I play PF2e primarily, though I'm not quite satisfied with it. I want more fantasy sandbox rather than fantasy combat sim, so it doesn't quite satisfy what I want on a purely mechanical level. But I do love my heavily armored magicians... shame what happened to the battle oracle in the remaster.
Right now I'm playing an imperial sorcerer with the Wood Kineticist archetype, and I just hit level 4 where I ascend to "Ikeamancer," summoning trees and woodshaping them into cheap edifices and furniture. In two more levels, I'll get the ability to make wood armor to wear that is usable without proficiency, and a regenerating shield. And one more level after that, I'll have a funky little flying platform to rain spells down from above from. Good fun.
As for the character himself, he's a total bastard (in both senses of the word) who has defected to another country and just absolutely cannot get over how people are being nice to him for some reason. He now feels bad about his family's harm inflicted on these same people, and the prejudice he displayed during his meeting with them.