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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 6769592" data-attributes="member: 11146">I am where you are at, though my progression to get there was different.&nbsp; I didn't know beans about RPGs until my mid-late 20s.&nbsp; My adult brain went straight to optimization, and there it stayed for about two years.&nbsp; That got old.&nbsp; After I climbed down off that hill, I found I way, way, way prefer collaboration, story, and characters with flaws that are both fun and interesting to roleplay and that come with mechanical disability.&nbsp; It's all about fun for me.&nbsp; What juices me creatively, what's most fun, what flaw can I dream up and how will it interact with the other characters and with the adventure?&nbsp; That's what turns my crank in gaming these days.&nbsp; It's certainly what I seek in a gaming group.&nbsp; I think a lot of players appreciate that style, but have learned the hard way that not everyone does.&nbsp; Sometimes that makes me a skosh sad.&nbsp; Mostly, though, I put on my big girl panties and forge ahead with finding good groups of people with whom I can enjoy gaming.&nbsp; For me, it's all about the group.&nbsp; Less so about the game system.&nbsp; Or even the character.&nbsp; I answered &quot;A little. It's not like I'm making a low STR/DEX, high INT fighter.&quot;&nbsp; Though, now that I think about it a bit more, I have made a low Str/Dex, high Int fighter.&nbsp; So. Yeah.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />EDIT:&nbsp; I re-read my words here and see there's a lot of judgment and bias in them. I'll leave them to stand, with the caveat that I'm speaking only from my point of view and my experience.&nbsp; Agree that the gaming universe is a happy place when it accommodates myriad styles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 6769592, member: 11146"] I am where you are at, though my progression to get there was different. I didn't know beans about RPGs until my mid-late 20s. My adult brain went straight to optimization, and there it stayed for about two years. That got old. After I climbed down off that hill, I found I way, way, way prefer collaboration, story, and characters with flaws that are both fun and interesting to roleplay and that come with mechanical disability. It's all about fun for me. What juices me creatively, what's most fun, what flaw can I dream up and how will it interact with the other characters and with the adventure? That's what turns my crank in gaming these days. It's certainly what I seek in a gaming group. I think a lot of players appreciate that style, but have learned the hard way that not everyone does. Sometimes that makes me a skosh sad. Mostly, though, I put on my big girl panties and forge ahead with finding good groups of people with whom I can enjoy gaming. For me, it's all about the group. Less so about the game system. Or even the character. I answered "A little. It's not like I'm making a low STR/DEX, high INT fighter." Though, now that I think about it a bit more, I [I][b]have[/b][/I][b][/b] made a low Str/Dex, high Int fighter. So. Yeah. :D EDIT: I re-read my words here and see there's a lot of judgment and bias in them. I'll leave them to stand, with the caveat that I'm speaking only from my point of view and my experience. Agree that the gaming universe is a happy place when it accommodates myriad styles. [/QUOTE]

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