Recent content by EvilCat

For "D&D stereotypes in space", I recommend the Dragonstar setting, even as a reading. I don't remember exactly what are druids like there, but in general, it meshes fantasy with space pretty well. You can even play a regular D&D character who accidentally discovered that there are world beyond...

When you read a book, you simultaneously feel like each character in the scene and also feel excited because you "witness" these events in your mind. That's what you described: character's conflicts bring excitement to the player (or reader). But you wouldn't be able to set up a conflict if you...

When playing in-character, you're supposed to feel as your character does. But you can say that I'm looking to experience a character %) I don't see too much of a difference... Maybe because of STG (story-telling game) experience. You have a character, or characters, that you control, and one...

But I do look forward to getting loot, victories and XP awards, because my character looks forward for it (just swap "XP awards" with "power"). I just act in-character and also keep people around the table interested. Player has to care about others' fun too.

An interesting time I picked to come back to EN World! My recent game is exactly in this manner. The system is D&D 3.5, and the characters are wyrmling dragons (level 2 currently, with Savage Species' racial classes option). We play in an online chatroom. The game is very enjoyable. Four people...