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RQ Rules Digest:           Saturday, 20 July 1996       Volume 03 : Number 008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

David Dunham                  beginners
nilsw@ibm.net                 RQ Rules Digest: V3 #7
Kevin Scantland               beginners

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From: dunham@pensee.com (David Dunham)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 22:14:19 -0700
Subject: Re: beginners

Richard Staats asked

> what do most of you favor for backgrounds
> and skills for starting characters of novice players?

I liked the Griffin Island/Mountain idea of starting characters off as
"cave men." It reduces the amount of stuff new players have to learn, and
they can get a lot of sense of wonder finding out about the amazing magic
of the citadel folk.

David Dunham   Pensee Corporation   dunham@pensee.com
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From: nilsw@ibm.net
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 11:32:27 +0000
Subject: Re: RQ Rules Digest: V3 #7

Rich Staats:
>On an interesting thread, what do most of you favor for backgrounds 
>and skills for starting characters of novice players?

1. Human, (I don't allow non-human PCs at all), but for novice
   players it's absolutely imperative.

2. Not too alien culture, something reasonably close to a real
   world culture the player is familiar with.

3. Strong ties to the "community" so that the character doesn't
   exist in a vacuum, but not too complex intrigues to begin
   with.

4. Medium skill levels, a novice character is too fragile for
   a novice player and an experienced master too complex.

5. As you say, magicians are usually more complex, so avoid them
   unless the player insists.

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From: Kevin Scantland <kas@cyberhome.cyberus.ca>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 10:12:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: beginners

When I first started RQ, it was in the Prax region.
I was a lesser noble from the Garhound village.
The game had started with others who had started in the Dragon Pass 
region called Apllelane then they had to leave due to the Lunar invasion.
They ended up in Prax and thats when I joined up.
The region is full of diversity and wonder. I had a great time playing.

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