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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 2270784" data-attributes="member: 15582"><p>My general suggestion for starting with DnD is that you design an 8th level character based on her description. </p><p></p><p>I find that when you say this game is all about imagination and heroics newbies get frustrated as soon as they ask to do over the top stuff. Most 1st level characters can't do what people see or read what their heroes do in the books and most aren't interested in "building up" to that level over several months.</p><p></p><p>You can turn the off with a a repeated litiny of "you can't do that yet, you can't do that yet." So make a PC that can deliver on their expectations of heroics. Better yet, pick a fantasy game that starts off new characters on a more competent level that 1st level DnD (regardless of edition)</p><p></p><p>To think of it another way, does one immediately give a serious art critque on a child's drawing? You let them draw outside the lines and have fun first. Later, as they get the nauances, do you start suggesting they put serious consideration into the compostion and lighting of the subject before they put pen to paper.</p><p></p><p>Even though your wife is more experinced with the concepts invovled, sometimes a single player game is better with a more experienced PC. It's easier to provide simplier challenges when you have some headroom. For example, an encounter with three orcs may be tough for a first level fighter, but a minor annoyance to an 8th level sorcerer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 2270784, member: 15582"] My general suggestion for starting with DnD is that you design an 8th level character based on her description. I find that when you say this game is all about imagination and heroics newbies get frustrated as soon as they ask to do over the top stuff. Most 1st level characters can't do what people see or read what their heroes do in the books and most aren't interested in "building up" to that level over several months. You can turn the off with a a repeated litiny of "you can't do that yet, you can't do that yet." So make a PC that can deliver on their expectations of heroics. Better yet, pick a fantasy game that starts off new characters on a more competent level that 1st level DnD (regardless of edition) To think of it another way, does one immediately give a serious art critque on a child's drawing? You let them draw outside the lines and have fun first. Later, as they get the nauances, do you start suggesting they put serious consideration into the compostion and lighting of the subject before they put pen to paper. Even though your wife is more experinced with the concepts invovled, sometimes a single player game is better with a more experienced PC. It's easier to provide simplier challenges when you have some headroom. For example, an encounter with three orcs may be tough for a first level fighter, but a minor annoyance to an 8th level sorcerer. [/QUOTE]
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