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Liran brings massive AC, Damage, and Attack buffs while holding the front line.
Selen is a Life Oracle with a massive emphasis on buffing and healing. It is doubtful you will die with her at the table. First Aid Gloves baby! She also brings a bit of whimsy due to the neglecting of her mental stats (wis, int)
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Depends on how they define fun.
Krong brings a bag full of small animals, and pretty colors. He also brings charcoal to draw funny faces on enemies that fail their saves.
Camden brings ridiculous AC, saves, HP, self-buffs and DPR. Which essentially forces every enemy to focus fire on him in order to even slow him down. Which allows everyone else to do whatever they want unmolested.
Viscount Jacob Von Semaphore III brings full party buffs, and his winning personality. Also drugs.
Mariah brings alcohol, firearms, patriotic bravado, and religious zealotry.
Lucy brings her pet dragon, since she's incapable of participating in basic human interaction.
Rorg brings the crushing reminder of the poor choices that everyone at the table made by not being a Birdbarian.
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My wizard, also named Kurthnaga, brings an answer for most situations, and powerful options to end combats quickly should the need arise, at the cost of some resources.
My paladin, Ike, brings the ability to destroy most evil targets, while providing safety for party members, and a shining member of high society with all of the tact and charm such a position necessitates, while allowing others to handle the ideas. He can also bring back the fallen with relative ease and cure maladies and poisons, and is known to bring the occasional first aid gloves for deadly scenarios.
My druid, Soren, brings an army of animals with him, is an effective scout for if it somehow comes up, a competent and observant woodsman with the power of the elements to back him up.
My rogue, Sothe, is a proper pathfinder, picking up items to go on his belt to fit the situation. He's a walking armory with a penchant for lecturing people on matters practical, religious, and moral. Bringing the magic items everyone needs, in multiples for some, is his game.
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Zrinka is my BASF character. "She doesn't make the characters you play, she makes the characters you play better."
Boomer is a generalist who can always contribute something. He isn't very powerful, but he's never idle. Moreover, his role as comic relief is greatly appreciated by everyone at the table. Players beg me to play him. GMs have offered to run scenarios just to see him go through them. I must be doing something right with that one.
Anik is a sorcerer in full plate. His job is defense and buffs. He can attack also, but really he is there to protect his fellow pathfinders, soak up attacks and attacks of opportunity, and set up flanks.
These are my favorite three characters to play precisely because they were designed to make the game more fun for everyone.
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breath of life"What does your character bring to the table to make the game more fun for the other people there?"...
^^^ This. Soon as my cleric, Kess, was able to purchase a scroll, she did. Soon as she was able to purchase Gloves of Storing specifically to store said scroll, so she could move to and administer, she did. So far, she has brought back 4 people from the brink, one of whom was at 2013 Paizocon when the other PCs thought her character was just a pasty smear on the dungeon floor.
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^^^ This. Soon as my cleric, Kess, was able to purchase a scroll, she did. Soon as she was able to purchase Gloves of Storing specifically to store said scroll, so she could move to and administer, she did. So far, she has brought back 4 people from the brink, one of whom was at 2013 Paizocon when the other PCs thought her character was just a pasty smear on the dungeon floor.breath of life"What does your character bring to the table to make the game more fun for the other people there?"...
In one game, the 8th level character in high tier 7-11 bought it, and the player reached out and took his mini off the map. I told him to put that back: no one is dead until my cleric SAYS they're dead!
On my turn, my travel domain cleric teleported 80 ft (move action that doesn't provoke), popped the scroll out of the Gloves of Storing, and said the magic word ("Clear!"). I love that trick!
A hint of obstinancy.
A commanding personality.
A touch of insane genius.
A dash of gunpowder.
Lots of damage.
I dont know if my friends like him or not, but weve certainly had fun with my gun toting alchemist Argaryle.
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^^^ This. Soon as my cleric, Kess, was able to purchase a scroll, she did. Soon as she was able to purchase Gloves of Storing specifically to store said scroll, so she could move to and administer, she did. So far, she has brought back 4 people from the brink, one of whom was at 2013 Paizocon when the other PCs thought her character was just a pasty smear on the dungeon floor.breath of life"What does your character bring to the table to make the game more fun for the other people there?"...
