Hello, everyone I am mormegil (Tolkien fans might recognize that name) and I am a 30-something guy that stumbled upon here because of an article on the internet about Pbp...I figured since I think I am not ready for joining game sessions involving voice and video or IRL I searched for some alternative to play D&D or pathfinder being foolishly taken to the hype after watching some Critical Role videos...
In regards to my experience in RPGs, I can say that I have some running the gamut of videogames from the Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, etc. in regards to a tabletop experience I am ashamed to say it is limited only to Scrabble, Monopoly or Uno if they ever count.
I did encounter D&D though in my youth though it was kinda a traumatic experience at first:
I was in grade school and encountered a group of kids in the library playing something weird and different than the aforementioned board games I laid out...they were rolling weirdly shaped dice and have little ''action figures'' on the board. one kid has some kind of folder screening him from the rest of the other players on the table. Curiosity got the better of me as I approached the table and asked if I can take a look at the fancy-looking thick picture books they had with them. the page was on some scary-looking demon labeled a Baatzu or something that I jumped up and run away from the group thinking they are a group of demon worshippers...
A decade later I've outgrown my childish superstitious streak and learned that it was just a harmless game. like Scrabble, Monopoly, or Uno. But even more involved...but I didn't touch up upon playing it preferring videogames instead not until I encountered a video on Youtube about some grown men and women playing D&D...
The rest is history...
Now I would like to experience what's all the fuss for myself and maybe get over my anxiety one die roll at a time...if you will have me...
...breathe out.
In regards to my experience in RPGs, I can say that I have some running the gamut of videogames from the Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, etc. in regards to a tabletop experience I am ashamed to say it is limited only to Scrabble, Monopoly or Uno if they ever count.
I did encounter D&D though in my youth though it was kinda a traumatic experience at first:
I was in grade school and encountered a group of kids in the library playing something weird and different than the aforementioned board games I laid out...they were rolling weirdly shaped dice and have little ''action figures'' on the board. one kid has some kind of folder screening him from the rest of the other players on the table. Curiosity got the better of me as I approached the table and asked if I can take a look at the fancy-looking thick picture books they had with them. the page was on some scary-looking demon labeled a Baatzu or something that I jumped up and run away from the group thinking they are a group of demon worshippers...
A decade later I've outgrown my childish superstitious streak and learned that it was just a harmless game. like Scrabble, Monopoly, or Uno. But even more involved...but I didn't touch up upon playing it preferring videogames instead not until I encountered a video on Youtube about some grown men and women playing D&D...
The rest is history...
Now I would like to experience what's all the fuss for myself and maybe get over my anxiety one die roll at a time...if you will have me...
...breathe out.
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