Building a 3.5//3.75 Battle Cleric

[Knuckle]

That is pretty cool you can 'advance' outside the game. One pro tip is to actually focus the writing effort into your characters development with small tasks that show his strength/weakness of character rather than how he acquired some new skill or powerful item. If you want your character to stand out for RP points make a character that people can relate to, not just a powerful politician.

But anyway I am also super jealous that not only do you have a DnD group, but you're in Forgotten realms where my favorite author made a kickass trilogy that im just about to start reading again at road of the patriarch.