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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arbiter of Wyrms" data-source="post: 3604406" data-attributes="member: 18021">Whether you are normally a player or DM, the question is the same.  I've been rereading chapter 1 of DMG II and thinking about the question of different play styles and wondered what you think your CHIEF motivations/interest is.I'm the kind of player who really enjoys:Accumulating Cool Powers: Getting another +3 to attack, +4 luck bonus to AC and the charming gaze.Kicking Butt: Killing goblins by the hundreds, ogres by the dozens.  Gorefest '07!Brilliant Plan: Coming up with the foolproof infiltration plan and coordinating everyone in overcoming the BBEG.Puzzle Solving: Figuring out what order to pull the levers in, beating the villain at chess, and baffling the sphinx.Favorite Role: You have already found the perfect race or class or archetype, so that's what you play.Supercoolness: You love nothing better than the accolades of NPCs and the awe of your fellows.  You make this look good.Story:  You can't wait to find out what happens next - so you decide to make things happen.Psychodrama: The best thing about roleplaying is exploring the inner-workings of PC's and NPC's minds - exploring what defines them as individuals - their joys and angst.  No one should try to interfere with your vision.Irresponsibility: In the real world, you have to toe the line, but in D&D you can rob, murder, and destroy with impunity - making this escapism at its best.Exploration: To boldly go where no PC has gone before - to visit the psychic jungles of Torami and meet the fishspeakers of the Ka'ai and feel the warm, squishy mud of exotic lands between your toes.Outlier: You want to do something different - if the rest of the group can't handle it, screw 'em! You're here to have fun. Your character concept is paramount and you don't mind playing a character others regard as useless or unplayable.Lurker: You just come to play.  Other people can do all that other stuff just as long as somebody tells you when to roll which dice.Treasure Hunter: It's not about the bonuses for you - it's about the wealth - and you want more!</blockquote>

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