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<blockquote data-quote="alienux" data-source="post: 6958595" data-attributes="member: 6801841"><p>I have a player who is fairly new to D&D (she's been playing since the playtest). During the playtest, she created an elf fighter who's primary weapon was a longbow, and she really enjoyed playing her. Once we'd finished a short campaign and the final game rules were released, that group created new characters based on the final rules for a new campaign.</p><p></p><p>This particular player wanted a new character, but she liked her previous character so much, that she made the new one very similar, although the newer one is a different class. Like the previous character, she is an elf who uses a bow, but she is a rogue. The player has expressed several times that she isn't have as much fun as she did with the other character, but everyone else in the group has been having just as much fun with their newer characters. This campaign has been going on for quite awhile, and she finally told me that the reason she isn't have as much fun is because the newer character, even though she's a different class, feels like a lesser copy of her playtest character, because she's too much like her. She said her main issue is that she's the same race and uses the same weapon primarily. I asked her if she wanted to bring the older character into this campaign with the final 5E rules/build, and she said she'd rather not do that. So I asked her if she'd be happy if we made this character more distinctive. She said that she'd be really happy if she could just change the race and weapons, and that she'd be excited to play again if the character had those differences.</p><p></p><p>So, my primary interest for her is to have as much fun as everyone else is, and I told her I'd come up with a way to do this. My ideas are as follows:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She has been a human all along, whose parents left her in the care of the elves. She was raised as an elf, and someone had magically altered her her appearance, including her ears. The party will then meet an elf from where she was raised, who will reveal the truth to her and restore her human appearance. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The weapon change is easy to deal with, so no real story reason needed there. </li> </ul><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She actually is an elf, but during a battle, a high level enemy casts true polymorph on her, causing a permanent change. I'd need a good reason for this enemy to change her from an elf into a human. Possibly his reason is that he despises elfs and changes her on a whim because of that. </li> </ul><p></p><p>Of course I'll give her the option of which she prefers. Any other thoughts on this? How would you handle it, assuming you'd allow it (which obviously, I am). Any other ideas of a good way to allow this to happen?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alienux, post: 6958595, member: 6801841"] I have a player who is fairly new to D&D (she's been playing since the playtest). During the playtest, she created an elf fighter who's primary weapon was a longbow, and she really enjoyed playing her. Once we'd finished a short campaign and the final game rules were released, that group created new characters based on the final rules for a new campaign. This particular player wanted a new character, but she liked her previous character so much, that she made the new one very similar, although the newer one is a different class. Like the previous character, she is an elf who uses a bow, but she is a rogue. The player has expressed several times that she isn't have as much fun as she did with the other character, but everyone else in the group has been having just as much fun with their newer characters. This campaign has been going on for quite awhile, and she finally told me that the reason she isn't have as much fun is because the newer character, even though she's a different class, feels like a lesser copy of her playtest character, because she's too much like her. She said her main issue is that she's the same race and uses the same weapon primarily. I asked her if she wanted to bring the older character into this campaign with the final 5E rules/build, and she said she'd rather not do that. So I asked her if she'd be happy if we made this character more distinctive. She said that she'd be really happy if she could just change the race and weapons, and that she'd be excited to play again if the character had those differences. So, my primary interest for her is to have as much fun as everyone else is, and I told her I'd come up with a way to do this. My ideas are as follows: [LIST] [*]She has been a human all along, whose parents left her in the care of the elves. She was raised as an elf, and someone had magically altered her her appearance, including her ears. The party will then meet an elf from where she was raised, who will reveal the truth to her and restore her human appearance. [*]The weapon change is easy to deal with, so no real story reason needed there. [/LIST] or [LIST] [*]She actually is an elf, but during a battle, a high level enemy casts true polymorph on her, causing a permanent change. I'd need a good reason for this enemy to change her from an elf into a human. Possibly his reason is that he despises elfs and changes her on a whim because of that. [/LIST] Of course I'll give her the option of which she prefers. Any other thoughts on this? How would you handle it, assuming you'd allow it (which obviously, I am). Any other ideas of a good way to allow this to happen? [/QUOTE]
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