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<blockquote data-quote="Herpes Cineplex" data-source="post: 3325765" data-attributes="member: 16936">It's never really qualified as a &quot;problem&quot; in our group.Typically, what happens is that we take some time (one or two sessions) just for character creation, with lots of &quot;Hey, what do you think about this feat?&quot; questions from the people who feel like other people may have a better grasp of the system than they do.We do have one player who simply doesn't like making characters, and so someone else will do it for her.&nbsp; She comes up with a basic concept, then one of us asks her a few pointed questions here and there and writes up the character sheet for her.&nbsp; Sometimes we do an informal peer-review step to spot flaws in the design and/or set up the character so that it delivers the kind of play she likes.We're also pretty relaxed about rebuilding characters; if it turns out within a few sessions that a mistake was made in character design, fixing it is usually as easy as saying to the GM, &quot;Whoa, I messed up: I'm going to exchange this feat for that one, and take points out of that skill to put into this one instead.&quot;&nbsp; No one's abused that privilege yet.I have to confess that I'm utterly baffled by the guy in your group who &quot;felt cheated&quot; when you built someone else's PC because &quot;you should invest your own time to get a good character&quot;; if everyone's character is effective and they're happy playing it, we all have more fun...so why should I care how we get to that point?--i guess we're just not that internally competitiveryan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Herpes Cineplex, post: 3325765, member: 16936"] It's never really qualified as a "problem" in our group. Typically, what happens is that we take some time (one or two sessions) just for character creation, with lots of "Hey, what do you think about this feat?" questions from the people who feel like other people may have a better grasp of the system than they do. We do have one player who simply doesn't like making characters, and so someone else will do it for her. She comes up with a basic concept, then one of us asks her a few pointed questions here and there and writes up the character sheet for her. Sometimes we do an informal peer-review step to spot flaws in the design and/or set up the character so that it delivers the kind of play she likes. We're also pretty relaxed about rebuilding characters; if it turns out within a few sessions that a mistake was made in character design, fixing it is usually as easy as saying to the GM, "Whoa, I messed up: I'm going to exchange this feat for that one, and take points out of that skill to put into this one instead." No one's abused that privilege yet. I have to confess that I'm utterly baffled by the guy in your group who "felt cheated" when you built someone else's PC because "you should invest your own time to get a good character"; if everyone's character is effective and they're happy playing it, we all have more fun...so why should I care how we get to that point? -- i guess we're just not that internally competitive ryan [/QUOTE]

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