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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5926664">Strikes me as language very similar to that of power gamers.Not wanting to make choices in advance, not wanting to bother with the details, not wanting to really make a character but more of a stat-monster, wanting a lot of information beforehand.I agree that there is some merit in having advance knowledge, but to me, it seems somewhat counter to how I feel games like D&amp;D should be.&nbsp; You play what you want to play, what you want to be, not what you need to be in order to get ahead.I don't have any problems with his ideas though, pregens are great for quick games, but I wouldn't consider them valuable in the long-run for player investment.&nbsp; No front-loading is fine by me, it eliminates class-dipping that I despise so greatly.&nbsp; And being able to make a character quickly, even if you're new, is always a good thing.To be honest, I can see some of this ideology in the DDN classes.Themes and Backgrounds are &quot;don't sweat the small stuff&quot; decisions that allow you to make one big decision which makes a bunch of small decisions for you.&nbsp; Classes aren't quite as frontloaded as they used to be, with more of that falling into those &quot;big quick choices&quot;.I really care about the characters I create, so long character creation times doesn't bother me.&nbsp; I'm not out to make a stat-monster, and every time I've made something quick and dirty like that after about 2 sessions I hate it.&nbsp; Those characters are flat, boring, and as a writer make me just cringe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 5926664"] Strikes me as language very similar to that of power gamers. Not wanting to make choices in advance, not wanting to bother with the details, not wanting to really make a character but more of a stat-monster, wanting a lot of information beforehand. I agree that there is some merit in having advance knowledge, but to me, it seems somewhat counter to how I feel games like D&D should be. You play what you [I]want[/I] to play, what you [I]want[/I] to be, not what you [I]need[/I] to be in order to get ahead. I don't have any problems with his ideas though, pregens are great for quick games, but I wouldn't consider them valuable in the long-run for player investment. No front-loading is fine by me, it eliminates class-dipping that I despise so greatly. And being able to make a character quickly, even if you're new, is always a good thing. To be honest, I can see some of this ideology in the DDN classes. Themes and Backgrounds are "don't sweat the small stuff" decisions that allow you to make one big decision which makes a bunch of small decisions for you. Classes aren't [I]quite[/I] as frontloaded as they used to be, with more of that falling into those "big quick choices". I really care about the characters I create, so long character creation times doesn't bother me. I'm not out to make a stat-monster, and every time I've made something quick and dirty like that after about 2 sessions I hate it. Those characters are flat, boring, and as a writer make me just cringe. [/QUOTE]

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