This will be a catch all for the very initial stages of development.

So we have two temp names. I'll be glad to change them as desired.

I think right now Diamond and Ryu are uncertain of their role. I think a controller is the least necessary, at least in my typical campaigns, but certainly you won't be remiss to play one. I would suggest a leader and defender, but sub-roles may fit that well enough as well, if an attention to the missing roles is kept in mind during the stages of conflict.

I do not have an ETA for the game being ready. My first step is to write up the brief world information so if no one else, Diamond has an idea of the world's feel and position. I also hope this will be useful as the game goes on, to keep the germane facts in order.

That's the first step, for me. You three are welcome to discuss what ever you feel comfortable with, and I will attempt to mediate the missing parts of information as I see them called into question.

We will probably have a fourth join us in the future, but they are currently dealing with RL issues, and refrained from immediately joining, so as to not slow the game's progress.

Hey gang!  I'm inclined to play defender, and the primary plan I have for the character centers around a samurai theme.  The idea is to practice one cut a thousand times,  charging into the fray with Threatening Rush and then using Cleave constantly, using reaction/interrupt powers for everything else.

Highlights:
• Off-controller, with at-will Damage over Time or multi-target effects.
• Accurate attacks and high crit damage synergize with damage buffs
• Action economy maximizes benefits from continuous bonuses.

If that don't meld well but you are okay with me still playing defender, the other options are a dwarven were-bear made of angry bees that takes zero damage from anything and throws enemies off cliffs, or a tiefling Paladin who curses enemies with a whopping -10 to-hit and seven years of bad luck.

On the other end of the spectrum,  if someone else wants to fill the defender role I can go Leader.   Been really wanting to play a Pixie Warlord inspired by Ocarina of Time, too.

"Diamond?" Hmm, curious as to where that came from? I'm happy to just stay as "Ameena" until I have a character.

Just gonna throw it out there right now that I don't really care for meta-gaming or otherwise getting into heavy discussion of game mechanics and how our characters will work OOC. I hadn't even thought about my character in terms of role or anything else till I saw this thread - I'd just been thinking in story terms. That said, role-wise I tend to gravitate toward Strikers primarily (the four characters I have waiting to be played some day are all, in fact, Strikers, though none share a race or class with any of the others :D), with Controllers and Defenders kind of sharing second place, then Leaders last. And if I do play a Leader it's usually a Shaman because I like Primal classes, don't care for religion, and have never been too enamoured by the Warlord (no magic :() or the Bard (haven't yet had a concept where Bard would work) :D.

But I think of the character first, and their backstory. To roughly paraphrase Matt Colville, a character sheet is an imperfect representation of the character you have in your head. Something like that. The mechanics come second to me. And this is Fourth Edition, where I don't think it's possible to accidentally make a character that really doesn't work anyway :D.

Oh, and in other news, hi there:D.

Hello all.  I'm actually one of those guys who got into D&D with 4th edition so I like to play it whenever I can.  (Didn't actually join the initial discussion, but I did keep an eye on it)

The Character I submitted, Sir Snow, is fairly simple--Albino Dragonborn ostracized for being "white" accidentally murders one of his tormentors and is now in exile as a knight errant.

I submitted him as a Paladin (Defender), but I'm sure there are builds for him as a Warlord (Leader), or Avenger (Striker) depending on party composition.