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A Beguiler would be great because there is little to no decision making in the character creation, but I wouldn't throw a Sorcerer at a new player, because you have to be careful in your spell choice and you can permanently gimp the character fairly easily. Likewise, as a Sorcerer you could accidentally stumble on a completely broken combo. |
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And I would throw a Barbarian at a player and specify that this is not the literary Conan -- maybe the Ahnuld Conan, but not the one you find in the comics or books. I would also specify that it is specifically the simplest introductory character I can make, and if you want to do fancy maneuvers or other fighting styles, that there are other trickier options to do that well. And that if you want to be the Literary Conan, you can do that too, but it'll be as complex as all hell; he was a ****ing badass. |
Anyway, the entire point is that with a melee centric character you pretty much have the worst possible thing you can hand a new player. He basically gets a one trick pony whose only trick is "roll 1d20 + BAB". Oh, and you can like rage once a day. At best this is tedious. At worst it's frustrating.