D&D Discussion Thread
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D-Dyzzle said:I just recently became obsessed with dnd (dungeons and dragons for those who dont know). and i really like it.
anyone share this love?
so far im a level 3 human rouge. im a noob
I was a big D&D fan back in the 80s. It is a great game and RPGing in general is a lot of fun.
Good luck!
D-Dyzzle said:I just recently became obsessed with dnd (dungeons and dragons for those who dont know). and i really like it.
anyone share this love?
so far im a level 3 human rouge. im a noob
I started playing in college and am still going. I went to Gen Con last year because of roleplaying and found HS while I was there.
StarSlayer
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Been playing since the mid 80's. I love to play but just can't find the time to commit to it every week. If I could find about 4 other players, who could commit to every saturday, well that would make me get back into it.
Our last group broke up about 2 years ago. At that time the brute I was playing was a level 10 Lycanthrope. Lots of fun with him. Class was custom War Priest.
Our last group broke up about 2 years ago. At that time the brute I was playing was a level 10 Lycanthrope. Lots of fun with him. Class was custom War Priest.
I played a lot during the 70's and 80's, but dropped it when they started the match Games Workshop business plan of revising the rules every few years to force new purchases. Haven't played in decades (at least not in this millenia) ... I prefer HeroQuest for a quick throw together game; or WarhammerQuest for DM-less adventuring.
I started playing right around when 2nd Edition AD&D came out. My first character was a Human Cavalier. We played on virtually a daily basis in high school. We'd hang out in the library (until we'd get kicked out) playing during lunch and any assemblies we could legitimately get out of. Then we'd gather at the DM's house on Saturdays for a few hours. I was lucky with a great first group (I'll forget the one clueless guy). I've never seen anywhere near as good. Most of the groups I've seen or heard of since have been like all the bad qualities of Knights of the Dinner Table.
I and a group of friends played 2nd edition for several years in the late 80s early 90s. Loved the game, a ton of fun. It was still a "real game" when most other rpgs started following the trend of turning into "rules lite let's play pretend" sessions. But I'm probably one of a very small minority that prefers a good hack & slash & loot session to sitting around and "acting out a fantasy with my friends." But to its credit, DnD can do either one effectively.
Just recently, I have been considering purchasing the new Basic Game boxed set to try to introduce my kids to the game.
Just recently, I have been considering purchasing the new Basic Game boxed set to try to introduce my kids to the game.
I played for a little over 10 years- 2E, 3E, and 3.5. I'd agree with Malechi except that the 3E rules were a VAST improvement over the former system. D20 is far and away easier, more robust, and more flexible.
Favorite character: Human Sorceror 15
Favorite munchkin: Ogre Fighter 11
Highest Level Character played from 1st: Half-Dragon Psion 20
Favorite character: Human Sorceror 15
Favorite munchkin: Ogre Fighter 11
Highest Level Character played from 1st: Half-Dragon Psion 20
How does D20 compare with 2nd Edition AD&D? I've personally never even browsed through a 3E book.Velenne said:
Our DM had a module where we all started out as nobodys at 0 level. Amazingly, we all managed to keep our characters alive and progressed to some pretty high levels. Until, long after our DM moved away, he came back on a visit to run one last game with us and our old characters. He had unfortunately designed the game for no other reason than to kill us off.
All I can remember of my character is that his name was Marik, he was from a small island town called Highport, and at some point he aquired a wicked cool Flametongue sword...
3E (now 3.5) differs in innumerable ways. Most of your sacred cows are still there, but the system is vastly more intuitive than 2E. No complicated charts or entirely seperate methodoligies between classes. The same concepts apply if you're a fighter, rogue, or wizard. The 'feat' system gives you infinite flexibility which is augmented by the 'presige class' system.
Don't like rangers? Don't use em. Don't like magic? No problem. Want to use feats from 8 books, prestige classes from 4, a custom monster race and design your own spells? You can do that too.
It's a system built from the bottom up. Truly genius.
