....ssssooooo I loves me some alt'ing. Like, for realz. Kids spell things with a "z" for emphasis still, right?
Here's the thing, though. I'm not really sure I want to commit to multiple characters. I'm sappily attached (through affection not...not actual sap) to my first and only character in the game, and the fact that this game lets that one character do every job ever delights me beyond belief.
But that brings me to my problem. Namely, how to avoid the Mary Sue complex.
As an IC Armorsmith still in-training, the other DoH classes all can kind of be meta-tied together as part of her learning to become an Armorer of repute without too much trouble...but I've written Steel to be intentionally more able to handle the martial practices than the metaphysical ones. Which pretty much wrote me out of playing any casting classes IC'ly.
I had thought of an answer in the form of the Arcanist's Grimoire--the fact that Steel would carry around a book as a guide to help her cast her spells seems to be the best answer to the conundrum I've created for myself, even if my time as a THM or CNJ has me nowhere near the Big Boomy Math Book.
...basically, I'm asking for suggestions. Is the excuse of "because grimoire" enough? Are there better answers out there? Or should I just suck it up and roll an entirely new alt?
Here's the thing, though. I'm not really sure I want to commit to multiple characters. I'm sappily attached (through affection not...not actual sap) to my first and only character in the game, and the fact that this game lets that one character do every job ever delights me beyond belief.
But that brings me to my problem. Namely, how to avoid the Mary Sue complex.
As an IC Armorsmith still in-training, the other DoH classes all can kind of be meta-tied together as part of her learning to become an Armorer of repute without too much trouble...but I've written Steel to be intentionally more able to handle the martial practices than the metaphysical ones. Which pretty much wrote me out of playing any casting classes IC'ly.
I had thought of an answer in the form of the Arcanist's Grimoire--the fact that Steel would carry around a book as a guide to help her cast her spells seems to be the best answer to the conundrum I've created for myself, even if my time as a THM or CNJ has me nowhere near the Big Boomy Math Book.
...basically, I'm asking for suggestions. Is the excuse of "because grimoire" enough? Are there better answers out there? Or should I just suck it up and roll an entirely new alt?
