Need inspiration for a new D&D character.

[Kae]

So I was playing D&D 5E last Saturday and well, unfortunately, I'm too much of a good guy and I stayed behind to try to save a stupid Rogue that got himself into trouble on purpose and was dying, in the end, 4 of us including him died trying to save him.

And you know it's fine like I'm fine with dying trying to save a friend, it's not a bad way to die and it is what my character would have done, the fact that I died is OK, but my previous character had died already due to a stupid CON save and practically out of nowhere, and it took a lot of work to make the second character, and you know what? It was fine I liked it well enough.

But now? I'm supposed to start at 5th level which is fine, it's where every class starts to get really cool, and I was granted 376 GP to equip the character, which is a lot, I can optimize every class and even have shit left for fluff really easily with that much GP, but the next session is approaching and I'm just not feeling it, now I have several concepts on my head but they all kinda need to start at level 1, besides entering a story that's already mid-way through isn't really appealing.

That's not to say I haven't made builds, I know that at the moment since every decided to go with Magic Users we are missing both a Rogue and Melee combatant and while I have come up with several things, both to fill those roles or just one, I'm just not feeling it at all, if I'm honest I kinda just want to sit this one out but I also have to go because I'm the person that brings the office supplies and therefore have been entrusted with some character sheets and a lot of the party's finances (that I have as a player but I didn't as a character), and don't get me wrong I don't dislike the available roles, I like both roles, more Rogue than melee combatant but I've been wanting to play a Fighter for a while and wouldn't mind doing Paladin again, but starting over on the same Campaign a 3rd time is utterly unappealing to me.

Basically, I will go, I just have to at this point but I don't feel like playing in this session because I don't think there's any point in playing a character without having any emotional investment in them.

 

[Saelune]

Give them a silly personality. Not one that is negative, but just one that is fun to be. I found all my characters with a deep RP background often fail (cause no one interacts with them) so I started making characters always a bit silly when I am a player.

Hell, go for a big dumb barbarian. Stop worrying about being the one to figure things out or to say the right words. Let yourself be dumb. Dont need to be the one that blows everyone's plot, but dont worry about being the smart one. Its fun.

 

[Basement Cat]

If you're starting with a 5th level character and happen to be needing a Rogue and Melee class then Multi Class as Bard 3 and a Cleric 2 via War/Tempest domain character.

When you're given 5 levels to start with you've got tons of options and from the description you've given you've got so many choices and options I have to wonder whether your fellow PC's are being responsible enough.

In 5th edition Bard 3 is a darned good starting/multi classing option: All the mad skills with double Proficiency options!

Then you have 2 more levels to add to: And since 5th edition focuses Proficiency bonuses on Character level rather than Class level you'll have all the joys of the Bard 3 plus the Cleric and domain bonuses i.e. Full weapon/armor/shield proficiency abilities without the inherent weaknesses that came with D&D 3.5!!!

 

[Kae]

Give them a silly personality. Not one that is negative, but just one that is fun to be. I found all my characters with a deep RP background often fail (cause no one interacts with them) so I started making characters always a bit silly when I am a player.

Hell, go for a big dumb barbarian. Stop worrying about being the one to figure things out or to say the right words. Let yourself be dumb. Dont need to be the one that blows everyone's plot, but dont worry about being the smart one. Its fun.

I'm unsure, I normally play smart characters and even have a terrible habit of making CON my dump stat because I place little interest in combat, in fact, I normally try to avoid it altogether and in the end, it was not listening to me what killed most of the party, besides I'm the one that is usually the moral compass of the group so I don't know.

I'm not going to lie I have little to no interest in playing Barbarian or Monk, I would not mind playing a Fighter and the one[footnote]And the only time I played a character that was good at combat.[/footnote] time I played Paladin I did have a lot of fun but I was neither silly nor stupid, if anything it was the most serious character I've ever played.

As for silly, well I've done silly both of my bards were a bit crazy and were pretty silly and the Elf Wizard I was playing was also pretty silly, he was obsessed with dreams because as an Elf he cannot sleep and therefore does not dream so he had a terrible habit of wasting 2nd level slots in short rests in order to snoop at people's thoughts.

Plus I'm a bit of a condescending asshole so it's easier for me to play someone that thinks they are smarter than everyone else around them.

 

[Kae]

If you're starting with a 5th level character and happen to be needing a Rogue and Melee class then Multi Class as Bard 3 and a Cleric 2 via War/Tempest domain character.

When you're given 5 levels to start with you've got tons of options and from the description you've given you've got so many choices and options I have to wonder whether your fellow PC's are being responsible enough.

In 5th edition Bard 3 is a darned good starting/multi classing option: All the mad skills with double Proficiency options!

