The nice part is that the GM is the final arbitrator of what is “in character” or not, so you don’t have to a stereotype, but it does encourage players to consider their class and alignment, while taking actions.

Heh! I’m not sure that conforming to stereotypes really qualifies as “good role playing”.

@Saragon– Without giving anything away for tomorrow, running the game was a lot of fun, and gave me, as a GM a very Old School feel, but kept me on my toes with some very fun mechanics.

@Tyson– Character generation took about an hour. Attributes go quickly, but the spending of the Building Points can slow down as you start to really customize the characters.

I think everyone was pretty happy with the options you have in the initial build. Its not limitless, but you do have to make some decisions on how many bonus BP’s you want, what skills you need, weapon proficiencies, class, attribute changes, etc.

When it was done, you do feel like you created a unique character.

I also think it’s worth a mention that all Cleric classes are not the same in this game. Each Cleric gets some bonuses and restrictions depending on what God they follow. It adds a nice bit of flavor to the game, and it’s easy to adapt for your own game world.