Quite thoughtful, @Gordian Nought, just as is your character sheet from the brief of it I have read; trying not to spoil it all, namely. If you have not yet given them any consideration too, there are some added druid options made available recently, two of which might be of interest to you in particular.
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Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
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The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports you, when you find that you can not support yourself.
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One cannot live from anything except what one is.
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The core of an individual is the mystery of life, which dies when it is 'grasped'. That is also why symbols want to keep their secrets.
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The Harbinger of Ferocity
Agent of the Wild, Aspect of the Ferine
Nature, red in tooth and claw.
"There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage."
- Carl Van Vechten
I am, at my core, a personification and manifestation of those things whose blood and hearts run red with the ferocity of the animal world. It is this which convicts and controls my works, my writing, my being; the force and guidance in which I gain wisdom from. It is what inspires me as a creator and weaver of words, the very thing I admire as an author.
My leanings, savage as they are, are of the feline sort as there exists no greater lineage of beasts whom can be drawn from. No others captivate and motivate my talent and skill as the greatest of cats do.
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I have seen you lurking about, @Gordian Nought. It is much appreciated you have decided to join us, but as I believe it has been said before, do not feel obligated to only be the healer and nothing else; play what you enjoy, but if possible bring some element of healing to the party if you can make it work. Otherwise, build as you see fit. All the same, welcome and thank you for your interest.
Fair enough in warning, @Hekazu.
@Lucius Cypher, I will re-upload that piece when I have access to my computer again, as I think the link decayed owing to how and where I stored it. What you have currently will suffice quite well until then.
@Lucius Cypher, you can find his artwork on the characters page. That piece you are more than welcome to edit and use. In addition, thank you for doing this.
I think it looks quite nice, @Lucius Cypher. Well done on your work with it and based one what I know as well, this seems pretty accurate.
Parum's smile, beaming and bright, filled Brannor's mind with inspiration; just her gesture alone, words of motivational power not even yet uttered, and he felt as though he had every advantage over their enemies. Faith, fate and favor conspired together again with the crack of the other, larger man's fist to the kobold's chest sending it artfully to the floor in a still heap. So filled with gallant emotion, that the only next reasonable course was to rush the sling-bearer and remove his harassment; failed as it was now, the last thing he wanted was for his small companion to catch a stone in this skirmish - they needed her and her arcane talents.
At an angle, weapon recovered from its earlier swing and the previously standing opposed kobolds now breathless and seemingly dead on the floor, he moved in and unleashed a low, sweeping blow. The shot, aimed at the lower limbs and torso, carried up and out in direction. Brannor did not stop to continue with observing his success or failure against the fiery, arcane globe surrounded fiend, letting the resistance of the vicious weapon's cut speak to him instead...
There was no doubt the rune engraved blade sung, but the man did not give pause for a moment. Even if the strike missed, this Ramando fellow no doubt had the creature's fate in his hands. Such a sizable man by scale alone was formidable, but the grace he fought with was far more unexpected; he could handle one if not a few the swordsman reasoned.
Still in predatory euphoria, channeling the divine nature witihin, he planned his next strike in anticipation as he moved into the fray, not far from the now red stained half orc. The battle well under way, no doubt well in Orchid's favor to their unawareness, he stood at the ready behind the dragon's mender; eager for the man to stand and pay for twisting the powers of healing.
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At an angle, weapon recovered from its earlier swing and the previously standing opposed kobolds now breathless and seemingly dead on the floor, he moved in and unleashed a low, sweeping blow. The shot, aimed at the lower limbs and torso, carried up and out in direction. Brannor did not stop to continue with observing his success or failure against the fiery, arcane globe surrounded fiend, letting the resistance of the vicious weapon's cut speak to him instead...
There was no doubt the rune engraved blade sung, but the man did not give pause for a moment. Even if the strike missed, this Ramando fellow no doubt had the creature's fate in his hands. Such a sizable man by scale alone was formidable, but the grace he fought with was far more unexpected; he could handle one if not a few the swordsman reasoned.
