[Design] Character Generation: Detail vs Opportunity Cost

[Curufea]

This is a problem that can be alleviated somewhat  if the setting is divorced from the system.  If these things were  in different books - or even if there as just an introductory book -  that could be given to players...
  Also, there's a lot to be said for customisation, rather than playing  straight out of the box.  New to the system players won't know,  but with knowledgeable playhers, sometimes simply changing names, or  varying a description is all it takes.

Carl Brown <catodon at whale-mail.com> wrote:Of  coarse all this can be ruined by that one player who has to 'thoughly  research all thier options'. A promising beginers AD&D campaign a  few years ago was destroyed by a player who wanted to read all of the  first level wizard spells.




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