>Go back and read some old books>Gamma world encourages 4d6 drop the lowest>ADnD recommends making a new character if your character sucks>Many other games says that your character is supposed to be elite>The only game that makes you take a shit character is...2nd edition dnd
me, the one hit point mage
you forgot B/X retard
>>96849015OP's a shitposter. Probably thinks each Basic iteration is a new edition.
>>96848953>Retarded complaint thread.Didn't read. Have you tried not playing D&D?
>>96848953>Different games have different styles of playThis is shocking news to /tg/...
>>96848953>The only game that makes you take a shit character is...2nd edition dndFrom the AD&D 2nd edition Dungeon Master's Guide, Chapter 1: Character Ability Scores:>Method I Disadvantages: First, some players may consider their characters to be hopelessly average. Second, the players don't get many choices. Using method I, only luck enables a player to get a character of a particular type, since he has no control over the dice. Most characters have little choice over which class they become: Only one or two options will be open to them. You might let players discard a character who is totally unsuitable and start over.Method I is 3d6 down the line, by the way.>Hopeless Characters>At the other extreme from the super character is the character who appears hopeless. The player is convinced his new character has a fatal flaw that guarantees a quick and ugly death under the claws of some imaginary foe. Discouraged, he asks to scrap the character and create another.Note how scrapping the character at creation is a choice made by the player. Inb4 "You might let" and "he asks" become semantic sticking pointsThen there's this further down:>Dealing with Dissatisfied Players>All of the above notwithstanding, you don't want to force a player to accept a character he doesn't really like. All you will do is lose a player. If someone really is dissatisfied, either make some adjustments to the character or let him roll up a new one.If this isn't one of the core books encouraging number fixing for player satisfaction at character creation, I don't know what is.We knew already, but OP is massive, raging homosexualist.
>>96850879which muppet is that behind the hot lady?Is that Gumbly Graggle?
>>96850879I remember Gygax writing several times that forcing someone to have a shit character is just bad game design because all it leads to is "I kill myself, and depending on method possibly some other characters too, can I reroll now?"
