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<blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4018486" data-attributes="member: 55846">If you feel the mechanics of a character cannot significantly contribute to your interest in a character, then the issue with 4e would appear to be neutral.&nbsp; The changes in mechanics are not relevant, in which case you will be in the same situation in 4e as you were in 3e: you will provide the items you listed for background and personality in the same way.&nbsp; The mechanics of the character affect how the character is portrayed when the game mechanics are brought into play.&nbsp; For example, you could create a background for your character that he a skilled swordsman, that he is a capable second-story thief and that he has picked up the magical talent to blend into the shadows from his old mentors.&nbsp; If you are satisfied with this description and don't mind that it may not be portrayed this way when the game mechanics are brought into play, then I'd imagine that indeed the mechanics of a character would be of little interest to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FourthBear, post: 4018486, member: 55846"] If you feel the mechanics of a character cannot significantly contribute to your interest in a character, then the issue with 4e would appear to be neutral. The changes in mechanics are not relevant, in which case you will be in the same situation in 4e as you were in 3e: you will provide the items you listed for background and personality in the same way. The mechanics of the character affect how the character is portrayed when the game mechanics are brought into play. For example, you could create a background for your character that he a skilled swordsman, that he is a capable second-story thief and that he has picked up the magical talent to blend into the shadows from his old mentors. If you are satisfied with this description and don't mind that it may not be portrayed this way when the game mechanics are brought into play, then I'd imagine that indeed the mechanics of a character would be of little interest to you. [/QUOTE]

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