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<blockquote data-quote="BlackMoria" data-source="post: 2057505" data-attributes="member: 424"><p>Your player may not like my recommendation, but as a first time DM, you should adhere to the K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple, Stupid) principle. Do only core book races and classes....at least until you feel completely comfortable into diving into the world with hundreds of feats, prestige classes, new races and all the other stuff.</p><p></p><p>DMing is much like driving a car, to use an analogy. You don't take someone learning to drive and put them in a Formula One race car to learn. You put them in a basic reliable vehicle and then as they gain experience with driving, you can put them into a fancier more powerful vehicle.</p><p></p><p>As a new DM, you will already be faced with the mastering the basics of D20 systems and learning to a storyteller, an actor, a judge, and all that is expected of a good DM. The last thing you need at this point is to add complexity of adding monstrous races, choosing from hundreds of prestige classes and adding new elements to your game.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend that you talk to your player and tell him he can have his doppelganger whatever in the next campaign, but for this one, you want to keep it basic while you gain mastery of being a good DM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackMoria, post: 2057505, member: 424"] Your player may not like my recommendation, but as a first time DM, you should adhere to the K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple, Stupid) principle. Do only core book races and classes....at least until you feel completely comfortable into diving into the world with hundreds of feats, prestige classes, new races and all the other stuff. DMing is much like driving a car, to use an analogy. You don't take someone learning to drive and put them in a Formula One race car to learn. You put them in a basic reliable vehicle and then as they gain experience with driving, you can put them into a fancier more powerful vehicle. As a new DM, you will already be faced with the mastering the basics of D20 systems and learning to a storyteller, an actor, a judge, and all that is expected of a good DM. The last thing you need at this point is to add complexity of adding monstrous races, choosing from hundreds of prestige classes and adding new elements to your game. I would recommend that you talk to your player and tell him he can have his doppelganger whatever in the next campaign, but for this one, you want to keep it basic while you gain mastery of being a good DM. [/QUOTE]
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