RTGoodman
2011-03-03, 09:04 PM
Since I'm finishing up my 4E Red Hand of Doom campaign by the end of April, one of my players has stepped up to run a fun summer D&D campaign. He's decided to make it Epic-level (24th-level to start), with evil characters that can be drawn from ANY D&D setting. The rest of the party consists of the following, but no one has actually built characters yet.
-Drow Rogue (from the Forgotten Realms Underdark)
-Tiefling Warlord
-Gnoll Shaman
-[Unknown Race] Wizard/Lich
Originally I was gonna do a Wizard|Psion/Master Defiler/Dragon King, but I don't want to be a second Controller and the party obviously needs a Defender. Which is okay, because that's my favorite role to play.
The problem is, I have no idea what I want to play. I think I want to stick to Dark Sun as my origin, so no Paladin, and I just plain don't like Warden. So we're down to Fighter or Battlemind, or maybe Swordmage. But for whatever I choose, I need to have a reason I was banished from my home setting by the combined forces of the Sorcerer-Kings (or whoever's in charge in the various settings). Any ideas beyond the following? I could use any of these, but I don't know if there's something that might be more enjoyable.
-Mul Gladiator Arena Fighter: Was the greatest gladiator of his age, led a massive escape, and became one of the most powerful leaders in the Wastes. I don't know about building an Arena Fighter, though, or if I should just go normal Great Weapon Fighter or something. Evil, but not Chaotic Evil.
-Thri-Kreen Battlemind: No idea why or how he would be powerful enough to make sense in the backstory. Or why he'd be Evil/CE.
-Be Elric of Melnibone: I haven't read the Elric stories in a few years, but if I drop the DS schtick I could probably do a serviceable Elric with a Shadar-Kai Swordmage/Warlock or something.
-Drow Rogue (from the Forgotten Realms Underdark)
-Tiefling Warlord
-Gnoll Shaman
-[Unknown Race] Wizard/Lich
Originally I was gonna do a Wizard|Psion/Master Defiler/Dragon King, but I don't want to be a second Controller and the party obviously needs a Defender. Which is okay, because that's my favorite role to play.
The problem is, I have no idea what I want to play. I think I want to stick to Dark Sun as my origin, so no Paladin, and I just plain don't like Warden. So we're down to Fighter or Battlemind, or maybe Swordmage. But for whatever I choose, I need to have a reason I was banished from my home setting by the combined forces of the Sorcerer-Kings (or whoever's in charge in the various settings). Any ideas beyond the following? I could use any of these, but I don't know if there's something that might be more enjoyable.
-Mul Gladiator Arena Fighter: Was the greatest gladiator of his age, led a massive escape, and became one of the most powerful leaders in the Wastes. I don't know about building an Arena Fighter, though, or if I should just go normal Great Weapon Fighter or something. Evil, but not Chaotic Evil.
-Thri-Kreen Battlemind: No idea why or how he would be powerful enough to make sense in the backstory. Or why he'd be Evil/CE.
-Be Elric of Melnibone: I haven't read the Elric stories in a few years, but if I drop the DS schtick I could probably do a serviceable Elric with a Shadar-Kai Swordmage/Warlock or something.