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<blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 4834275" data-attributes="member: 51930"><p>PH2:</p><p>pro: everyone who owns it will have access to it, and why not use something in the DDI that you paid for?</p><p>Pro: more ability to make the character you want <em>(like a sorcerer/mc Rogue with stealth rather than thievery)</em></p><p>con: it's not as setting-fun as regions here</p><p>Con: it's generic, so no emersion: you don't learn anything about L4W</p><p> </p><p>L4W: </p><p>Pro: setting is fun, and you emmerse better</p><p>Pro: more community-built material</p><p>Con: you come, read them, and can't use the WOTC backgrounds that you paid money for, just for the sake of emersion *in a pre-determined way*</p><p>Con: it doesn't fit with the build you want <em>(even if you're a sorcerer who snuck around his master's house like a thief, you can never learn stealth if you're from Daunton)</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All in all, I think more variety is more fun when you get the hang of it. I think that, if PH2 is used, it would be a good idea to decide when racial feats actually work, and where. What events for example, are wide-spread enough that they could affect new PCs? </p><p> </p><p>I'm almost willing to propose "Historical backgrounds". Like, if I run a high-level adventure and there's a flight of dragons mashing, say, Bacarte, we could say "you developed a hatred of dragons that made you want to adventure: +2 vs. dragonfear saves" or something, due specifically to my adventure happening on Barcarte.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fireinthedust, post: 4834275, member: 51930"] PH2: pro: everyone who owns it will have access to it, and why not use something in the DDI that you paid for? Pro: more ability to make the character you want [I](like a sorcerer/mc Rogue with stealth rather than thievery)[/I] con: it's not as setting-fun as regions here Con: it's generic, so no emersion: you don't learn anything about L4W L4W: Pro: setting is fun, and you emmerse better Pro: more community-built material Con: you come, read them, and can't use the WOTC backgrounds that you paid money for, just for the sake of emersion *in a pre-determined way* Con: it doesn't fit with the build you want [I](even if you're a sorcerer who snuck around his master's house like a thief, you can never learn stealth if you're from Daunton)[/I] All in all, I think more variety is more fun when you get the hang of it. I think that, if PH2 is used, it would be a good idea to decide when racial feats actually work, and where. What events for example, are wide-spread enough that they could affect new PCs? I'm almost willing to propose "Historical backgrounds". Like, if I run a high-level adventure and there's a flight of dragons mashing, say, Bacarte, we could say "you developed a hatred of dragons that made you want to adventure: +2 vs. dragonfear saves" or something, due specifically to my adventure happening on Barcarte. [/QUOTE]
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