D&D 5E The "Sealed Envelope" Character Campaign. Would you play?

[DND_Reborn]

Yes, and?

And... I think you get the point.

You don't like the idea, that's fine.

 

[Blue]

I would not play in such a campaign. The deal killer was the personality traits - that's important for me for a campaign. I'd do it for a one-shot though. There is also a stumbling block of potentially being reduced to sidekick status - I assume that if there are rules in the campaign pitch about 3rd+ deaths that multiple deaths are expected, and frankly I don't want to instill more caution and slow play in order to avoid such a problem, nor to discourage players from playing things like front liners which is a support to other characters. (A battlemaster fighter as a front liner and another as an archer are equally sturdy chassis, but one is much more likely to get attacked regularly.)

 

[Mad_Jack]

As a trained actor with an interest in psychology, I'd be down for trying it as brief experiment with an option to extend it into a whole campaign if it turned out to be an interesting party that everyone wanted to play.

Although I personally would be interested in having the character's background and personality already defined, I think overall the idea would generally work better with mechanically complete pregens without personality restrictions or at least with class already determined rather than personality traits.

 

[thom_likes_gaming]

For a one shot, absolutely.
Not for a campaign though, where creating a char is a big part of the appeal

 

[Art Waring]

I've run games with pregen characters, but never in the blind, so to speak. To me it sounds interesting because I like improv and getting to play characters I wouldn't normally pick myself.

I do know some players who are attached to playing their characters the way they want them, either way works for me, it just depends on player preference.

I think as a primarily forever GM I tend to think that I think differently about playing characters than the players at our table.