I got into this in the early 80's and played about once a week. I played about a year before I developed my character, Tragon, Mystic Nordic Warrior from Val Halla. After I played Tragon for a while I developed another..."side kick" for Tragon...Shameer, Sorcerer's Appentice. Then in a game I had to play two rolls. Some of the games got a little hairy and playing two rolls became a bit difficult...so I banished Shameer back to Val Halla.
I haven't played for a couple of years now. The Dungeon Masters started getting a little to technical and began drifting away from basic story lines, so I dropped out. I'll probably get back into it later.