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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2438328" data-attributes="member: 14159">Having lots of character options is a strength of 3.x, being able to come up with mechanics to make your concepts truly come alive and complment them. That being said, you have to have some creativity to work with besides randomly putting together template/race/class/feat into the most powerful combination possible.I could imagine giving a player who wanted such a strange character a test.  Let's see if you can actually roleplay and make a character interesting without weird rules.  Play a human fighter, straight up, non-multiclassed, no PrC's.  Standard (for the campaign) equipment and feat selections.  Come up with whatever background you want; an escaped slave, dishonored officer fighting to reclaim his honor, gladiator who won his freedom, farmboy who got swept up in events beyond his control, sole survivor of a destroyed brigade, disowned noble who wants to carve out his own kingdom one day, former urban thug trying to go straight, fugitive from an oppressive kingdom wanted for a crime he didn't commit.  A good roleplayer can make even a "cliche" character type into something fun and interesting. Rand al Thor, Frodo, Luke Skywalker, heroes of fantasy and legend typically come from mundane, everyday backgrounds and become heroes later, through their deeds, not by being a Half-Celestial Anthropomorphic Baleen Whale Favored Soul/Radiant Servant of Pelor with a mystical Vow of Poverty.</blockquote>

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