Hi, my name is Stef and I'm new to DnD. I wanted to start playing many years ago but kept finding reasons to put it off. I'm looking for something long term, but since I am new to this, I would be open to any length of time. I want to gain experience and see how it is. I learn best hands on as we go, so I figured putting up a post would be best.
I know generally how the gameplay aspect goes and I've created my first character. I know for certain games I would need to create a new character or rework the one I have.
The only experience I have is watching a campaign on YT and watching some Critical Role. I've played Divinity which is probably the only game I've played that is similar.
Playing Divinity is quite far from the real deal. D&D is played in the imagination, a videogame is not. Some dungeon masters will emulate the videogame feel but going into D&D with the videogame background is bound to be frustrating because this is trying to fit wild ideas into a technical frame, with rules and programmer decisions. D&D is more like collectively story-telling, where creative players will develop their own characters, experience, adventures not by ticking check boxes but instead by feeling what it's really like to kill a dragon, save a princess, accomplish what seemed like, at first, an unreacheable dream.
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Hi, my name is Stef and I'm new to DnD. I wanted to start playing many years ago but kept finding reasons to put it off. I'm looking for something long term, but since I am new to this, I would be open to any length of time. I want to gain experience and see how it is. I learn best hands on as we go, so I figured putting up a post would be best.
I know generally how the gameplay aspect goes and I've created my first character. I know for certain games I would need to create a new character or rework the one I have.
The only experience I have is watching a campaign on YT and watching some Critical Role. I've played Divinity which is probably the only game I've played that is similar.
Playing Divinity is quite far from the real deal. D&D is played in the imagination, a videogame is not. Some dungeon masters will emulate the videogame feel but going into D&D with the videogame background is bound to be frustrating because this is trying to fit wild ideas into a technical frame, with rules and programmer decisions. D&D is more like collectively story-telling, where creative players will develop their own characters, experience, adventures not by ticking check boxes but instead by feeling what it's really like to kill a dragon, save a princess, accomplish what seemed like, at first, an unreacheable dream.