Post by DM Windhover on Feb 11, 2016 15:59:29 GMT
Well, I've been around for a few weeks, but figured I should actually introduce myself.
I'm fairly new to the hobby. I'm one of those lifelong nerds who used to justify himself by saying "at least I'm not a D&D level nerd." But right around the time 5e was coming out I realized within a few short weeks that a) most of my favorite video games were indebted to D&D, b) some of my favorite novels were written by D&D players or even originally created as D&D campaigns, and c) D&D was at its heart an act of collaborative storytelling, which I'd never realized before. I was immediately intrigued, and got the PHB at my local bookstore. Days later I had preordered the MM and PHB and had begun planning out characters. I taught myself the rules by creating multiple drafts of an automated character creator in Excel. I was in deep.
The first game I ran was the starter set adventure with my wife and two good friends, none of whom had played before. The second game I ran was for a total of 13 family members ranging in age from 6 to 73 at a family reunion. (It was insane, probably stupid to try, but a ton of fun.) Since then I've only run games a couple of times, but I'm still working on getting a local group going.
I teach at a classical school, have a lovely wife and a 13 month old daughter, and love storytelling, nerding out about history, and reading great books and philosophizing about them.
I'm fairly new to the hobby. I'm one of those lifelong nerds who used to justify himself by saying "at least I'm not a D&D level nerd." But right around the time 5e was coming out I realized within a few short weeks that a) most of my favorite video games were indebted to D&D, b) some of my favorite novels were written by D&D players or even originally created as D&D campaigns, and c) D&D was at its heart an act of collaborative storytelling, which I'd never realized before. I was immediately intrigued, and got the PHB at my local bookstore. Days later I had preordered the MM and PHB and had begun planning out characters. I taught myself the rules by creating multiple drafts of an automated character creator in Excel. I was in deep.
The first game I ran was the starter set adventure with my wife and two good friends, none of whom had played before. The second game I ran was for a total of 13 family members ranging in age from 6 to 73 at a family reunion. (It was insane, probably stupid to try, but a ton of fun.) Since then I've only run games a couple of times, but I'm still working on getting a local group going.
I teach at a classical school, have a lovely wife and a 13 month old daughter, and love storytelling, nerding out about history, and reading great books and philosophizing about them.
