' Wrote:technically neither is against the rules, barring possible OoRPness, but there is alot of possibilty for abuse in either case.
giving a new player a fully set up character is taking a lot away from their discovery experience. The developing, learning, and self-sufficiency experiences are bypassed, perhaps making discovery more boring more quickly, and removing a big part of the "discovery".
not to mention there would be no telling who was actually on the account.
If this was a PVP server, i think it may be appropriate, but in my opinion, on a role play server it is not.
It seems to me that it would allow a person to go straight into rp without any oorp character building for cash or rep.
On a RP server that seems like a plus.
And I guess it is allowed. It's easy enough to make the characters and record when they are transfered.