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Whenever I have a question about whether my character would know something that I as a player know, I simply ask my GM "would Sylvia the Bard know about this type of enemy? Do you want me to do a knowledge check?" And if the answer is no, then I proceed as if she does not know whatever it is. I...

That...actually makes a lot of sense. I do think that Wisdom makes sense for healing magic, and since that's the primary focus of most clerics, I think that's why it got put there. I also think they wanted to have spellcasting tied to all of the mental attributes, but if anything, they could...

To get stuff need work. Dwarf work. Human work. Halfling work. Elf work. Orc don't work. Orc don't have stuff. Elf have all best stuff. But Hobgoblin no see Elf work. Hobgoblin assume someone do Elf work for Elf. Elf home secret? Hobgoblin assume Elf no want you know who do work for Elf. Or Elf...

That's awesome. I wish I was playing in this game.

She will need a new character sheet with the doppelganger's stats and abilities, but at least it will have all the character's equipment. Since the doppelganger is infiltrating the group (as doppelgangers do) it will want to know as much about the PC as possible in order to take over her life...

Why you rascal! ::shakes fist in a desultory manner::

I think if you explain the potential role-play angle, she could totally run with it. The doppelganger just wants to survive, and maybe it starts to like these people it finds itself with. It wants to belong. It wants to be protected and safe. It will revel in the feeling of belonging with the...

Yeah, but see if this happened to me, I would actually think it was a pretty cool way to send off a character. It's like a Fred/Illyria moment. I would just picture the horror the other players would go through when they realized that their friend had died, and they left her body in some cave...

That actually sounds really cool. I would love to play a character death like this. :D

Then it sounds like I haven't communicated myself accurately. It isn't about validation, it's about effort. I enjoy character stuff, I do. But if I come up with a bunch of character stuff, and the character dies within a few gaming sessions, then a lot of that stuff I came up with never really...

To be fair, if I'm playing Sylvia the Bard for an extended period of time, she will have some kind of memorable characterization by the end simply by virtue of the fact that I can't not imbue my characters with some kind of personality. But if Sylvia the Bard lasted for two game sessions, then I...

So why is not okay that I don't expend maximal effort, given that a greater quantity of characters is going to be required in this setting? I don't have unlimited prep time, so I have to make sure I'm using it wisely. Instead of crafted one really amazing character, I need to come up with two...

See, I'm not just talking about backstory, I'm talking about the whole process of building a character and getting inside her head and playing her. There are varying levels of effort that can be brought to bear in this activity. If a game isn't likely to be a real character piece, it's probably...

So, you want me to have THREE fully realized nuanced characters ready to go at game time. And chances are good that the first one will die within a few game sessions. How is this a good use of my time? Combat is tiresome to me. I have a move action, and I have a standard action, and depending...

Oh, I have found lots of groups that I enjoy playing with, and the RP stuff varies widely among them. I simply adjust my expectations and enjoy the game I'm playing, and don't try to force it to be something it isn't. I'm pretty adaptable that way. :D I honestly think I could have fun at any...

See, yeah, if the GM isn't at all interested in my character's story, why should I come up with one? It won't really make a difference to you or anyone else, so it's just a waste of my time. Regardless, your experience won't change. You'll have me at your table, on time, with my dice and books...

Not at all. I think of it as simply adjusting my expectations and aligning them with the group's goals. If my GM cared about character stuff, PCs wouldn't be dropping like flies. If the GM doesn't care about character stuff, why am I putting any effort into that sort of thing? Better to play the...

Well, if I get 160 characters to develop my PC's personality and motivations, I guess I already know she's disposable and I'm playing her accordingly. Again, if I've got 2 respawns waiting in the wings, I know they're pretty much just empty husks to be thrown into the fire, and I'm playing...

If I'm on my third PC in your campaign, I can pretty much guarantee you that she isn't as well thought-out and developed as my first PC was. That first PC had a backstory, a unique characterization and voice, and she interacted with the world in very character-oriented ways. I probably even...

TL; DR: You hate elves. I get it. Funny how you can only see one way for elves to live beautifully—through exploitation of other races. I don't think that really says as much about elves as, well, other things. I mean, this is a universe where magic exists and people come back from the dead...