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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monboesen" data-source="post: 197469" data-attributes="member: 4647">After a long time lurking i feel prompted to comment on the great story. Well actually not so much on the story but more on the characters. As both a long time player and DM i must say that i don't think that many real players would multiclass in the way that the characters potrayed in this story does. Especially Cal and Delem are unlikely as multiclassing different spellcasting classes is in general a bad idea. Even though it may seem a fair deal at first it  quickly turns sour at higher levels. This is also i think, why Lok and Benzan dominates the battles, they haven't "wasted" levels. If for instance Delem had been a 8 lvl sorcerer he would have slinging fireballs for a long time and would now acces spells as Wall of Fire and Fire Shield.I also think that any player with Dana as a character would have chosen Weapon Finesse (Unarmed) rather than Weapon Focus (Unarmed) unless it is a prequisite of her prestige class. And on the same note as Cal and Delem, the Monk class is one of the poorest classes to multiclass, and few players would do so beyond the first lvl.Less technical but in my view more important is that Delems charisma of 17 is more or less treated only as a gauge of his magical power. Whereas Benzan, demonspawned, with a charisma 10 and a habit of being sarcastic comes across a the stereotypical charming rogue. This is a pet peeve of mine as i have often seen both low and high charisma scores misused by players and Dms alike. Charisma is by far the most difficult ability score reward fairly as a Dm and i feel that you are "guilty" of mistreating it.  Delems charisma score should mean that he has "great force of personality, persuasiveness, personal magnetism, ability to lead, and physical attractiveness" (quote from Players Handbook). His charisma is extraordinary in the same way as a popular politician, musician or cult leader and of the same “power” as Loks great strength and fortitude and Benzams and Danas great agility which are often mentioned in the story. Delem should be noticed first among the group, strangers should be interested in befriending him and women should find him alluring. Contrary to this he is potrayed as unsure and unremarkable. Strangers rarely take note of him and most social interaction is handled by Cal (whom is also charismatic and potrayed as such) and Dana is falling for Benzam. Hmm maybe i am just sorry to see another good goy loosing to the bad boy in the game of love.Lastly i would like to point out that i truly enjoy the story very much and would never have posted this if not you had chosen to use the D&D rules as a framework for the story and strives to make it seem something that could have been played in an actual game. So keep on the good work.</blockquote>

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