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<blockquote data-quote="Valavien" data-source="post: 184257" data-attributes="member: 1085"><p>Yes you can but it's idea was to get people new to the game straight into playing and the experience.&nbsp; Not giving Character gen rules is WOTC's way of doing this.&nbsp; The emphasis on playing rather than the setup.&nbsp; As I said before, they wan't you to experience what normally goes on in a session while gradually introducing the rules.&nbsp; Then the players go &quot;this game is cool and roleplaying is great' and purchase the PHB with an understanding of how it works.&nbsp; Now that they know how to play, when these lucky people purchase the book they don't have to worry so much about all of the other rules like we do, they can concentrate on reading through the character gen with an understanding of what they want.&nbsp; This also encourages the purchase of the PHB because it promises of more crunchy bits to come! Wow you can make your own character if I buy the PHB, I must have it!&nbsp; Watering the character gen rules down in the Adventure game could cause confusion when it came to moving onto normal D&amp;D.&nbsp; That was the idea of 3e, that it would be simple in it's own right.&nbsp; Going from the Basic set to AD&amp;D was a big step and many things were different and confusing.&nbsp;&nbsp; ack now I am confused!!&nbsp; Do you sort of know what I am talking about, anyone??</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Valavien, post: 184257, member: 1085"] Yes you can but it's idea was to get people new to the game straight into playing and the experience. Not giving Character gen rules is WOTC's way of doing this. The emphasis on playing rather than the setup. As I said before, they wan't you to experience what normally goes on in a session while gradually introducing the rules. Then the players go "this game is cool and roleplaying is great' and purchase the PHB with an understanding of how it works. Now that they know how to play, when these lucky people purchase the book they don't have to worry so much about all of the other rules like we do, they can concentrate on reading through the character gen with an understanding of what they want. This also encourages the purchase of the PHB because it promises of more crunchy bits to come! Wow you can make your own character if I buy the PHB, I must have it! Watering the character gen rules down in the Adventure game could cause confusion when it came to moving onto normal D&D. That was the idea of 3e, that it would be simple in it's own right. Going from the Basic set to AD&D was a big step and many things were different and confusing. ack now I am confused!! Do you sort of know what I am talking about, anyone?? [/QUOTE]

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