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Recommendations for a newbie?

Posted by your_usual
your_usual
member, 1 post
Wed 1 Oct 2014
at 08:02
  • msg #1

Recommendations for a newbie?

Hi, I am new to RPG in general (got inspired by an episode of Community) and wondering if there is a recommendation for the first session?
This message was last edited by the user at 09:13, Wed 01 Oct 2014.
W0LF0S
member, 27 posts
Wed 1 Oct 2014
at 14:50
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Re: Recommendations for a newbie?

My best suggestion is to communicate with whoever is going to GM the session and have them create a character for you.  Obviously talk to them about the sort of character you'd like to play and what you think they'd be good at or how they fight, but leave the actual creation to the GM.  That's probably the hardest or most overwhelming thing for a new player in my experience.
kouk
member, 481 posts
Fri 3 Oct 2014
at 00:13
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Re: Recommendations for a newbie?

Hello! Community's a great show huh? You mean the most recent father and son roleplay episode?

That one was primarily based on Dungeon's and Dragons, though they skipped using any real rule elements, pulling out made-up ones as suited the comedy. It was an homage to roleplaying in general, made more funny when you know game systems like D&D to begin with, and how they deviated from the norms.

In practice, you could probably say that Abed's Game-Mastering (or Dungeon-Mastering is the pronoun for D&D) is closer to what is called "free form" story telling in practice, meaning that the majority of issues are resolved by the game master in collaboration with the players, with generally few or no solid rules. Dungeons and Dragons is typically more rule-oriented, with dice used to resolve most issues that crop up.

It may be good to find videos online of some different game systems and sessions that players record and upload. Browsing through the games on this site (the publicly visible ones, some games are hidden by the creator) can also help you get an idea of what games you'd be interested in. The Penny Arcade D&D 4th edition podcasts are pretty funny and light.

Some players prefer more serious games of course, which I'm sure you can find as well.
psychojosh13
member, 475 posts
psychologist in training
djmindermast.bandcamp.com
Sat 18 Oct 2014
at 00:22
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Re: Recommendations for a newbie?

Is there a particular genre or setting that you like?  There are LOTS of great games out there, many of which are perfectly suitable for beginners, so if you have an idea of what kinds of things you want to do in a game that'll make it easier to pick one to start with.
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