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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7120935" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>That's why I said more structure may be good.&nbsp; On the other hand, for someone used to shows, movies, and books, having a system that can't encompass what they envision may be off-putting as well.&nbsp; Many years ago when my eldest first asked me about what I was doing with D&amp;D we designed a character just talking through it.&nbsp; She liked the idea of healing and of changing shape, so we went with druid, but she wanted her defining physical characteristic to be that she was amazing nimble, like Peter Parker.&nbsp; She wasn't conditioned to D&amp;D-think that a druid needs to be wise (and resisted it when I suggested, she wanted a young girl who got into trouble because she acted first), nor had any understanding that her amazing agility would not carry over to when she was in animal form.&nbsp; She also wasn't interested in other spells, just healing.&nbsp; This type of rules vs. imagination disconnect is why I suggest more flexible system where the mechanics can realize what they envision without having to jigger it around.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7120935, member: 20564"] That's why I said more structure may be good. On the other hand, for someone used to shows, movies, and books, having a system that can't encompass what they envision may be off-putting as well. Many years ago when my eldest first asked me about what I was doing with D&D we designed a character just talking through it. She liked the idea of healing and of changing shape, so we went with druid, but she wanted her defining physical characteristic to be that she was amazing nimble, like Peter Parker. She wasn't conditioned to D&D-think that a druid needs to be wise (and resisted it when I suggested, she wanted a young girl who got into trouble because she acted first), nor had any understanding that her amazing agility would not carry over to when she was in animal form. She also wasn't interested in other spells, just healing. This type of rules vs. imagination disconnect is why I suggest more flexible system where the mechanics can realize what they envision without having to jigger it around. [/QUOTE]

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