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Jumping in late on this… I’ve been in the hobby since 1977-78, in multiple groups across 5 cities in 3 states, in over 100 systems...

I have certainly run campaigns that collapsed before completing. More often, I rush a failing campaign to finish earlier than expected...

It's the way you are going about it. I haven't seen you say... "I'd like the social mechanics to change, because the temptation is too...

So what. Who cares if Joe Shmoe in South Dakota chooses whatever will inconvenience him the least? That's a False Dichotomy. There...

Absolutely. And I change those for my game via house rules. I don't ask for the game to change to match my desires so that everyone...

I've been fine with them ever since I was introduced to them in the Ghostbusters roleplaying game. For me... there is a distinct split...

This premise is fatally flawed. The character isn't choosing the unwanted, and the player does in fact make decisions outside of the...

With that I agree! One should not be shy to homebrew a game to be more of their liking. Though of course it is wise to choose a starting...

No, this just isn't true. I know it is not true for me. First, a lot of these reactions are not really decisions, in a same way than it...

People keep repeating this sort of thing, and it frankly nonsense. That you have a defined mental model of the character does not mean...

This is a solution that has no problem. They don't have to make that choice at all and it's not your job, my job, or the job of the D&D...

After I’d been playing D&D a decade or so, and having tried games like Traveller & Champions, I had a mental shift in how I played...

I thought about that and almost suggested it for some of those in the thread. For me I like starting at 3rd, because I don't want to...