Would you leave your life behind?

[Sidran]

I am hearing all these people saying no I wouldn't....But I mean come on peopel you or most of you fantasize about being on an alternate world at least 2 hours a week. Describing the movements of your characters across pen and paper terrain.....

Me I would go, nothing much better to do here on this stink ball of a world. I would probably go to some obscure Oceanworld like
Earthsea, or something and live there as a Ships captain. Either that or Middle Earth...or Windhaven ( from G.R.R.M's Novel)

What would I be... Probably an epic level Halfling fighter/ Bard is the way I would go travelling all over the World learning new songs, and stories to tell elsewhere, and like I said have a Stout ship, a good crew, A magic fiddle, and a tricorn hat, bout it, Besides a beautiful Halfling wife. I would go by my already established alter ego Hawkins Brae because I have played him so long that I could do it in my sleep.

And I two would learn the twist reality planar travel spell as quick as possible but only so the tax collectors couldn't find me ( I would jump from one world to the next)

Good question

 

[Drakmar]

hmm.. I am 26.. Australian.. Male.. middle upper class.. I have a full time job that pays more than the aussie average.. I have a great and supportive family who I love dearly. I believe I have found the woman who may just be the love of my life.

Would I go? Um.. gosh darnit.. I just don't know. I might.. I might not.. I am fairly impulsive..

If I did.. I would probably want to merge myself into one of my characters from a previous campaign.. I do admit that he is already powerful.. I but I was with him from the beginning..
he is now.. a 34th Level Wizard who is also a MageDrake.. (This was a RMSS Rolemaster Game with a few house rules).. he was also the king of a country that he founded.. and had become basically a Chosen of the God of Magic.

If I couldn't be him.. and I did go.. I would choose to be a L/G Fey'ri Wizard/Fighter. probably..in the Kalamar setting. I like that setting. There.. with those abilities.. I could make a difference.

However.. I believe that I wouldn't go. In this world.. I want to become a Hung Gar Sifu.. I want to teach people how to focus their minds through their body. plus.. if I have found the love of my life.. heck.. I reckon I would have to be a fool to leave. but this is my choice.. and once decided.. I wouldn't regret it. Probably stems from my mutant philosophy (cross Me-ism with Stoicism and Taoism) ie.. Stuff happens.. deal with it.

As for other people who believe that they have been dealt a rough or bad had.. I have believed that it is always possible to change that.. if you put in enough effort. but then.. I believe that I can do anything.. if I put my mind to it. Plus.. a bad life is just a matter of perspective.. a mate of mine.. he thinks his sucks.. and it does.. but only because he believes that. otherwise.. he has a life many would envy.

all in all.. I have dreamt many times of this kind of thing happening..heck.. there have been novels written about it.

the other thing.. is.. most RPG worlds.. have a Ragnarok or some such thing coming..eek.. that would bite.

but I have to admit.. the draw of being a Fey'ri or a Magedrake.. that would be.. um.. very very powerful.

When it happens.. we shall see if I go.

 

[Wicht]

And Wicht, yes fear of death by something known and something unknown is gonna be different. Think about it.

How old are you Psuedo Hero?

For the record, I am not afraid to die - a little nervous about it, but not afraid. And having thought about it (a lot even before this thread), I fail to see what it matters how I die as the means of my death is unknown and will be until it happens. But the end result is the same no matter where I am or what I am doing.

And I am not anti-adventure, I have just come to recognize that adventure is a mindset - not a place or time. My enjoyment is not dependant on where I am or what I am doing but on how I approach it mentally. Having children and a wife is an adventure. Going deer hunting is an adventure. Learning new recipes and playing new games is an adventure. Going new places is an adventure. For me, life is an adventure everyday (or at least on many days). Adventure is in the heart, not in the environment.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

In case I didn't make it clear before...I'd be a - say - 15th level mage, just starting out on the Archmage PrC from the FR setting. Learning to shape magic like that...wow.

 

[NiTessine]

Hmm... Being the very stereotype of a D&D geek (though I do take care of my hygiene, thank you very much), with no life, and no friends outside the bunch of misfits and maniacs that is my gaming group... Well, Silverymoon in Forgotten Realms would have one moon elf wizard, coming right up...

And a prestidigitation spell would probably get the job better done than a toothbrush, too.

 

[Garmorn]

Well that's damn nice to hear Garmorn, I salute you!

Thanks

 

[Johno]

There is so much I have yet to do here, on this world.

And I don't think I could stand the intraparty conflicts about how to open the dungeon door...

And Illithids eat your brain...

And when you are dead, you can't make the other party members ressurect you...

Now if I could choose my adventuring compagnions, and they were willing to go as well, and the bank wasn't going to foreclose on the mortage while I was off saving the "other" world...

I'd go Asimaar Paladin, of course... and kick evil butt!!

 

[Umbran]

I am hearing all these people saying no I wouldn't....But I mean come on peopel you or most of you fantasize about being on an alternate world at least 2 hours a week. Describing the movements of your characters across pen and paper terrain.....

Yes. Why is it relevant? Most folks draw a clear line between fantasy and reality. What you're willing to think about in the comfort of your own home does not necessarily have any relationship to what you'd do in real life.

 

[Gothmog]

Well, I am almost 29, male, upper class, I have worked really hard over the last 2 years to go from 320 lbs, to a very fit 225, I am finishing the last year of a PhD in Neuroscience, I am very close with my family, have my own home, a bright future, and recently met a gorgeous lady who I am crazy about.

So I would say definitely- NO!

If someone had asked me after I got out of high school, when I was REALLY into gaming, I still probably would not have gone. There are too many unknowns in going to a fantasy world, and while I am pretty resilient physically and mentally, I don't think many people in today's world would be prepared to face the horrors of war, killing someone, and the general squalidness of life in a pseudo-medieval world.

 

[Ace]

Re: Re: RE

Hehe. Not to go off-topic, but you know, undead in D&D should be a helluvalot more scary than they are...

Why? If you lived in a world where magic was common, wounds could be cured in an instant and your buddy could deanimate skeletons with a word and a gesture low level undead wouldn't be very scary.

"UMM No worrys Cedric just an empty shell animated by malign magic, rather low order--- Pelor strike you down!" <crumble>

The high powered ones might be dangerous and frightening but if your soul (proven to exist remeber) wasn't endangered they would be any worse then Mage Wigglefingers who just vaped half an army.

OTOH in a low magic world if you weren't used to them--- very scary.