Then you have 2 more levels to add to: And since 5th edition focuses Proficiency bonuses on Character level rather than Class level you'll have all the joys of the Bard 3 plus the Cleric and domain bonuses i.e. Full weapon/armor/shield proficiency abilities without the inherent weaknesses that came with D&D 3.5!!!

Good advise but it's not the mechanics I'm hung up about, the other players were definitely irresponsible and left 2 holes that need to be filled, and while I can do that, it's more that I'm disheartened to continue, I'd never gotten to a 3rd character in any campaign and it feels pretty unappealing to me to start over from 0 in terms of story, mechanically I can come up with several things that would work, especially since I rolled for stats and got pretty good numbers (13, 13, 18, 11, 11, 15), I mean what is even the point in continuing an ongoing story in which your character has 0 ties to?
Plus I put a lot of work into the previous 2 characters personalities and having to do it again, well it's just not working, like I don't have much reason to place effort in the character anymore.

I mean I read a shit-ton of material about the politics of the Towers of Sorcery and the Elves in Dragonlance just to be killed by 2 arrows and nobody even trying to help me or heal me, I was even limiting my spells accordingly even though Illusion spells are my favorite and I could not use them.

It feels like wasted effort but at the same time I don't want to play a bland character, I'd rather not play at all than do that.

I mean I'm not upset at the DM or anything, I knew I would most likely die if I attempted to save him, but it pretty much killed my inspiration for making a new character in that story, I mean if I was getting into a new story I feel like I wouldn't be having this much trouble.

 

[Saelune]

Give them a silly personality. Not one that is negative, but just one that is fun to be. I found all my characters with a deep RP background often fail (cause no one interacts with them) so I started making characters always a bit silly when I am a player.

Hell, go for a big dumb barbarian. Stop worrying about being the one to figure things out or to say the right words. Let yourself be dumb. Dont need to be the one that blows everyone's plot, but dont worry about being the smart one. Its fun.

I'm unsure, I normally play smart characters and even have a terrible habit of making CON my dump stat because I place little interest in combat, in fact, I normally try to avoid it altogether and in the end, it was not listening to me what killed most of the party, besides I'm the one that is usually the moral compass of the group so I don't know.

I'm not going to lie I have little to no interest in playing Barbarian or Monk, I would not mind playing a Fighter and the one[footnote]And the only time I played a character that was good at combat.[/footnote] time I played Paladin I did have a lot of fun but I was neither silly nor stupid, if anything it was the most serious character I've ever played.

As for silly, well I've done silly both of my bards were a bit crazy and were pretty silly and the Elf Wizard I was playing was also pretty silly, he was obsessed with dreams because as an Elf he cannot sleep and therefore does not dream so he had a terrible habit of wasting 2nd level slots in short rests in order to snoop at people's thoughts.

Plus I'm a bit of a condescending asshole so it's easier for me to play someone that thinks they are smarter than everyone else around them.

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[Kae]

-Snip-

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

I usually try to find a character from something I love and try to incorporate them into my character. For my Starfinder character, I decided to be Keanu from the movie Keanu. I created a whole wacky backstory about interdimensional and time travel that resulted in creating the history and creation of the catfolk race. My current Pathfinder character was inspired from the bassist of a my favorite modern band, Tokyo Jihen. I made a bard that plays a bass guitar with one level of gunslinger to be pirate-y, and the campaign unbeknownst to be when I made the character does involve pirates. Thus, my character is a wannabe pirate and wants his own ship.

 

[Souplex]

Well for fighter, there's the pretty simple Polearm Master/Sentinel Build.
I always feel like that build fits a guy from a Greco-roman homoerotic militocracy.
If you're human, you can pull it off at level 4.
Stat array: S: 15, D: 13 C: 14 I: 10 W: 12 C: 8. Human stat boosts: Strength, Dex.
Subclass: I favor battlemaster.
Tactics: Lock down enemies with Opportunity attacks, and smack them juuuuust out of their reach.

If you have Volo's and your GM allows monster races, Bugbear seems fun, assuming your party has a horse and cart so you can spend the appropriate amount of time sleeping.

For rogue, Wood Elf Longbow assassin is pretty good. Proficiency with Longbows is great.
Tactics: You can take a pot-shot sneak-attack, use your cunning action to hide, and generally be out of range of combat while sneak attacking every turn with a D8 weapon with great range. If your
Stat array (Pre-racial bonus) : S: 8, D: 14 C: 10, I: 13, W: 15, C: 12.
relevant feats: Sharpshooter. If your DM pays attention to light levels and how they affect Passive Perception: Skulker.
My preferred background: Criminal: Spy. (I like playing against type and playing lawful rogues.

