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Um, everything.... gonk

I really don't get it at all. When I tried to read the books before, it just left me feeling overwhelmed with a bunch of information that was too back-and-forth for me to grasp. It seems extremely complicated, which is why I need to start from the basics. I know what D# means, and I get how to roll. That's about it.

Yeah, I managed to get that part. Its all the other stuff that confuses me. Having to choose extra skills(like knowing an extra language), advantages and disadvantages(Like weak physical stamina due to being raised in a house where you spent your time questing for knowledge, and instead having a great sense of logic and deduction), and positive and negative traits (Extremely obnoxious for negative, extremely attractive for positive)

When I did it before, I had to do all that stuff, and then we were given all these points that we had to split between such things.

Oh yeah, I also lost as to details like the setting(Medieval, modern, post-apocalyptic) and race(Is it restricted to the stereotypical D&D races, or can there be, say, half-minotaur)

4e?
D7D?
AD&D?

lol, the more I try to learn the more akward I feel.....in the meantime, I'll get my rolls in once I figure out a decent character. We should also try to get more people. It won't exactly be much of a game with just us three. How should I advertise for recruitment for this particular game?

4th edition. And the others, I'm at a loss as well.

Advertise it as an RP designed to re-created the 4e experience on a forum. Also, where the ******** is Travis!? He was into D&D if memory serves.

Also, don't worry about designing your character too much just yet, until you have a much firmer grasp of the kind of character you want to play and your base stats.

As for the setting, it's intentionally vague, as I constantly change things up based on the players. Flexibility is a DM's greatest ally. If you want something slightly more firm, think predominately medi-evil with post apocalyptic sprinkles here and there. (As well as other potential hidden elements)

That had to have been 3/3.5. Orc's aren't even in any of the 4e handbooks, unless they released them in one of the Essentials books. And 4e is mostly class driven, there aren't any jobs really to worry about. (Which kind of sucks on some levels, I miss having Alchemy be an actual job and not just a feat)

You can make any race and class combination you want and have them act as you please. The only time there's an issue is if you pick Paladin as your class and act as anything but Lawful Good. But I always viewed that as a stupid rule, as you can be just as dedicated and driven by a cause that's Chaotic Evil as you can Lawful Good, so I always house rule that Paladin's can be whichever alignment they chose.

Honestly, just go to 4shared and search for the books individually. It's a slightly bigger pain in the a**, but it's reliable.

Races and classes aren't really for cookie cuttering so much as setting some form of identity and stat modification. Granted, options are limited comparatively to say AD&D, but there's still tons of variety.

Think of it like this: race helps determine your base attributes, movement speed, eye sight, stat adjustments, minute details like that. Class just determines your spells and abilities that you can chose and learn.