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Tagged with social new-players
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How can I learn a large roleplay group's norms?
Well, long story short I recently joined a newly opened living world server for Mage the Ascension, though the system itself feels a bit irrelevant as when this happened the roleplay hadn't started ...
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What should I discuss with my DM prior to my first game?
I'm new to D&D and am making my first character for a home game. What should I discuss with my DM prior to my first game? And what do I need their permission for? Classes, races and sub-races I ...
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How to keep roleplay interest within the party?
My group has just begun playing Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e and I feel as though some light role playing during NPC interaction would keep the party interested in the current campaign, since it is ...
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How to justify my thematic spell selections to other players saying they're underpowered?
I'm fairly new to D&D and tabletop RPGs in general, but recently I started an extremely charismatic and hardy (high constitution) Tiefling Sorcerer. I took primarily fighting cantrips, but all my ...
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How to transform a bunch of strangers into a friendly group?
I am about to start a game with a bunch of strangers. I posted a flyer in a friendly local game shop (FLGS) and some folks responded enthusiastically. I talked a little bit to them about what sort of ...
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How can I make the most out of a reliable, close, helpful player in a group of players new to the system?
I have little experience GMing Fate. In fact, my only experience so far is a "twosie"/one-on-one one-shot with my best friend, Z. I've been researching an enormous amount of materials, as well as ...
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Is it normal for others to use a player's character when the player's absent?
I'm a new and inexperienced player in a weekly game with some old friends, and I've missed a few sessions. (We were supposed to game 2 Saturdays per month but this was changed to every Saturday.) My ...
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Dealing with difficult male players, when you're a new female player?
There was quite a bit of discussion about this after I posted this question, so I thought I would do as advised and re-ask the question in a new topic.
I will be playing D&D 5th edition soon with ...
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Should a GM seek to share costs? [closed]
After the release of D&D 5e and reading through all the advice on the exchange me and a couple of friends decided to start running weekly sessions, I paid for most of the initial materials (map, ...
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How to behave in the first session?
For the first time I have been invited in a group where I don't know almost anybody (it's me and a friend of mine and random people we met in a game association). Since I have social anxiety I am ...
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How do I foster enjoyment in the type of make-believe required in RPGs in a child who isn't old enough to play RPGs?
I have a four year old son who, when he gets older, I would like to introduce to RPGs. What types of non-RPG activities should I be doing now to foster enjoyment in the kind of make-believe that role-...
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Should a new player call out a "bad" GM?
I've started playing my first D&D game. The group I'm playing with wants me to be the GM, but since I've never played D&D before this I wanted to play as a normal player first.
There was one ...
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What etiquette should a new player observe at the gaming table?
I have never played an RPG and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to do anything special or not when playing.
This post tells me what I should bring but what on earth do I do when I get there? I'm that ...
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How to become a good RPG player [closed]
I have never played a pen and paper RPG before due to social pressures, and none of my friends have ever voiced interest in doing so until recently. Usually most people I know look down on RPG playing ...
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Helping a player who states "I have very little imagination" enjoy the game more?
I have a friend in a couple of my role-playing groups who just isn't enjoying the games very much. (We are currently running Exodus in one campaign and an D&D retro clone in the other.) This ...
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