In one game, the 8th level character in high tier 7-11 bought it, and the player reached out and took his mini off the map. I told him to put that back: no one is dead until my cleric SAYS they're dead!
On my turn, my travel domain cleric teleported 80 ft (move action that doesn't provoke), popped the scroll out of the Gloves of Storing, and said the magic word ("Clear!"). I love that trick!
Heck, I just carry an Invigorating Repose on a scroll, so I can Breath of Life 4 rounds after the target dies... I just stroll over after the fight and pull the scroll from my haversack, cast Invigorating Repose then cast the B.o.L.
Though this means that some judges have the mosters keep swinging on the body for several rounds after someone dies, so that the damage healed from the BoL isn't enough to bring him back.
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I don't know if I personally bring much fun to the table. But in my journey to level 3, I have brought many a color spray to the face of mine enemies as well as a disturbing proficiency in bashing things with my quarterstaff. That, and I have made a plan that almost took out a final encounter on its own.
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I bring my gnomy awesomeness. I am highy agi-a-tated at the lack of gnome power involved with the Pathsearcher Society. The Dismemberment needs to promote more gnome to adventure cap's. I hear tales all the time of gnomeless parties dying. You talls are bigger targets and need to start looking down before you can hold your chin up in confi-o-dense.
So I offer my fellow pathsearchers my greaterest magics. Of course besides mastering the colorspray. I can gnome-a-port, un-magic things, fly, invisicible and other awesome magics.
So to you talls do not wind up dead, and birng a resourceful gnome to keep you alive.
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I bring the coffee. Coffee that "EXPLODES" with flavor and that addictive caffeine burn. Coffee that can make you fly across the battlefield and hit with the triple shot power of espresso that makes you feel like a bull. So the next time your in Absalom and need a pick me up to take on that horde of goblins remember Mehendren's Alchemy and Coffee Emporium. Located in the Coins next to Steve's Discount Deathtraps.
I want gnome coffee!
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Mostly humor.
Doyle: Used to do everyone's faction mission that didn't require talking. Some handy buffs for his critter that usually made things better for the party too, especially if there was a monk.
Shamus:Cleric of the lantern king. Buffing the party is his deal. Uses shield other and channels to keep people alive. Not only do you get the fun of "not dying" but you can just say "screw caution!" Run into the room, be hit by everything in there.. and still be alive. Then throws up a Touch of madness so you're seeing this while taking half damage, attacking with cleric haste, and another +4 to hit. Also saves the party time disarming by traps by going "Hey what does this do..." and running into it.
Corvus: Drunk bird jokes, and brings beer for everyone
Fabrizio: Well if there's a social aspect to the mission, you're getting the points. Charm person usually leads to some hillarity.
Reynard: Good mobility lets him act as a flanking buddy.
Pyrite and Nugget: Tanky druid with an ankylosaurus. Having a meatshield saves the casters some trouble.
Flutter: Stops the things that stop you from killing the dungeon. Things popping out of the darkness? Has daylight. Rough terrain? casts featherstep. Grease? Walks on it with lilypad stride. Will also usually roflcopter an encounter with bellyrubs.
Joey Jirra: if you don't get a laugh out of a gnome riding in a kangaroo pouch being the deadliest warrior in the party ...
Argentum: Wizard cleric, and most of his spells on both lists are buffy.
Yngvar, Beauty school drop out. Dwarven stereotype joke target.
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Gnome alchemist that is sure to touch everything. Will sign any contract and totes around a Rod of Wonder(lots of fun potential here).
I generally trigger traps with my face, will do the evil acts in Season 4 to make sure the stuffy silver crusaders can accomplish the missions. Compare hair style and fashion during the VC opening text with Sheila Hiedmarch. (Generally inferring that she should get back to adventuring as this hanging out in the manor all the time is making her soft in more ways than one.)
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I think a lot of people are missing the point.
It's not a question of "What does your character do?" It's a question of "do other people like having your character around?"
Sure, it's nice to say "my Barbarian can daze-lock an enemy with 30 or less AC" or "any enemy gets met with a DC 25 Persistent Phantasmal Killer" but is this helping the other people at the table enjoy themselves?
