Zaeron
2008-02-16, 07:33 PM
Hey everybody, I need some help!
This is the first time I've come to the forum with a problem as a player, not a DM, so... Bear with me.
In about two hours, I'll be playing my second session with Talon, a level 3 Changeling Beguiler. He's maxed out bluff (+15!), disguise, and other talk-y skills. His CHA and INT are both 18.
Here's my problem. I'm not quite sure how to play him. The rest of my party is a decent mix of rogue-y classes. We're all stealthy enough to survive, and most of us have ranks in disguise, etc. We're assassins.
My first session was really unsatisfying. Nearly everything I cast was resisted, and the things that weren't resisted didn't do a lot of good. The rest of the party is fairly well optimized for melee combat, and I simply felt like I was contributing next to nothing. It didn't help that I burned all of my first level spells in the first encounter to next to no effect at all, and had nothing else to do with my time but fire hand crossbows into melee ineffectually.
During social encounters, I found that I had little real use. most of the rest of the party can bluff or talk well enough to get by, and there are fairly few situations where you really need a dedicated liar. Overall, I simply felt like a swordsage or similar character would have been much more useful. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? We play again in 2 hours and I'd really like to be of more use.
This is the first time I've come to the forum with a problem as a player, not a DM, so... Bear with me.
In about two hours, I'll be playing my second session with Talon, a level 3 Changeling Beguiler. He's maxed out bluff (+15!), disguise, and other talk-y skills. His CHA and INT are both 18.
Here's my problem. I'm not quite sure how to play him. The rest of my party is a decent mix of rogue-y classes. We're all stealthy enough to survive, and most of us have ranks in disguise, etc. We're assassins.
My first session was really unsatisfying. Nearly everything I cast was resisted, and the things that weren't resisted didn't do a lot of good. The rest of the party is fairly well optimized for melee combat, and I simply felt like I was contributing next to nothing. It didn't help that I burned all of my first level spells in the first encounter to next to no effect at all, and had nothing else to do with my time but fire hand crossbows into melee ineffectually.
During social encounters, I found that I had little real use. most of the rest of the party can bluff or talk well enough to get by, and there are fairly few situations where you really need a dedicated liar. Overall, I simply felt like a swordsage or similar character would have been much more useful. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? We play again in 2 hours and I'd really like to be of more use.