Still in predatory euphoria, channeling the divine nature witihin, he planned his next strike in anticipation as he moved into the fray, not far from the now red stained half orc. The battle well under way, no doubt well in Orchid's favor to their unawareness, he stood at the ready behind the dragon's mender; eager for the man to stand and pay for twisting the powers of healing.
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The fighter suffers from a problem that every mundane in Dungeons and Dragons faces to varying extremes, but the fighter exemplifies it; he is tied at his core to fighting and nothing but that. Outside of combat, even with a clever player, there is little he can do. He has few skills, fewer skill points, no class features and a genuinely weak identity. What does the image of a "wizard" conjure up? Think on that mental picture then on that of a "fighter". The fighter's variations and iterations are much more limited creatively there at least.
The fighter in Third Edition namely, came early on as a core class and the developers overvalued the powers of combat based feats and most feats in general. "Power creep" is normal, but the fighter has nothing beyond much of 6th level that a spellcaster cannot generally do better. Clerics? Take the War domain and just about anything else you desire, invest your feats as though you were a fighter and you will still come out on top. Why? Magic is powerful and nothing in a fighter's repotoire can compete with it. One spell more or less does what an entire class does; that is not counting other game changers even a battle centric cleric (or similarly designated spellcaster) can casually toss about.
Fighters face an interesting issue in that they have little to no power without supplement books. A wizard, druid, cleric or sorcerer? While more books is always better, their power level does not usually increase that much; the druid is a famous example of that, having almost no prestige classes worthwhile and those that are, are totally broken or break even trades. Wizards are pretty much restricted to Shadowcraft Mage, Incantatrix, Initiate of the Seven Fold Veil and other similar full casting classes, which they are losing nothing for by taking it.
Fighters? I honestly cannot name one fighter prestige class that is iconic in terms of pure potency and as a direct upgrade to fighter. Most are pure flavor or marginal in improvement like the Kensei, Exotic Weapon Master, or have easy to access spellcasting like Suel Arcanamach or Pious Templar.
Another way to think of this is, why be a fighter when a barbarian does it better? Sure, more feats, but the barbarian has actual class features and his prestige classes are usually top notch for melee, like Bear Warrior, Frenzied Berserker, Runescarred Berserker, Champion of Gwynharwyf, Primeval, Weretouche Master and the like. His base rage alone, without variants, is better than about three feats combined. Using variants? A kitted out otherwise 20th level barbarian is miles ahead of his 20th fighter competitor just by getting the Pounce special ability alone. Whirling Frenzy, Pounce, Wolf Totem, or Devil's Luck just to name a few.
Going another route, the fighter isn't dynamic. He spends his entire turn trying to move to his target and hit once, than another turn trying to full-attack, assuming he isn't interrupted. Sure, he should try to trip or disarm, but most Dungeon Masters get pretty tired of the routine and most monsters by pure design begin to just ignore that at higher levels, size increases or as magic becomes more available. Dedicated casters can, for the most part, pick and choose what they do and how every day. Spells can be really varied, such as the humble but powerful Entangle, hilarity of Glitterdust, crazy of Shapechange, raw power of Sleep, or even the lowly but reliable Spiritual Weapon.
Sadly even a well picked animal companion like a default big cat for a druid is going to out fight a fighter... and at worst, if killed, the druid gets a new one by the next day with no actual penalty. Not fond of cats? Dinosaurs, bears and wolves have a pretty solid place. In fact, you can even choose their feats for them so you can build their identity around whatever you want them to do.
The fighter isn't a class worth taking by itself. In fact, using it as a dip is debatable. The only incarnation of fighter that lives up to any real standard is the Fifth Edition fighter because it has so many solid and consistently useful abilities. Action Surge and four attacks alone make it formidable, ignoring all else. It validates it's existence by being good at what it says on the tin and everything thereafter just serving to support it.
