D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

[Hussar]

I honestly don’t know, but part of it might be that my friends are all neuro divergent goofs who flit from one passionate interest to another each week. They may have thought “oh yeah, ancient greek Odyssey character” one day, but by the time we’ve gotten started, they’re really, really obsessed with Baldur’s Gate 3 and really really want to be a Dragonborn Dark Urge. Or a Jedi.

Attention spans of mildly concussed gerbils?

 

[EzekielRaiden]

There is no massive time commitment for a player beyond turning up for 3 hours once per fortnight. Maybe if you go round suggesting that there is, it is putting potential players off.

That is, I'm sorry to say, not at all true, at least not universally the way you present. Any player I would want in my games is going to commit a fair amount more time than that. Because they're going to think about their character outside of actual session time. They're going to care about the world, and (ideally) creatively invest in that world, providing me rich fodder for new scenes.

I talk with my players regularly outside of session. Seeking feedback, material, just generally enjoying time with my players. Being part of a TTRPG is a social experience, which...I mean that has always meant for me that I dig deeper into it even when I'm not (metaphorically) sitting at the table slinging dice.

Hell no! I've not come across anyone who wants to be a DM! They do it because if they don't no one else will, largely because no one else has the time.

I wanted to be a GM. Still do, hence why I continue doing it. I also want to be a player. Not in the same game, of course, as that probably wouldn't work very well.

 

[Hussar]

I wanted to be a GM. Still do, hence why I continue doing it. I also want to be a player. Not in the same game, of course, as that probably wouldn't work very well.

Actually, I've done the rotating DM thing and it can be a ton of fun. Very episodic, of course, but, still a ton of fun. TBH, that's how I started. The four or five of us that were learning to play all took turns running games. It was years before I'd actually met a group that had a dedicated DM. And then, about the time I went to uni, it seemed that that's when I saw that as the default.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Actually, I've done the rotating DM thing and it can be a ton of fun. Very episodic, of course, but, still a ton of fun. TBH, that's how I started. The four or five of us that were learning to play all took turns running games. It was years before I'd actually met a group that had a dedicated DM. And then, about the time I went to uni, it seemed that that's when I saw that as the default.

I suppose I should have said "not in the same game at the same time"?