RedMage125
2015-01-08, 06:27 PM
So, I'm in a Pathfinder game right now, we're running Rise of the Runelords, and the party is level 6 (Mythic 1).
My 15 year old little brother-in-law, who has played 4e before, and is a player in a 5e game I run, had a 1/2 Orc Ranger (Dual-Wield, also had an animal companion). To be honest, having that much to keep track of was a bit much, the mechanics were WIDELY different from what he was used to (didn't seem to understand why he had a different attack and damage set with the same weapon if he made more than one attack, or why he could not attack twice if he moved).
Well, he's been playing D&D of some edition or another for a little over a year now, and he has finally experienced something near and dear to all of us gamers everywhere.
His character is dead.
So, we're looking to make him a new character, something that doesn't require 2 character sheets, preferably.
He seems to like the idea of a barbarian, and while I support that idea, I think paladin might also be a good choice. His Ranger was Lawful Good, and I don't think he'll have any issues with the Code of Conduct aspect. He's kind of lazy and more than a little ADD though, and I worry that he'll expect me or one of the other party members to keep track of his rage uses per day, as he does not do bookkeeping well.
Any thoughts on which would be better? Also, I'm very familiar with 3.5, but haven't seen either of these classes in PF yet, but I have looked at the books. So I also would not be adverse to some advice on feat choices for either class choice (and rage power choices for barbarian). I'm not sure if the DM is allowing other archtypes, but he may be.
Oh, and I believe he wants to go human with this next character (15 point buy).
Help, please?
My 15 year old little brother-in-law, who has played 4e before, and is a player in a 5e game I run, had a 1/2 Orc Ranger (Dual-Wield, also had an animal companion). To be honest, having that much to keep track of was a bit much, the mechanics were WIDELY different from what he was used to (didn't seem to understand why he had a different attack and damage set with the same weapon if he made more than one attack, or why he could not attack twice if he moved).
Well, he's been playing D&D of some edition or another for a little over a year now, and he has finally experienced something near and dear to all of us gamers everywhere.
His character is dead.
So, we're looking to make him a new character, something that doesn't require 2 character sheets, preferably.
He seems to like the idea of a barbarian, and while I support that idea, I think paladin might also be a good choice. His Ranger was Lawful Good, and I don't think he'll have any issues with the Code of Conduct aspect. He's kind of lazy and more than a little ADD though, and I worry that he'll expect me or one of the other party members to keep track of his rage uses per day, as he does not do bookkeeping well.
Any thoughts on which would be better? Also, I'm very familiar with 3.5, but haven't seen either of these classes in PF yet, but I have looked at the books. So I also would not be adverse to some advice on feat choices for either class choice (and rage power choices for barbarian). I'm not sure if the DM is allowing other archtypes, but he may be.
Oh, and I believe he wants to go human with this next character (15 point buy).
Help, please?