and played a rather hyper little halfling... he took an ability (skills & powers, refitted the characters when they came into the new world in the middle of the campaign) so that he only needed 4 hours of sleep.  He was also a tailor by trade and proceeded to embroider names and such into EVERYONE's backpacks and equipment.   He was also a little unstable.  He opened up parley with a dragon by asking the dragon if he'd like a cookie (a standard opening line for John).  He also convined a group of giants to let us pass the bridge for 200cp instead of 200gp (rolled for the skill and he rolled a natural 20!).  We were in an enchanted forest and met up with some pixies and sprites, he "bonded" instantly with them and helped them pull all sorts of pranks and jokes on the party, eventually, he called himself "John, King of the Fairies". Absoutely wonderful character who was not about fighting and loot taking (he was a horrible fighter... though there was one time he grabbed an ogre in the nads... natural 20 on a called shot, and a critical hit), he was role-played to exception.  Never seen anyone like him... and he was never really converted over to 3rd edition, we had a TPK at the last session (planned) and he came back with wings... Starting off, John was a Human Male Fighter2/Thief2, ending up, he was a Fighter5/Thief10.  And the campaign lasted nearly 6 years.</blockquote>

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