Terrance888
Discord Reigns
In DnD4, I'm a Gnome Wizard, lvl 3, in Keep of the Shadowfell right after we capture that fat goblin "chief" guy. The thing is, I try to roleplay and it fails, and we try to make combat interesting only for our Rules Lawyer too slow everything down. "Wait, wait! If I attack first we can all get +2 damage! You shift here... you shift here... You walk here... Great! Wait! If the enemies take their turns they'll turn towards Alex (defender, Rhogar the Dragonborn High-Rolling Fighter) and I can damage more with my aura. Wait... Wait... Oh damn, Chuck (Kriv, me) almost got killed again (4th time!). I guess I need to heal... wait. If I switch my feat...". Runepriest buffing everybody and their girlfriends too while trying to switch his 3.5 rule lawyering to the 4.0 version.
How can I, as a player, get more roleplay in? How can I get sessions to happen more often (seriously, it took our DM a year to "prepare" the module. Then he freezes on the first page so he can choose the right hook. Que 20 minutes of reading through the module.) Average meeting span- 4 months in between.
Also, I am going dead end in several stories I am working at in various NESes. I'm afraid of introducing a new plotline because it might thin out my attention even more, but then the current situation shows more towards waiting and seeing instead of doing and writing. And I don't want to introduce even more characters for me to keep track of. So, when would you know you have "creative overload", or is this just "writer's block"?
Thanks!
How can I, as a player, get more roleplay in? How can I get sessions to happen more often (seriously, it took our DM a year to "prepare" the module. Then he freezes on the first page so he can choose the right hook. Que 20 minutes of reading through the module.) Average meeting span- 4 months in between.
Also, I am going dead end in several stories I am working at in various NESes. I'm afraid of introducing a new plotline because it might thin out my attention even more, but then the current situation shows more towards waiting and seeing instead of doing and writing. And I don't want to introduce even more characters for me to keep track of. So, when would you know you have "creative overload", or is this just "writer's block"?
Thanks!