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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doc_Klueless" data-source="post: 2174940" data-attributes="member: 261">I finally got to play with the group and it went well, I think.I really enjoyed myself. Played a Spontaneous Divine Casting Cleric named Brother Merciful Blessings aka "Mercy".It's amazing how much better it is to play face-to-face over even the best OnLine method. It appeared, to me anyway, that the group liked having me on board (They really needed a cleric.) and they made me feel very welcome. And that made all the difference in the world. When a new person used to join my old group, of which I was the DM, I always went out of my way to make the person feel welcome. Now I got to feel it from the other side and I'm sooooo glad that I did the same thing. After only about an hour of play I felt like not only was I a part of the group, but that I'd been a part of the group for far longer than I had been.The DM of the group had an interesting method of helping the new player  become "aclimatized" to the setting. He awarded the other players "Story Points/bonus xp's" for filling me in on things. So, they'd be gabbing about what's going on and then one of them would turn to me and go: "You see, what happened there is...." or "The Mountainvale place we're talking about is...", etc., etc. It took the pressure off the DM  and placed it on the players and also made if feel far more natural to get the background and meat of the world.All-in-all, very positive for me. And also, I'm finally playing again!!</blockquote>

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