bekeleven
2013-09-01, 12:22 PM
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If you start Planar Binding warriors or doing all the damage yourself, how fun is the game for the warriors?
My very first DM had all players join the game at first level. And he ran XP by the book, so it took a number of encounters before you were in fighting shape. Granted, party level was only around 5-8 when I joined, but the point stood.
It was my first DM because it was my first time playing. So I did what many would do, and basically followed around my RL friend's character like a lonely puppy. It got to the point where people joked I should become her cohort.
So, level 6 rolls around for her while I'm level 4, and on a lark she takes leadership. and I became her cohort. Not much changed, although I think our DM had to calculate experience slightly differently.
Does anybody else have experience with this type of play? I have a friend who ran a game where every PC played awakened animals and they formed a party of familiars finding their missing wizards, but that's only superficially similar as the wizards were absent. I'm looking for a game where one player plays a subset/extension/class feature of another.
If you start Planar Binding warriors or doing all the damage yourself, how fun is the game for the warriors?
My very first DM had all players join the game at first level. And he ran XP by the book, so it took a number of encounters before you were in fighting shape. Granted, party level was only around 5-8 when I joined, but the point stood.
It was my first DM because it was my first time playing. So I did what many would do, and basically followed around my RL friend's character like a lonely puppy. It got to the point where people joked I should become her cohort.
So, level 6 rolls around for her while I'm level 4, and on a lark she takes leadership. and I became her cohort. Not much changed, although I think our DM had to calculate experience slightly differently.
Does anybody else have experience with this type of play? I have a friend who ran a game where every PC played awakened animals and they formed a party of familiars finding their missing wizards, but that's only superficially similar as the wizards were absent. I'm looking for a game where one player plays a subset/extension/class feature of another.