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<blockquote data-quote="Elfshire" data-source="post: 6487210" data-attributes="member: 77291"><p>I would say the Player Themes do add to the campaign; I'm not sure I would necessarily *recommend* skipping out on them, but it's certainly doable. Since there's more themes than there could reasonably be PCs in the party, none of them have plot-critical roles; the closest that any of them come to that would be the Skyseer, but I just really like how the adventures have been doing a good job of throwing them a mysterious portent that comes true many sessions later.</p><p></p><p>Other stuff (which IS plot critical) will tend to happen to certain-themed characters, like</p><p></p><p>[sblock]</p><p>A Vekeshi Mystic will probably be the PC chosen to be part of the Unseen Court, and a Yerasol Veteran will probably become Risur's King</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>But choices like that can also be made through simple observation of your party, and determining who best would fit there.</p><p></p><p>For my money, though, I think playing this game without a Skyseer, Spirit Medium, and Technologist is really missing out. The little freebies they get each adventure are really cool, and an easy way to make a PC feel like the spotlight is on them. On the other hand, Yerasol Veterans get almost nothing. I'm really struggling to make my YV Warden feel important/needed in the game, but I'd be surprised if he didn't make a new character at the end of this chapter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elfshire, post: 6487210, member: 77291"] I would say the Player Themes do add to the campaign; I'm not sure I would necessarily *recommend* skipping out on them, but it's certainly doable. Since there's more themes than there could reasonably be PCs in the party, none of them have plot-critical roles; the closest that any of them come to that would be the Skyseer, but I just really like how the adventures have been doing a good job of throwing them a mysterious portent that comes true many sessions later. Other stuff (which IS plot critical) will tend to happen to certain-themed characters, like [sblock] A Vekeshi Mystic will probably be the PC chosen to be part of the Unseen Court, and a Yerasol Veteran will probably become Risur's King [/sblock] But choices like that can also be made through simple observation of your party, and determining who best would fit there. For my money, though, I think playing this game without a Skyseer, Spirit Medium, and Technologist is really missing out. The little freebies they get each adventure are really cool, and an easy way to make a PC feel like the spotlight is on them. On the other hand, Yerasol Veterans get almost nothing. I'm really struggling to make my YV Warden feel important/needed in the game, but I'd be surprised if he didn't make a new character at the end of this chapter. [/QUOTE]
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