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<blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8373245" data-attributes="member: 7030755">Recent-ish experience with a new player in 5e:Me (DM): Ok, so the two most important things about making your character will be your race and your classNew player: ...Me: Um...no, not like that...not in the normal sense of those words.&nbsp; They mean something different here.&nbsp; See, you want to play a wizard, which means you need a high intelligence.&nbsp; And so you might want to consider a race that has a higher natural intelligenceNew player: ...Me: Um...yeah, in this world some &quot;races&quot;--again, not the usual sense of that word--are...naturally more intelligent.&nbsp; Don't worry about it, you'll, uh, see how it all works when we start playing[later]Me: roll an arcana checknew player: 6!&nbsp; plus 5, that's an 11.Me: yeah, you don't know much about this item unfortunatelynew player: but I thought you said that if I picked gnome I would be smartMe: you are, it's just--dwarf fighter: I ROLLED A 19![curb your enthusiasm music plays]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malmuria, post: 8373245, member: 7030755"] Recent-ish experience with a new player in 5e: Me (DM): Ok, so the two most important things about making your character will be your race and your class New player: ... Me: Um...no, not like that...not in the normal sense of those words. They mean something different here. See, you want to play a wizard, which means you need a high intelligence. And so you might want to consider a race that has a higher natural intelligence New player: ... Me: Um...yeah, in this world some "races"--again, not the usual sense of that word--are...naturally more intelligent. Don't worry about it, you'll, uh, see how it all works when we start playing [later] Me: roll an arcana check new player: 6! plus 5, that's an 11. Me: yeah, you don't know much about this item unfortunately new player: but I thought you said that if I picked gnome I would be smart Me: you are, it's just-- dwarf fighter: I ROLLED A 19! [[I]curb your enthusiasm music plays[/I]] [/QUOTE]

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