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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 4910434" data-attributes="member: 32740">It should be a notably different experience.&nbsp; If you have a decent DM you may never want to abandon 1E/2E.Well your fellow players are not &quot;representin'&quot; very well.&nbsp; They tell you to &quot;just pick something&quot; - and then complain about what you pick.&nbsp; This would have been where you should have told them what they could do with their passive-aggressive crap.&nbsp; Honestly, the only reason I can think of that they would take this kind of attitude is that they are interested in using you as a punching bag to demonstrate their own superior knowledge of the edition you're playing.&nbsp; I'd go to the DM and register a complaint of your own - that you got browbeaten into taking rope use and you really feel that THE OTHER PLAYERS should have either offered their knowledge and expertise when it was needed in the first place, or shut the hell up in the second place and let you decide and learn for yourself what the good and bad choices were.&nbsp; The DM should allow you to take rearrange your skills as you now think appropriate and the other players should be admonished to offering their opinions on such matters only when they are ASKED for them.It strikes me as a little sad that this question even needs to be asked, but...&nbsp; YOUR choice is of greatly more importance than playing ego-support to your fellow players or their PC's.&nbsp; Yes, there is a certain amount of effort that you should put into fitting your PC with the rest of the party but if there is ONE thing that should be UNTOUCHABLE in any RPG is control over the creation and play of your PC.&nbsp; Other players and the DM should be beaten senseless for ever - EVER - trying to tell you what YOUR character should be or do.&nbsp;The limit of the DM's interference is to limit the choices presented to ALL players for class, race, etc., and in-game effects like charms or domination.&nbsp; Other players?&nbsp; If any one of them really thinks you're creating a worthless character for any reason then they are perfectly welcome to ask if THEY could create and play a more &quot;appropriate&quot; version and let you try an entirely different choice.&nbsp; Otherwise they can shut the hell up and concern themselves with their OWN PC and let YOU create and run yours.&nbsp; Their ability to enjoy their own character and the game does NOT rely on your PC living up to THEIR set of minimum qualifications.&nbsp; YOUR character is not present in the game to conform to THEIR expectations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 4910434, member: 32740"] It should be a notably different experience. If you have a decent DM you may never want to abandon 1E/2E. Well your fellow players are not "representin'" very well. They tell you to "just pick something" - and then [I]complain[/I] about what you pick. This would have been where you should have told them what they could do with their passive-aggressive crap. Honestly, the only reason I can think of that they would take this kind of attitude is that they are interested in using you as a punching bag to demonstrate their own superior knowledge of the edition you're playing. I'd go to the DM and register a complaint of your own - that you got browbeaten into taking rope use and you really feel that THE OTHER PLAYERS should have either offered their knowledge and expertise when it was needed in the first place, or shut the hell up in the second place and let you decide and learn for yourself what the good and bad choices were. The DM should allow you to take rearrange your skills as you now think appropriate and the other players should be admonished to offering their opinions on such matters only when they are ASKED for them. It strikes me as a little sad that this question even needs to be asked, but... YOUR choice is of greatly more importance than playing ego-support to your fellow players or their PC's. Yes, there is a certain amount of effort that you should put into fitting your PC with the rest of the party but if there is ONE thing that should be UNTOUCHABLE in any RPG is control over the creation and play of your PC. Other players and the DM should be beaten senseless for ever - EVER - trying to tell you what YOUR character should be or do. The limit of the DM's interference is to limit the choices presented to ALL players for class, race, etc., and in-game effects like charms or domination. Other players? If any one of them really thinks you're creating a worthless character for any reason then they are perfectly welcome to ask if THEY could create and play a more "appropriate" version and let you try an entirely different choice. Otherwise they can shut the hell up and concern themselves with their OWN PC and let YOU create and run yours. Their ability to enjoy their own character and the game does NOT rely on your PC living up to THEIR set of minimum qualifications. YOUR character is not present in the game to conform to THEIR expectations. [/QUOTE]

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