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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 3701855" data-attributes="member: 7635">One of the reasons I PLAY D&D and not games like Final Fantasy or such is that I DO get to make a character I can emphasize and connect to, rather than some nameless, soulless avatar who responds to my controller movements but isn't mine. He doesn't look like how I'd make him look, talk like I'd have him talk, or (usually) isn't named what I'd name him. Even games where I do have control over these things (like WoW) don't fulfill me because I don't have a "real" stake in the narrative; I'm just a shmuck (like the other 3,000,000 shmucks) who is trying to get to level 21, going on raids, and trying to get rare-loot. Ever really "role-play" on one of those servers? I rest my case. I play RPGs because they are the next logical step in the "lets pretend" game I played as a child. I create a persona, make him do cool things, and share that with my friends (who are doing the same thing). They let me try my own hand at creating stories and personas that I loved in movies, TV, and video games. And that is why I'm still playing almost 15 years after getting into it.If my PC was a nameless and soulless as a knight in chess or a piece in Monopoly, I'd have quit years ago.</blockquote>