[Drugmachine]

My advice is you shouldn't play D&D.

[Automobill]

Yes: don't play it.

[Vezazvqw]

So, the other day I was having a beer w/ a coworker and I mentioned to him I needed a hobby besides drinking and trying to pick up women.

Drinking and picking up women is far more fun than just trying.

Give that a whirl before you resort to D&D.

[wonceinee]

what edition do they play?

[8jIDXQ80]

That was thoughtful of you, yes.

[illignocearia]

Do you value your sex life at all?

[Attarderb]

DF: Hey baby, I play D&D
[drunk girl vomits, passes out]
DF: Looks like I'm getting laid tonight...

[lorrieholdridge]

You'd be better off signing up for a MMORPG. At least then you get pretty graphics and sound to accompany your fictional exploits.

[TheReallyBest]

Volunteering at a charity isn't a hobby; it's counterproductive. What the hell does volunteering for charity do for me, benefit-wise?

[iodillalm]

I've met connections via volunteering that have helped me professionally. And it looks good on resumes to many potential employers.

[eskimosik]

chicks at charities figure your sensitive and caring and dig that sort of thing. Chicks at D&D games... wait, sorry, I never heard of that.

[Hftqdxpm]

Asking an online community whether you should play D&D to meet people!

[Qnnoshxj]

Work on your Dead Pool team instead.

[gariharrr]

Wezil, yes, good point - when's that due?

[uwJzsM8t]

As for what employers like, **** it. I'm fine in my job, it's not going anywhere.

With that attitude, I suspect that will be the case for a long, long time.

[agrismhig]

If you play, play a simple fighter or some such so that you can get the hang of the role playing aspect of it before delving into the complexities. It always sucks to spend time putting a 1 hit dice wizard together to have them get killed in the first 2 minutes of play because of stiff wind or something.

[JeffStewart]

Playing D&D now seems silly to me. I played a lot back in the 70's but it's a LOT of work. There could be thousands of die roles in a single sitting with an administrative effort equal to running a large city. PC's have been used to remove most of the tedium from the game and many games have simulated D&D quite well. Granted you can't be as creative or "out of the Box" like in a game hosted by a dungeon master, but the trade off in speed and simplicity makes up for it, in my opinion.

[Qxsumehj]

If they're D&D diehards, it's not likely. But if you do play, ask the DM if he'll do all his die rolls out in the open. If he says no, then he's probably a sucky DM.

[ergyuu]

If you play as a Dwarf fighter, it would be in character.

[nvideoe]

Lori,

Then it's not a game anymore, it's a story. **** happens. Normally when DM's fudge it's for one of two reasons. To kill someone off or to not kill someone off. To me neither is acceptable. Besides, there are much less complaints when deaths occur if the person dieing sees the double 00 roll.

David,
exactly