I feel I could improve on this quite a bit. I've only got one character that I've heard strangers/newbies talk about (my Turtle-mounted Gnome Cavalier), out of the ten or so that I have. My cleric does her best to enhance the people in the party who need it the most (IE, the level 1s in a 1-5 or the 3s in a 3-7), but the things about her that I find entertaining (Cleric of Sivanah who believes other gods are just Sivanah in disguise) don't mean anything to the rest of the table.
I feel it's more about personality than capability. No one wants to sit alongside a jerkass. But regardless of how your character is built, the way your character is played is what makes it fun for the people around you.
TL; DR: Try to be personality-minded, not mechanics-driven.
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I bring Lend Judgment, Shield of Faith (+3), Communal Resist Energy, Disguise Other, Prayer, Shared Wrath, and make liberal use of the feat Branded For Retribution.
I didn't deal a single point of damage during Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread, but helped the archer nearly double his.
And my Monster Lore is up to +23 now, so if anyone needs some questions answered, I can probably help them with that, too.
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RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32
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TL; DR: Try to be personality-minded, not mechanics-driven.
That's awesome that you have fun based more on personality than mechanics. It's also okay if other people want to be more mechanics-driven than you do; they don't need to "try to be" the same as you in regards to how they have fun, just as you shouldn't try to be more like them. It's perfectly acceptable for someone to both give and receive fun experiences via mechanics, every bit as much so as personality.
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Aside from making sure I can contribute to a fight, I attempt to make people smile/laugh with voices and (some light) pop-culture quotes.
Galton Ranner is a Suli Paladin of Shelyn who carries around a bardiche. He believes it's a Glaive, yaknow, just like Shelyn has. His personality is a mash of Captain Hammer (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), Zapp Branigan (Futurama), and Gaston (Beauty and the Beast). I pulled quotes from a wide variaty of things, including Minsc from Baulders Gate 2, and I just have fun. Check out this thread for a list of the lines I've come up with so far. And yes, he does have Perform(Sing). I even used an Extra Trait boon to boost it as much as I could.
Tempest is my Undine druid. She is basically 90's cartoon Storm, with the bombastic and dramatic declaratives. And there to back her up is Logan, her Owlbear companion.
LOGAAAAAN! DESTROOOOOY THEEMMMMM!!!!
WE'LL MEET YOU, AT THE LIIIIIIIIBRARY!!!!
I also have a "russian"-esque brawler who I consider my most developed character personality, and my mid-1800's British antiquarian and naturalist, Sir Theophilus Reginald (hunter) and his gorilla assistant, Judith. Less amusing, but still fun characters to play.
On the side-lines I've got Shmebulock, the gnome keneticist, currently ripped straight from the gnome of the same name in Gravity Falls, with a healthy dash of Freakazoid. I haven't gotten to play him yet, but soon.
I also have my Wayang Thassalonian Specialist Prenumbratari, who will be (once we get everything going) part of a 7-person group of wayang Thass specialists, each master of a school, and all competing with each other for power and glory.
Finally, I have Franz, part of a pair of Ifrit brothers my VO and I play together (Hanz and Franz). It's basically improv at the PFS table, where we just make up stuff as it comes to us, and try to have a lot of fun. However, we do have our standard greeting, and it has started more than a few in-game fights...
"I'm Hanz!
And I'm Franz
(together) And we're here to BURN *high-five and then point* YOU UP!
...It's not typically received well in the Land of the Linnorm Kings...
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My most recent support character is Juniper Berrythwaite, a halfling paladin of Apsu (and sorcerer/dragon disciple). She is built to make sure no one gets hurt.
Juniper is not very skilled in combat, especially for a paladin; but what she lacks in skill, she makes up for in luck. You see, she got her start as a chimney sweep for the Pathfinder Society, and as we all know, a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be.
She is covered in soot, head to toe. Juniper begins every mission by offering to shake hands with all of her fellow Pathfinders. Anyone who does so will be eligible for her once-per-day use of the Lucky Halfling feat, which allows her to reroll an ally's saving throw using her (very high) bonus.
Moreover, as she fumbles about in combat, her blundering is a great boon to all of her adjacent allies. Anyone next to her gains either +2 or +4 luck bonus to their AC/CMD until the start of her next turn (depending on whether she is fighting defensively or using total defense).
If I need her to, she can go on the offensive. But I built her specifically to make sure other characters don't get hit.
