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Dungeons and Dragons is an RPG in which a player or group of players go through a campaign created and moderated by a Dungeon Master.
There are several rulesets a DM can choose to use in his campaign, or take parts he likes from various sets and mash them together. He can do whatever he wants. He's the DM, after all.
The player can choose to do pretty much anything. Whether or not he succeeds is up to the dice, typically a D20. A player can have as much or as little backstory to their character as they want, but some is generally preferred. For example, if a player wants to be a rogue whose family was murdered and wants to seek revenge, he can! Setting permitting, of course. Or, say it's a more futuristic campaign, a player wants to be a bloodthirsy space pirate, he can! Be as imaginative as you want!
Most DMs prefer creative players. For example. Say two players are in the same situation: Earlier in the campaign they kidnapped some guy. Later, it turns out that that 'some guy' is some big-shot governor. One player might see his plan for the captive fall apart, and try to repair it anyway. Fun! Say that also fails, and so the player executes the captive. Which would be more interesting for everyone: saying "I dispose of the body" or "K, so...I want to sneak on board this other guy's ship, plant the body, contact government officials, and frame him for the kidnap and murder"? Creativity is key!
Character creation is usually very simple and easy, depending on the ruleset/DM's preference. There are also different ways of creating a character, some more based on dice rolling, and others are more "ok everybody shut up, these are your stats now." The latter is simpler, but much less fun. If you need assistance, don't be afraid to ask the DM for help!
Now that that's out of the way, DnD is traditionally a tabletop game, but thanks to Roll20.net players all over the world can meet up to play. The site has a very usable interface, and even inbuilt voice communication and webcam use, or not, if you don't want to use it.
I know there are at least a few people in the community interested in playing, and I was wondering how many there actually are. Who knows, if we have enough people showing interest, maybe we could organize a group or two and play together.
Dungeons and Dragons is an RPG in which a player or group of players go through a campaign created and moderated by a Dungeon Master.
There are several rulesets a DM can choose to use in his campaign, or take parts he likes from various sets and mash them together. He can do whatever he wants. He's the DM, after all.
The player can choose to do pretty much anything. Whether or not he succeeds is up to the dice, typically a D20. A player can have as much or as little backstory to their character as they want, but some is generally preferred. For example, if a player wants to be a rogue whose family was murdered and wants to seek revenge, he can! Setting permitting, of course. Or, say it's a more futuristic campaign, a player wants to be a bloodthirsy space pirate, he can! Be as imaginative as you want!
Most DMs prefer creative players. For example. Say two players are in the same situation: Earlier in the campaign they kidnapped some guy. Later, it turns out that that 'some guy' is some big-shot governor. One player might see his plan for the captive fall apart, and try to repair it anyway. Fun! Say that also fails, and so the player executes the captive. Which would be more interesting for everyone: saying "I dispose of the body" or "K, so...I want to sneak on board this other guy's ship, plant the body, contact government officials, and frame him for the kidnap and murder"? Creativity is key!
Character creation is usually very simple and easy, depending on the ruleset/DM's preference. There are also different ways of creating a character, some more based on dice rolling, and others are more "ok everybody shut up, these are your stats now." The latter is simpler, but much less fun. If you need assistance, don't be afraid to ask the DM for help!
Now that that's out of the way, DnD is traditionally a tabletop game, but thanks to Roll20.net players all over the world can meet up to play. The site has a very usable interface, and even inbuilt voice communication and webcam use, or not, if you don't want to use it.
I know there are at least a few people in the community interested in playing, and I was wondering how many there actually are. Who knows, if we have enough people showing interest, maybe we could organize a group or two and play together.
