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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neobolts" data-source="post: 6529693" data-attributes="member: 65244">I play in a group at home. I have only played at a store on three occasions: one was regular group with spotty attendance, and the other two of them were absolute nightmares. The positive experience was a 4e group when Realms hit, so I tried out a Genasi swordmage and had a lot of fun with it. So much that I revisited the character as a Pathfinder inquisitor for the Jade Regent modules.I'll share the nightmares in brief: 1) 4th edition. New players were forced to join with a massive level penalty, i.e. so far behind the group that the math didn't work anymore. Plus, the DM's tween son was in the group and dad was expressly making his character way way better than everyone else's.2) Paladium Fantasy. The first sign this was going to be trouble was when the first action my character took was countermanded by the GM. But what killed the game was a player who insisted that she was not going to play a 1st level character, but a high level re-creation of Arwen...because out-of-character, the player believed she was Arwen from Lord of the Rings in a previous life. Half the players at the table were first-time players and sadly they probably stayed away from tabletop for the rest of their lives.</blockquote>