I want to tell you why it took me two years to decide to start playing DnD. From the outside, without knowing the game, it seemed way too difficult and full of rules. Still, I decided to join Facebook groups and see up close how those who played interacted. I even created my first character and spent a year perfecting him.
He was a cleric, an elf with long black hair, a black hood, and a total emo, both in appearance and personality. The twist was that he didn’t really know or understand how to socialize. He didn’t get sarcasm or when someone was lying. For example, if someone sarcastically said, “Wow, you must be the smartest in your house,” he would take it as a genuine compliment because he didn’t understand it was a joke. That was his personality.
He also didn’t get double meanings and wasn’t sociable. How can a cleric not be sociable? Well, I had so much fun drawing him and creating stories about him, but I never played because I didn’t know how. Honestly, I also struggle with reading a lot (even now). I tend to dissociate when I read, and I knew DnD required a lot of reading, like learning spells and rules, which discouraged me.
But what discouraged me the most was when I was told my emo cleric wouldn’t work for DnD. When I made a post with Luka’s character sheet (that’s his name), most people said his personality was incompatible with his class. They gave me a bunch of reasons why it wouldn’t work, and because I didn’t know anything about the game, I believed them.
That’s why I didn’t play. Maybe they were right—until a DM randomly saw my post, invited me to their table, and, well, it’s been a year since then.
If I could talk to my past self, I’d say: screw them. Make the most “incompatible” character in personality with their class because it’s always possible.
As beginners, did something similar happen to you? I’m curious!
(A drawing of Luka based on something that happened in one of the missions.)
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r/DnD I want to tell you why it took me two years to decide to start playing DnD. From the outside, without knowing the game, it seemed way too difficult and full of rules. Still, I decided to join Facebook groups and see up close how those who played interacted. I even created my first character and spent a year perfecting him. He was a cleric, an elf with long black hair, a black hood, and a total emo, both in appearance and personality. The twist was that he didn’t really know or understand how to socialize. He didn’t get sarcasm or when someone was lying. For example, if someone sarcastically said, “Wow, you must be the smartest in your house,” he would take it as a genuine compliment because he didn’t understand it was a joke. That was his personality. He also didn’t get double meanings and wasn’t sociable. How can a cleric not be sociable? Well, I had so much fun drawing him and creating stories about him, but I never played because I didn’t know how. Honestly, I also struggle with reading a lot (even now). I tend to dissociate when I read, and I knew DnD required a lot of reading, like learning spells and rules, which discouraged me. But what discouraged me the most was when I was told my emo cleric wouldn’t work for DnD. When I made a post with Luka’s character sheet (that’s his name), most people said his personality was incompatible with his class. They gave me a bunch of reasons why it wouldn’t work, and because I didn’t know anything about the game, I believed them. That’s why I didn’t play. Maybe they were right—until a DM randomly saw my post, invited me to their table, and, well, it’s been a year since then. If I could talk to my past self, I’d say: screw them. Make the most “incompatible” character in personality with their class because it’s always possible. As beginners, did something similar happen to you? I’m curious! (A drawing of Luka based on something that happened in one of the missions.) submitted by /u/Advanced-Brother3420 [link] [comments]
I want to tell you why it took me two years to decide to start playing DnD. From the outside, without knowing the game, it seemed way too difficult and full of rules. Still, I decided to join Facebook groups and see up close how those who played interacted. I even created my first character and spent a year perfecting him.
He was a cleric, an elf with long black hair, a black hood, and a total emo, both in appearance and personality. The twist was that he didn’t really know or understand how to socialize. He didn’t get sarcasm or when someone was lying. For example, if someone sarcastically said, “Wow, you must be the smartest in your house,” he would take it as a genuine compliment because he didn’t understand it was a joke. That was his personality.
He also didn’t get double meanings and wasn’t sociable. How can a cleric not be sociable? Well, I had so much fun drawing him and creating stories about him, but I never played because I didn’t know how. Honestly, I also struggle with reading a lot (even now). I tend to dissociate when I read, and I knew DnD required a lot of reading, like learning spells and rules, which discouraged me.
But what discouraged me the most was when I was told my emo cleric wouldn’t work for DnD. When I made a post with Luka’s character sheet (that’s his name), most people said his personality was incompatible with his class. They gave me a bunch of reasons why it wouldn’t work, and because I didn’t know anything about the game, I believed them.
That’s why I didn’t play. Maybe they were right—until a DM randomly saw my post, invited me to their table, and, well, it’s been a year since then.
If I could talk to my past self, I’d say: screw them. Make the most “incompatible” character in personality with their class because it’s always possible.
As beginners, did something similar happen to you? I’m curious!
(A drawing of Luka based on something that happened in one of the missions.)
submitted by /u/Advanced-Brother3420
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