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<blockquote data-quote="Sidekick" data-source="post: 2723528" data-attributes="member: 13946"><p>I'm both a yes and no.</p><p></p><p>Playing: - 3.5 D&D is an entry level game. A player can start their role-playing in D&D with the 3.5 PHB. If the people invest the time its not that hard. Hell everyone in my group learnt form the group, they were lent the PHB to read and familiarise themselves with. So long as they can tell a d20 from a d6 and know what their character class is by the end of the second session, they're doing okay. Problem is it can be confusing, but thats why you need a teacher. Which brings me to my next point.</p><p></p><p>DMing: Is 3.5 an entry level DMs game? HELL NO!!!! In my opinion, you cannot just pick up 3 books, read them a few times and then say "yes, now I can run a game". Thats an accident waiting to happen, not only that but it'll likely put you and the people you play with off D&D for a very long time. </p><p></p><p>IMO you need at least 2-5 years playing experience to become a decent DM (given 1 game/month). I learnt 2nd ed from my best friend and his big brother (our DM) who had been playing for 3 years before he taught us. </p><p></p><p>To me, D&D is like an apprenticiship. You learn to play witha group, thus introducing the rules and the core concepts of role-playing to you. You have fun. Then you get more xp with the mechanics behind the game till you very rarely need to look at the books (only for low-occurance stuff such as over-runs/disarms - it depends on the group). Then and only then are you ready to start looking at DMing. </p><p></p><p>I know all this sounds a little eliteist, but its not meant to be. I'm not saying that people need to me inducted into the secret cluba dn taught the handshake. D&D, no matter what the edition is a tad large and well also expensive. The best way to learn is from playing with a group that has at least an experienced DM (xp'ed in playing) and 1 player who knows the game. That way you can ask questions, learn the rules and eventually start teaching your own group the ins and outs of cracking orc skulls and giving Demon's the wrathful smiting of goodness!!</p><p></p><p>after that you do evil!!! Cattle were raped and women and children were stampeded!!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p>as always, it's just my opinion, and I couldn't be bothered reading the whole thread (damn I'm lazy)... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sidekick, post: 2723528, member: 13946"] I'm both a yes and no. Playing: - 3.5 D&D is an entry level game. A player can start their role-playing in D&D with the 3.5 PHB. If the people invest the time its not that hard. Hell everyone in my group learnt form the group, they were lent the PHB to read and familiarise themselves with. So long as they can tell a d20 from a d6 and know what their character class is by the end of the second session, they're doing okay. Problem is it can be confusing, but thats why you need a teacher. Which brings me to my next point. DMing: Is 3.5 an entry level DMs game? HELL NO!!!! In my opinion, you cannot just pick up 3 books, read them a few times and then say "yes, now I can run a game". Thats an accident waiting to happen, not only that but it'll likely put you and the people you play with off D&D for a very long time. IMO you need at least 2-5 years playing experience to become a decent DM (given 1 game/month). I learnt 2nd ed from my best friend and his big brother (our DM) who had been playing for 3 years before he taught us. To me, D&D is like an apprenticiship. You learn to play witha group, thus introducing the rules and the core concepts of role-playing to you. You have fun. Then you get more xp with the mechanics behind the game till you very rarely need to look at the books (only for low-occurance stuff such as over-runs/disarms - it depends on the group). Then and only then are you ready to start looking at DMing. I know all this sounds a little eliteist, but its not meant to be. I'm not saying that people need to me inducted into the secret cluba dn taught the handshake. D&D, no matter what the edition is a tad large and well also expensive. The best way to learn is from playing with a group that has at least an experienced DM (xp'ed in playing) and 1 player who knows the game. That way you can ask questions, learn the rules and eventually start teaching your own group the ins and outs of cracking orc skulls and giving Demon's the wrathful smiting of goodness!! after that you do evil!!! Cattle were raped and women and children were stampeded!!! :cool: as always, it's just my opinion, and I couldn't be bothered reading the whole thread (damn I'm lazy)... :o [/QUOTE]
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