Don't like rangers? Don't use em. Don't like magic? No problem. Want to use feats from 8 books, prestige classes from 4, a custom monster race and design your own spells? You can do that too.
It's a system built from the bottom up. Truly genius.
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Vette71 said:Our DM had a module where we all started out as nobodys at 0 level. Amazingly, we all managed to keep our characters alive and progressed to some pretty high levels. Until, long after our DM moved away, he came back on a visit to run one last game with us and our old characters. He had unfortunately designed the game for no other reason than to kill us off.
Eh, who cares if he dead. In a case like that, you just pretend the game never happened.
LOL, I'm sure we would have, only the DM was the only guy who had any DnD stuff. After he was gone, we had no way to play anymore.
I had Doctor Who and the original d6 Star Wars, but after our "group" dissolved, there was never anyone to play with.
Within the last year, I have sold all my old rpgs, but now that my kids are getting old enough, they're taking an interest in gaming (every weekend it's, "Dad, maybe we can play Heroscape tonight?") so I'm seriously considering getting another. And DnD (at least the old version I know) and Rolemaster are about the only two that haven't went all fruity and "rules lite with an emphasis on story"...
I had Doctor Who and the original d6 Star Wars, but after our "group" dissolved, there was never anyone to play with.
Within the last year, I have sold all my old rpgs, but now that my kids are getting old enough, they're taking an interest in gaming (every weekend it's, "Dad, maybe we can play Heroscape tonight?") so I'm seriously considering getting another. And DnD (at least the old version I know) and Rolemaster are about the only two that haven't went all fruity and "rules lite with an emphasis on story"...
That DM sounds like a donkey. We only had a few times death was a big issue. One where we were proving too powerful for the module, so he beefed it up. There ended up being only two survivors out of around 8. He decided that to compensate for making it too tough he would include a few random magical items. One of the random magic items was a Rod of Ressurection, no joke. The other time death was a big issue was when the guy that played the assassin type characters hated the clueless guy who always brought 3 or 4 characters to a gaming session and played all of them (horribly). The assassin would pick them off one at a time, and the other guy never caught on.
wow. this thread got abuncha post quick.
funniest thing happaned once:
me and three other guys were playin (awsome DM btw) and one of us who never played before wasnt payin attension and started askin really dumb questions. i asked him, "dude, whats your attention span?" and he started looking on his character sheet! i nearly died laughing.
well theres another gameday at gen-x comics in bedford, check the events thread. im thinkin bout bringin my dnd stuff if yall in the DFW area wanna come.
funniest thing happaned once:
me and three other guys were playin (awsome DM btw) and one of us who never played before wasnt payin attension and started askin really dumb questions. i asked him, "dude, whats your attention span?" and he started looking on his character sheet! i nearly died laughing.
well theres another gameday at gen-x comics in bedford, check the events thread. im thinkin bout bringin my dnd stuff if yall in the DFW area wanna come.
Tiberius
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I grew up playing the 2nd edition and throughout college a modified 2nd edition D&D, and now I have the 3.5 edition books. The only thing I dont like about the new books is how they have done multiclassing. D20 modern did this successfully but I feel that your character gets the shaft too much by multiclassing if for example I go 19 levels as a fighter and at 20th level I decide I want a rank of sorcerer. I am going to have to pay how many million experience points for the ability to cast 1st level spells? Alternatively I could go 1st level fighter, 1st level sorcerer and then back to fighter and pay a lot less for that ability to use magic. It seems a bit unbalanced from the multiclassing aspect to me, but I guess each level you get your various bonuses, skills and hitpoints so it all evens out. I do like pretty much every other aspect of the game, I like the character advancement, I like the feats and how they made skills actually useful.
IIRC my attention span was an 18. 
