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Message: <blockquote data-quote="surfarcher" data-source="post: 5241737" data-attributes="member: 84774">What OnlineDM posted at <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/281957-teaching-d-d-4th-edition.html#post5240910" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/281957-teaching-d-d-4th-edition.html#post5240910</a> was awesome and you should read and re-read it!As to pregens and getting folks onto their own characters, here's what I've found a great compromise.I make up a whole stack of level 1 characters and let them pick the one they want and give it a name.  Hopefully it's one they'd like to play long-term if they stick with the game/campaign.Then I print it from the CB off my laptop, cut out the cards and play. That gets them playing quick in the "one shot".Once they are done I give out XP and we talk it through.  I let them know they can keep the character (1 free resurrection if they died) and redesign it if they want at this point.  I'll email them the dnd4e file, talk them through customisation and even do the bulk of the work for them.  Whatever it takes to tweak it into the PC they ultimately want to play.But this way they get the intro, get to keep their XP and get to have their very own customised character.</blockquote>