If you have Volo's, you could split the difference between fighter and rogue and do a Kenku Way of Shadows Monk. It's great flavor. You could be non-kenku, but that's less fun.

 

[uncanny474]

I've played a LOT of characters, and the ones that I've been having the most fun with recently are the ones that are over-the-top to the max. My Tempest Cleric entered the last fight using Thaumaturgy to call fireworks and blast Thunderstruck by AC/DC, and my Sorcerer casts Prestidigitation to make rose petals and an anime background appear behind him every time he introduces himself (as Prince Lammy, the Fabulous Tiefling Sorcerer).

Neither DM called me on using the spells. If you have a vision in your head and it's awesome/hilarious, usually you can just say you do it and nobody will call you on it as long as you BS it using magic and it doesn't affect the game.

 

[Saelune]

-Snip-

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

You really shouldnt limit yourself by having classes or races or anything that you will absolutely never do.

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

-Snip-

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

You really shouldnt limit yourself by having classes or races or anything that you will absolutely never do.

To be fair there's some that just may not seem fun or suit what someone may want to play. I probably would never play a druid unless they were highly atypical just due to the nature connection thing not being my type of thing

That said, OP could always try an atypical barbarian that isn't dumb and toss a few points in charisma for the lulz, tho it doesn't seem his thing

 

[Saelune]

-Snip-

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

You really shouldnt limit yourself by having classes or races or anything that you will absolutely never do.

To be fair there's some that just may not seem fun or suit what someone may want to play. I probably would never play a druid unless they were highly atypical just due to the nature connection thing not being my type of thing

That said, OP could always try an atypical barbarian that isn't dumb and toss a few points in charisma for the lulz, tho it doesn't seem his thing

Kaleion has always put out that they are more of a roleplayer than someone who likes to fight and loot and stuff, and every class and race and combination of such is fertile grounds for fun roleplaying. If they suggested they were more mechanically focused, then I could understand, but not roleplaying.

 

[Weresquirrel]

The character I'm playing at the moment is a Paladin of Sune, the goddess of love/beauty.

The best advice I can offer as far as making a fun character is this: Pick two positives and a negative about them. Makes the character more defined and interesting as a person.

For example, my Paladin has a strong sense of justice, and is very caring/nuturing of the weak, but is very naive and vain (she is instantly trusting of attractive people, reasoning that if they've been blessed with good looks by her patron deity, then they must be good).

Also, secretly she's a werebear. So far, no one in my group other than the DM knows, and we've been going for a little over a year. Every time a full moon rolls around I tell the crew I need to go commune with the goddess and can't be disturbed. So far, no-one's twigged what I'm really doing. It's gonna be fun when I turn for the first time and can't hide myself.

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

-Snip-

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

You really shouldnt limit yourself by having classes or races or anything that you will absolutely never do.

To be fair there's some that just may not seem fun or suit what someone may want to play. I probably would never play a druid unless they were highly atypical just due to the nature connection thing not being my type of thing

That said, OP could always try an atypical barbarian that isn't dumb and toss a few points in charisma for the lulz, tho it doesn't seem his thing

Kaleion has always put out that they are more of a roleplayer than someone who likes to fight and loot and stuff, and every class and race and combination of such is fertile grounds for fun roleplaying. If they suggested they were more mechanically focused, then I could understand, but not roleplaying.

Eh, but not all things are as fun for someone to RP is the thing. His preferences seem to lean away from what you'd typically consider a barbarian to be like

 

[demoman_chaos]

A Monk with the Way of Shadow tradition can be quite useful, sneaky and still good at punching. You are never without a weapon, and Monks can do some pretty neat stuff (like catching arrows and throwing them back at the offending archer). You could setup a "sleeper" of a character who dresses nice and acts prim and proper, but will rip your heart out if you make her mad enough. Maybe start with 1 level into Barbarian for the rage stuff and then spec into Monk. You could also spec into something like fighter for your first level so you can have access to all weapons (punches are not so good at long range).

 

[Saelune]

-Snip-

Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

You really shouldnt limit yourself by having classes or races or anything that you will absolutely never do.

To be fair there's some that just may not seem fun or suit what someone may want to play. I probably would never play a druid unless they were highly atypical just due to the nature connection thing not being my type of thing

That said, OP could always try an atypical barbarian that isn't dumb and toss a few points in charisma for the lulz, tho it doesn't seem his thing

Kaleion has always put out that they are more of a roleplayer than someone who likes to fight and loot and stuff, and every class and race and combination of such is fertile grounds for fun roleplaying. If they suggested they were more mechanically focused, then I could understand, but not roleplaying.

