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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AverageCitizen" data-source="post: 4990003" data-attributes="member: 57845">See, I really like that about Arcane and Martial. They are amoral, no strings attached. They're just tools that your character uses to advance his or her own goals. I'm more of a noir fan, and primal just doesn't fit as well. That's why I can tolerate Divine a bit more, because religion is a part of so many people's lives. It adds a bit of a Father Dowling Mysteries feel to the whole thing. (It was like Diagnosis Murder with a catholic priest.)I like making new worlds, so I think that is why I am predisposed to the generic sources. All of the player's material is permeated with the standard setting fluff for the Primal source, and changing it is like cleaning up after a feather pillow fight with a chain devil.I think I just feel like a character's class should represent his skill set and not his personality or motivation. Primal power source just comes with so much attached it seems one-dimensional.And as long as I'm coming clean, I might as well point out that I pretty much hate almost all the generic fluff that Wizards produces. I cringe at all of the power flavor-texts. Admittedly, it's not really their fault. They have to keep it generic to avoid stepping on DMs toes, and the beauty of story-telling has always been in the details. When I take the mechanical concepts and generic story ideas and then weave them in to my campaign world, filling in the details and setting up relationships, then even the sources that I "hate" get some cool opportunities. Its just a lot more work to make a primal character up to par for me. Its just not my thing, so its like swimming up stream.</blockquote>

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