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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 4591311" data-attributes="member: 8447">What drew you to roleplaying, rather than watching the endeavours of characters created by other people (on TV series for example)?I had been playing miniatures wargaming and board wargames for several years before I found rpgs (well, before rpgs were commercially available).  I also read a lot on history, mythology, folklore, and other oddly related topics.  To top this off, I loved theatre, but was initially too shy to go out for it.  So essentially rpgs brought all my interests together!What aspect of roleplaying do you enjoy the most? (Escapism? Creating an original character? Being able to tell a collective story? Doing things you're unable to IRL?)The collective creation of a story, of an alternate reality, with a group of friends is a grand draw.  That and now it is a great way to catch up with the doings of my friends every week  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />How do you feel about the stories that are created through playing? Do you feel a stronger connection to them, or less? Do you feel you're part of its telling, or just an audience member to the DM?We are utterly part of it!  This is the great part -- sort of like actually being in a favourite novel (oddly of which would never include roleplaying novels, which are, in our view, universally bland, if not outright terrible).  We create a world and get to play in it -- that's quite the rush!  <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=";)" />DMs: How do you feel about the writing of original plots for DnD? And what drew you to DMing specifically?D&D was the first game on the block.  When I started, it was literally the only game in town.  I ran it for a couple of years, but given the few adventures available, and how little I liked them, I HAD to come up with my own plots and stories.  Due to this early training, I now am utterly a "write your own adventures, create your own worlds" kind of GM.  Also, once other games appeared on the market, I was able to shift my group to other systems, which was preferable for us.  So I played OD&D, but dropped out for AD&D (barring a few individual games), came back for 3e (though not as our only game), and have dropped out for 4e (too much of a miniatures battle game for our tastes).  But no matter what the system, I am quite comfortable creating my own worlds and my own adventures -- my game, my rulings.  <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=";)" /></blockquote>

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