[Design] Character Generation: Detail vs Opportunity Cost

[Curufea]

There are solutions to long character generation-
  1) Have the players do it beforehand, and the GM adjudicates before the game starts.
  2) Have the players give the GM a "system-free" description of their  characters - and the GM creates them in the system (this is how I do  Fantasy Hero).
  
  Characters should be individual - one of the things that people  complain about A LOT in D&D is the lack of individuallity between  characters.  Every class is exactly the same at every level as  every other character of the same class and level.  The only  distinguishing features are the magic items they acrue.  Even the  feats do not differentiate much - only giving the illusion of choice.

Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au> wrote:  In this case the golden mean applies, I think. How
much time should character generation take? How
individual should a character be?

One thing I've noticed. Random rolling of
characteristics can often be faster than players
having to choose stats and traits!



Lev Lafayette
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