*airplane arms*

[strangecreature]

I am in desperate need of food and sleep (optimally in that order), but I have succeeded at NaNo! Huzzah, huzzah! Characters who weren't supposed to be killed got killed! Characters who were supposed to die talked their way out of their untimely demise! I may have broken my priest narrator a bit, and thrown another narrator out of a zeppelin! So

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[channonyarrow]

What system, has she said? Cause I know a LOT about tabletop rp, but most of it is either old systems or shit I don't even want to think about any more because it's a VILE system (Shadowrun, I am looking at YOU.)

And add to that, if you met her at a writer's group, I'm gonna guess there's a degree of homebrew involved here (this is GOOD, especially if you come back with "She says it's D&D 3.5").

[strangecreature]

Oh wow, there was a moment where she got excited about it and started talking really fast and I was just like :D? HOWEVER! I think she said something about using the third system because they all thought the fourth was rubbish? Um. But apparently I'm not going to be the only tragic n00b in the mix, so we can get it explained to us en masse next week! *g* (Although I suspect I'll still be zooming back to you guys with crazy questions soon enough...!)

[channonyarrow]

Oh boy. Okay, she's talking D&D, and she's PROBABLY talking 3.5, which is the most common version, and that is a system that can totally be set up (in fact, it's designed to be, but in the hands of a good GM doesn't have to be) a TPK, or total party kill because it's often run as GM vs. players.

So go try it out, see how you like it, and always bear in mind, the system may be crap but the practise is not. (I personally hate 3.5, but I haven't liked D&D since Advanced, which was technically 2nd edition, and I didn't like that much anyway. I got a lot happier when we got into freeform - dice is not my thing and never has been.)

Good luck, I hope it's fun, and I hope I haven't made it sound like "DOOM. DOOM. POINTY DOOM."

[strangecreature]

I told her a gaming buddy had said I should ask what system they were using, and she said White Wolf with a few home rules and then asked if I wanted to bring you along! *g* Which would be cool, if a bit geographically tricky...!

Thanks for this info! I'm excited about this and shall keep you guys posted! :D

[snakewhissperer]

Muahahhahha. *grins* Nope. I'm talking Vampire the Masquarade (Not the requim). I have played D&D right the way up to 3.5 and I loathe and abhor 3.5. Give me 2nd Ed Forgotten Realms any day of the week.

I'm also a nice ST. I don't go around killing characters without a good reason and in the case of both the players I will be asking for but not requiring the common sense merit, so I can try and avoid TPK's. I don't run ST vs players, if I can avoid it at all. This is meant for fun, not antagonism although yes, tehre will be characters they will want to kill, strangle, mutilate and otherwise leave out for the dawn.

*grins* Besides if it helps any? I've had to promise two people already I won't break anyone until they get the hang of the system.......................