What are you top 5 fave things about playing TTRPGs?
so i wanna firstly mention i havent actually played a whole lot of ttrpgs, i have played pathfinder, dnd, and monster of the week tho! so i will base this on my experiences and opinions of those systems
im gonna list these in no particular order as well, since i don't wanna pick a fav aspect of these things lol, but:
Collaborative storytelling! this is actually a Huge point for me. i rly love piecing together a story with input from friends in the form of our different characters and our dm's npcs and random events etc. i like seeing how the situations we're in play out based on our different personalities
The characters, their interactions, and relationship building (i know this is like three things which is kinda cheating but shh) if i HAD to pick a top fav part this is probably it. i LOVE everyones Little Guys™️and i love unravelling what everyone's deal is as we play the game and go thru a bunch of shit together, i like seeing everyone's different reactions and how their personalities play off of eachother, and i like feeling like our characters actually build up their relationships as we go
Creative plays and applications of abilities, etc. everyone gets so creative with how their abilities and spells can be used, its kinda of like a mini-game in itself to me to figure out the Most Unorthodox application of a given spell/etc lol, it leads to rly fun scenarios most of the time
When a player gets like, a few extremely good rolls in a row. genuinely very exciting when it happens and gets the whole table in an uproar lol
immersion! the way most ttrpgs ive played work (all 3 of them lol) accommodates a lot of possibilities of actions players can actually perform, usually with rp, and it feels way more immersive than most rpg video games, since obviously video games have to be programmed with a select few options for you to actually choose from (like in dialogue choices, etc). in a ttrpg, most things are improv, which opens up a much wider variety of ways you can communicate and interact with the world and characters :3
sorry btw for taking a while to answer btw, i wanted to really think about my answers (plus i had some errands lol)