Quote Originally Posted by stoutstien View Post
Choice only matters if you have something to base it on otherwise it's just a blind gamble. Picking the right class, spell, or whatever isn't really a choice if it's just luck based if you pick the right option. Picking a number between 1 and 100 isn't a real choice but picking the likely number in a sequence is.
And is picking your character and actions usually just a blind gamble to you? All of the classes, from the basic rules, inform you what they can and cannot do. As a character advances in a game, the player has opportunity to observe what is in the game world and choose their actions accordingly. They will see a mountain before they have to climb it, they can hear stories of sunken treasure or distant islands before they have the funds to buy a ship or learn Water Breathing, they will see creatures flying overhead way before learning how to fly themselves, and they will hear rumours of the Dark Lord's army long before facing them in combat. So on and so forth.