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<blockquote data-quote="Syrsuro" data-source="post: 4444306" data-attributes="member: 58162"><p>I disagree that it's annoying. The alternative is for characters at high levels to not have any abilities that are more complex or interesting than those at 1st level. </p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure he wouldn't be better off leveling the character up anyway. But I suppose if he has players that are that overwhelmed by too many options it might make sense. But a leveled character has the option to pick a few powers he understands and stick to those, while a sidekick character doesn't have the option - he only has those few powers and furthermore is denied the opportunity to learn about playing a highlevel besides, which means the problem never goes away.</p><p> </p><p>Unless the person was only going to play for that one session I think he still be better off with a full level character, even if that characters powers were simplified to make it easier to handle.</p><p> </p><p>Carl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Syrsuro, post: 4444306, member: 58162"] I disagree that it's annoying. The alternative is for characters at high levels to not have any abilities that are more complex or interesting than those at 1st level. I'm not sure he wouldn't be better off leveling the character up anyway. But I suppose if he has players that are that overwhelmed by too many options it might make sense. But a leveled character has the option to pick a few powers he understands and stick to those, while a sidekick character doesn't have the option - he only has those few powers and furthermore is denied the opportunity to learn about playing a highlevel besides, which means the problem never goes away. Unless the person was only going to play for that one session I think he still be better off with a full level character, even if that characters powers were simplified to make it easier to handle. Carl [/QUOTE]
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