Re: Campaign preparation with newbie players

"Ben Finney" <bignose+hates-spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Perhaps running a once-off, multi-session adventure with disposable
> characters could be better than starting with a campaign. It would
> give the players a chance to learn how to roleplay without being stuck
> with a character design that, despite their choosing it, turns out to
> be incompatible with their play style.

That's idea IMO. The question here is if they really want to do this in 
concept- not in detail. And that can best be answered with st*****ype 
characters in a one off example of your game style.

However I wouldn't make the first game stat free unless your style
involves 
a significant number of adventures that are stat free. Don't bait and
switch 
your newbies, give them an true example of your game from the beginning.
I'd 
use the rules (or at least the core ones), but would walk them through
them 
as they go (except for character generation, which I'd hand them).
Ideally, 
they will want to play the rules as well as the RPing, or afterwards at 
least explain why they didn't so that perhaps you can select a different 
game system if they are up for another try.