Quote from: S'mon;1103876Well, at least it was only her mouth was taped. Right? Right?

I'm sure she could just un-tape her mouth with her un-taped hands, get dressed and walk out of there on her un-taped legs.

:eek:

Sure, but then she'd have to make it past the un-taped guard dog and the very much on-tape CCTV camera...

Quote from: deadDMwalking;1103852I mean, he could have left out an intended 'with whom I have an established consensual sexual relationship' between 'woman' and 'with' out and just figured that goes without saying.  But no, it does NOT go without saying.

:rolleyes:

I'm sure in this completely imaginary fantasy she imaginarily signed an imaginary BDSM consent form.

Had a years-long hiatus at/after uni, where things fizzled out in my first year and I gave up on trying to get a game going. Didn't start again til I moved to a new city entirely and found a group. That went well for a few years, until parenthood intervened.

Currently on another hiatus since my third child was born and things are only now settling enough to even consider it. Even then, other hobbies that don't require the perfect alignment of many other people's diaries have moved to the fore.

Quote from: deadDMwalking;1103852I mean, he could have left out an intended 'with whom I have an established consensual sexual relationship' between 'woman' and 'with' out and just figured that goes without saying.  But no, it does NOT go without saying.

We wouldn't have sex at all. She would be cooking for me.

Quote from: cranebump;1102943I'll strongly consider it. Thanks for the pdf link. I Dl'ed it. Very helpful. Much appreciated!

Basic 5e is preferable for me, so I second that recommendation. There's still more that I would turn off personally. But as is it's fast enough chargen and manageable widget juggling for fitting in your own content creation.

I've had involuntary dry spells, where I didn't have a group I could DM to, mostly because of moving cities and/or work commitments of traditional group members.

But I always kept in touch with the hobby.

Quote from: GIMME SOME SUGAR;1103972We wouldn't have sex at all. She would be cooking for me.

Cooking naked isn't just unsanitary - it's dangerous.  Ever have hot grease splatter on your arm?  Imagine it was something more sensitive like a nipple.

My regular group that I played with for a long time fell apart around 5 years ago and I haven't sat down for a game since.  Every once in a while I might buy a new game just to read but that's about it.  There's a 5e group at work but they play online which is really a turn off for me.    And plus I am really not interested in 5e.  So I spend my time with video games which are generally more fun and much, much less hassle.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1102228Did you ever quit the RPG hobby?

Why?

And what brought you back?

I played D&D as a kid in the 80s. I quit once I got to college (with one exception) because I just wasn't around people who wanted to play and had other interests. I got back into it once I started a post-graduate job where a peer at work bought the 3e PHB and it was awesome - and he invited me to play.

I stop playing and game mastering for a few years. My original group just had lots and lots of drama. However, I manage two Comic and Game stores so I was still in touch with the hobby.

Grognardia and the OSR brought me back. I realized that my AD&D DM never ran the game the way I liked. Many of the things I saw as bugs ended up being features.

What brought me back was getting access to the D&D Next playtest material from my Wizards of the Coast Account Rep and starting my blog.

Halfway back into the hobby because my children hit teenage years and got interested & independent enough to run themselves. Currently doing quick research & coaching because kid #2 is "getting ready for English History GCSE" by throwing together a 5e campaign set in 955AD Northumbria to run for his brothers + school friends.

The 5e group at work during the day has been meeting << 50% of the time over the last 6 months because DM had a precious story and wanted the majority of the players present for it; now on hiatus so the DM can rework for less consistent playerbase. I'd threatened to take over the time slot and run West Marches, but with only 1.5 hour sessions it's infeasible to run a full round-trip from safety to adventure and back to safety. With kids I can't hang around for the 5e groups which meet after work.

So many quitters...

Charlie don't surf!

Quote from: Opaopajr;1102268I've quit when I was too busy with other life interests, such as partying, schooling, etc. I usually come back when I am injured and recouperating.

So, if you're not playing and people want you back in the game, they should run you over with a car?

Quote from: Spinachcat;1102228Did you ever quit the RPG hobby?

Why?

And what brought you back?

I never quite but I know several who did and all but one came back. And the reason for quitting was always, with one exception, a version of "too busy, real life" and real life would end when kids were grown or a divorce and I'd get a phone call, "you guys still game?" The exception was the guy who took up Scottish country dancing, sort of like real life, and he came back when he broke a leg and left again when it healed.

Never left, but real life happened with starting a family and moving around the world and building a career. Still game occasionally with a mate from home using messenger or skype. I recently got a work colleague and his spouse interested and ran a Coriolis game for them a few weeks back. They liked it so I might be starting up something regular soon.