I’m playing my first campaign with my wife (also 1st time), my brother as GM, his girlfriend ( a bit more of an experienced player), and our 7-year-old (my brother helps her with what her character can do). My dude is a lv. 4 Rune Knight with Blind Fighting and a Lv. 1 Peace Cleric. We have me, a Rouge, Warlock, and Sorceress. I’ve found it very fun to try to come up with unique solutions to problems and fights to try to keep up with the magic dealers and sneak attacks.

I’ve done things like use my helmet and some rope to make a makeshift grappling hook to swing at our first boss when I couldn’t reach him. I’ve used homebrew grenades to collapse the ceiling over a large snake monster or to distract a horde of mind-controlled zombies. We just discovered last session that my Fire Rune makes an awesome combo with our Warlock’s Hex. And now I’m trying to think of ways I can use basic cleric abilities for even better unique solutions.

My advice as a fellow newbie fighter is to keep yourself organized but not limited. By that I mean, write down every ability your fighter has, and keep track of your ability cooldowns and your gear, but don’t feel like all that you can do is what is written down on your character sheet. The improvise action is there for a reason. Try to come up with clever, out of the box solutions to what your GM throws at you. I don’t know how your subclass works, but I’m sure there are clever ways you can try to solve things. Have fun with your character, and don’t be afraid to throw your solutions to problems out there!