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I've been eagerly awaiting this book since it was announced. I'm actually fairly new to tabletop RPGs, having only been able to play a grand total of maybe 16 sessions. One thing that always killed me was character generation. I generally knew what I wanted out of my character but just trying to navigate the nearly 600 page book is a chore. I have managed to brute-force my way into learning the game all on my own, but still manage to get stuff wrong. I sincerely hope this book fixes that. Can't wait.

As someone who just got into P&PRPGs about a year or two ago, I can honestly say that this book is perfect for me. While I do understand the basic rules for character creation and what have you, it's easy to forget every minute rule. I mean, we're talking about a system where the rules for making a character are spread out over the first 8-10 chapter of a 600-page book. That daunting as hell. Suffice it to say, it becomes very hard to remember every little aspect of the system. So, color me very interested.

This reminds me of an old Gygax called Dungeonland. It's essentially "What if you went and your party went down the rabbit hole? Even better, what if Wonderland was a total meat grinder?" It was very cool, if not a bit unbalanced. Seeing that mixed with Wizard of Oz would be pretty cool. Color me interested.

VoltySquirrel wrote:

Every once and a while, you find the rare player who wants to break the mold and get a little weird with their character. What are some of your favorites, both those of your own design and those you've played alongside with?

"Cleric is a party support character!"

But when you turn the buffs on yourself you make a very capable warrior. Give them a bow and you'll be raining death from afar.

A self-buffing cleric is like a D&D4e fighter with AEDU powers in Pathfinder hahah.

"Wizards are frail and should stay out of melee"
Not if you're a GRAPPLEMANCER!

With the right familiars and shapeshifting forms, wizards can turn into horrible tentacled grapplemonsters that would make a tetari monk green with envy.

Digging the "Let's turn the casters into melee gods" motif you got going on here.