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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mattachine" data-source="post: 5808288" data-attributes="member: 6678226">I teach people to play D&D every year at the school I work at (we have a D&D club). Most years, I start with character creation, and we get bogged down in the details for two sessions before starting a game. It isn't fun for most of the students right off the bat. This was true for 3e, 3.5, Iron Heroes, and 4e.Lat year, I started with pregens (that you, Characte Creator) based on what new players wanted. They were free to change them as needed between sessions, or replace them with completely new characters when they were ready to make their own.I love the idea of newbies making their own, but the core mechanics of the game are rolling d20s and such, not character creation.To put it another way: When teaching someone to play baseball, give them a mit, tell them to catch the ball, and then give them a bat and tell them to hit and run. Later on, they can better decide which position to play.</blockquote>