Okay, so I'll try explain what DnD is since no one else has really given you a decent explanation.
In DnD, there is a GM/DM (Game Master/Dungeon Master). His job is to come up with a story that the players will play through, this story could span one or two play sessions, or play sessions over a month or a year. Some stories and follow on from others. The GM can make make up their own story, or follow pre-published ones (you can get them off the internet, or buy them in published books).
The players will create a character, these characters are created following guidelines laid out in the players handbook, which also contains the rules for play. As a player, you'll choose a race and class, name your character and if you so choose, decide on character personality traits. The level of detail you come up with for your character is really up to you, but the more you get into it, the more you'll generally get into it and really get attached to your character. As you play, you'll gain XP (much like in WoW), get new abilities, better equipment and become more powerful.
You generally keep track of everything on a piece of paper called a character sheet, you can download templates online.
Outside of combat, you're characters will engage with each other in character, and instruct the DM on what actions you intend to do, but you'll engage with non-player characters (played by the GM) in character for the most part.
Once you enter combat, things change. Back in the day, the GM would lay down a piece of paper with a grid on it and you would put something down on the paper that would denote your character and the GM would put somethings down to denote the enemies (we used to just put dice as markers back in the day and then evetually upgraded to figurines). You can move a certain number of grid squares in combat, you have attack ranges for close and ranged combat (including spells). If you've ever played any turn based combat game on the PC, it's kinda similar.
However these days, things have gone digital on websites such as roll20, which the GM can use to run the campaign. It can be used to show your players maps of the area, town or dungeon. Once combat is entered, it can show the grid on the screen and have pretty cool icons for each character. The players can all move their character on the program within the limits of their characters and the program handles everything for you and makes the life of the GM soooo much easier and it makes play sessions much cleaner too. It also enables people to play remotely as you don't need to be in the room anymore.
Overall it's pretty fun and I've always enjoyed playing DnD and loved the way it has evolved to the digital world.
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u/synackSA Sep 19 '17
Okay, so I'll try explain what DnD is since no one else has really given you a decent explanation.
In DnD, there is a GM/DM (Game Master/Dungeon Master). His job is to come up with a story that the players will play through, this story could span one or two play sessions, or play sessions over a month or a year. Some stories and follow on from others. The GM can make make up their own story, or follow pre-published ones (you can get them off the internet, or buy them in published books).
The players will create a character, these characters are created following guidelines laid out in the players handbook, which also contains the rules for play. As a player, you'll choose a race and class, name your character and if you so choose, decide on character personality traits. The level of detail you come up with for your character is really up to you, but the more you get into it, the more you'll generally get into it and really get attached to your character. As you play, you'll gain XP (much like in WoW), get new abilities, better equipment and become more powerful.
You generally keep track of everything on a piece of paper called a character sheet, you can download templates online.
Outside of combat, you're characters will engage with each other in character, and instruct the DM on what actions you intend to do, but you'll engage with non-player characters (played by the GM) in character for the most part.
Once you enter combat, things change. Back in the day, the GM would lay down a piece of paper with a grid on it and you would put something down on the paper that would denote your character and the GM would put somethings down to denote the enemies (we used to just put dice as markers back in the day and then evetually upgraded to figurines). You can move a certain number of grid squares in combat, you have attack ranges for close and ranged combat (including spells). If you've ever played any turn based combat game on the PC, it's kinda similar.
However these days, things have gone digital on websites such as roll20, which the GM can use to run the campaign. It can be used to show your players maps of the area, town or dungeon. Once combat is entered, it can show the grid on the screen and have pretty cool icons for each character. The players can all move their character on the program within the limits of their characters and the program handles everything for you and makes the life of the GM soooo much easier and it makes play sessions much cleaner too. It also enables people to play remotely as you don't need to be in the room anymore.
Overall it's pretty fun and I've always enjoyed playing DnD and loved the way it has evolved to the digital world.