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4 years ago ::
Nov 28, 2008 - 5:02PM
#11
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Date Joined:
Aug 18, 2007
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#12 Final Fantasy X Summoner - Yuna summoning her big beastly companion to fight with or for her. Companion buffing exploits could be explained as swapping the primary companion for another one more useful for that moment. 
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4 years ago ::
Nov 28, 2008 - 5:42PM
#12
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1. Combat Artificer! (melee ranger)
Ranged Ranger works too. I still miss my 3.5 Artificer's that ran into combat, wands ablaze. Magic missles and scorching rays being fired across the battlefield.
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4 years ago ::
Nov 29, 2008 - 3:11PM
#13
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Date Joined:
Jun 17, 2007
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13. Fangirl/fanboy. You've got a fan! A dedicated, total, eager, devoted, has-a-shrine-to-you-in-their-bedroom, celebrity-blog-posting, costume-wearing, stalker fan! Follows you everywhere, and even already has an outfit which matches yours in every minute, creepy detail. Worships the ground you walk on, and carries a sample of it around in a vial around their neck. Really, really, really, truly wants to be a big, brave, butt-kicking adventurer just like you, and is willing to do anything you say. Anything...
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4 years ago ::
Nov 29, 2008 - 3:52PM
#14
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Date Joined:
Jun 22, 2008
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14. Combat Butler/Battlemaid.
A smashing bit of adventuring is just the thing for impressing the lads around the lodge, by Jove. That's why you must travel lightly, and ruggedly- and take your loyal retainer along to carry your spare clothes, and wig collection, and dispatch any ruffians that threaten your esteemed person.
For added realism, make the ranger the Butler, but deliver all dialogue through the companion/ noble. The ranger will have the personality of cardboard, but will never fail to apply the smelling salts when you succumb to injury, even when the rest of the party really wish he wouldn't bother.
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4 years ago ::
Nov 29, 2008 - 9:36PM
#15
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Date Joined:
Aug 18, 2007
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14. Combat Butler/Battlemaid.
A smashing bit of adventuring is just the thing for impressing the lads around the lodge, by Jove. That's why you must travel lightly, and ruggedly- and take your loyal retainer along to carry your spare clothes, and wig collection, and dispatch any ruffians that threaten your esteemed person.
For added realism, make the ranger the Butler, but deliver all dialogue through the companion/ noble. The ranger will have the personality of cardboard, but will never fail to apply the smelling salts when you succumb to injury, even when the rest of the party really wish he wouldn't bother.
Oh dear, I think I may have just found my next character :D
...that is, for the next time I actually get to hop out of the DMs chair...
You get a 
~C
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4 years ago ::
Nov 30, 2008 - 12:33AM
#16
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Seems kind of obvious to me, but how about a Pokemon master or whatever they're called.
People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. --Howard Zinn He who fights with monsters must take care lest he thereby become a monster. --Friedrich Nietzsche 
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4 years ago ::
Nov 30, 2008 - 3:18AM
#17
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Date Joined:
Feb 11, 2007
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Seems kind of obvious to me, but how about a Pokemon master or whatever they're called.
"Beastmaster Ranger." :D
(I employ zie/zie/zir as a gender-neutral counterpart to he/him/his. Just a heads-up.)
Essentials definitely isn't for me as a player, and I feel that its design and implementation bear serious flaws which fill me with concern for the future of D&D, but I've come to the conclusion that it isn't going to destroy the game that I want to play. Indeed, I think that I could probably run a game for players using Essentials characters without it being much of a problem at all. Time will tell, I suppose.
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4 years ago ::
Nov 30, 2008 - 9:18PM
#18
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Date Joined:
Dec 13, 2006
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15. Six-Man Party.* What? Your companion is actually just another PC you get to control, whatever class you really wanted to play (within the companion's limited ability to mimic it) but someone else picked first. Heck, make it an exact copy of their character and then have it pantomime their every action - fun for the whole party! Works especially well if you hate the current game and want it to end - via in-fighting, or the DM actually mistaking it for another PC and over-CR-TPKing your party.
*Note: Please, really, do not try this at home. I was kidding, honest.
16. Nameless One. The dude from that Planescape game has decided to tag along, trying to end his wangsty existence once and for all. Despite his constant inability to D-I-E, he's absolutely certain (from a vision, divine inspiration, or sheer stubbornness) that if he just hangs around long enough, you'll find a way to off 'im for good. Here's hoping it's soon...he's really starting to annoy you.
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4 years ago ::
Dec 01, 2008 - 1:18AM
#19
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I like the Dread Necromancer idea and the Combat Butler/Battlemaid. I was going to make a Rogue for my next LFR character, but I think I may just have to go with that Butler concept.  Of course, that's *if* it's allowed. I'm not sure whether or not the RPGA allows reskinning of existing classes. #17. Poison Ivy You have an innate control of plants. So much so that you can even command them to bunch up and take on a physical form which can fight on your behalf. Better how the enemies don't have any weed killer. #18. Adventurous Honeymoon Your wife/husband wanted to do something different for their honeymoon. Well, the Jones' weekend in Waterdeep will be nothing compared to your weeklong trek into the Undermountain!
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4 years ago ::
Dec 01, 2008 - 7:48AM
#20
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Date Joined:
Aug 21, 2009
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5. Cursed Companion (Either) Some horrible curse has befallen your friend/lover/family member, and has forced them into an unnatural form. You journey together to find a way to break that curse.[/quote]
The Ladyhawke Variation: By day, you're Rutger Hauer with a raptor companion; by night, you're Michelle Pfeiffer with a wolf companion. Bonus points if a teammate plays Leo McKern!
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