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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4833437" data-attributes="member: 177">I think this is a cogent way of putting it.In my years of gaming, I have learned to start with these restrictions - before I ask what I want to play, I ask what I reasonably can expect to play.  Before I make up my mind on what I want, I'll usually add in one more restriction - Group dynamic restrictions on appropriateness.  I look at who I'm playing with, and what they are playing, and use those to influence my choices as well.Having taken those into consideration first, I usually don't have to chop away and compromise - I've front-loaded my compromises, in a way.Also I note that when making up a character, my concept has a couple of parts - what the character is at the game start, and what the character may become.  I try not to preplan the latter much, as I find that gameplay generally gives inspiration for more interesting results than preplanning does.</blockquote>