Jello I'm new to tabletop games!

Heyo peeps! I hope you are all having an amazing day/night so far and thank you so much for popping to read my little intro! I don't really have too much to say but overall I have played rpgs and I love all of them, roleplay wise I have for a short bit and I sometimes can write half a page but sometimes I just want to write a few sentences. This is my second tabletop site I have joined and I have always wanted to get into things like end and what not but the numbers and the numbers large amounts of writing always overwhelms me but I have slowly been learning and it's all so interesting! About myself personally I a fresh egg straight out of high school Trans Dude who is into everything fantasy!
Take this as a token of my gratitude and as a wish to good days ahead for everyone!ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉﾞ❀~

Welcome, Wolfiedabs32!

Welcome to the community, Wolfiedabs!

Welcome to GP, Wolfiedabs32!

Hello WD! And welcome~!

Welcome Aboard!

Be you welcome, Wolfiedabs32. Tons of fantasy gets played here, in many different stripes.

Are there any specific games you're looking to try?

Glad to have you!

Welcome to the hobby and the community, Wolfiedabs!

Welcome to GP Wolfiedabs! It’s a lot of fun here, and there’s no wordcount rule, so half a page or a sentence or so is all good here! Even in the same game!

Do you know what kinds of TTRPG systems you like? Do you have a favorite genre of fiction?

Hello there! I don't really have a favorite rn but dnd has led me to this tho I barely know anything about. But I will go slow and try out different stuff bc there is quite a lot! Tysm!
There are loads of systems so I don't really know anything about any tabletops but the only one I kind of recognize is DnD (5e??) I think. But my all time favorite fiction is anything and everything Fantasy I have a character I play in normal roleplay that is a Four-Armed LionFolk Centaur who's main focus is magic he can manipulate plants and whatnot. But I would never be opposed to trying other things since there isn't anything bad that comes of it, I simply learn I don't favor it! Tysm!

A Four-Armed LionFolk Centaur sounds amazing, but you'd probably need to find a really lax DM to let you play anything like that in 5e (which is the newest (and currently most popular) edition of D&D).

It might work for a more relaxed kind of roleplaying or narrative driven system! The major difference between freeform written roleplay and TTRPG play-by-post is the dice rolling to determine outcomes - which, depending on the system can come with a lot of number crunching and tactics, or be mostly straightforward pass/fail or complication-based.

Depending on how much numbers overwhelm you, you might enjoy more rules-light systems that don't do too much number crunching. D&D 5e is kind of middle-of-the-road, where there IS some crunching, but depending on your Class is can be pretty minimal.

Thinking about what most interests you about roleplaying might help narrow systems down! What part of D&D seems especially interesting: the social roleplaying (writing out your characters interactions/relationships with others), exploration of the world, combat/abilities?

Welcome, Wolfie!

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Happy gaming!

Welcome to the party!

Welcome!

Welcome :)

Ah ok that makes sense! The numbers part is what really kinda scared me from trying any of this bc I am slow at doing math so I am always afraid that if I were to do face-to-face Tabletop I would slow everyone down. But the parts about dnd that interest me would probably be the exploration and the social roleplay, combat also interests me but it seems like a lot more as in I think that's where most of the number crunching process comes in. But I wouldn't be appalled at the idea of trying it.

Tysm! I have already started reading all of the beginners guides ( noobs Bible as I say) and I made sure to sign up for the game yesterday and I am now just waiting on approval! They most definitely help and I am. About halfway thru them, but I am super happy to be here you all seem so amazing!

You are not alone in that. Many players rely on their fellows at the table to do the math for them.

Darn it. I missed your application so far. I'm not on the front page every day so thanks for reminding me. I'll let you in in a second