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Ancient Gamer discussing RPGs        
You have just entered "Strolen's Citadel".

This is a resource site for those of us who have the awesome hobby called roleplaying.

This hobby usually takes place at weekends, when a small gathering of people come to one of the players residence to partake of a evening of fun and imaginary adventures. The players and their "guide/storyteller" (often called GM/Gamemaster or DM/Dungeon Master) collaborate to create a story, where the GM has all the background information and the players play different roles.

In the beginning this differs little (well, more than a little, but not that much) from board games like RISK or Monopoly, as the players view their characters as little else than bricks in a game, but after a while the game may take on theatrical dimensions (the players dedicate themselves to actually playing a role as opposed to living out their "munchkin" wet dreams and the GM tries to create ever more amazing and cinematic game worlds) .

So if you are interested in the latter, this is definitely the site for you. Munchkinism (bad roleplaying focusing on "powergaming" (Diablo style leveling and magic item focus) is generally frowned upon here).

This site features everything from novice roleplayers to such venerable GMs as MoonHunter (who would easily top the brag list of the formerly mentioned computer game company).

Welcome to Strolen's my friend.

Strolenite survival guide:
-Remember proper grammar in general
-Remember not to lose your temper
-Remember to make an effort when you create a post. If you create some item or character that takes less than 15-45 minutes of work, you should probably not submit it at all.
We are an online, interactive, searchable role playing resource for game masters, storytellers and players. We provide a friendly place for the sharing, commenting, and voting on user submitted role playing game elements to include plots, npcs, locations, items, creatures, entire settings and much much more. We major in Fantasy role playing, but there is more than swords and sorcery here. You can find resources to fit into almost any role playing genre or setting to include things from Science Fiction all the way to Westerns. We try to avoid game specific material, and instead lean towards what can be easily adapted to most any role playing system. Also, don't forget to explore the forums and the chat where you can join in a discussion or a role playing game in progress. This free role playing site continues to grow with your help, so join our role playing community, read our material, post a few ideas, and go play.
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CaptainPenguin clarifies        
Yo.

Let me clear up a (somewhat) common misconception.

Strolen's Citadel, on it's own, is not a game, per se. It is more of a facilitator for games. People who attend this site are GMs or players of RPGs in real life, and we use this site for ideas for our games and game worlds, and to game online with others.

The purpose of Strolen's Citadel is to be a site for the inspiration and discussion among GMs, as well as players, if they so wish.
Nobody appears, not quite existing, but not quite not existing either

If you wish to test your stuff, then you have come to the right place. Do not confuse this place for another generic role-playing site. This site is much much more.

While it is true that there is a roleplaying section in the forum where you may partake in an adventure at your desire, specifically the Free-Form and Moderated Role-Playing sections of this site, these are only the smallest step towards fulfilling your complete potential. These role-playing sections will test you in your ability to describe a scene and its events in a fluid picture without the folly of a lack of reasonable cause and effect. Furthermore, it shall test your maturity in understanding that role-playing is rarely about "Winning" but instead about the story and dynamics within.

The Greetings Traveler forum shall test your ability to be hearty, warm, and welcoming to those with less experience than yourself, as well as your ability to relax and be less serious than you absolutely must be.

The plots, npcs, locations, items, and creature submission areas will test your ability to take the already established ideas, and take them into new and dynamic directions, never previously thought of before. They shall test not only your ability to take criticism in a positive and constructive manner, but to build upon fragments of an Idea in order to fill them out into a full, and complete concept worthy of any DM.

If you manage to master all of these you might try your hand at the settings where you face the daunting, but far more exhilarating task of combining all of your knowledge into a complete setting.

And, when you have strained your abilities to the utmost, you may check out all of the other sections offered by Strolen's Citadel.
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