Premade Characters for Newbies

[Classclown]

Huh. I don't get a warning on Chrome. It's just an example. The description generators tend to be too random for my tastes, though I might tweak one if I want a different look.

[Yelinak]

If this becomes a thing, I'll happily volunteer to write up a dozen or so premade characters.

[Barsook]

If this becomes a thing, I'll happily volunteer to write up a dozen or so premade characters.

[Shalooonsh]

First Time Accounts + First Time PC = Should get a Premade Character Approved and in the game. Make them go to a newbie school. Let them learn the commands.

Since I started staffing if there's a PC in the queue who needs editing, I'll edit it and get it through.  I know I'm not alone as a member of staff and that several others do this as well.

There are a few caveats - I mean if it's a cybernetic cat girl with a lazergun for a foot, that's too much editing and the player doesn't understand.

We have had the discussion about pre-gens before, and the talk will likely come up again.  It's not that we lack the creativity to get twenty or more pre-gens together, it's that it would require a system overhaul in some regards.

[Narf]

First Time Accounts + First Time PC = Should get a Premade Character Approved and in the game. Make them go to a newbie school. Let them learn the commands.

We have had the discussion about pre-gens before, and the talk will likely come up again.  It's not that we lack the creativity to get twenty or more pre-gens together, it's that it would require a system overhaul in some regards.

You could do it with an external website link that generated or contained copy/pastable backgrounds and descriptions without much of a system overhaul. Might make a good stopgap.

[Barsook]

But still the problem is still going to arise so I think doing it in the game is better AND only for first time accounts/characters. Something like what DragonRealms has where you can do it step by step for gender and features.

[Classclown]

Why limit it to new players? Sometimes I would like to just pick a premade as a challenge or if in a slump.