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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 1047223" data-attributes="member: 363">Well, at cons, everyone is there for the same reason; they know how the game works and expect others to roleplay.I'd second Baraendur's advice; try running a dungeoncrawl first. Don't worry much about the roleplay aspects, because they'll grow out of the adventure.Try not to worry about making a fool of yourself. That's actually a big part of having fun. As was said above, everyone else in the gaming group is there for the same thing. Plus, everyone is also going to be there for recreation. That's an important point, because it means most everyone is going to be relaxed. Nobody is going to be scrutinizing everything and criticizing and ridiculing people for getting into character or using flowery language or whatnot. Well, maybe some would, but they'd be the ones ostracized - I know I'd apply the boot vigorously to them at my table <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Anyway, gaming has helped me learn how to laugh at myself, which is always a good ability to have. I think being a DM is perhaps the quickest way to learn that ability. My advice, in a nutshell: be prepared, relax, and roleplay as much or as little as you want. If you're a DM, being prepared is probably the best way to ensure you're relaxed, which in turn ensures you'll get into the game as smoothly as possible.</blockquote>

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