Post by crimhthanthegreat on Jun 28, 2007 6:16:28 GMT -6
This was posted at DF and it raises a question that I think would be fun to explore. In the next year or two I will have several great-grandchildren enter the campaign and I am going to try this with them to see what kind of results I get. One of the criteria I have for bringing a child into the game is that they have to have read at least 20 fantasy books off of a list that includes the Gygax inspiration books so that they come into the game with some background/grounding in fantasy. And of course they have all heard fairy tales/folk tales from birth. Anyway here is the post and I have bolded the relevant part of the post:
I think it would be a lot of fun to see what new players would come up with and I want to try it at my first opportunity.
Finarvyn, could we get you to post some of the ideas that your new players have come up with over the years?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:11 pm at DF:
Finarvyn wrote:
"I think that my "ideal" D&D would be a combination of the white boxed set with Greyhawk and Blackmoor supplements integrated together. (I'm not really thrilled with Psionics, but the druids from Eldrich Wizardry could be fit in as well.)
Like many of the others, I like the simplicity and flexabiltiy of the original rules system. In fact, when I provide spell lists to my newbies I don't provide details as to what the spell does. Instead, I ask them "what do you think that spell can do?" and find that many times they are very creative when they are not limited by official guidelines.
I prefer to have player personalities define characters rather than having a pile of extra stats or skills because extra numbers seem to limit my players who may not try something if their character sheet indicates that they don't have a particular ability."
I think it would be a lot of fun to see what new players would come up with and I want to try it at my first opportunity.
Finarvyn, could we get you to post some of the ideas that your new players have come up with over the years?