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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6793901" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Whereas, for me, it's a constant reminder that I'm not actually the author of my character--the dice are. And if I can't have authorship of my character, I won't be invested in it.* For you, strict dice-rolled characters liberate you from your preconceptions. For me, the dice constrain me to stuff I don't want to do. It will be a constant reminder of the artificiality of the character--exactly the opposite of what it is to you.This, on the other hand, I'm 100% down with. It's one of the reasons I so appreciate 4e explicitly making &quot;Quest XP&quot; a thing described and explained in the rules--because many DMs may not even think to give XP for things other than combat, it just might never occur to them. Having the book explicitly say, &quot;Hey, this is a thing you can do!&quot; is a huge deal. (IIRC, it also has a sidebar about how the DM can just handwave XP entirely, and simply tell the party when they've levelled up, which is great for DMs who aren't big on bookkeeping.)*Of course, the one time I rolled a strict-order character, I happened to not only get a good roll, but a great roll, which perfectly fit the concept I'd been toying with--but that's a (quite literally) one in a million (or more!) event.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 6793901, member: 6790260"] Whereas, for me, it's a constant reminder that I'm not actually the author of my character--the dice are. And if I can't have authorship of my character, I won't be invested in it.* For you, strict dice-rolled characters liberate you from your preconceptions. For me, the dice constrain me to stuff I don't want to do. It will be a constant reminder of the [I]artificiality[/I] of the character--exactly the opposite of what it is to you. This, on the other hand, I'm 100% down with. It's one of the reasons I so appreciate 4e explicitly making "Quest XP" a [I]thing[/I] described and explained in the rules--because many DMs may not even think to give XP for things other than combat, it just might never occur to them. Having the book explicitly say, "Hey, this is a thing you can do!" is a huge deal. (IIRC, it [I]also[/I] has a sidebar about how the DM can just handwave XP entirely, and simply tell the party when they've levelled up, which is great for DMs who aren't big on bookkeeping.) *Of course, the [I]one[/I] time I rolled a strict-order character, I happened to not only get a good roll, but a [I]great[/I] roll, which perfectly fit the concept I'd been toying with--but that's a (quite literally) one in a million (or more!) event. [/QUOTE]

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