I recently got invited to a DnD group at my work and while I'm excited, I'm also extremely nervous. Never played any TTRPG, never roleplayed, never was in theatre or anything. So, I'm kinda lost as to how I get started with this aspect of the game. I've watched some TTRPG shows (though none of them were DnD), would that be a good place to start to get an idea of what to expect?
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I really like the Dungeon Dudes. They have two campaigns based in a homebrew world called drakenheim, which are quite good, but their channel has a lot of good tidbits if you look around like how to create a backstory and unspoken rules that might be useful. There class specific guides are a nice balance too. I wouldn't worry too much about the power game tier ranking stuff, but they also usually give little hints for ideas on how to shape the personality or story of your character.
One thing that might not be immediately obvious to a new person though is that a fair few of their videos are geared towards dungeon masters (the person facilitating the session). I would avoid those where possible if they are talking about monsters. I usually DM, but go out of my way to not learn about monsters that I don't plan to use because it really spoils the fun if you encounter a monster and you know all about it.