This thread is permanently archived
D&D
| D&D is the MS Windows of TTRPGs: may have been good at some point, but it is shit nowadays and it only remains popular because of marketing and because most people don't know that alternatives exist, and prefer patching this broken mess to make it a littpe bit more usable rather than moving on to something that actually works.
Do yourself a favour and pick up something decent like GURPS, Shadowrun, or Traveller
| OP, play DnD if you damn well please, there's no advantage to playing a different system aside from personal preference.
| >>78131
Not really a DnD player here, but I have been with TTRPG for a dang while now. I understand the insecurities behind it, but I mean, it's a whole lotta fun when you're with your friends and whatnot.
Just be glad you haven't traversed to the LARP world. It was a phase I like to forget forever.
| >>78131
OP it takes a bit to get used to but can be incredibly fun once you get used to it. The best advice I can offer is to dive in and remember that you're friends are also having the same doubts if they're new or once did when they were.
| You should also remember that at the end of the day, you don't need to follow every rule. House rules are common everywhere, and makes things so much easier.
You know, like replacing grappling cancer with a simple DC roll.
| D&D is incredibly socially acceptable now-a-days as is most of role playing game in general. I think the only people that would actually bat an eye critically at you playing are the old and those who haven't had aby personal interaction with something considered "geeky" for irattional fear of their already shrivelled dick/cunt drying out.
| But anyhow, you don't have to use funny names, or make voices though it does make it so much more fun. just have fun playing and telling a story and making eachother laugh.
Also alcohol helps.
| >>78266
there's no advantage to eating soup with a fork rather than a spoon aside from personal preference.
D&D is a tabletop MMO and inferior to most of the other real RPG systems available.
| >>79137
wew, i too can make false equivalencies neckbeard, but instead I'ma pat you on the head and ask you to play in the kiddie cornee while I actually help OP.
| Anyway OP, DnD 5.0 is a good start. I wouldn't suggest getting invested monetarily for awhile and just look up some PDF's online for a bit.
| I guess you should also decide if you want to be a GM or just a player character. Being a GM is more difficult by far, since you'll be the one telling the story for the players, but how in depth you get is entirely up to you. You don't need to feel self conscious for making weird voices and such; if you like you can do it like a text board game where you literally just tell them whats going on.
| OP here. Thank you everyone for the kind advice. I'm going to try to play after mega Christmas now with my older brother as a DM and I got all the PDF'S. After we play enough 5th edition we might even try out shadowrun!
This thread is permanently archived
| Me and my friends have been wanting to start playing D&D and everytime we talk about it sounds like lots of fun. I love CRPGS and the like! But....When I think about going to a table and making weird names and talking in funny voices I feel like a total loser. What should I do? And any veterans here that can give a few tips?