In conclusion, there is nothing unique a fighter can bring to the table that another class cannot do better overall. Want a better fighter? Play a War cleric, psychic warrior, warblade, barbarian, duskblade or the sort. The sad truth is that you get versatility and options by doing so.
The fighter in Third Edition namely, came early on as a core class and the developers overvalued the powers of combat based feats and most feats in general. "Power creep" is normal, but the fighter has nothing beyond much of 6th level that a spellcaster cannot generally do better. Clerics? Take the War domain and just about anything else you desire, invest your feats as though you were a fighter and you will still come out on top. Why? Magic is powerful and nothing in a fighter's repotoire can compete with it. One spell more or less does what an entire class does; that is not counting other game changers even a battle centric cleric (or similarly designated spellcaster) can casually toss about.
Fighters face an interesting issue in that they have little to no power without supplement books. A wizard, druid, cleric or sorcerer? While more books is always better, their power level does not usually increase that much; the druid is a famous example of that, having almost no prestige classes worthwhile and those that are, are totally broken or break even trades. Wizards are pretty much restricted to Shadowcraft Mage, Incantatrix, Initiate of the Seven Fold Veil and other similar full casting classes, which they are losing nothing for by taking it.
Fighters? I honestly cannot name one fighter prestige class that is iconic in terms of pure potency and as a direct upgrade to fighter. Most are pure flavor or marginal in improvement like the Kensei, Exotic Weapon Master, or have easy to access spellcasting like Suel Arcanamach or Pious Templar.
Another way to think of this is, why be a fighter when a barbarian does it better? Sure, more feats, but the barbarian has actual class features and his prestige classes are usually top notch for melee, like Bear Warrior, Frenzied Berserker, Runescarred Berserker, Champion of Gwynharwyf, Primeval, Weretouche Master and the like. His base rage alone, without variants, is better than about three feats combined. Using variants? A kitted out otherwise 20th level barbarian is miles ahead of his 20th fighter competitor just by getting the Pounce special ability alone. Whirling Frenzy, Pounce, Wolf Totem, or Devil's Luck just to name a few.
Going another route, the fighter isn't dynamic. He spends his entire turn trying to move to his target and hit once, than another turn trying to full-attack, assuming he isn't interrupted. Sure, he should try to trip or disarm, but most Dungeon Masters get pretty tired of the routine and most monsters by pure design begin to just ignore that at higher levels, size increases or as magic becomes more available. Dedicated casters can, for the most part, pick and choose what they do and how every day. Spells can be really varied, such as the humble but powerful Entangle, hilarity of Glitterdust, crazy of Shapechange, raw power of Sleep, or even the lowly but reliable Spiritual Weapon.
Sadly even a well picked animal companion like a default big cat for a druid is going to out fight a fighter... and at worst, if killed, the druid gets a new one by the next day with no actual penalty. Not fond of cats? Dinosaurs, bears and wolves have a pretty solid place. In fact, you can even choose their feats for them so you can build their identity around whatever you want them to do.
The fighter isn't a class worth taking by itself. In fact, using it as a dip is debatable. The only incarnation of fighter that lives up to any real standard is the Fifth Edition fighter because it has so many solid and consistently useful abilities. Action Surge and four attacks alone make it formidable, ignoring all else. It validates it's existence by being good at what it says on the tin and everything thereafter just serving to support it.
In conclusion, there is nothing unique a fighter can bring to the table that another class cannot do better overall. Want a better fighter? Play a War cleric, psychic warrior, warblade, barbarian, duskblade or the sort. The sad truth is that you get versatility and options by doing so.
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@Buddha, I do not claim to know, how or why someone would take pride in that as their own - even if not - but the notion I am going with is that to them it feels, or is, personal; I am terrible with people. Apparently it is? Enough so that they went the route of publicness? My personal choice it isn't and wouldn't be unless I felt left with no other option, but that is just me.
