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For the good of the party and/or campaign

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#1
humanmind
Nov 22, 2009 21:28:01
Recently a friend of mine asked if I wanted to play in his 3.5 Ebberon campaign. After dusting off my 3.5 books and having a look through the prestige classes I decided to play a venerable human Begulier/Mindbender. After writing him up I realised that he was a little too obscene at social challenges (which would be the bulk of the campaign) and way to vulnerable in combat. I was later told that the other players consisted with a lot of arcane casters and only one melee combatant (a half-ogre chainfighter mind you).

So I decided to change my character in order to keep some balance, both in party layout and campaign progression, and am now playing a human sacred fist (cleric/monk).

So have any of you made a major change/sacrifice in order to maintain order in your group. Have you lowered the power of you character in order to keep the party on a level playing field. Maybe you gave up a powerful item because you saw that it was causing your DM problems.

Tell us of your great sacrifice!
#2
charakanturas
Nov 22, 2009 23:44:56
I gave up and decided to not play as a Sahuagin Fighter after the DM nearly threw me off a bridge in anger.

This thread reminds me of the unwilling sacrifice one player made. At level 9 he got a vorpal sword (in 3.5). To get rid of, the DM made it dancing (able to levitate and attack by itself), intelligent, and chaotic evil. It levitated out of the player's hand and attacked him. The DM rolled a twenty. The party ended up selling the vorpal sword so they could pay for the true ressurection.
#3
i_roll_ones
Nov 23, 2009 1:04:32 If I am invited to play in a game with other people's character already made, I try to take a role no one has before, and not infringe upon other people's specialties, if I can. In 4th, I try to fulfill either Leader or Controller, as it seems either the group either had neither, or too many leaders.

Not sure if its really sacrafice, but I try not to get a character concept until I know what the others are doing first, so I don't have my heart set on what another PC is doing.
#4
Ranko
Nov 23, 2009 4:19:56 Not really a great sacrifice, but I stopped playing my character as a really evil sunuvab*tch in our Vampire: The Dark Ages campaign... after about 3 years of playing him.

Other than that, I never had to change my character to fit into anything - group, campaign or otherwise. We always made it work. The people I play with are cool like that.
#5
millslogle
Nov 26, 2009 15:52:35

I gave up and decided to not play as a Sahuagin Fighter after the DM nearly threw me off a bridge in anger.

This thread reminds me of the unwilling sacrifice one player made. At level 9 he got a vorpal sword (in 3.5). To get rid of, the DM made it dancing (able to levitate and attack by itself), intelligent, and chaotic evil. It levitated out of the player's hand and attacked him. The DM rolled a twenty. The party ended up selling the vorpal sword so they could pay for the true ressurection.

First off, get off your brothers account, second giving up playing an unbalanced race is not a sacrifice (ha ha JK)

Sorry, had to get that out of the way in the real world, but as for a sacrifice, I play a shaman, even though i would love to be a striker. At first it was boring, but I now love it and am nearly as deeply involved in it as I was in my old character.
Really, making a sacrifice is often beneficial to everyone, and will make the game more fun in the end.
#6
speckles
Nov 28, 2009 17:47:29 Hmm, my longest running character is a 3.5 dual class cleric/rogue, because at the start of the campaign neither of those roles were filled. Due to consistently above average hp rolls and a focus on hide and tumble the character was surprisingly resiliant, but attack-wise it was somewhat useless for a time.
#7
humanmind
Dec 01, 2009 1:19:27

Sorry, had to get that out of the way in the real world, but as for a sacrifice, I play a shaman, even though i would love to be a striker. At first it was boring, but I now love it and am nearly as deeply involved in it as I was in my old character.
Really, making a sacrifice is often beneficial to everyone, and will make the game more fun in the end.

That's exactly why I gave up my idea. Although it would have been cool for me, the party and DM would not have found it as interesting. I would rather have everyone happy then just me.
#8
juion
Dec 01, 2009 1:34:03 In my current game, I wanted to play as a Psion(4E). The DM was a little dubious about the quality of the class from the preview and wasn't comfortable enough with working the psionic power source in, so I switched to an Invoker.

I'm having great fun with the Invoker, although I miss playing an Intelligence based lass from time to time.
#9
Polis
Dec 03, 2009 10:17:05 Well I played in a 3.5 campaign that lasted a few years. Eventually I neded up at level 28, unfortunately I had to take 9 levels of cleric so this Ha Naga wizard wouldn't kill us.

