Players (not DMs): What do you do between games?

[EricNoah]

I'm a DM so I have lots of stuff to do, but what do you players do when you're not playing? Work on your character? Write a character journal? Roll up new characters? Read up on monster stats to be ready for the next game?

(Related to
this thread about being a DM vs. being a player)

 

[Desdichado]

When I'm not DMing, I'm "armchair DMing" anyway. I'm always tinkering around with some campaign setting idea or another.

 

[Painfully]

I play in my other campaign, of course! And I DM in a third.

 

[Quickbeam]

In no particular order, I spend my player downtime:
-- writing a journal from my character's perspective detailing the previous session's events, embellishing where it;s most amusing .
-- looking at various books, supplements, magazines, and online threads trying to gather ideas and information to be used while playing and DMing.
-- waiting to play Iron DM for the first time and to apply for acceptance as a RBDM. I always seem to miss these opportunities/threads.
-- occasionally rolling up new characters just in case .
-- DMing another campaign.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Between games I:

A) DM games of my own
B) Make characters because I enjoy making them
C) Play in other games
D) Re-read the rules
E) Work on random ideas for games

 

[Weeble]

Well, I hate to say it but I DM (and yes, it's fun.) I also play, though (one of the other players DMs also.)

What I do as a player is level him/her up as far as I can, usually in different ways. I like to see just how many PrCs I can hit and what skills, feats, or classes I need to get to each one fastest. I also like to see what that character would be like if he just stuck to one of the classes he has. For instance, instead of becoming any Rogue-inspired PrC, it is nice to quickly progress in just Rogue for the upper-level benifits. This is just an instance and not always the way I do things, or the way they should be done. Sometimes it is cool to max out in Rogue but take just a few levels of a spellcasting class. You could make a "good" assassin this way. Other class/race combinations can benifit the same way of course.

While alot of this seems rather stat crunching, the most fun I have is finding non-game mechanic reasons to do so. What makes my character a hero and why would that character choose the path he did? At some point it might be nice to run a character who is just not that in tune with maximizing his life (or stat crunching in game mechanic terms.) But for now, I will play the hero.

 

[Yuan-Ti]

Relax! And boy does it do good to relax sometimes.

I also work on ideas for the day I finally get my chance to DM again (it's been 10 years, now). Get ready, Boston gamers, I am coming your way and looking for a group or two to play with and/or DM!

 

[Sigma]

Polish my character sheet. Duh.

 

[WinnipegDragon]

I DM, and I think my players spend time choosing the next rule to argue about... At least, it seems that way sometimes.

 

[Crothian]

Post on En World. Personally, I'd like to work on the character but it doesn't seem to matter in this campaign. We get the XP when we get there and are expected to level up then if we do. So, there isn't much work to be done between sessions. Sometimes, I'll get with other PCs to decide what we are going to do next or how we are going to handle certain situations, or how we will spend out money.