Greater Award

[Zalius]

Just got my hands on a Greater Award :O

And im looking for inspiration.
What sort of build would you play with a Greater Award? and why?

[MRFTW]

Ogres have some really interesting builds that aren't otherwise possible, the ogre magi gift gives a total of +2 str, +2 con and +4 cha as well as the associated penalties.

Nice for warlocks aiming for hideous blow, undying pact and/or eldritch armour.

The int penalty sucks a lot, though.

[Waldo52]

I second the ogre thing in general. I had fun on the PGCC doing a tribal barbarian shaman ogre, which meant I was basically three horrifying giants. I took stunning fist because the animations for ogres ripping things apart with their bare hands was too fun to pass up.

Yuan-Ti are cool too. Snake people are a straight upgrade from human mechanically, have sickeningly good stats for almost anything and good role play potential. Just bear in mind that secretive cults are a big part of Yuan-Ti lore and there are probably very few snake people on the whole server to network with.

That said, I think the most compelling characters tend to be human or at least one of the more everyday fantasy races. I used my Greater Award as a Normal Award for the Guldorand start, because early levels can get frustrating. In the end though, even that didn't do it for me. As some mid level rando in a huge city with no prior development with no friends I found that the character was lacking in identity. Without those powerful friendships forged in the trenches of Skal I felt like some random NPC who woke up rich for some reason.

I don't mean to poop on the award system itself, many of the options are cool if approached with the right planning and justification. It's just that 99.9% of your character's value comes from your real world personality, imagination and writing skill. I would recommend just using the faster leveling award or the higher level start, and only using the latter if you have a really compelling plan for where to go and make friends.

[Skarain]

When I got my Greater, I made a Yuan-Ti Cleric, later refund into Shaman. Why? I had this concept of a shifty, wandering Yuan-Ti walking the border of life and death, making deals with spirits like the character itself was a god of death offering second chances, or the means to get deeds left undone finished.

Mind, my choice was entirely RP-driven. Mechanically, it would have been a great Sorcerer/BG, but nah, I wanted to something different.

My advice would be to camp in the Wikia, looking the different Award races. Look at their culture, their racial bonuses, the +2 and +1 to stats. See if you come up a character that appeals to you.

Also when you create the character, take it slowly. If you -character_delete at level 10 or earlier, you get your award refunded. So you can test-drive your concepts and see if you enjoy the personality you have created. Builds you can naturally test on PGCC.

[xf1313]

I had a greater, she is a Cleric with shiny golden hair and a few feathers on her back. Thou I ‘d be equally pleased if she is an elf or I made a Yuan-ti, I was lacking ideas back then.

Make a character that you’d love matters, hold on to the award if the races are not that interesting to you. Cos...to be honest, simple races are fun enough most of times

[Tempedius]

Yuan-Ti is mechanically a gold mine. I personally adore Mino, but sneks are just so very good. DEX bg, high ac caster builds, monk weaponmaster.. I could go on but the point being is if the build wants two of the three stats Yuan-ti is on par with several 5% races.

[Kenji]

Some more fun stuffs are coming for large races on Arelith, invest in mino or ogre coin now! Deposit your greater right here

[Zalius]

Ty for the feedback

Iv been thinking, and i think i might go with the Yuan-ti and some infiltration gameplay :O