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I told myself that whenever the latest D&D campaign finished, I would give the next RPG a shot. (I am stubborn. Sometimes this is a good thing.) This is turning out to be more complicated than I anticipated. Joel is *very* into RPGs. So far, I am not. I am interested in the storytelling (although I feel I have less experience with collaborative storytelling, especially the sort where it is directed by one person) and the character building, while Joel tends to focus on the mechanics and battles (there are numbers and you have to add them, and I am dubious of that; I will certainly bring a calculator if numbers must be added). Anyway, I have decided to give this RPG thing a try, and the game of choice for the next bit is Exalted. I don't really know much about Exalted (barring the bits and pieces Joel has told me, and the bits I've read online). I tried reading the Wikipedia article, or the thread Joel linked to that sort of explains combat, and found it rather like reading the Silmarillion (dense, hard to get through, and I'm not really sure I retained any of it). So far, I haven't really done much with character creation. I'm not even sure how much I want to do.
It feels like rather bad timing. I'm currently working full time, and learning the job as I go along. I enjoy it, but it's also more stressful than I thought it would be, and I have to be proactive in order to learn things, and constantly ask questions about things I don't have that great a grasp on. Right now, trying to learn Exalted feels the same, and I'm not sure I have the mental space to deal with it right now (this might have occasioned a breakdown or two, because I'm nothing if not stubborn, and I said I was going to try this RPG thing this time, so I feel like I *should*, and it does seem like a decent time to jump in).
This Friday we're supposed to be working on character creation. However, I have a cold (and so am staying home from work today), and one of our friends is hosting a Bastille day party . . . I've been really wanting to go to that Bastille Day party. *sigh* I wish the timing of all this were better.
It feels like rather bad timing. I'm currently working full time, and learning the job as I go along. I enjoy it, but it's also more stressful than I thought it would be, and I have to be proactive in order to learn things, and constantly ask questions about things I don't have that great a grasp on. Right now, trying to learn Exalted feels the same, and I'm not sure I have the mental space to deal with it right now (this might have occasioned a breakdown or two, because I'm nothing if not stubborn, and I said I was going to try this RPG thing this time, so I feel like I *should*, and it does seem like a decent time to jump in).
This Friday we're supposed to be working on character creation. However, I have a cold (and so am staying home from work today), and one of our friends is hosting a Bastille day party . . . I've been really wanting to go to that Bastille Day party. *sigh* I wish the timing of all this were better.