Okay, I think I'm finally tired of arguing with people. If you have issues with this site, please take them to another thread.
I just wanna say that getting back in to D&D has been an extremely enriching experience, and I'm generally thankful for the community it has created. The creativity I see on a daily basis is inspiring, and the time I'm getting to spend with my friends will be long-cherished as some of the best memories of my life. My group is a gathering of people who come from very different backgrounds and have very different perspectives and worldviews and political opinions, but are able to leave all of that at the door when the time comes to game together.
Sorry to be so sappy, but I just thought reflecting on why we're all here in the first place might be needed.
I got back into it because I had a chance to play with three friends from high school 10+ years after graduation. Been having so much fun digging through both old and new material, to make cool games with my good friends. Got a couple coworkers into it as well and might even get one of my friends wife to play with us.
One thing that has been exceptionally enjoyable is trying to give useful feedback for peoples personal projects, whether it be subclasses or giving ideas for their own world building. Not only do I like helping people but it also gives me ideas for how I want to build my own adventures. Constantly refining my own game while doing my best to help others at the same time. These things have been why I love this site, most people are well meaning but pettiness happens. I am no exception, but I have tried to just not respond and feed into that.
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"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
My absolute favorite thing has been getting into crafting. I started thinking I would just do Theater Of The Mind, but soon started looking at minis and decided a few basic ones would be fine, and I wouldn't even need to paint them. Then I started building terrain, papercraft and other homemade set pieces. Then I decided to give mini painting a try. Then I started buying up the D&D Adventure System board games to expand my mini collection. Then I started getting the Wizkids pre-painted minis. Then I got a 3D printer so I could make my own dungeon tiles. Those actually take a while, so I started buying all of the flat cardboard tiles I could to use in the meantime. Then the Wizkids unpainted minis launched, and I started buying those up faster than I could paint them. Then I started buying a bunch of Reaper Bones minis too. Now I'm planning on building a large 3D city district/village set piece.
I suppose I have a bit of an obsessive personality.
I brought 5E to the table when it was a few months old. I had tried to run 3.5 with friends who'd never played D&D before, and it had always fallen flat before it got going. 5E was a hit. Now? Most of my players are starting their own games and I get to play and knowing that I was able to take this amazing toolset and get them to love it, and now we get to do this thing together several times a week? It's such an awesome thing, and makes me so happy. I love telling weird fantasy stories, I love playing games, and I love hanging with my People.
I have been playing D&D and RPGs for just over 30 years. I also suffer from Anxiety. Just around the time 5e was launching my anxiety got worse, much worse. I was suffering from continuous headaches, stomach cramps, and insomnia. Unfortunately this peaked right when my PHB was delivered, and though I tried so hard to read through it, I just couldn't.
I saw my doctor and got help. As a result of that help I was finally able to read my PHB, then I got the other books. All of them. And then I got D&D Beyond. All of it.
Since getting better I was able to actually start my first new campaign as DM since before my anxiety (and also since I found 4e to be too meh to bother with it). I ran Lost Mine of Phandelver with my usual gaming group (old university buddies) which became Curse of Strahd. We've been playing that campaign over a year now. Tonight they may face Strahd himself in the ultimate battle.
I consider myself lucky to be able to play D&D and to DM for my group. With my anxiety under control D&D has given my back part of the joy of my life.
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"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing) You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
Okay, I think I'm finally tired of arguing with people. If you have issues with this site, please take them to another thread.
I just wanna say that getting back in to D&D has been an extremely enriching experience, and I'm generally thankful for the community it has created. The creativity I see on a daily basis is inspiring, and the time I'm getting to spend with my friends will be long-cherished as some of the best memories of my life. My group is a gathering of people who come from very different backgrounds and have very different perspectives and worldviews and political opinions, but are able to leave all of that at the door when the time comes to game together.
Sorry to be so sappy, but I just thought reflecting on why we're all here in the first place might be needed.
Feel free to share your posi vibes. Namaste lol.
I got back into it because I had a chance to play with three friends from high school 10+ years after graduation. Been having so much fun digging through both old and new material, to make cool games with my good friends. Got a couple coworkers into it as well and might even get one of my friends wife to play with us.
One thing that has been exceptionally enjoyable is trying to give useful feedback for peoples personal projects, whether it be subclasses or giving ideas for their own world building. Not only do I like helping people but it also gives me ideas for how I want to build my own adventures. Constantly refining my own game while doing my best to help others at the same time. These things have been why I love this site, most people are well meaning but pettiness happens. I am no exception, but I have tried to just not respond and feed into that.
"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
My absolute favorite thing has been getting into crafting. I started thinking I would just do Theater Of The Mind, but soon started looking at minis and decided a few basic ones would be fine, and I wouldn't even need to paint them. Then I started building terrain, papercraft and other homemade set pieces. Then I decided to give mini painting a try. Then I started buying up the D&D Adventure System board games to expand my mini collection. Then I started getting the Wizkids pre-painted minis. Then I got a 3D printer so I could make my own dungeon tiles. Those actually take a while, so I started buying all of the flat cardboard tiles I could to use in the meantime. Then the Wizkids unpainted minis launched, and I started buying those up faster than I could paint them. Then I started buying a bunch of Reaper Bones minis too. Now I'm planning on building a large 3D city district/village set piece.
I suppose I have a bit of an obsessive personality.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -- allegedly Benjamin Franklin
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I brought 5E to the table when it was a few months old. I had tried to run 3.5 with friends who'd never played D&D before, and it had always fallen flat before it got going. 5E was a hit. Now? Most of my players are starting their own games and I get to play and knowing that I was able to take this amazing toolset and get them to love it, and now we get to do this thing together several times a week? It's such an awesome thing, and makes me so happy. I love telling weird fantasy stories, I love playing games, and I love hanging with my People.
I have been playing D&D and RPGs for just over 30 years. I also suffer from Anxiety. Just around the time 5e was launching my anxiety got worse, much worse. I was suffering from continuous headaches, stomach cramps, and insomnia. Unfortunately this peaked right when my PHB was delivered, and though I tried so hard to read through it, I just couldn't.
I saw my doctor and got help. As a result of that help I was finally able to read my PHB, then I got the other books. All of them. And then I got D&D Beyond. All of it.
Since getting better I was able to actually start my first new campaign as DM since before my anxiety (and also since I found 4e to be too meh to bother with it). I ran Lost Mine of Phandelver with my usual gaming group (old university buddies) which became Curse of Strahd. We've been playing that campaign over a year now. Tonight they may face Strahd himself in the ultimate battle.
I consider myself lucky to be able to play D&D and to DM for my group. With my anxiety under control D&D has given my back part of the joy of my life.
"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing)
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
That's incredible. I'm glad to hear that you're doing better!
That's amazing!! Good for you for getting the help you needed. <3