New Posts For Thread: New to 4e, need help making a character suited to my RP style.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29333483/New_to_4e,_need_help_making_a_character_suited_to_my_RP_style.Hello everybody,I started playing 4e (& D&D) this summer, and it's been a ton of fun. My problem, I guess, is that my character, although not bad at all, doesn't fit me as well as he could for RP purposes, mainly. I'm not planning to just ditch my cI say unto you! Be a monk!Honestly, monks get some bonuses to stuff like diplomacy and whatnot if you build them right.. simply through massive insight roles and the willingness to talk comparatively to the stabby stabby tendencies of a lot of partiehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29333483/New_to_4e,_need_help_making_a_character_suited_to_my_RP_style.?post_id=525278981#525278981I say unto you! Be a monk!Honestly, monks get some bonuses to stuff like diplomacy and whatnot if you build them right.. simply through massive insight roles and the willingness to talk comparatively to the stabby stabby tendencies of a lot of partieSat, 20 Oct 2012 04:59:59 -0500That's a fantastic backstory! As a DM, I love seeing things like this because it allows me to craft plenty of "hooks" for the PC in question. Perhaps the transplanar gate collapse was not an accident at all, but rather done by enemies of the archfeyhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29333483/New_to_4e,_need_help_making_a_character_suited_to_my_RP_style.?post_id=523731655#523731655That's a fantastic backstory! As a DM, I love seeing things like this because it allows me to craft plenty of "hooks" for the PC in question. Perhaps the transplanar gate collapse was not an accident at all, but rather done by enemies of the archfeySun, 02 Sep 2012 18:38:51 -0500You can also build a Fake Skald by being a regular Bard with the Skald Training feat so you get the aura. Then you have the choice between Staggering Note and two of the Skald at-wills if you're a human. All the awesomeness of a Skald and a regular Bhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29333483/New_to_4e,_need_help_making_a_character_suited_to_my_RP_style.?post_id=523371533#523371533You can also build a Fake Skald by being a regular Bard with the Skald Training feat so you get the aura. Then you have the choice between Staggering Note and two of the Skald at-wills if you're a human. All the awesomeness of a Skald and a regular BThu, 23 Aug 2012 22:00:45 -0500Aug 22, 2012 -- 8:15PM, Frederick_the_Great wrote:The icy skewer at-will is my MBA, does cold, is Arcane (qualifying for White Lotus Riposte), and does (in my build) 1d10+9 at level one before any feats (I think this is good, at least).quote]Me: *sphttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29333483/New_to_4e,_need_help_making_a_character_suited_to_my_RP_style.?post_id=523361877#523361877Aug 22, 2012 -- 8:15PM, Frederick_the_Great wrote:The icy skewer at-will is my MBA, does cold, is Arcane (qualifying for White Lotus Riposte), and does (in my build) 1d10+9 at level one before any feats (I think this is good, at least).quote]Me: *spThu, 23 Aug 2012 16:56:18 -0500My wife plays a fey hexblade. Combat is mostly teleporting and charging, and while her damage is consistently good, she's got no nova. It's sort of a one trick pony in combat, using the same encounter power over and over (charge in and Skewer). Thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29333483/New_to_4e,_need_help_making_a_character_suited_to_my_RP_style.?post_id=523353197#523353197My wife plays a fey hexblade. Combat is mostly teleporting and charging, and while her damage is consistently good, she's got no nova. It's sort of a one trick pony in combat, using the same encounter power over and over (charge in and Skewer). ThThu, 23 Aug 2012 13:54:11 -0500