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Hey all,

I have posted here in the past... in search of players.

Recently moved to Highbury and keen to start Pathfinder again.

Have played D&D since the early 80's... and most recently went from 3.0 to 3.5 to 4 (ick) and then to Pathfinder. Both Campaigns and Society.

Midweek gaming in the evening, at my place (I have a young child, hence the desire to host @ home).

I have one other player (who has GM'ed / DM'ed in the past) ready to go.

Looking for a regular (fortnightly) group.

Interested ? Reply or Message me !

Not sure if I am the only one... but the google doc link returns :

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g8crasher

Excellent... not punished for the thread hijack.

Mid-week gaming group that was reduced to 2 members, after playing for several years, moving from D&D 3.5 to 4E to Pathfinder Society to Pathfinder Campaigns.

We are looking at kick-starting it again with a midweek, evening session... starting with Pathfinder, non Society.

We play either in Shoredith or Dalston, in private homes.

At the minute I have some interest so we are looking to start in the next 2-3 weeks with a minimum of 4 (GM + 3PC) but ideally would like 4PC as a minimum, for the days peeps just cannot make it.

I think that covers my dealio. :)

DrBuzzard... I had a look @ Hero Lab... Yikes, lots of extra charges for the expansions. Thanks for the warning.

By sticking to Half-Elf, I cannot spend all those feats all the dwarven feat tree. Which is nice, as it saves feats, but I will be losing out on some nice additions.

Still... there can never be the "perfect" build.

Thread Hijack... no.2 ! :)

I currently live in Shoreditch and am looking at running a mid-week Pathfinder session at mine, or another player's (Dalston) home.

Would love to spend a few hours on the weekend gaming... but I have a 3 month old, so might not be feasible.

If you need an additional Pathfinder fix, other than your Sunday game, let me know.

Waynemarkstubbs... which part of London are you keen to play in ? North, South, East or West... or are you keen to travel ? :)

I also posted on UK Roleplayers...

g8crasherUK

Thanks to all for the info contributed. Sterling work !

I think I am very much leaning to a version based off DrBuzzard's creation. Dropping dwarf (note, "dropped", not "tossed") for my own flavoured half-elf... I know, I know, sub-optimal, but that is the point sometimes. :)

I like shield focus with critical focus etc... which means I will have to swap Dwarven War Axe for something that is better crit based. A small concession for optimization. Scimitar. Maybe. I will pour over the books to see.

The concept of being an armoured tank that can dish out some decent crit based damage if the enemy does decide to walk right past seems to hit the spot. But don't worry peeps of TWF fame, I have not completely decided to skip TWF with the shield bash line... yet... still tinkering.

I see most people use Hero Lab to construct a build... which appears smarter than my long hand attempts with pen and paper. I might have to purchase and then load up the final output.

Cheers for the assistance and healthy discussion.

Heading to the "Looking for players" page now to post for players in the east of London (Shoreditch)... reply there if you are keen !

g8crasherUK

Sorry for the non-response last night. I have a 3 month old... it makes for making plans and sticking to them a little tricky.

Thank-you very much to all posted. Healthy debate. And I appreciate peeople understanding I am not about complete optimisation and posting all positive options.

DrBuzzard and Nicos have presented similiar and solid builds. An extra cap dothed to DrBuzzard for the analysis.

Expostfacto.. tower shield build. Curve-ball and nicely suggested. It does give a tonne of flavour.

TheSideKick... I think your arguement is winning me over to the dark side. I might not play a TWF S&B Fighter, but I am not longer against the idea. Fighting with what ever you hold, be it a weapon or a shield is how you survive, so using a sheild as an offensive weapon does make logical sense. Other said it... but you said it better.

Shfish... snooty elf wizards do need to be taught a lesson.

I will get into the details of the replies over the weekend and have something completed before the sun sets on Sunday.

:)

Morgen & Lord Twig... that is exactly what I have been doing for all these years. :)

And loving it.

I started with a Halfling, when they had no "class" and could not progress far. I couldn't be the fighter, as that was my older brother's character. And no one wanted to be the cleric (only healer back then) so that was forced upon my other brother.

Both your posts but a smile on my face... 'cause that is the reason I game.

Just thought I should seek some advice on maybe cleaning up my character and adding a bit more thought process to his progression.

I think I might have too many years of "beliefs" to be able to get anything close to an optimized toon.

Now... trying to get something half way there... that is possible :)

Thanks for the amazingly quick responses.

Arthanthos & Castarr4... I understand your points. I have never really played past lvl 10, so I have always appeared to be a threat before. I like the idea of adding trip etc... to make me target of some value.

BetaSprite, I think I will swerve on reach weapons. Not in my character feel at the minute. But I do like the Phalanx Soldier concept. :)

Nicos, I assume my build would not be feat intensive, so having a half-elf wield a DWA was possible. Couldn't play a dwarf, to short and, um... beardy. Although the Mobile Fighter looks tasty...

Escaping work soon, so I will start putting down options when I get home and re-post a "potential"... at the minute, stealing from Nicos' Mobile Fighter.

:)

Hello All,

As the Subject says... I am looking at creating a Fighter, based on the Sword & Board (maybe Dwarven War Axe & Board, for flavour).

I have seen a good few suggestions... but the vast majority stipulate the use of TWF. This is a character flavour I wished to avoid.

I love putting together the back-story of a character, but I have never been one for optimization... but realise that it can lead to issues as the character gains levels.

Oh, this is not for a specific game. I am about to start Pathfinder again and am toying with a few ideas, mainly fighter or ranger based. Half-Elf was the most likely race.

I have played D&D since the red box days, when optimization didn't exist and have never really considered it... but think I should start.

All assistance gratefully received.

:)