character – Andrew D. Geels

Looking For Heals

I like playing support characters. Healbots, however, can get boring. Nothing is worse than being reduced to a bandage-box with legs. So whenever I make a healy character, I lean hard into whatever other thing they do well.

You Vs The Gun She Tells You Not To Worry About

Guns and Gears has given us a bunch of fun new stuff to play with. Last post, I went over the new class, the Inventor. This time, in going to look at the returning class, the Gunslinger, and discussing the changes the update gave us.

Blinding Me With Science

New with this book is the inventor, the ancient ancestor of Starfinder’s Mechanic class. This is a sort of schtick-martial-class similar to the investigator or swashbuckler. They do the standard martial class things in combat, usually focusing on damage and/or special effects, mostly revolving around their core class abilities.

Inspiration! And Improvement!

One thing I find myself doing all the time while playing a game is figure out how certain characters or monsters or whatever else might translate into ttrpgs. Not only is it super fun for me, but it’s also a way to practice design within certain constraints. You have an end goal – the original character concept – and limitations within the medium – the game’s rules. Today, I’m going to go through a slightly more in depth process of doing this so in the future similar posts can just build off of this.

I Can See the Future, part 2

Despite having zero spellcasting, a thaumaturge still get magic abilities from their items. Think of it as fantasy-Batman. No superpowers (spellcasting) but enough gadgets (implements) and the know-how to use them to be just as powerful, and a big influence on studying enemies to learn how best to approach the situation.

Summoner? I hardly know’er!

Whether you use the unchained or “chained” version, the Summoner in 1e had perhaps the most capacity for shenanigans, both for power and flavor. Summoner in 2e is a good deal less complex and overpowered than before.

Oh, Oh, Oh, It’s Magus

The latest book for Pathfinder 2e is out with two returning classes: the magus and summoner. Magus is conceptually exactly what I was looking for as a kid (as far as the magic-sword thing goes). Make your sword catch on fire and hit someone with a lightning burst from the sword? Holy cow, this is awesome!

A Bard for Every Occasion

To begin my long list of characters, I have to show off a bard. It is my firm belief that bards are the best class in all games. That is not necessarily the strongest or most deadly; just best. I strive to make the best, most fun bard characters possible.