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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6672169" data-attributes="member: 1465">It really depends on the game and my mood... whether it's supposed to be a long campaign, or a game that has few hopes of lasting more than a few adventuring days. I have used all these approaches:Narratively: spells that fit with a certain character concept or image. This is what I always do when designing an NPC as a DM, but I admit that it's hard not to switch to next 'mode' when it's your own PC, and you have to also consider how well the spells will work for you, and how your whole known spells list works as a whole.Functionally: i.e. what you have been doing... lots of stuff to keep in mind:- strategy &gt; taking into considerations how each spell opens up new strategic areas (and by contrast, avoid spells that overlap with what you can already do)- tactics &gt; diversifying spells to avoid weaknesses (e.g. have spells that target different saving throws)- efficiency &gt; how your stats might make some spells more effective than othersRandomly: yes, I have done this too, and it's a lot of fun, but only if you are willing to take the challenge <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> See for example my PC in a recent PbP at the link below, she was totally rolled randomly: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358097-Tyranny-of-Dragons/page6&amp;p=6372100&amp;viewfull=1#post6372100" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358097-Tyranny-of-Dragons/page6&amp;p=6372100&amp;viewfull=1#post6372100</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6672169, member: 1465"] It really depends on the game and my mood... whether it's supposed to be a long campaign, or a game that has few hopes of lasting more than a few adventuring days. I have used all these approaches: [B]Narratively[/B]: spells that fit with a certain character concept or image. This is what I always do when designing an [B]NPC[/B] as a DM, but I admit that it's hard not to switch to next 'mode' when it's your own [B]PC[/B], and you have to also consider how well the spells will work for you, and how your whole known spells list works as a whole. [B]Functionally[/B]: i.e. what you have been doing... lots of stuff to keep in mind: - strategy > taking into considerations how each spell opens up new strategic areas (and by contrast, avoid spells that overlap with what you can already do) - tactics > diversifying spells to avoid weaknesses (e.g. have spells that target different saving throws) - efficiency > how your stats might make some spells more effective than others [B]Randomly[/B]: yes, I have done this too, and it's a lot of fun, but only if you are willing to take the challenge :) See for example my PC in a recent PbP at the link below, she was totally rolled randomly: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358097-Tyranny-of-Dragons/page6&p=6372100&viewfull=1#post6372100[/url] [/QUOTE]

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