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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 316402" data-attributes="member: 2525">I agree with those who have focused on age as a key factor.&nbsp; I'd bet the average age of those saying NO is higher than those saying YES, by a significant difference.&nbsp; I'm 33, and I'd probably say no.And for those of you who think adventure would be fun - no matter what world you create, it will still operate under some laws that you just won't be altering.&nbsp; One of those mentioned is that you no longer have a the benefit of being a PC in a game.&nbsp; Challeneges will not come nicely grouped by Encounter Levels appropriate to your power (your first level self might in fact run in to, and be eaten by, the ancient red dragon).&nbsp; Good and Evil will not be as clear cut as they are on paper and in your imagination.&nbsp; Monsters will be scary.&nbsp; Killing people (and monsters who think as well as humans will be people) will not be pleasant.&nbsp; Loss of modern day convience will be a pain in the butt after a relatively short period of time (just ask someone in the Peace Crop).&nbsp; Your very mind, your deepest private thoughts, may be exposed to others, (through various read mind spells).&nbsp; You fantasize now that it will be all fun and glory.&nbsp; But it will become your real life, and it will have disappointments, and hard work, and sadness, just like your life now.&nbsp; And after the newness wears off, it will be either just as boring (or exciting) as your life right now, (but with a higher likelyhood of your early, violent death if you adventure).&nbsp; If you are an underachiever now, you would still be an underachiever there.&nbsp; If you are afraid of challeneges in this world, you will be afraid of challeneges in that world as well.&nbsp; If you are not hip on killing people now, you will not be hip on killing people there.&nbsp; If you are unwilling to steal from people here, you will not want to steal from people there.&nbsp; If you are not big on grave-robbing here, what makes you think you will suddenly be okay with it there?&nbsp; For those who say they would go, but wouldn't adventure, that I can understand better.&nbsp; Being an elf and living a very long life, studying the laws of magic and they mystery of a new world without having to kill people to do it, that is a fantasy I can identify with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 316402, member: 2525"] I agree with those who have focused on age as a key factor. I'd bet the average age of those saying NO is higher than those saying YES, by a significant difference. I'm 33, and I'd probably say no. And for those of you who think adventure would be fun - no matter what world you create, it will still operate under some laws that you just won't be altering. One of those mentioned is that you no longer have a the benefit of being a PC in a game. Challeneges will not come nicely grouped by Encounter Levels appropriate to your power (your first level self might in fact run in to, and be eaten by, the ancient red dragon). Good and Evil will not be as clear cut as they are on paper and in your imagination. Monsters will be scary. Killing people (and monsters who think as well as humans will be people) will not be pleasant. Loss of modern day convience will be a pain in the butt after a relatively short period of time (just ask someone in the Peace Crop). Your very mind, your deepest private thoughts, may be exposed to others, (through various read mind spells). You fantasize now that it will be all fun and glory. But it will become your real life, and it will have disappointments, and hard work, and sadness, just like your life now. And after the newness wears off, it will be either just as boring (or exciting) as your life right now, (but with a higher likelyhood of your early, violent death if you adventure). If you are an underachiever now, you would still be an underachiever there. If you are afraid of challeneges in this world, you will be afraid of challeneges in that world as well. If you are not hip on killing people now, you will not be hip on killing people there. If you are unwilling to steal from people here, you will not want to steal from people there. If you are not big on grave-robbing here, what makes you think you will suddenly be okay with it there? For those who say they would go, but wouldn't adventure, that I can understand better. Being an elf and living a very long life, studying the laws of magic and they mystery of a new world without having to kill people to do it, that is a fantasy I can identify with. [/QUOTE]

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