Eh, but not all things are as fun for someone to RP is the thing. His preferences seem to lean away from what you'd typically consider a barbarian to be like

Im just giving suggestions. Im not forcing them, not that I could. Sometimes going against type, even your own, can be a surprisingly fun experience. I learned that by doing it myself. I too always like to play the smart and capable character, but after it blowing up in my face time after time, I said fuck it, and made the most stereotypical dumb half-orc barbarian and it was alot of fun to roleplay.

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

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Being a barbarian and/or dumb doesnt impede morality. Could still be the moral center, but more simple about it. "Hurting nice people is wrong, we only hurt the bad ones".

And seriously, when I was like "fuck it" I first went half-orc barbarian and had alot of fun, cause early on we fought a giant snake and I decided to have her rip it in half by the jaw and wear the bloody top half as a hat, then I started wearing other corpses as clothing without actually crafting anything.

If you're disheartened, not having all this stuff bogging you down might be what you need, and maybe you will just come up with something as you go that adds that special bit to them. I mean, I cant speak for you, but my most enjoyable characters have been ones I just fall into rather than ones I overly write before-hand.

Or make a character who just feels like you do. Heart not in it, just going along cause whatever, then you dont have to try as hard to roleplay it out.

And being a barbarian who -thinks- they are smarter than everyone but clearly isnt could be fun too, kind of like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

I see your point, and one of the most entertaining things that ever happened at our table was the time when my Rogue[footnote]Hardly dumb but he was a spy caught in an overly elaborate web of lies and somehow still the moral compass of the party.[/footnote] finally had enough and told everyone in the party that they were unreliable, stupid and corrupt morons that didn't know how to do anything and that never tried to save anyone[footnote]This a rogue that received attacks from 3 barbarians at the same time in order to shield a fallen companion from damage.[/footnote], even though I was insulting everyone really enjoyed the rant, because it made sense for the character, plus it was kinda funny because he was the most useless member of the party, not because he was a bad Rogue but because nobody ever let him do his thing, they kept him around because he had saved every single party member from certain death on different occasions though, so even though they knew he never answered anything truthfully and had plans of how to kill every party member individually[footnote]Hey, that party was very much Neutral leaning towards Evil the Barbarian was the only other good guy in the party but he was always too drunk or too dumb to help with Spy shit, so I had to be prepared, and well to no one's surprise the bad guys won the campaign because the Paladin and the Bard betrayed us.[/footnote], they knew he was a good guy.

In any case maybe I'll try it but I refuse to do Barbarian, it's just not a class that calls me, I could do a Fighter though but for a dumb character I really wanted to play a Wild Magic Sorcerer, I dig that for a stupid character that can make Charisma checks to convince people of the stupidity that they spew, plus Sorcerer is the most useless class the only special thing they have is the best Fireballs but they are not very flexible, and I thought that the juxtaposition of a really stupid courtier being able to blast shit with Magic just because was really funny.

I think I may do a Fighter, I prefer Paladin but I know I get pretty heavily invested in the Knight's code and would have to look up everything regarding the chosen Deity's Philosophy before playing one and I know I would sidetrack the story which I don't want to do.

You really shouldnt limit yourself by having classes or races or anything that you will absolutely never do.

To be fair there's some that just may not seem fun or suit what someone may want to play. I probably would never play a druid unless they were highly atypical just due to the nature connection thing not being my type of thing

That said, OP could always try an atypical barbarian that isn't dumb and toss a few points in charisma for the lulz, tho it doesn't seem his thing

Kaleion has always put out that they are more of a roleplayer than someone who likes to fight and loot and stuff, and every class and race and combination of such is fertile grounds for fun roleplaying. If they suggested they were more mechanically focused, then I could understand, but not roleplaying.

Eh, but not all things are as fun for someone to RP is the thing. His preferences seem to lean away from what you'd typically consider a barbarian to be like

Im just giving suggestions. Im not forcing them, not that I could. Sometimes going against type, even your own, can be a surprisingly fun experience. I learned that by doing it myself. I too always like to play the smart and capable character, but after it blowing up in my face time after time, I said fuck it, and made the most stereotypical dumb half-orc barbarian and it was alot of fun to roleplay.

Yah I get ya, I've done that too. I like to plot too much and get overly complicated. Sometimes I enjoy the simplicity of being an impulsive barbarian or the like instead.

 

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[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Go super bizzare! Make the DM go crazy!

Be a...half-Orc raised by Halflings, with duel class of Warrior and Clown. And buy as many banana cream pies as you can carry, and fill each one with rust nails or exploding charms. Go around on a unicycle throwing pies in faces. Also have one of those comedy mallets that have something pop out on a spring, but instead of a boxing glove its a morning star head.

Also you character doesn't actually talk, but communicates in a series of horn honks, like Harpo Marx.
This shit:
Do that and you'll be the best at D&D