As happens from time to time, as I alternate between running Dungeons & Dragons games as the Dungeon Master and experiencing the story as a player, I have lately been itching to switch sides. After DMing two campaigns simultaneously for a few months, I want to get back behind the controls of a PC. I find myself dreaming up way that my character might get herself into trouble and back out again. But this musing scarcely escapes fantasy (in more ways than the obvious), even once I’ve returned with her to the table, because though I might have this image or concept of my character, they are only revealed or explored through the situations she ends up in, over which I have little control.Read More »