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Hello! For a college project, I am writing a Pathfinder guide. The premise of the guide is a guide for player by players. What have you learned in pathfinder that you wish you had known when you began.
Over the next few days, I'll be posting a topic like this each day, each with a different topic that I'm gathering advice for. If you have advice unrelated to the topic of the day, feel free to share it, I just want to keep things organized for myself. The topics that will be covered are: Character Creation/Building, Strategy when playing, Interparty conflicts (both in game and out of game) and styling the campaign around your player's interests (roleplay vs. rollplay, stuff like that). I'll go into more detail on each topic when I post the thread.
What kind of advice am I looking for? Pretty much any advice, really. The advice can be mechanical, story based, even your own personal house rules that make things run smoother. Anything goes as long as its newbie friendly.
And so we enter the first topic: Character Creation!
What advice would you give to a first time player when they're building their first characters. What system do you prefer for generating stats? Do you use house rules? Do you factor in the rest of the group, or do you think its better to invent your own character independently? What advice do you have for writing your character's backstory? How much of a backstory should a character have?
Also, I will be crediting everyone who posts as a source for the guide. If you do not want to be labeled as a source or have an alternate name you want to be credited under, please say so. Otherwise I'll make a list of usernames. Thank you for all your help!