Do you play Dragons in lair, right??

[Mark]

... but I guess you don't notice me because I'm unobtrusive and new?

More like because you have seamlessly integrated into the community with decorum and a talent for usefulness... (But don't get a big head about it! ) ...and because my name (out here in the real world) is "Rystil" but I spell it with the "y" and the "i" inverted ("Ristyl").

 

[Gomez]

Ooh, that would be funny! You'd have to work in the part about mentioning the Brilliant Energy weapons like five times and having it ignored.

Quiver of the Brilliant Heavens
This golden quiver contains 5 arrows. They are treated as +2 composite longbow arrows and if fired they are treated as a ranged touch attack. After an arrow is fired it magically reappears in the quiver after one day.

A +2 brilliant energy weapon would cost as much as a +6 weapon (72,000 gold) but since they hit as a ranged touch attack I would boost it up to a +8 at least (128,000 gold). Thats a nice minor artifact you have there!

 

[Rystil Arden]

More like because you have seamlessly integrated into the community with decorum and a talent for usefulness... (But don't get a big head about it! ) ...and because my name (out here in the real world) is "Rystil" but I spell it with the "y" and the "i" inverted ("Ristyl").

Aww shucks, thanks. For some reason, I got such bad vibes about people's attitudes to younger (20s) gamers before posting here that I am always happy (and a bit surprised) when the more experienced gamers (and game designers), whom I greatly respect, in turn treat me with respect.

 

[Mark]

Aww shucks, thanks. For some reason, I got such bad vibes about people's attitudes to younger (20s) gamers before posting here that I am always happy (and a bit surprised) when the more experienced gamers (and game designers), whom I greatly respect, in turn treat me with respect.

Age is rarely as apparent from posting as experience.



Oh, that's good! If I were a moderator, this is where I'd lock the thread...

 

[Rystil Arden]

Age is rarely as apparent from posting as experience.



Oh, that's good! If I were a moderator, this is where I'd lock the thread...

I suppose you're right, although my Location may give my age away somewhat. Do you think people would treat me differently here if they knew I was younger than my posts sounded?

 

[Mark]

I suppose you're right, although my Location may give my age away somewhat.

Could be a Prof.

Do you think people would treat me differently here if they knew I was younger than my posts sounded?

Nope. Not from what I've seen.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Could be a Prof.



Nope. Not from what I've seen.

I've come to agree after I began posting here. What I do see is a lot of threads talking about bad players and how they are usually the younger players, or people who post with munchy campaigns and someone says, "How old are the players in your group?" expecting them to be younger, and that's what made me initially suspect the reverse.

Maybe many people just don't expect younger players to have been playing along with them since mid-second edition?

And who knows, some day I may become a Prof.

 

[Mark]

I've come to agree after I began posting here. What I do see is a lot of threads talking about bad players and how they are usually the younger players, or people who post with munchy campaigns and someone says, "How old are the players in your group?" expecting them to be younger, and that's what made me initially suspect the reverse.

Maybe many people just don't expect younger players to have been playing along with them since mid-second edition?

Regarding inexperienced players, I think it is just that it's better odds that someone with less experience is also possibly younger. By no means a hard and fast rule, but more likely. Plus, when giving advice, it helps to know your audience so you can speak to them on whatever level is most likely to help them understand your points. I agree it is better to ask how long someone has been playing than how old they are.

As to bad players, age knows no limit, but bad players seem to be in the extreme minority because RPGing tends to attract a somewhat sharper crowd, IMO. And people who are bad at something, when they aren't forced to keep at it, tend to drift away from it. Hobbies are meant to be fun and it's rarely fun to keep at something that you aren't doing well.

Anyway, those are my thoughts/theories on those matters and I'm sure they aren't original.

And who knows, some day I may become a Prof.

A Professor of D&D-ology?!?!

 

[Rystil Arden]

Regarding inexperienced players, I think it is just that it's better odds that someone with less experience is also possibly younger. By no means a hard and fast rule, but more likely. Plus, when giving advice, it helps to know your audience so you can speak to them on whatever level is most likely to help them understand your points. I agree it is better to ask how long someone has been playing than how old they are.

As to bad players, age knows no limit, but bad players seem to be in the extreme minority because RPGing tends to attract a somewhat sharper crowd, IMO. And people who are bad at something, when they aren't forced to keep at it, tend to drift away from it. Hobbies are meant to be fun and it's rarely fun to keep at something that you aren't doing well.

Anyway, those are my thoughts/theories on those matters and I'm sure they aren't original.



A Professor of D&D-ology?!?!

I don't know, D&Dology would be a pretty fun majour! My current year's class schedule includes courses on Fencing, Arthurian Literature and Celtic Colonisation, Method Acting (making the character your own), Ancient Greek history, and Shakespeare, and I'm planning to take a course on non-linear narrative, which I'm sure is like DMing. That's pretty D&Dologyish...hmm...

Seriously though, I'd probably be a Prof of something less unusual who acts, roleplays, and tries to contribute freelance writing for d20 and gets rejected, which is just like I am now except I'm not a prof.

 

[Mark]

I don't know, D&Dology would be a pretty fun majour! My current year's class schedule includes courses on Fencing, Arthurian Literature and Celtic Colonisation, Method Acting (making the character your own), Ancient Greek history, and Shakespeare, and I'm planning to take a course on non-linear narrative, which I'm sure is like DMing. That's pretty D&Dologyish...hmm...

Long as you're getting your money's worth...