Update 2/25
Looks like I'm DM'ing. My monk, who was fighting on a 4-square wide icy bridge that the DM railroaded us to, rolled a nat 1 on his acrobatics check. He fell off the bridge and died. No chance to save myself. My teammates, including a telekinetic psion, couldn't respond. Just a death despite having an obscene acrobatics check. Fuck this.
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Old post:
I don't know which character to play! My thief unfortunately met his death at the hands of some vampires last week and I'm transitioning in to a controller to help balance out our party.
I've narrowed it down to two choices (links are to pdf character sheets):
Larias, the Eladrin Bladesinger:
Pros
- At-will ranged 10 conditions including possibility of prone, grants CA, slow, or slide 3
- Exceptional nova - Bladesong -> Fey step which grants MBA -> MBA with Standard -> Action Point MBA -> next turn use daily -> MBA as minor action.
- Much tankier between built in more AC and HP with a +3 AC for entire encounter once per day
Cons
- No true AoE other than Lightning Ring
- Melee in a group already heavily melee
- Has consistent control but control is "soft" control - no dazes, stuns, etc.
Or Larias the Tiefling Wizard:
Pros
- Extremely accurate vs NAD
- Sleep gives -4 to the first roll, giving 65% chance for them to fail first roll. Instantly trivializes 1 fight per day
- Much more AoE - Beguiling Strands is a 25 square area and pushes 5 squares
- Ranged in a group that is mostly melee
Cons
- Much weaker defenses
- Much less damage
- Absolutely no Nova possibilities
- Attacks are reliant on the DM to play fairly (saving throws, monster making attacks via charms)
That last con in Wizard is my #1 fear. I'm afraid that the DM will cheat. I don't have very much trust for this DM as he has been known in the past to fudge rolls - a lot - and if my enemies make every saving throw and always miss themselves then I am useless. This is a DM that I used to DM for and I know for a fact that he is viewing this as a chance to try to get power over me. Some of the rolls that involved in my Thief dying were very questionable and that night he gloated about it and he has gloated about it several times since.
Anyway, thoughts would be great.