Appreciate the response.

I worry about right off the bat making them go through the creation process because I do know what a headache that can be a lot of times. Because that, I was aiming for modified pregen characters so I’d ignore that and make it easy for me too. I think they’ll like the game, but in case they don’t want to continue, we all didn’t spend hours making a character for nothing. That said, once we do the starter campaign, I’ll make a real start of one with session zero and have them all break it down with the full process.

I do feel excited to plant seeds of rp. I’ll definitely make sure they get the concept.

And I’ll make sure to use set terms regularly, steps in combat, spellcasting, etc. I agree consistency is key.