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<blockquote data-quote="Marc Radle" data-source="post: 9331467" data-attributes="member: 93511"><p>Just my personal opinion, but I don’t ever use character builders, and I really don’t think others should either. There are few things that help you really learn the mechanics of the game better that creating your own character on paper.</p><p></p><p>Plus, I think that aspect of the game is fun! I would hate to not be able to do it on my own <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I feel like if you want to play the game (whichever game) the least you can do is learn it and understand it enough to be able to create a character (and then level it up) on your own without needing to rely on a character builder.</p><p></p><p>I certainly don’t begrudge anyone who wants to use one just because it’s easier or quicker, but if you actually CAN’T do it without using a character builder because you don’t know the rules well enough … to me that’s a real problem</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marc Radle, post: 9331467, member: 93511"] Just my personal opinion, but I don’t ever use character builders, and I really don’t think others should either. There are few things that help you really learn the mechanics of the game better that creating your own character on paper. Plus, I think that aspect of the game is fun! I would hate to not be able to do it on my own :) I feel like if you want to play the game (whichever game) the least you can do is learn it and understand it enough to be able to create a character (and then level it up) on your own without needing to rely on a character builder. I certainly don’t begrudge anyone who wants to use one just because it’s easier or quicker, but if you actually CAN’T do it without using a character builder because you don’t know the rules well enough … to me that’s a real problem [/QUOTE]
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