+1 Introduction
Dec 27, 2014 8:24:53 GMT
Post by AnarchsCry on Dec 27, 2014 8:24:53 GMT
Figure I should get around to introducing myself. The username says AnarchsCry, but I usually go by Mal when I'm online. It's not my legal name, but it's the one I chose, so I'm keeping it. I've been gaming to one degree or another since I was 11, when I was introduced to Werewolf: the Apocalypse through one of my mother's then-co-workers. Since then I've branched out into D&D 3.5 and Vampire: the Masquerade, with some dabbling in d20 Modern, Mutants & Masterminds (2nd ed.), Battletech, Scion, Exalted, Call of Cthulhu, and a handful of attempts at homebrew systems. I've got a long list of games I've been interested in trying, even though my local group is rather stubborn about trying new things. Some random draws from the list, in no particular order: Mage: the Ascension, Hunter: the Reckoning, Demon: the Fallen, Fate, Aberrant, A Song of Ice and Fire, BrikWars, classic Deadlands, Paranoia, and Car Wars.
I'd say I tend to fall on the "story" side of the gaming spectrum, as evidenced by my random ranting about the long-running Vampire LARP I only get to participate in for a few years before the venue was lost. At the same time I tend to absorb game mechanics and function as my group's rule encyclopedia, though that largely comes from the rest of my group's tendency to only skim through books before play begins. I'm addicted to customization, and have been known to literally spent hours working on a character to make sure everything is exactly the way I want it. When I don't spend that great deal of time on a character, though, I usually speed build for functionality, knowing full well that I might have missed something important and wind up losing the character. I've spent the vast majority of my time as a gamer behind the DM's screen (or equivalent), and when I do get around to being a player, I tend towards support roles, more out of necessity than preference. Given my druthers, I gravitate towards either magic-users or barbarians. In more modern settings, I have a habit of playing characters with some kind of criminal background, and I prefer stealth over direct confrontation.
If there's anything else you'd like to know, feel free to ask. There's very little I'm not willing to share.
I'd say I tend to fall on the "story" side of the gaming spectrum, as evidenced by my random ranting about the long-running Vampire LARP I only get to participate in for a few years before the venue was lost. At the same time I tend to absorb game mechanics and function as my group's rule encyclopedia, though that largely comes from the rest of my group's tendency to only skim through books before play begins. I'm addicted to customization, and have been known to literally spent hours working on a character to make sure everything is exactly the way I want it. When I don't spend that great deal of time on a character, though, I usually speed build for functionality, knowing full well that I might have missed something important and wind up losing the character. I've spent the vast majority of my time as a gamer behind the DM's screen (or equivalent), and when I do get around to being a player, I tend towards support roles, more out of necessity than preference. Given my druthers, I gravitate towards either magic-users or barbarians. In more modern settings, I have a habit of playing characters with some kind of criminal background, and I prefer stealth over direct confrontation.
If there's anything else you'd like to know, feel free to ask. There's very little I'm not willing to share.
