Up and coming PC’s in the waiting room...

[Senor T]

I intend to create a pc and bring this dorf empire to ruin.

And replace it with a gnomish one!

[oldgrayrogue]

Because I don't enjoy the constant turnover . . .

I don't enjoy turnover either. Like you, I have an archetype I prefer above anything else. I just like the idea of exploring other characters. I honestly think I'd have a hard time permanently committing to another type of PC though.

I prefer to have a PCs story develop and grow into something meaningful than to just go through a meatgrinder of level 1-3 PCs. That said I think turnover is healthy especially in a PW setting. It injects fresh new stories and concepts into the world. In my opinion once your PC becomes so powerful that the game world is no longer a challenge, or it becomes challenging for the DMs to make it so, it is time for the PC to become an NPC and move on. To me, nothing is more satisfying than seeing on of my PC's turned into an NPC that DM's can play and make a permanent part of the setting.

I just constantly have PC concepts bouncing about in my head. I appreciate the 1 PC rule as a way to force people to invest in and really immerse in a PC, and to avoid shenanigans, but in all honestly I think it is silly. Authors of fiction create many characters in their works and "play" their stories all at once. DMs play many different characters in the course of a campaign. Never understood why it needs to be any different for players. But I digress . . . .

[Akivaria]

A butt-ugly gnome fighter/wizard who specializes in crafting and using grenades and other explodables. Also obsessed with fire.

He'll sit on the back-burner for a while as I slowly, but surely, get Alora to Shadowdancer.

[joshmad75]

A multi-server community could allow their player-base to enjoy a one-character-per-server format. With two or three EE servers up and running, a player could have a single PC who moves freely about the servers. Or, they could enjoy two or three PCs limited to each server. This format may still very well achieve the intended goal of the one-PC-per-player rule and give the players some freedom to play other concepts.

[ayergo]

I just constantly have PC concepts bouncing about in my head. I appreciate the 1 PC rule as a way to force people to invest in and really immerse in a PC, and to avoid shenanigans, but in all honestly I think it is silly. Authors of fiction create many characters in their works and "play" their stories all at once. DMs play many different characters in the course of a campaign. Never understood why it needs to be any different for players. But I digress . . . .

At least in our case it hard enough to get custom tailored content for one PC. Also for a plot what if one of your PCs needs information from another of your PCs? So many difficulties for your DM doing this in a persistent world. You should always consider how the things you want play out on the other side of the DM screen.

[valn99]

I'm personally okay with just one PC, since I don't have that much spare time anyway.
And talking about another concept doesn't mean I'm ready to leave Bran behind, far from it. (If anyone is worried about that! )

[ImStrokerAce]

Next PC; I'm rolling a Hin and joining the four feet and under club.

[vergin_sacrifice]

So many shorties.. I love it.

[Galadorn]

Cool post Sci-kick.

My next PC:
As savage/wild a Half-Orc (Ranger, or Barbarian) I can swing, for as long as I can swing him, before he's hunted down by the Watch or other PCs and PK'd. (NOT necessarily evil or a bezerker, but "savage" in the respect of being a non-urban, wilderness dwelling character.) Obviously more suited to DF, since DF is mainly a wilderness server. But this PC might be fun if he visits WD... or just be grabbed, beat up and thrown into a City-Watch holding cell.
Pure Orc? if implemented
Gnoll? if implemented

Might be years yet. But that's the plan.


Personally, i believe everyone, and myself just as much as the next guy (or gal), appreciates without limit the stories created by the DMs. Much more for the individual attention and effort the DMs put in for individual PCs. But, I also believe it is not an insult to retire a PC if the player is bored of him or her. This is a game, we all love and put differing amounts of effort and have very different personal levels of commitment to. But if a concept is not working for a player, or just gets old, that player should not force himself or herself to continue, especially since we cannot play more than 1 PC here. I would very much hope he/she would not just delete the PC without discussion, but that also can happen. I think that would be a player's decision, just as much as it is also up to the DM who he or she DMs also.

Must players play their PCs as long as someone else thinks is an appropriate time?

Must DMs DM everyone equally wrt time and effort? ......and who can judge that?

just a few thoughts

[Galadorn]

....and there's still far too much bard-talk going on....... and FAR FAR too much gnome idea flying around... ew

[ayergo]

Must players play their PCs as long as someone else thinks is an appropriate time?

Must DMs DM everyone equally wrt time and effort? ......and who can judge that?

just a few thoughts

The rule is simple: if you are not playing a bard the DM will kill you with extreme prejudice. If you are then you cannot retire as you have already reached the pinnacle PC experience. *Nods sagely*

Gnomes are delicious.

[Galadorn]

Gnome Bard it is.



But be prepared for the most nasally, squeeky voiced Cyril Sneer looking annoyance in D&D history....

Can Gnomes be 18 inches tall? But have the voice volume of a Large creature?

[oldgrayrogue]

I just constantly have PC concepts bouncing about in my head. I appreciate the 1 PC rule as a way to force people to invest in and really immerse in a PC, and to avoid shenanigans, but in all honestly I think it is silly. Authors of fiction create many characters in their works and "play" their stories all at once. DMs play many different characters in the course of a campaign. Never understood why it needs to be any different for players. But I digress . . . .

At least in our case it hard enough to get custom tailored content for one PC. Also for a plot what if one of your PCs needs information from another of your PCs? So many difficulties for your DM doing this in a persistent world. You should always consider how the things you want play out on the other side of the DM screen.

Point well taken, though I would never involve a second PC in a plot another of my PCs was involved in. I will take PC custom tailored content over a second PC any day. What you are doing here on WD is awesome, and I have no problem sticking to one PC if that is what the DMs prefer. My point was really just to discuss the issue in general. Not to advocate for some kind of change.

[Senor T]

I, for one, curse ayergo’s ability to enforce long-existing rules that make his job of serving us players less problematic! *shakes fist*