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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 214590" data-attributes="member: 177">It's difficult to tell if you are off base when what point you wish to make isn't particularly clear.&nbsp; You start off noting that the character you created couldn't do what you wanted in the rules, but then noted how you really think the rules need to be there.&nbsp; I'm not sure what your point is.In RPGs, we do try to simulate a reality.&nbsp; Every reality we'd care to discuss has rules.&nbsp; Our real reality has physics and chemistry and the rules of human behavior.&nbsp; Games have dice mechanics and other conventions to help everyone stay, &quot;on the same page&quot;.&nbsp; One standard rule for game realities is that the characters all start at a specified point in their careers.&nbsp; The usual default point is early in their careers, though many games and GMs choose some later point.The situation you describe is one in which the player has broken that rule.&nbsp; He's created a character with more background than is appropriate.&nbsp; Having broken one of the rules of the game, it isn't odd that you'd run into problems.&nbsp; If you simply restrict your history to one consistent with a low-level character, you'd find the issue goes away.If you find that you really don't want to play such a character, that's okay, too.&nbsp; Just find a game that's starting, or has already reached the point you'd prefer to play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 214590, member: 177"] It's difficult to tell if you are off base when what point you wish to make isn't particularly clear. You start off noting that the character you created couldn't do what you wanted in the rules, but then noted how you really think the rules need to be there. I'm not sure what your point is. In RPGs, we do try to simulate a reality. Every reality we'd care to discuss has rules. Our [i]real[/i] reality has physics and chemistry and the rules of human behavior. Games have dice mechanics and other conventions to help everyone stay, "on the same page". One standard rule for game realities is that the characters all start at a specified point in their careers. The usual default point is early in their careers, though many games and GMs choose some later point. The situation you describe is one in which the player has broken that rule. He's created a character with more background than is appropriate. Having broken one of the rules of the game, it isn't odd that you'd run into problems. If you simply restrict your history to one consistent with a low-level character, you'd find the issue goes away. If you find that you really don't want to play such a character, that's okay, too. Just find a game that's starting, or has already reached the point you'd prefer to play. [/QUOTE]

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