Creating a new CHARNAME. Roleplay build suggestions?
EntropyXII
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Ok, this topic is for anybody who is like me and sometimes hits a brick wall when creating a new character.
If you have any favourite builds feel free to post them here. No power-gaming builds please.
My favourites have to be:
'Child of Bhaal'
Lawful Evil
Assassin
Weapon Specialisation: single weapon, dagger (also using throwing daggers)
'Gorion's Ward'
Lawful Good
Mage
Weapon Specialisation: Staff, two handed weapon fighting.
I think most people have tried those above, and they do indeed hold the most RP potential in my opinion.
Lately, I have been toying around with a 'Spike Spiegel' build.
True Neutral,
Bounty Hunter/Swashbuckler (Bounty Hunter for roleplay reasons, but I am aware this character is starting to look like a certain Yoshimo)
Weapon specialisation: Crossbow? This is a difficult one.
With regards to RP it could work in how the PC seems to become a mercenary right out of Candlekeep and catches a good number of crooks for gold.
Anyhow, suggestions? Let's see some creativity!
If you have any favourite builds feel free to post them here. No power-gaming builds please.
My favourites have to be:
'Child of Bhaal'
Lawful Evil
Assassin
Weapon Specialisation: single weapon, dagger (also using throwing daggers)
'Gorion's Ward'
Lawful Good
Mage
Weapon Specialisation: Staff, two handed weapon fighting.
I think most people have tried those above, and they do indeed hold the most RP potential in my opinion.
Lately, I have been toying around with a 'Spike Spiegel' build.
True Neutral,
Bounty Hunter/Swashbuckler (Bounty Hunter for roleplay reasons, but I am aware this character is starting to look like a certain Yoshimo)
Weapon specialisation: Crossbow? This is a difficult one.
With regards to RP it could work in how the PC seems to become a mercenary right out of Candlekeep and catches a good number of crooks for gold.
Anyhow, suggestions? Let's see some creativity!
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That said I love a Cavalier using 2h Swords.
Chaotic Good
Blade
Weapon Specialization: longsword, bow, single weapon style
having much fun.
1 -Neutral blade , with high intelligence and charisma. Sometimes will often act cold and coordinate the party , and try to talk his way out of situations.
2 - Chaotic Good abjurer . Memorizes at least one abjuration spell from each level, will defend those he feels are victim of prejudice , such as Viconia or Aerie. Will use his abjuration spells as to disable enemy mages.
Lawful Evil human Assassin:
base attributes 17/18/15/16/10/15
(good roll, not powergame-y, house rule of having max 1x18, 1x17 and 1x16 at char creation)
Crossbows + daggers. (Later single weapon prof & short swords)
Pumped trap setting to 95% and then focused on stealth.
Mainly ranged at first, utilizing poison, traps and careful planning - playing him as a hidden killer that snipes his prey and then lures it into an ambush (traps).
At levels 8+, stealth starts being useful/possible. With the Dagger of Venom.
Ran a party with Imoen (Thief->Mage), Viconia and Dorn. Later including Kagain for last 2 chapters. Very fun and sometimes very interesting with kiting and laying traps and ambushes for the enemies.
Now I am playing a Swashbuckler+Dorn duo (trying to), a monk and a Cleric->Mage dualclass CHARNAME (at lvl 7) plus Thieves and Fighters only (being the only caster in the group is...quite interesting)
It's a very different approach compared to my usual: running screaming bloody murder and cut them in twain with my axe: I have to think more tactically and pace myself, but is extremely satisfying. It's also cool as heck, picturing a mercenary, accepting quests for cash through Faerun, with his trusty companions by his side, with a crossbow over the shoulder and a short sword on his hip.
And I love to quickly throw a snare in from of my character while one of the BG1 assassins walks towards the party, listening to his threats and then watch him die, or very nearly so, from the trap. Take that, Tarnesh!
It's a little difficult to me to invest in a character that I can't relate to. That's why I always play human males, usualy fighters or rogues.
But a fun thing to do is to go the completely other way: play a female halfling or dwarf. Maybe a kensai with GM in spears?
Or play as a very specific character, and do everything in the shoes of that character: one of my playthroughs (I gave up on it because it was too damn easy) I played as Thor, from the comics: A dual Berserker Cleric with single-weapon style and GM in War Hammer, using the Call Lightning/Bold of Glory spell profusely.
I'm also thinking of playing as Tyrion Lannister, but I have a tough time creating the character. He would make a good jester, but you can't be a bard and one of the short races. He's smart, but you can't be a mage and a halfling, must be a gnome for that. He's definitely not a cleric, but he has relatively high wisdom… Maybe a fighter/illusionist gnome with proficiency in axes, with low STR, CON and high INT and CHA?
On her deathbed, Gorion promised your mother he would take care of you, knowing that you would grow up infected as well. He planned to tell you about it, explain everything to you, but he never had the change. It was when you first watched your foster father being killed by an armored figure in the night that you transformed for the first time, due to grief. You spend the night in your werewolf form, being discovered in the morning, after you transformed back into your human form, by your childhood friend, Imoen, who saw everything.
EDIT: And for a challenge, play "naked": No armor whatsoever: no boots, bracers, helmets or rings, because these would be destroyed once you transformed into a werewolf. You could use an amulet and a cloak, perhaps.
I'd say fighter/thief or thief>fighter works pretty well.
He's never shown to have the least aptitude for magic or religion.
We could do a whole thread on what classes Game of Throne characters would be - in fact, I seem to remember one.
And, yes, he has survived a couple of battles (although he himself would say he's not that much of a fighter), but his strengths are clearly his wits "My mind is my weapon […] and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." He has also shown great power of persuasion (Convincing the Mountain Clans or rallying the troops at the Battle of the Blackwater. In fact, he relies much more in his ability to talk his way out of things than sneaking or fighting. I think a bard of some sort would be the best fit for him, but due to the class restrictions, maybe a mage to make use of his high intelligence, even though he never shown much interest in magic (but it is a completely different universe we're talking)
Or he's just a fighter with low STR, and mediocre DEX and CON and very high INT and CHA (However, I seem to recall an odd passage at the first book where Tyrion does a backflip and lands on his hands, so maybe he has high dexterity after all)
His alignment is a whole different matter, though.
Swashbuckler half-man(ling) thief. Not good with backstabbing, but very resourceful, witty and 'can make use of traps'.
The suggestion making him a Jester sounds more like him. Or maybe a Gnome T/M...
Paladin/Fallen-Paladin/Fighter
True Neutral/Chaotic Neutral?
This is one i'm struggling to figure out.
The characters from ASoIaF are really hard to place in D&D Aligments. Some are straightfoward (slight spoilers for the show):
I don't like the idea of being a jester personally, and the description of the Skald is also a bit strange: "A Nordic bard"...... Nordic? In the Forgotten Realms?
If I give into my pettiness i'll give them a shot. I'm still holding out for the Bladesinger (Bard) kit.
you two grew up together, How much did did she influence you over Gorien
Did Imoen get you into trouble when you were both young
Maybe start off as a Human Fighter or Mage or Cleric
you duel to a thief when Imoen duels to mage
I could never enjoy Blade because of Haer'Dalis, same as you. I feel like a Haer'Dalis rip-off whenever I play a Blade, because that guy is just too perfect for it. Skald is interesting but I often found myself just singing constantly because it's so ridiculously powerful that it would be foolishness to do anything else. And like you said, Nordic bard WTH? Jester and Bard are the only two left at that point, and Jesters have that silly ability to sit around invisible and slowly kill everything. Soooo yeah I usually end up playing just plain Bard myself, as well.