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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9186048" data-attributes="member: 6684958">Well...optimism meets cold hard reality quick enough.&nbsp; And the simple truth is most people can not be creative: this is who they are fundamentally.&nbsp; And for the most part, you have to be Born With Creativity Skill.&nbsp; Yes it is possible to learn the skill.....but that is very uncommon.&nbsp; Get a group of gamers together and ask them to create something....and maybe a 1/4 will even have the skill to do it, though 2-3 of them &quot;won't have the time to do it&quot; or some other such reason.Just take something simple...like make five fire spells.&nbsp; Most Gamers can't do it.And this goes for &quot;professionals&quot; too.&nbsp; They have to write five fire spells....and ALL they can think up of is &quot;um...ball of fire, it explodes to do 1d6 fire damage&quot; or &quot;wall of fire, um burns for 1d6 damage.&quot;. And so on.&nbsp; Someone posted a thread about this too....why do so many descriptions just say something like &quot;this does the spell effect X&quot;&nbsp; Zzzzzzz.&nbsp; Though in many cases it was all the writer could think of.&nbsp; Like ok...we need a 9th level fire spell.&nbsp; What does D&amp;D have...oh, it's &quot;Bigger Fireball&quot;.&nbsp; Wow...lots of creativity there.&nbsp; Of course, a bit more creative person might write a spell like&nbsp; &quot;Temporal Conflagration&quot;.&nbsp; What does that spell that I just made up do?&nbsp; It crates a firestorm that burns through TIME.&nbsp; Now THAT is a 9th level spell.But most people can't think like that.&nbsp; They simply are not creative.&nbsp; Sure they might be able to make a couple fire spells with simple effects.&nbsp; Fireball, balls of fire, flaming balls, balls of flame and so on.&nbsp; The chance that someone else might think of a &quot;fire spell that burns through time &quot; is very low...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9186048, member: 6684958"] Well...optimism meets cold hard reality quick enough. And the simple truth is most people can not be creative: this is who they are fundamentally. And for the most part, you have to be Born With Creativity Skill. Yes it is possible to learn the skill.....but that is very uncommon. Get a group of gamers together and ask them to create something....and maybe a 1/4 will even have the skill to do it, though 2-3 of them "won't have the time to do it" or some other such reason. Just take something simple...like make five fire spells. Most Gamers can't do it. And this goes for "professionals" too. They have to write five fire spells....and ALL they can think up of is "um...ball of fire, it explodes to do 1d6 fire damage" or "wall of fire, um burns for 1d6 damage.". And so on. Someone posted a thread about this too....why do so many descriptions just say something like "this does the spell effect X" Zzzzzzz. Though in many cases it was all the writer could think of. Like ok...we need a 9th level fire spell. What does D&D have...oh, it's "Bigger Fireball". Wow...lots of creativity there. Of course, a bit more creative person might write a spell like "Temporal Conflagration". What does that spell that I just made up do? It crates a firestorm that burns through TIME. Now THAT is a 9th level spell. But most people can't think like that. They simply are not creative. Sure they might be able to make a couple fire spells with simple effects. Fireball, balls of fire, flaming balls, balls of flame and so on. The chance that someone else might think of a "fire spell that burns through time " is very low... [/QUOTE]

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