That's hilarious. My favorite story from D&D was a rule dispute between a player and the DM. They were arguing back and forth for close to a minute. It wasn't to yelling yet, but it was getting a little heated. I'm sitting inbetween the two minding my own business finishing off my Sprite. I feel some gas welling up so I let out a belch. At this stage when I burped I'd go for length rather than volume. It must have lasted close to 10 seconds. When I finished they were both staring at me in surprise. They forgot what they were arguing about, and the game continued.
That's hilarious. My favorite story from D&D was a rule dispute between a player and the DM. They were arguing back and forth for close to a minute. It wasn't to yelling yet, but it was getting a little heated. I'm sitting inbetween the two minding my own business finishing off my Sprite. I feel some gas welling up so I let out a belch. At this stage when I burped I'd go for length rather than volume. It must have lasted close to 10 seconds. When I finished they were both staring at me in surprise. They forgot what they were arguing about, and the game continued.
I'm going to take a BM on this thread, but hear me out, I know what I'm doing.
D&D is fun stuff. I played it a lot as a kid, but haven't played an RPG in a while, unless you count Battlestations. I still review the books and minis, because even though I barely play D&D any more, I still think it's interesting.
The problem is, it's not hard to become a social outcast. I know, break out the torches and pitchforks, I'm stereotyping. But I'm telling you, I've been there, and it's way too easy to spend your whole life fantasizing about defeating the terrasque, claiming the portal to the underworld, and seizing a magic vorpal sword +8. And then you're a dork, big-time.
I'm not saying you should quit playing. But balance it and limit it. Don't play every day. Don't talk about your character at school. Have friends that don't play D&D, and don't try to recruit them.
Play sports. Talk to girls. Start a hobby that doesn't have anything to do with computers or games. Go camping, go to school football games, go to the dances at school. And talk to girls.
I'm speaking from experience here. I was an enormous geek in high school, and later on, too. I limited my entire life because of role-playing games. I don't play much any more, and when I do, it's just with my kids. I have lots of friends who don't even play board games.
I am also speaking from observation. I have a friend - a gamer buddy from a ways back - who is over 30 and not married. And sadly, he's not likely to be. All his friends are in his RPG group. He lives alone, and though he bathes regularly, is frightfully scared to talk to girls.
I've met you, Dyz, and you could go either way. You're a good kid, but this isn't life. It's a pastime. It's fun, sure, but it's no replacement for having a life.
I'll stop now. Sorry to be a downer - I'm not saying don't play D&D. Just don't let it turn into your life.
D&D is fun stuff. I played it a lot as a kid, but haven't played an RPG in a while, unless you count Battlestations. I still review the books and minis, because even though I barely play D&D any more, I still think it's interesting.
The problem is, it's not hard to become a social outcast. I know, break out the torches and pitchforks, I'm stereotyping. But I'm telling you, I've been there, and it's way too easy to spend your whole life fantasizing about defeating the terrasque, claiming the portal to the underworld, and seizing a magic vorpal sword +8. And then you're a dork, big-time.
I'm not saying you should quit playing. But balance it and limit it. Don't play every day. Don't talk about your character at school. Have friends that don't play D&D, and don't try to recruit them.
Play sports. Talk to girls. Start a hobby that doesn't have anything to do with computers or games. Go camping, go to school football games, go to the dances at school. And talk to girls.
I'm speaking from experience here. I was an enormous geek in high school, and later on, too. I limited my entire life because of role-playing games. I don't play much any more, and when I do, it's just with my kids. I have lots of friends who don't even play board games.
I am also speaking from observation. I have a friend - a gamer buddy from a ways back - who is over 30 and not married. And sadly, he's not likely to be. All his friends are in his RPG group. He lives alone, and though he bathes regularly, is frightfully scared to talk to girls.
I've met you, Dyz, and you could go either way. You're a good kid, but this isn't life. It's a pastime. It's fun, sure, but it's no replacement for having a life.
I'll stop now. Sorry to be a downer - I'm not saying don't play D&D. Just don't let it turn into your life.
D-Dyzzle said:and for the record, i bath regularly AND talk to girls
Good enough for me, man.