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<blockquote data-quote="Zustiur" data-source="post: 4954090" data-attributes="member: 1544">As a player, I wish my DM had run several sessions of 'learning the game' style play. The best way I can figure to do that is for each player to build 4 level 3 characters - one of each role. Each session you play a different role, until you've done this for 4 sessions. By then you should have a pretty good handle on how the game fits together, and you can build a character at any level with a far greater understanding of what works and doesn't work in 4E.I struggled through the entirety of Keep on the Shadowfel with a character that was built around 3E understandings. That character SUCKED. If I built that same character now, with the same concept in mind, I would do so very differently.So my advice is do not start your campaign from your first session. Let the players get to grips with 4E before you have them make characters that they're going to be stuck with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zustiur, post: 4954090, member: 1544"] As a player, I wish my DM had run several sessions of 'learning the game' style play. The best way I can figure to do that is for each player to build 4 level 3 characters - one of each role. Each session you play a different role, until you've done this for 4 sessions. By then you should have a pretty good handle on how the game fits together, and you can build a character at any level with a far greater understanding of what works and doesn't work in 4E. I struggled through the entirety of Keep on the Shadowfel with a character that was built around 3E understandings. That character SUCKED. If I built that same character now, with the same concept in mind, I would do so very differently. So my advice is do not start your campaign from your first session. Let the players get to grips with 4E before you have them make characters that they're going to be stuck with. [/QUOTE]

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