. . . I can create a player character that conforms to every last bit of my mental image after having owned the PHB for only two hours.
Threads like this are why I think I may need to just take a long break from ENWorld. People still have nothing better to do than try to skirt around the edition war thread ban with poorly disguised gloating.
...I actually look forward to prepping adventures once again.
It has succeeded when my the group has shifted from 4 guys to 4 guys and 3 girls!
That's impressive.
Unless playing a point buy system with some very generous points for 'background' skills, I've found every edition of D&D has failed for that.
So kudos amigo. It's good to be able to get exactly what you want.
I'd say that's considerably better than "I wanted a fighter and ended up with a wizard."I wanted a fighter and ended up with a ranger. OK
I wanted a fighter and ended up with a ranger. OK
Why's that a problem?I wanted a fighter and ended up with a ranger. OK