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<blockquote data-quote="Tallifer" data-source="post: 5321656" data-attributes="member: 84661"><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What do I want to do with my time when I play?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(What do you want to do with your time when <em>you</em> play?)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. I like doing battle with monsters. I like to use my character's powers, feats and tricks, and I like to see his companions use theirs. Every round is interesting, even if my character is stunned or dominated. How will the party succeed? What neat tricks will be displayed by the adventurers and by the monsters?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Make the combats varied (easy to do with a varitety of rooms, terrains and monsters) and I will happily fight for two hours per combat.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2. Sometimes I want to develop the world and my character's place in it. But I find this is usually better done one on one with the dungeon master during some downtime. No sense boring other players.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3. Sometimes I like it when the party interacts socially with some denizens of the world, but ONLY if the other players and the dungeon master are actually willing to speak in character. Otherwise, we might as well do a cut scene.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tallifer, post: 5321656, member: 84661"] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3]What do I want to do with my time when I play?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3](What do you want to do with your time when [I]you[/I] play?)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3]1. I like doing battle with monsters. I like to use my character's powers, feats and tricks, and I like to see his companions use theirs. Every round is interesting, even if my character is stunned or dominated. How will the party succeed? What neat tricks will be displayed by the adventurers and by the monsters?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3]Make the combats varied (easy to do with a varitety of rooms, terrains and monsters) and I will happily fight for two hours per combat.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3]2. Sometimes I want to develop the world and my character's place in it. But I find this is usually better done one on one with the dungeon master during some downtime. No sense boring other players.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3]3. Sometimes I like it when the party interacts socially with some denizens of the world, but ONLY if the other players and the dungeon master are actually willing to speak in character. Otherwise, we might as well do a cut scene.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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