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<blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 8505484" data-attributes="member: 6750306"><p>In general:</p><p></p><p>Outside of dice, a pencil and a blank sheet of paper, if I haven't previously read through the player-relevant books I'll need a copy of at least the system's player's book to quickly skim through. </p><p></p><p>If I'm familiar with the books, they're not necessary. Most of the time, if I've read something at least twice it's uploaded into the skull drive fairly permanently - hell I can probably still write out the THAC0 chart if you give me a minute to think about it.</p><p>I jumped into my first 4E game on a last-minute invite having never read any of the books and spent fifteen minutes making a character (with a deep campaign-appropriate backstory) and learning all the rules relevant to that particular class (combat, jumping, stealth, etc.). Halfway through the first session I was basically the group's rules guru.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Specifically:</p><p></p><p>I want guidance on the tone and setting of the campaign so I can make an appropriate character, as well as a list of available (or unavailable) resources for character creation.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Those are the things I <em>need.</em></p><p></p><p>I'm an old-school guy, so I'm perfectly cool with not having an official character sheet, a cool miniature or character illustration, or a new set of dice for the character. </p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as what I <em>want</em>, however... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </p><p></p><p>If I have the time, I can spend days sifting through every last option in every last book to craft a damn good character, mechanically and narratively, with a complete three-dimensional personality and a deep backstory.</p><p> I do often select a particular set of dice out of my vast collection that feels like it matches the character, I do usually modify a miniature or even outright sculpt my own figure, and I've got the image-manipulation skills to paste together an image of my character if I feel like it...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad_Jack, post: 8505484, member: 6750306"] In general: Outside of dice, a pencil and a blank sheet of paper, if I haven't previously read through the player-relevant books I'll need a copy of at least the system's player's book to quickly skim through. If I'm familiar with the books, they're not necessary. Most of the time, if I've read something at least twice it's uploaded into the skull drive fairly permanently - hell I can probably still write out the THAC0 chart if you give me a minute to think about it. I jumped into my first 4E game on a last-minute invite having never read any of the books and spent fifteen minutes making a character (with a deep campaign-appropriate backstory) and learning all the rules relevant to that particular class (combat, jumping, stealth, etc.). Halfway through the first session I was basically the group's rules guru. Specifically: I want guidance on the tone and setting of the campaign so I can make an appropriate character, as well as a list of available (or unavailable) resources for character creation. Those are the things I [I]need.[/I] I'm an old-school guy, so I'm perfectly cool with not having an official character sheet, a cool miniature or character illustration, or a new set of dice for the character. As far as what I [I]want[/I], however... :cool: If I have the time, I can spend days sifting through every last option in every last book to craft a damn good character, mechanically and narratively, with a complete three-dimensional personality and a deep backstory. I do often select a particular set of dice out of my vast collection that feels like it matches the character, I do usually modify a miniature or even outright sculpt my own figure, and I've got the image-manipulation skills to paste together an image of my character if I feel like it... [/QUOTE]
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