Making characters to stay on the vault

[Cybernet21]

Would it be frowned upon making a character you had an idea off just to have him/her ready when you feel like it's a good time for them,but keeping them in the vault without being played for some time?

[Baron Saturday]

I know some people have like 50 characters in their vault. Go for it.

[MalKalz]

No where does it say you cannot have characters lingering. It isn't causing any harm.

[Cybernet21]

Yeah i knew there was no written rule on it,just wanted to know if it was frowned upon. Thanks for answering

[Xanos950]

why would it matter

[Iceborn]

It may be seen as distasteful to keep your character in the vault and pop them for a super event once in the year and then shelf them again. Equally, there's a lot of people that don't care.

Like many other things in our community, everybody reacts differently to it.

[Ork]

Yeah if someone has personal issue with that, that's on them.

[Harasha]

Not the worst idea to hedge your bets in case classes or races get discontinued in the future. I wish I would have held on to a Weave Master I made, then deleted and intended to remake right before they were discontinued!

Other than that I don't think anyone would notice or care that much.

[Sab1]

Well there is a difference between what the orginial poster asked and making characters simply to pop in only at certain event or occasions. I know characters who only job is to appear during an election, which drives me mad. But nothing wrong with making 5 characters with the intent of playing them sometime down the road.

[BegoneThoth]

I like to keep a character around of each build/path when things go in, so if I decide to level something I have available to me a pre-nerf spellsword, weave master, etc.

[With The Sky Below My Feet]

I like to keep a character around of each build/path when things go in, so if I decide to level something I have available to me a pre-nerf spellsword, weave master, etc.

Exemplary behaviour inducing our old "this is why we can't have nice things"

Like a lax 'grandfathering is ok in some cases' policy for people who are actually invested in their characters, which would be hit hard by a nerf.

[Thanatosis]

chill out, man

is it really so awful and terrible just to want to play a weavemaster?

[Sab1]

I like to keep a character around of each build/path when things go in, so if I decide to level something I have available to me a pre-nerf spellsword, weave master, etc.

Wouldn't the sepllsword get nerfed as soon as you log in?

[Iceborn]

See: Grandfathering.

[BegoneThoth]

See: Grandfathering.

But when things get added or changed I bang out a build real quick and make the level 1 character. No reason not to as when/if it gets changed back you 9/10 just get to keep it.

I know I'm not alone in this.

[Miaou]

I like to keep a character around of each build/path when things go in, so if I decide to level something I have available to me a pre-nerf spellsword, weave master, etc.

Exemplary behaviour inducing our old "this is why we can't have nice things"

Like a lax 'grandfathering is ok in some cases' policy for people who are actually invested in their characters, which would be hit hard by a nerf.

I made a favored soul when I found out they were going to be pulled, because I found the concept to be intriguing.

Unless an admin/dev/DM is going to condemn this gesture (which seems unlikely), can we get a lock before it gets any saltier in here?

[One Two Three Five]

How would anyone even figure out you're doing this/who the hell would ever care except this one person? Do you.

[Baron Saturday]

How is it that we manage to turn the most basic and innocent questions into... THIS?

[Miaou]

A good question, Baron.

Please remember to keep discussions civil, even if others have differing opinions. As a DM already answered the question, I'll be locking this thread.