I can understand that sometimes there is a hidden trait that you don't want to reveal...but most of the stuff (in description especially) it makes sense to be public and, conversely, it is sometimes a complete PITA that it is not (because you need to share it via another medium).
So - is there a really good reason for this and, if not, could it be revisited?
Because it allows people the opportunity to describe their characters in their own language, although that’s generally more important for background.
Of course, there are people who don’t want anything shared at all, not even name, race, and class.
They are trying to figure out how to revisit it in a way that will make both sides happy. That requires more work that most folks realize, and they have a metric shedload* of other work that’s slightly higher priority** to do first. *(highly technical unit of measurement) **(like making all of the class features work correctly)
I can understand that sometimes there is a hidden trait that you don't want to reveal...but most of the stuff (in description especially) it makes sense to be public and, conversely, it is sometimes a complete PITA that it is not (because you need to share it via another medium).
So - is there a really good reason for this and, if not, could it be revisited?
Because it allows people the opportunity to describe their characters in their own language, although that’s generally more important for background.
Of course, there are people who don’t want anything shared at all, not even name, race, and class.
They are trying to figure out how to revisit it in a way that will make both sides happy. That requires more work that most folks realize, and they have a metric shedload* of other work that’s slightly higher priority** to do first.
*(highly technical unit of measurement)
**(like making all of the class features work correctly)
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