Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="hanez" data-source="post: 5802439" data-attributes="member: 82160">I was thinking he would have hated my favorite character&nbsp; Babo Madballs the Gnome Jester.&nbsp; Babo had a pet rock &quot;Bill&quot; whom I painted, and brought to every session.&nbsp; Babo would often ask Bill what he should do next, he'd use Bill as a weapon (even if he only caused 1 damage), Babo would sometimes throw Bill into random portals and then run screaming &quot;Im sorry Bill Ill never leave you again!!!!! NEVER!!!&quot;&nbsp; Babo was often the first one to run into danger... well second if you count Bill going in first.Babo was fun, lol, even my coplayers ended up liking him after a while.&nbsp; And my DM, who orignally found my antics frustrating, learned to work with me to find out how a Jester can be effective.&nbsp; I was part of the story too, and I didn't want to play the standard combatant in that campaign.&nbsp; Even in 3e where I played him, I tended to see the rules squashing this type of play completely out.&nbsp; By 4e, the rules pretty much said in no uncertain terms that a character like this was not acceptable.&nbsp; My hopes for 5e is that while this wont be a standard type of character, the rules will be open enough to the possibility of a RANGE of characters, with ranges of effectiveness in a variety of situations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hanez, post: 5802439, member: 82160"] I was thinking he would have hated my favorite character Babo Madballs the Gnome Jester. Babo had a pet rock "Bill" whom I painted, and brought to every session. Babo would often ask Bill what he should do next, he'd use Bill as a weapon (even if he only caused 1 damage), Babo would sometimes throw Bill into random portals and then run screaming "Im sorry Bill Ill never leave you again!!!!! NEVER!!!" Babo was often the first one to run into danger... well second if you count Bill going in first. Babo was fun, lol, even my coplayers ended up liking him after a while. And my DM, who orignally found my antics frustrating, learned to work with me to find out how a Jester can be effective. I was part of the story too, and I didn't want to play the standard combatant in that campaign. Even in 3e where I played him, I tended to see the rules squashing this type of play completely out. By 4e, the rules pretty much said in no uncertain terms that a character like this was not acceptable. My hopes for 5e is that while this wont be a standard type of character, the rules will be open enough to the possibility of a RANGE of characters, with ranges of effectiveness in a variety of situations. [/QUOTE]

Verification