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<blockquote data-quote="Presto2112" data-source="post: 2852660" data-attributes="member: 18303">Why does it have to be one or the other?My current character is whisper gnome warlock.&nbsp; Yes, I assembled him with some &quot;phat k3wl special abilities&quot;, but along with those special abilities, I also had a lot of work to do in terms of character background as to WHY he has those abilities.&nbsp; In fact I had to explain why there are whisper gnomes to begin with (a band of dark-skinned, gypsy-like gnomes made a deal with a Pit Fiend hundreds of years ago to gain the stealthy abilities of the whisper gnome).You can role-play practically anything if given the chance (and that's actually something you do in your game).&nbsp; About five sessions ago, my warlock was dominated by a sorcerer and he nearly took out the party's paladin with his eldritch blasts.&nbsp; I turned this around and made this nearly tragic loss into a neat RP opportunity!&nbsp; I've had the warlock feeling really guilty about his actions and he's been spending a lot of his down time and non-combat time with the paladin, apologizing ang getting to know him better.Bottom line, I think it IS possible to get some superb roleplaying out of a half-dragon barbarian tempest, an earth genasi monk sacred fist, a werebear gnoll druid sorcerer fohlucan lyrist, or whatever.&nbsp; Sometimes, a player just feels that a human fighter has been done to death, and wants to try something new.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Presto2112, post: 2852660, member: 18303"] Why does it have to be one or the other? My current character is whisper gnome warlock. Yes, I assembled him with some "phat k3wl special abilities", but along with those special abilities, I also had a lot of work to do in terms of character background as to WHY he has those abilities. In fact I had to explain why there are whisper gnomes to begin with (a band of dark-skinned, gypsy-like gnomes made a deal with a Pit Fiend hundreds of years ago to gain the stealthy abilities of the whisper gnome). You can role-play practically anything if given the chance (and that's actually something you do in your game). About five sessions ago, my warlock was [I]dominated[/I] by a sorcerer and he nearly took out the party's paladin with his eldritch blasts. I turned this around and made this nearly tragic loss into a neat RP opportunity! I've had the warlock feeling really guilty about his actions and he's been spending a lot of his down time and non-combat time with the paladin, apologizing ang getting to know him better. Bottom line, I think it IS possible to get some superb roleplaying out of a half-dragon barbarian tempest, an earth genasi monk sacred fist, a werebear gnoll druid sorcerer fohlucan lyrist, or whatever. Sometimes, a player just feels that a human fighter has been done to death, and wants to try something new. [/QUOTE]

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