Reply To: Dumbing Down RPG's

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I tend to allow my players choose what they want to play then “ensure” that they get the stats to play that. For example if someone wants to play a ranger I just make sure that their stats are at a minimum sufficient for that. As for background I might give them some suggestions or use some game aids like tables, etc but generally I give them a lot of freedom. Some people love coming up with their own back story while others want to know, at least roughly, what their back story is and role play to that. So it generally depends on the players and I think as in all things RPG what one uses to generate the characters is a “suggestion”. I’m not a rules as written type of DM though I try to follow the spirit of the rules.