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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7302238" data-attributes="member: 92305">I'm old school.&nbsp; I prefer to roll dice and discover a character by what the dice tell me.&nbsp; I much prefer a system like 1E AD&amp;D where you random roll stats and then see what type of character you have qualified to play.&nbsp; You can't play a Paladin unless your rolls qualify.Classic Traveller is another game I love, with a character generation system that is both fun and brilliant.&nbsp; Life doesn't always allow you to make lemonade.&nbsp; You may have wanted to be a film director, but, instead, life turned you down the road of being a computer technician.&nbsp; That's how CT character generation works.&nbsp; And, it generates some extremely interesting characters.I love rolling dice and listening to them--figuring out what they mean.&nbsp; I love to figure out &quot;How did this character come to be this way.&quot;To me that's much more rewarding than systems like 3E D&amp;D where a player can play any class of character, right off the bat, as there's no requirements (which is not always true, especially with prestige classes).There are a significant number of people, though, on the other side of this who argue, &quot;If I want to play a Paladin, then why can't I?&nbsp; I want to have fun, too!&nbsp; And, I want to play a Paladin, regardless of what I roll!&quot;To be fair, I can see that point.What about you?&nbsp; Where do you stand on this issue?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 7302238, member: 92305"] I'm old school. I prefer to roll dice and discover a character by what the dice tell me. I much prefer a system like 1E AD&D where you random roll stats and then see what type of character you have qualified to play. You can't play a Paladin unless your rolls qualify. Classic Traveller is another game I love, with a character generation system that is both fun and brilliant. Life doesn't always allow you to make lemonade. You may have wanted to be a film director, but, instead, life turned you down the road of being a computer technician. That's how CT character generation works. And, it generates some extremely interesting characters. I love rolling dice and listening to them--figuring out what they mean. I love to figure out "How did this character come to be this way." To me that's much more rewarding than systems like 3E D&D where a player can play any class of character, right off the bat, as there's no requirements (which is not always true, especially with prestige classes). There are a significant number of people, though, on the other side of this who argue, "If I want to play a Paladin, then why can't I? I want to have fun, too! And, I want to play a Paladin, regardless of what I roll!" To be fair, I can see that point. What about you? Where do you stand on this issue? [/QUOTE]

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