What does that sword do that’s worth doing? You cut people while me, I commune with the gods. I know the secret names of stars, I can summon the raw power of the Astral Sea into my hands and you…cut things with sharpened metal? I’m sure you’ll agree that one of us has a special talent, and the other is just…sad. I’ll be over here studying something useful while you “practice” swinging that ridiculous object in the air. Harrumph.
Races
- Dragonborn
- Tiefling
- Dwarf
Classes
- Wizard
- Cleric
- Warlock
- Sorceror
- Druid
In Combat: You favor complex set-ups that really display your command of the power you can wield. Rarely ever do you simply “blast” something –that’s for simpletons! If it takes a few turns to deliver a truly explosive and final turn, you’ll do that. You make sure to stay as far in the back as you can, as well. Physical combat is for people who exercise the wrong muscles.
In Play: If you don’t do it, it’s probably not worth doing. You are connected to important forces of arcane and/or divine nature. Most of your companions are simple-minded folk. They mean well, but they just won’t be able to do much with the tools they have. Your allies consider you something of a grump, a killljoy, but what they don’t see are…well, the things you see quite clear at every moment. It’s not your fault if you get upset, or frustrated, or impatient, or gods forbid a trifle miffed at having to explain the conjuction of the Six Spheres yet again to someone who has purposefully cut themselves off from greater realities of…well, you can be a bit difficult to be around.
But you have a place in your party anyway. You don’t pretend to know more than you know. You’re a mystic, not a liar. When the party was stuck in that magical trap, it was your knowledge that saved their lives. You aren’t going to win personality contests but you know your stuff. And you know when people are watching. You spend most of your time avoiding matters that aren’t your specialty, but when your expertise does come into play (and in a world where magic is very real, it will) you ham it up, and make a big show. And then you retreat, making as big a show at how essentially pointless whatever else it is that’s being done next is.
Opportunities for Growth
- Those times where your mystic abilities truly fail you, or work less than you had hoped. It is often at these times where you will have to cede that someone else’s skills and talents have value.
- When you try something outside your specialty and find that you actually like it. Almost always for the mystic this will come after succeeding unexpectedly at a skill. You tend to avoid things that you don’t think you can succeed at, but if you find yourself in that situation, you might really get into it and give it more respect.
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A Jack of All Trades ,or if you prefer, an extreme example of multi-classing, Gamefiend, a.k.a Quinn Murphy has been discussing, playing and designing games straight out of the womb. He is the owner and Editor-in-Chief of this site in addition to being an aspiring game designer. As you would assume, he is a huge fan of 4e. By day he is a technologist.