I don't get it

[Lord Magus]

dungeons & dragons

Gives people who may have an interest in storytelling or acting a chance to use those skills in a relatively free-form (ie: scriptless) environment, with rules used to establish how certain actions or events who's outcome can't be determined solely on acting pan out.

Also gives people with less than perfect self-worth a chance to portray their ideal self to others. (for those who invest themselves highly into their characters)

Finally.. how many times have you watched Conan, Willow, Legend, Star Wars, etc.. etc.. and wished to be one of those people??? D&D and other RPGs are an amazing form of escapism.

Finally.. a lot of bestselling novel series and game series are interpretations of actual game sessions.

Oh, yeah.. the movie sucked.