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Mechanics or flavour first? (ttrpg.network)

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When making a character, do you prefer to start with the mechanics, backstory or aesthetics first?

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[–] JackbyDev 1 points 2 years ago

Generally I'll have an idea of classes or builds I'm interested in playing, not necessarily just one specific one, then I'll possibly have a few ideas for story stuff surrounding that. As an example, two story-side ideas I had in my head were a slime man or playing just a normal farmer folk hero. For class I was waffling between monk, paladin, and warlock. My first character was a half orc paladin and I wanted to try that again so I decided to go with that and use the farner idea. They are an Oath of the Ancients paladin.

So for me it is sort of a little of both.

It depends though, because a previous character I 100% wanted to be an artificer and began with that.