We entered his layer looking for loot, he wanted to kill us, I made up a bs tale about us coming here to stop an assassin and bask in his glory as a Ha Naga. 9 levels later I elevated him to a demi-god and could only cast lvl 3 spells Ouch! The campaign was fun but my character was gimped.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 humanmind Nov 22, 2009 21:28:01	Recently a friend of mine asked if I wanted to play in his 3.5 Ebberon campaign. After dusting off my 3.5 books and having a look through the prestige classes I decided to play a venerable human Begulier/Mindbender. After writing him up I realised that he was a little too obscene at social challenges (which would be the bulk of the campaign) and way to vulnerable in combat. I was later told that the other players consisted with a lot of arcane casters and only one melee combatant (a half-ogre chainfighter mind you). So I decided to change my character in order to keep some balance, both in party layout and campaign progression, and am now playing a human sacred fist (cleric/monk). So have any of you made a major change/sacrifice in order to maintain order in your group. Have you lowered the power of you character in order to keep the party on a level playing field. Maybe you gave up a powerful item because you saw that it was causing your DM problems. Tell us of your great sacrifice!
#2 charakanturas Nov 22, 2009 23:44:56	I gave up and decided to not play as a Sahuagin Fighter after the DM nearly threw me off a bridge in anger. This thread reminds me of the unwilling sacrifice one player made. At level 9 he got a vorpal sword (in 3.5). To get rid of, the DM made it dancing (able to levitate and attack by itself), intelligent, and chaotic evil. It levitated out of the player's hand and attacked him. The DM rolled a twenty. The party ended up selling the vorpal sword so they could pay for the true ressurection.
#3 i_roll_ones Nov 23, 2009 1:04:32	If I am invited to play in a game with other people's character already made, I try to take a role no one has before, and not infringe upon other people's specialties, if I can. In 4th, I try to fulfill either Leader or Controller, as it seems either the group either had neither, or too many leaders. Not sure if its really sacrafice, but I try not to get a character concept until I know what the others are doing first, so I don't have my heart set on what another PC is doing.
#4 Ranko Nov 23, 2009 4:19:56	Not really a great sacrifice, but I stopped playing my character as a really evil sunuvab*tch in our Vampire: The Dark Ages campaign... after about 3 years of playing him. Other than that, I never had to change my character to fit into anything - group, campaign or otherwise. We always made it work. The people I play with are cool like that.
#5 millslogle Nov 26, 2009 15:52:35	I gave up and decided to not play as a Sahuagin Fighter after the DM nearly threw me off a bridge in anger. This thread reminds me of the unwilling sacrifice one player made. At level 9 he got a vorpal sword (in 3.5). To get rid of, the DM made it dancing (able to levitate and attack by itself), intelligent, and chaotic evil. It levitated out of the player's hand and attacked him. The DM rolled a twenty. The party ended up selling the vorpal sword so they could pay for the true ressurection. First off, get off your brothers account, second giving up playing an unbalanced race is not a sacrifice (ha ha JK) Sorry, had to get that out of the way in the real world, but as for a sacrifice, I play a shaman, even though i would love to be a striker. At first it was boring, but I now love it and am nearly as deeply involved in it as I was in my old character. Really, making a sacrifice is often beneficial to everyone, and will make the game more fun in the end.
#6 speckles Nov 28, 2009 17:47:29	Hmm, my longest running character is a 3.5 dual class cleric/rogue, because at the start of the campaign neither of those roles were filled. Due to consistently above average hp rolls and a focus on hide and tumble the character was surprisingly resiliant, but attack-wise it was somewhat useless for a time.
#7 humanmind Dec 01, 2009 1:19:27	Sorry, had to get that out of the way in the real world, but as for a sacrifice, I play a shaman, even though i would love to be a striker. At first it was boring, but I now love it and am nearly as deeply involved in it as I was in my old character. Really, making a sacrifice is often beneficial to everyone, and will make the game more fun in the end. That's exactly why I gave up my idea. Although it would have been cool for me, the party and DM would not have found it as interesting. I would rather have everyone happy then just me.
#8 juion Dec 01, 2009 1:34:03	In my current game, I wanted to play as a Psion(4E). The DM was a little dubious about the quality of the class from the preview and wasn't comfortable enough with working the psionic power source in, so I switched to an Invoker. I'm having great fun with the Invoker, although I miss playing an Intelligence based lass from time to time.
#9 Polis Dec 03, 2009 10:17:05	Well I played in a 3.5 campaign that lasted a few years. Eventually I neded up at level 28, unfortunately I had to take 9 levels of cleric so this Ha Naga wizard wouldn't kill us. We entered his layer looking for loot, he wanted to kill us, I made up a bs tale about us coming here to stop an assassin and bask in his glory as a Ha Naga. 9 levels later I elevated him to a demi-god and could only cast lvl 3 spells Ouch! The campaign was fun but my character was gimped.