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Hey Allstars! Just a couple of days ago you read my posts “What Is Dungeons & Dragons” and “Who is the Dungeon Master Anyway?” tonight I’d like to talk to you about who your players are. As we all know by now the Dungeon Master is the creative force behind each D&D Story. If the Dungeon Master is the story writer, then the Players are the main characters. First and foremost, it is every players responsibility to have fun while playing Dungeons & Dragons, but what do the Players do? To answer that we will have to go over a few different key elements. Firstly, a Player must first create a Character. To do so each player must work with their Dungeon Master to determine their ability scores, their character race, and their character class. This is arguably one of the most fun experiences in Dungeons & Dragons. This is because during character creation you get to decide who you want to be. You get to create a whole new personality for yourself. Do you want to be a Barbaric Half-Orc, who is in search of new and stronger opponents to defeat in battle? Or do you want to be a devout Dwarven Cleric, who has dedicated his life to protecting the weak and spreading the word of his Almighty Lord?

Now that you’ve built your character and given them a name, the next step is to meet your Party. Your Party is the group of players that you will be adventuring and role-playing with. Like you these players have spent time with their Dungeon Master developing their character. Like any multiplayer game, these characters need to meet each other “in-game” as I like to say. Meeting your Party is an awesome chance to role-play your new Half-Orc Barbarian. Who knows, you might find out that there is a Fighter, or even a Monk in the party who revels in hand to hand fighting and would gladly meet your challenge to spar! Or maybe you discover that there is a mysterious sorcerer in your ranks, capable of conjuring terrible and frightening things, seemingly out of nothing! And remember, with a diverse party there is more room for creativity.

Finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for. You have built your character and met your fellow adventurers. Now it’s time to head to the adventurer’s guild and pick up your first quest! Or maybe your group is approached by a shadowy, cloaked figure who invites you to partake in riches and glory! No matter how your Party starts their Journey, you can be sure it will be one filled with treasures and traps and monsters and more! If it is the Dungeon Master’s job to write the story, then it is the Players job to enjoy that story to its fullest potential.

Thanks for reading!