I need a new back up character idea. I’m playing in a D&D game that has gotten the PC’s up into the high teens (16-18) and the risk with playing at that level is that it becomes increasingly easier to die horribly and be unable to be raised. Right now I’m playing a human barbarian and while I really enjoy this character, I’m unlikely to make another barbarian should I die. Hence the need for a back up. Here are the caveats.
1. We are in a HUGE group. If everyone shows up there are 11 people playing. This is a lot of people for D&D, so a character that fills a vital role in the group would be better than a repeat of what someone is already doing.
2. We have a lot of spellcasters. We’re up in the levels where rangers and specialty classes get their spellcasting abilities, so we’re pretty well covered on the magic front.
3. I don’t like to do the same idea twice (at least not within a short amount of time), this means that book standard paladin, barbarian, cleric and bard are out as those have been my most recent characters.
4. We’re playing in the Forgotten Realms.
5. I’m especially looking to avoid the following ideas as these are well represented in the group already: sneaky thief type, spellcaster with a lot of skills and knowledges, monster disguised as a regular PC race, archer, agile monk type, armored melee fighter.
Any suggestions?
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