You are correct though that it, it would be more dignified if it was carried out elsewhere. Is the code itself, barring everything else such as their arrangement and interpretation of it the programmer's? Sure. From what it seems to be was a cut, paste, and imperfect edit. As to if someone else should be irritated, what difference does that really make? I would still stand by the notion of do not use other people's stuff without asking first and foremost.
Does it really matter at this point? I would say so in that I believe the point being two fold; "Do not steal people's stuff, ask them to use it, go with their answer and stick to private channels in doing so." The latter part perhaps being the most notable mention you presented here to me, in that leaves me to wonder why one wouldn't. "Immaturity" perhaps or how I view it as a means to turn the behavior perhaps for good.
You are correct though that it, it would be more dignified if it was carried out elsewhere. Is the code itself, barring everything else such as their arrangement and interpretation of it the programmer's? Sure. From what it seems to be was a cut, paste, and imperfect edit. As to if someone else should be irritated, what difference does that really make? I would still stand by the notion of do not use other people's stuff without asking first and foremost.
Does it really matter at this point? I would say so in that I believe the point being two fold; "Do not steal people's stuff, ask them to use it, go with their answer and stick to private channels in doing so." The latter part perhaps being the most notable mention you presented here to me, in that leaves me to wonder why one wouldn't. "Immaturity" perhaps or how I view it as a means to turn the behavior perhaps for good.
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I find no issue in taking seriously what is your work, regardless of what it is or where it is. So what if it is on a forum and play by post roleplay? Does that work as a valid excuse? Does it somehow magically invalidate your endeavors because you aren't a recognized or popular writer? That when or if you do become one you then "earn" the right for things to be "yours"? You might as well say anything that isn't going to be authored and published officially is otherwise a waste of time or effort; at such a point you are better off ceasing to be creative, let alone do anything that isn't your actual canonized, printed and accepted "work". On another note, I will not even touch the notion that we are only "allowed" to consider our works "ours" as some sort of privilege; the notion otherwise is ridiculous on its own.
I digress, but at the same time I will go out on a limb and say that we have all likely, to some extent, read the writings of a "real" author and then reflected that we have seen some "amateur authors" or even roleplayers do it better.
The point for me has nothing to do with the fact I take it "so seriously" and everything to do with the fact I take pride and joy in my writing; that it is mine. The theft of it is disrespectful to me. If you really wanted to duplicate something I did, why not just ask if you can use it as well? Why not respect the very thing you wanted and at least the person involved to ask, "Hey, I like this. Can I use it too?" Then have enough integrity after to accept their answer, whatever it might be.
It matters nothing if you know that it, the theft, happens or not. I am not going to flatter myself and think anything I have is legitimate enough to be worthy in the eyes of anyone but me, but the idea still stands. Do not take what is not yours or go beyond the bounds you are given. Feel free to emulate it, channel it, be inspired by it or counteract it - whatever you wish - but adopt it as your own without consent and then claim, by putting it out there under a different name and person, as if "yours"? Too far.
I digress, but at the same time I will go out on a limb and say that we have all likely, to some extent, read the writings of a "real" author and then reflected that we have seen some "amateur authors" or even roleplayers do it better.
The point for me has nothing to do with the fact I take it "so seriously" and everything to do with the fact I take pride and joy in my writing; that it is mine. The theft of it is disrespectful to me. If you really wanted to duplicate something I did, why not just ask if you can use it as well? Why not respect the very thing you wanted and at least the person involved to ask, "Hey, I like this. Can I use it too?" Then have enough integrity after to accept their answer, whatever it might be.
It matters nothing if you know that it, the theft, happens or not. I am not going to flatter myself and think anything I have is legitimate enough to be worthy in the eyes of anyone but me, but the idea still stands. Do not take what is not yours or go beyond the bounds you are given. Feel free to emulate it, channel it, be inspired by it or counteract it - whatever you wish - but adopt it as your own without consent and then claim, by putting it out there under a different name and person, as if "yours"? Too far.
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