I actually just started playing and all the rules fly waaaaaaaay over my head at this point. But I had so much fun, I didn't care; it was incredibly refreshing to be able to pretty much do AND say anything you want in a game and see how the DM reacts. Having been raised on JRPGs and fairly linear games, I must say the freedom is exhilarating. It's too bad I didn't find the game when I was a teenager; it would've been so awesome back then.

To be honest, I don't know why some people are ragging on D&D; it did give birth to many, many video games. Not to mention that all you really need to play are just some rulebooks, paper, dice and your imagination. You can't say the same thing about computer games these days, and certainly not something like World of Warcraft!

To the naysayers, you really ought to give it a try. You might even be pleasantly surprised, as I was.

Back on-topic, I don't know if I'm going to join your group, OP (or TS, as is the parlance here) but once I've gained more experience, I might give it a shot.