I have range

I have a tendency to play dicks in role-playing games.

I know that it is a character flaw of mine, I can be a pretty large asshole from time to time and that translates into my gaming. Many times I start out with this cool character concept, like an elvin wizard who's sole purpose was to catalog every experience he had. His was a career of intellectual pursuit. Then he died, and not in a cool way.

The party was attacked and he was shot by a stray arrow that caught him. As he lay on the floor bleeding, his "friends" left him to die rather than give him succor. As a result of his death I created one of the most one-sided killing machines our game has ever seen (yes, I am tooting my own horn... fuck you).

Kallador was a frothing meat-grinder of death.

Frazetta Bitches, Fuck Yeah!

 

D&D 3.5 was, for me, the beginning of the end. I always had an immature sense of power gaming, even in the old days. 3.5 cultivated that into a full blown addiction. Now I could map out a character from 1st to 20th level and maximize their potential. It became like an art to me, needing practice, patience and know-how. Kalador was my Sistine Chapel.

I used builds that I found on message boards and other sources to cultivate a character that did so much damage that it unbalanced the game. It really didn't matter what the die result was. He would rush, headlong, into battle and utterly destroy the enemy.

This brings me to the present day.

We recently started a 3.5 campaign (wisely using only the core rule books and one other sourcebook) that is pirate centric. I decided to play a weaselly noble that is out for himself (not a big stretch). Now the problem is that I came up with a pretty decent back story and a lot of effort in making him a believable character.

I have a feeling he ain't gonna make it.

Something tells me that I am going to be making a meaningless goon that blasts the enemy into tiny bits.

 There it is. Thanks Brother Maynard.

I don't want to perpetuate the cycle, but it sure makes me feel good making an ass beater that everyone runs from (including his friends).