So, it's a commonly-held theory that newcomers to a popular forum should introduce themselves as a first step. I've found that while, in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice, there is.
Anyway, I'm going to start with a little bit of name-dropping.
I'm Chris, and there's a non-zero chance that you've heard of me, especially if you've played a particular pen-n-paper RPG made by an all-too-familiar group of coastal wizards. If your use of that game happened to fall in the last decade -- specifically, the third edition of the game -- then you probably ran into my work.
Here, I can get more specific. If you've heard of HeroForge, then you've seen what I can do. While there's a small crowd of people continually adding more stuff to it, I'm the one who got it all started; I'd have to guess that about 80% of what's in it is stuff that I made for it.
As for CRPGs, I've been playing games on computers since, well, before they had color. I've been playing roguelikes since the original Rogue came out, and I have yet to legitimately beat one. I have a habit of never quite finishing long-term-story games, though there are a few 'project' games I've actually completed; specifics I can recall include Sacred (and UW), Ultima 7, System Shock 1 & 2, Stonekeep... and I could probably get twenty more if I sat still for a while and really thought it out.
So there you have it. Old-school curmudgeonly gamer, gray-bearded (well, going gray) RPG nerd, and one of those long-term computer geeks that remembers the eight-inch floppy disc.
Hi.