Survey for New Players
Do you want me to make a character for you?
- Yes, please.
- No, but I’d like help.
- Nope, I have it covered.
How much tactical complexity do you like?
- Simple. I like to have the choices I make on my turn be reasonably straightforward.
- Medium. I like to think things through, but don’t want to have to be a chess grandmaster just to play.
- Complex. I like the challenge of planning ahead and trying to take different things into consideration.
- Don’t know/Don’t care
How close do you want your combat?
- Melee. I want to hit hard and take hard hits (or shrug them off like the stud I am).
- Skirmisher. I like to stay on the fringe of melee, dancing around the battlefield.
- Ranged. I like to blast things from a distance, staying safely away from the brutes.
- Don’t know/Don’t care.
What sort of role do you like in combat?
- Striker. I like to focus on killing the enemy. Big damage, all the time.
- Defender. I like to act as a shield, stepping between the enemy and my allies.
- Leader. I like to support my allies – healing them, making them stronger, and helping move into position.
- Controller. I like to manipulate the battlefield and confuse or incapacitate the enemy.
- Don’t know/Don’t care
How much of a gambler are you
- Vegas, baby! I like to roll the dice and see if I win big or lose it all.
- Moderate. I like some variability, but I don’t like risking a string of bad luck undoing all my efforts.
- Steady. I like for my powers to depend on my skill, not luck. Or at least for them to be dependable.
- Don’t know/don’t care.
How appealing do you find the following? where
- Meh.
- It’s somewhat appealing.
- I’d like that.
- Ooooh! So cool!
- Doing magic spells
- Having psychic abilities
- Being sneaky and/or tricksy
- Knowing things (e.g. history or science)
- Building things
- Channeling the power of the gods
- Communing with nature
- Solving mysteries
- Wielding weapons
- Noticing things (e.g. secret doors of small clues
- Performing for an audience
- Riding a horse (or dinosaur or griffon, etc.)
- Having a sidekick creature (e.g. cat, bear, demon familiar, etc.)
- Finding treasure
- Saving innocents
- Exploring new lands
- Being the bad guys