opaopajr
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The pillars are just a structural guideline to interaction for those at a loss where to begin. It is like story structure or art media best practices or essay formats. You've always been able to break the rules if you are talented and skilled enough. But the point of teaching a skill's structure is to provide railings to get new generations of the talented, and not so much, both there without re-inventing the wheel and all its frustrating failures.
The problem occurs when any idea becomes read fixidly, seeking optimization of its form over its function. Very old topic of the calcification of teachings failing as students' fear broadening their horizons, see: substance v style, real v nominal, actual v abstract, accuracy v precision, literal v metaphorical v symbolic v allegorical, etc. The point of the railings is to get you there and keep you steady as you need it, with less stumbling along the way -- but it is just apiece, a way, not the entirety of big-T "The Truth."
That said 5e characters are extremely easy to "bring into the loop" in manifold 3-Pillar ways, from Basic 5e onwards. The challenge is getting tables open to that idea...
Oops I misplaced my next January chargen contribution.
5e SRD
Kilchis Ghragn Apuchaghra, Guardian to the Exorcist of the Arid Wastes
Acolyte Champion Fighter Standard Human
Lv 4. HP 32. AC 13, (shld 15). Spd 30. PB: 2
STR 14, DEX 14, CON 13, INT 14, WIS 14, CHA 14
Saves: STR +3, CON +3
Weapon Prof: All. Armor Prof: All. Tool Prof: --
Skill Prof: Insight +4, Intimidation +4, Perception +4, Religion +4
Lang: Common, Celestial, Abyssal, Infernal.
ASI: +1 each STR CON.
Weapon: Handaxe x2, Lance, Longbow & Arrows x20
Armor: Leather, Shield
Gear:
Acolyte -- Clothes, Pouch, Vestments, Incense, Reliquary (saint's gallstones), Prayer Wheel, 15 gp.
Explorer's Pack -- Waterskin, Bedroll, Tinderbox, Mess Kit, Rope 50' hemp, Rations x10, Torches x10, Backpack.
Bio: Guardian for traveling Buddhist exorcist in the Taklamakan & Gobi Desert regions. Routinely carries a shield when exorcist is around. Keeps spiritual languages hidden to espy possesion activity. Looking to finally spend time to learn riding various mounts (Tool: Vehicle Land), but work keeps them busy.
The problem occurs when any idea becomes read fixidly, seeking optimization of its form over its function. Very old topic of the calcification of teachings failing as students' fear broadening their horizons, see: substance v style, real v nominal, actual v abstract, accuracy v precision, literal v metaphorical v symbolic v allegorical, etc. The point of the railings is to get you there and keep you steady as you need it, with less stumbling along the way -- but it is just apiece, a way, not the entirety of big-T "The Truth."
That said 5e characters are extremely easy to "bring into the loop" in manifold 3-Pillar ways, from Basic 5e onwards. The challenge is getting tables open to that idea...
Oops I misplaced my next January chargen contribution.
5e SRD
Kilchis Ghragn Apuchaghra, Guardian to the Exorcist of the Arid Wastes
Acolyte Champion Fighter Standard Human
Lv 4. HP 32. AC 13, (shld 15). Spd 30. PB: 2
STR 14, DEX 14, CON 13, INT 14, WIS 14, CHA 14
Saves: STR +3, CON +3
Weapon Prof: All. Armor Prof: All. Tool Prof: --
Skill Prof: Insight +4, Intimidation +4, Perception +4, Religion +4
Lang: Common, Celestial, Abyssal, Infernal.
ASI: +1 each STR CON.
Weapon: Handaxe x2, Lance, Longbow & Arrows x20
Armor: Leather, Shield
Gear:
Acolyte -- Clothes, Pouch, Vestments, Incense, Reliquary (saint's gallstones), Prayer Wheel, 15 gp.
Explorer's Pack -- Waterskin, Bedroll, Tinderbox, Mess Kit, Rope 50' hemp, Rations x10, Torches x10, Backpack.
Bio: Guardian for traveling Buddhist exorcist in the Taklamakan & Gobi Desert regions. Routinely carries a shield when exorcist is around. Keeps spiritual languages hidden to espy possesion activity. Looking to finally spend time to learn riding various mounts (Tool: Vehicle Land), but work keeps them busy.