Virtually New Guy LFG for D&D anything.

The only experience I have with D&D is essentially a couple of one-off arena things I've done in private with some friends here. Unfortunately though they're too sporadic and not on actively enough. I've listened to a few youtube-video posted D&D Campaign series, so I have at least a vague... ish? Understanding of how parts of D&D Work? But that's about it. Essentially I am an (almost) completely new guy who just wants to be part of an actual D&D Campaign. Voice chat may be difficult since I lack a (proper) mic, but I can most likely jury-rig something together. I have absolutely little to no idea how to construct a character, nor do I know anything relevant to specific classes. So at most I know how to read a character sheet and get the information I need based around that. I guess if there's anything else people need to know I can answer as needed but that's about everything I can think of atm.

I've been playing D&D for a long time and I tend to veer towards Pathfinder. D&D is divided into a couple kinds of games now. With 4th they severely limited what you can do, there are less options to build different characters and the game is very balanced and geared primarily towards combat and less towards RP at least in the Rule set. I haven't played 5th, but as a scholar I have researched it a little and it looks okay, more on line with 4th and they seem to have changed the systems a fair amount. 3.5 is awesome, but some of the rules are a little clunky or don't make much sense. Pathfinder is basically 3.75. Paizo, the company that designed it used to publish Dragon Magazine which produced different options for 3.5 and they also made complete 3.5 modules. So I make up that when 4th Ed came out they were as dissapointed with it as I was and they decided to make what 4th should have been. They smoothed out the wrinkles of 3.5 and added more content and upped the power level of most races and classes and seem to be slowly releasing similar classes without violating Wizards copywrite. I'm just one guy though and a few of my friends enjoy 4th ed. it is definitely simpler and easier for new players to get into, as you take away more options things get simpler. I actually just opened a game but it will be very difficult, still if you want to get good at a game fast I have found it is best to play on the hardest setting, and you are welcome to come play that. My new game is called Deathmatch Dungeon and the rules for creating a character for that game are there. If you want to read up on how the game works, you can buy a Core Rule Book from paizo or your local book store, or you can just pop over to <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com" rel="nofollow">www.d20pfsrd.com</a> but be warned, there is a lot of third party (not made by paizo) material on there that a lot of GM's don't let you use. Anyway, all tabletop games are really fun and I hope you get involved in something and have a good time. If you have any questions you can hit me up whenever you want. I'm always awake at night because I work graves and there is almost nothing to do most of the time so I hang out on here. ~Sean&nbsp;

Sean O. said: I've been playing D&D for a long time and I tend to veer towards Pathfinder. D&D is divided into a couple kinds of games now. With 4th they severely limited what you can do, there are less options to build different characters and the game is very balanced and geared primarily towards combat and less towards RP at least in the Rule set. I haven't played 5th, but as a scholar I have researched it a little and it looks okay, more on line with 4th and they seem to have changed the systems a fair amount. 3.5 is awesome, but some of the rules are a little clunky or don't make much sense. Pathfinder is basically 3.75. Paizo, the company that designed it used to publish Dragon Magazine which produced different options for 3.5 and they also made complete 3.5 modules. So I make up that when 4th Ed came out they were as dissapointed with it as I was and they decided to make what 4th should have been. They smoothed out the wrinkles of 3.5 and added more content and upped the power level of most races and classes and seem to be slowly releasing similar classes without violating Wizards copywrite. I'm just one guy though and a few of my friends enjoy 4th ed. it is definitely simpler and easier for new players to get into, as you take away more options things get simpler. I actually just opened a game but it will be very difficult, still if you want to get good at a game fast I have found it is best to play on the hardest setting, and you are welcome to come play that. My new game is called Deathmatch Dungeon and the rules for creating a character for that game are there. If you want to read up on how the game works, you can buy a Core Rule Book from paizo or your local book store, or you can just pop over to <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com" rel="nofollow">www.d20pfsrd.com</a> but be warned, there is a lot of third party (not made by paizo) material on there that a lot of GM's don't let you use. Anyway, all tabletop games are really fun and I hope you get involved in something and have a good time. If you have any questions you can hit me up whenever you want. I'm always awake at night because I work graves and there is almost nothing to do most of the time so I hang out on here. ~Sean&nbsp; Thanks for the response. I have no idea what the differences between Pathfinder & D&D were, so I always assumed they were sort of a 1 & the Same kinda deal. @_@ Sorry for that mistake of sorts I guess. I'll look over the Deathmatch Dungeon and think about it. Reading about it at the moment makes it seem excessively overkill for me and while you are right that it may be a great educational tool, it does seem a little 'much' to me, but what would I know as an outsider.

As a frequent DM of 5th edition D&D, here is what I think. 5e is the most refined and modern version, easy for newcomers and without the overload of rules of 3.5, or the complete lack of rules that you found in 1e or 2e. It's slick and balanced and after the strange game that was 4e, it's a return to what D&D does best, but leaves behind a lot of the bookkeeping and powergaming. 3.5 and pathfinder are for players who like tons of options. There is practically no character concept you can't realise in 3.5 or pathfinder. Especially with the dozens of extra books with additional content that have been released for them. Pathfinder especially has a ton of modddability and is much more affordable to play than official D&D. 4e is basically a tabletop wargame. It's very focussed on combat and very balanced to be an exciting combat board game. The rules made little sense or helped very little in roleplay, but the combat was well worth playing. While it was entirely unlike any kind of D&D that came before or since, it's still got is fair share of fans.

Hey, me and some of my friends are looking for another guy for a Stars Without Number campaign if you're interested in that, we also play D&D from time to time as well though, we like to change things up, we could teach you the mechanics and whatnot for it if you are interested.