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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8634735" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>My first D&D experience was getting the 2nd edition AD&D books and trying to learn on my own - because no one around me played. I ended up having my sister make a gnome thief named Varia. I had no idea how RPGs were supposed to work, so I just picked monsters from the Monstrous Compendium binder and threw them at the character in random encounters - like console video games such as Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest outside the USA). Varia was in a rowboat and encountered a displacer beast - because I thought it looked cool. </p><p>I was still in middle school and found a high school guy who wanted to play. I tried to run a game for him, and he informed me "that's not how you run D&D." He showed me the ropes, just enough to get started. </p><p>Throughout middle school I didn't get much real game time, though we played a lot of HeroQuest. In high school I was able to join my first real campaign, playing some of the classic adventures from the Ravenloft setting. It wasn't until I started college that I really came into my own, running games for around 6 other players (including a professor from the University). Ever since, I've been sort of the de facto DM in my groups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8634735, member: 42040"] My first D&D experience was getting the 2nd edition AD&D books and trying to learn on my own - because no one around me played. I ended up having my sister make a gnome thief named Varia. I had no idea how RPGs were supposed to work, so I just picked monsters from the Monstrous Compendium binder and threw them at the character in random encounters - like console video games such as Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest outside the USA). Varia was in a rowboat and encountered a displacer beast - because I thought it looked cool. I was still in middle school and found a high school guy who wanted to play. I tried to run a game for him, and he informed me "that's not how you run D&D." He showed me the ropes, just enough to get started. Throughout middle school I didn't get much real game time, though we played a lot of HeroQuest. In high school I was able to join my first real campaign, playing some of the classic adventures from the Ravenloft setting. It wasn't until I started college that I really came into my own, running games for around 6 other players (including a professor from the University). Ever since, I've been sort of the de facto DM in my groups. [/QUOTE]
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