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Here's the thing. "Build me a fictional character in game X" is a meat and drink of a forum kind of question. Chatty, no real objective best answer, no real subjective best answer following the rule …

Epic is more system dependent than evil, is the bottom line.

You should help get the question opened, and be patient. You can do this by: Commenting to help the OP overcome the others' concerns Editing to help clarify (rep allowing) Post on meta about the sp …

The shorter form of explanation is that when people see someone ask a question that's clearly answered in the rules, they ask them "have you read the rules? Are they unclear?" With no response, the qu …

There's no hard rules, though there is some good guidance in Why was my question closed as too broad, unclear, or opinion-based? (especially noting that unclear and too broad are often used interchang …

Usually, you just edit and wait. It takes time for closes and it takes time for reopens. Mentioning the revision in chat also helps. You can post to meta as you have done, though it does junk up met …

You should encourage the poster to clarify their question that it might be reopened.

We do not need trivial rules definitions littering this site. We might as well have "What is Armor Class," "What is a longsword," "What is a Dexterity saving throw," "What is an orc," etc. We are not …

How should we treat "trivial question" questions? There are a number of questions coming in that seem like exercises in laziness IMO. "What is a macguffin," "What is railroading," etc. At best thes …

It's closed because it's obviously off topic, and it's locked because we mods have other things to do on a Friday night than keep patrolling to reclose. I understand everyone's feeling fun and silly …

I think the question linked is on topic - but way too broad. "I want links to all kind of sound libraries! With raindrops and gunshots and whatnot!" I have closed it on those grounds.

That's right, your question originally said adventures but you explicitly said yes to "or RPGs" in the comments as clarification. Then you immediately got 6-8 answers, all RPGs, that were all appropri …

Yes, I believe that "CW should be rare" isn't the same thing as "there should be no CW" and with this particular question, rewording to have a "best answer" is nonsensical and would basically compromi …

In this case, the question should be deleted after a little while. Since the guy has seen he's OT already, I've deleted it now. Super off topic questions should get deleted as well as closed. In th …

Your question is too broad and subjective for this format. It's fishing for all kinds of things and directly asks for speculation. That does not fit the Stack Exchange format. Feel free and ask more f …