Comments on: Diceless Character Creation for Classic D&D http://robertsongames.com/role-playing-games/dungeons-dragons/diceless-characters-dnd Board Games, Role-playing Games, Miniature War Games Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: School’s Out | Robertson Games http://robertsongames.com/role-playing-games/dungeons-dragons/diceless-characters-dnd/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 School’s Out | Robertson Games Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:36:32 +0000 http://robertsongames.com/?p=443#comment-1312 [...] Random Character Generation — No! Diceless character generation. [...] [...] Random Character Generation — No! Diceless character generation. [...]

]]> By: JDNeal http://robertsongames.com/role-playing-games/dungeons-dragons/diceless-characters-dnd/comment-page-1/#comment-883 JDNeal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:47:44 +0000 http://robertsongames.com/?p=443#comment-883 I got bored real fast of rolling up lots of the same characters using 3d6 and ability scores. It just doesn't offer much real useful variety. Numbers are boring and the system is a crutch for people lacking imagination. If they want to run a dumb character, let them run one. I've had more fun by just assuming my character was an idiot and playing it as one than any intelligence score ever offered me. If they want variety or the GM wants to force them to play something with variety, set up arrays of skills or characteristics or whatever and make the players roll and take what they get. "Wow, I'm a female dwarf with big muscles and a little brain. Yuck, yuck, that's so fun I could never have thought it up myself." I'd rather imbue uniqueness and variety in my character by using my imagination. And spend my time playing the game, not playing with numbers on paper. I got bored real fast of rolling up lots of the same characters using 3d6 and ability scores. It just doesn’t offer much real useful variety. Numbers are boring and the system is a crutch for people lacking imagination.

If they want to run a dumb character, let them run one. I’ve had more fun by just assuming my character was an idiot and playing it as one than any intelligence score ever offered me.

If they want variety or the GM wants to force them to play something with variety, set up arrays of skills or characteristics or whatever and make the players roll and take what they get. “Wow, I’m a female dwarf with big muscles and a little brain. Yuck, yuck, that’s so fun I could never have thought it up myself.”

I’d rather imbue uniqueness and variety in my character by using my imagination. And spend my time playing the game, not playing with numbers on paper.

]]> By: A Paladin In Citadel http://robertsongames.com/role-playing-games/dungeons-dragons/diceless-characters-dnd/comment-page-1/#comment-824 A Paladin In Citadel Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:01:59 +0000 http://robertsongames.com/?p=443#comment-824 Burn the heretic! I kid. That is actually a good way to simplify the character creation, seems a little like FUDGE? Burn the heretic!

I kid. That is actually a good way to simplify the character creation, seems a little like FUDGE?

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