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<blockquote data-quote="Corsair" data-source="post: 2979411" data-attributes="member: 23477">My last character I was playing was more just an experiment to try out my DM's homebrewed class.&nbsp; Since we've mutually decided the class needed more major revisions, I am retiring that character to play something &quot;normal&quot;.&nbsp; I was agonizing for a while over what to play next in the group though.&nbsp; I think I've finally decided (though I still might change my mind... again... much to the frustration of my DM), but I'll like to hear everyone elses ideas.Current Party:Human Warmage 12/Fighter 1Illumian Warmage 10/Bard 1 (Cohort of above)Halfling Paladin 8/Cavalier 3Human Cleric X/Rogue X/Shadowbane Stalker X (don't know exact class distribution)Half Celestial Elf Cleric 6 (NPC)A few extra notes:&nbsp; The paladin does buckets of damage when charging, but is pretty mediocre when just standing around.&nbsp; The Shadowbane relies on some Divine Metamagic to have Persistant Divine Power to be a decent archer, and he is our rogueskills guy.A few of the problems we encounter:&nbsp; The divine casters in the group don't have access to the higher level divine magic that you'd want in a 11th-12th level party.&nbsp; No Heal or Raise Dead.&nbsp; We're caster heavy, but lack a lot of the basic arcane utility magic (teleport, dispel magic unless the clerics bother with it, etc).&nbsp; If you play a warrior, the warmages and paladin will make your damage dealing relatively useless unless you're a damage focused specialist.&nbsp; If you play a rogue, you step on the Shadowbane player's toes.&nbsp; You could play a cleric, but again you risk making half of the shadowbane player's build redundant.Now the party could really use utility magic, but do you want to be a mage who never gets a chance to shine at blasting because the warmages are always better?&nbsp; Do you want to play a tank whose only job is to keep monsters off the warmages and archer?&nbsp; Do you risk playing a character which steps on another players niche?&nbsp; Do you decide to play something without regard to what other people are playing?&nbsp; I'm just trying to get a feel for how people pick what they play, and using my specific situation as an example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Corsair, post: 2979411, member: 23477"] My last character I was playing was more just an experiment to try out my DM's homebrewed class. Since we've mutually decided the class needed more major revisions, I am retiring that character to play something "normal". I was agonizing for a while over what to play next in the group though. I think I've finally decided (though I still might change my mind... again... much to the frustration of my DM), but I'll like to hear everyone elses ideas. Current Party: Human Warmage 12/Fighter 1 Illumian Warmage 10/Bard 1 (Cohort of above) Halfling Paladin 8/Cavalier 3 Human Cleric X/Rogue X/Shadowbane Stalker X (don't know exact class distribution) Half Celestial Elf Cleric 6 (NPC) A few extra notes: The paladin does buckets of damage when charging, but is pretty mediocre when just standing around. The Shadowbane relies on some Divine Metamagic to have Persistant Divine Power to be a decent archer, and he is our rogueskills guy. A few of the problems we encounter: The divine casters in the group don't have access to the higher level divine magic that you'd want in a 11th-12th level party. No Heal or Raise Dead. We're caster heavy, but lack a lot of the basic arcane utility magic (teleport, dispel magic unless the clerics bother with it, etc). If you play a warrior, the warmages and paladin will make your damage dealing relatively useless unless you're a damage focused specialist. If you play a rogue, you step on the Shadowbane player's toes. You could play a cleric, but again you risk making half of the shadowbane player's build redundant. Now the party could really use utility magic, but do you want to be a mage who never gets a chance to shine at blasting because the warmages are always better? Do you want to play a tank whose only job is to keep monsters off the warmages and archer? Do you risk playing a character which steps on another players niche? Do you decide to play something without regard to what other people are playing? I'm just trying to get a feel for how people pick what they play, and using my specific situation as an example. [/QUOTE]

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