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Hiding the PHB from players - Cool or Restrictive?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ginnel" data-source="post: 4227913" data-attributes="member: 66058"><p>what type of game does an RPG suggest you are playing? </p><p></p><p>I think most players can figure out a <strong>character</strong> with a bit of fluff provided.</p><p></p><p>example of fluff </p><p></p><p>"a wizard is a character trained in the arcane arts he casts spells to affect combat and also has a number of utility spells to aid the party, their lack of martial combat expertise means most wizards wear little or no armor and stick to the back lines of a fight"</p><p></p><p>"Tieflings are humans who because of their heritage have a demonic taint to them which is shown in some obvious physical traits such as horns and tails or a different colour in skin or eyes, because of their background in the world they are mistrusted or even revered in some parts of the world."</p><p></p><p>or whatever fluff is appropirate to your campaign, its exactly the kind of thing you would say to a new player who doesn't know any of the rules, you don't cloud their mind with stats and numbers you light their imagination with background and concepts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ginnel, post: 4227913, member: 66058"] what type of game does an RPG suggest you are playing? I think most players can figure out a [B]character[/B] with a bit of fluff provided. example of fluff "a wizard is a character trained in the arcane arts he casts spells to affect combat and also has a number of utility spells to aid the party, their lack of martial combat expertise means most wizards wear little or no armor and stick to the back lines of a fight" "Tieflings are humans who because of their heritage have a demonic taint to them which is shown in some obvious physical traits such as horns and tails or a different colour in skin or eyes, because of their background in the world they are mistrusted or even revered in some parts of the world." or whatever fluff is appropirate to your campaign, its exactly the kind of thing you would say to a new player who doesn't know any of the rules, you don't cloud their mind with stats and numbers you light their imagination with background and concepts. [/QUOTE]
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