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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6520265">Seems like a waste of resources.&nbsp; For that kind of resource cost, couldn't you simply hire someone awesome?&nbsp; Then we could just say the person we hired is the player we just brought in?&nbsp; I mean if you're going to drop 300gp every other combat or so to rescue the doof until he becomes awesome, why not put that money to better use?I don't really understand the disconnect I suppose, but to my, there's nothing inherently changing about my character.&nbsp; To keep games clean (or if they become dirty to keep them from being weird) my characters are always 20+ for humans and whatever 'adult' age is for non-humans.&nbsp; So they've already got a history, especially if they're one of the long-lives races.&nbsp; Sure I gain powers, skills and new abilities as I level in the game, but that's not particularly relevant to who my character is (there is some relation, but it is tangential).&nbsp; If I make a high-level character, I just write a longer backstory (mine are usually 3-5 pages to begin with so imagine how my DM feels).I ran an open campaign for the last 3 months.&nbsp; I introduced a new character, sometimes multiple ones, almost EVERY GAME.&nbsp; So yeah, if it wasn't for this trope I don't know what I'd do.It's &quot;faster&quot; yes, but faster is a relative term.&nbsp; I've found that a complete D&amp;D noob takes half to a whole hour to create a character.&nbsp; Experienced players can slap a character together in 10 minutes regardless of level, which I'd say if probably quicker than any edition after AD&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6520265"] Seems like a waste of resources. For that kind of resource cost, couldn't you simply [I]hire[/I] someone awesome? Then we could just say the person we hired is the player we just brought in? I mean if you're going to drop 300gp every other combat or so to rescue the doof until he becomes awesome, why not put that money to better use? I don't really understand the disconnect I suppose, but to my, there's nothing inherently changing about my character. To keep games clean (or if they become dirty to keep them from being [I]weird[/I]) my characters are always 20+ for humans and whatever 'adult' age is for non-humans. So they've already got a history, especially if they're one of the long-lives races. Sure I gain powers, skills and new abilities as I level in the game, but that's not particularly relevant to [I]who[/I] my character is (there is some relation, but it is tangential). If I make a high-level character, I just write a longer backstory (mine are usually 3-5 pages to begin with so imagine how my DM feels). I ran an open campaign for the last 3 months. I introduced a new character, sometimes multiple ones, almost EVERY GAME. So yeah, if it wasn't for this trope I don't know what I'd do. It's "faster" yes, but faster is a relative term. I've found that a complete D&D noob takes half to a whole hour to create a character. Experienced players can slap a character together in 10 minutes regardless of level, which I'd say if probably quicker than any edition after AD&D. [/QUOTE]

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