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[chastewing]

Are there any Dungeon and Dragons players, here? I haven't played since I arrived and I was going to start my own game back in my old school

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[bitty_jaybird]

Dungeons and Dragons.

You're such a dork.

[chastewing]

Technically, D&D would make me more of a geek...?

[bitty_jaybird]

... There's a difference?

[chastewing]

Do you... really want to know?

[voice]

[blowinguup]

What's Dungeons and Dragons?

[voice]

[chastewing]

It's... mostly it's a tabletop roleplaying game.

[permavoice]

[blowinguup]

A what?

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[chastewing]

The basic principle is that you create yourself a character in a fantasy setting, a little similar to Lord of the Ring's.

The character will have a race and a class, say Human Bard, or Dwarf Warrior, and then you meet with other people who also created their characters, and you roleplay these characters through an adventure.

The Dungeon Master is the one telling the story and throwing monsters at the characters. The characters can go up levels when they accomplish quests or beat monsters. There are a lot of dice rolls involved.

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[secretphile]

i played. once.

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[secretphile]

like, five times.

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[secretphile]

like, i helped someone run a campaign.

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[chastewing]

Did you like it?

[ultimatelyhuman]

Bard's in the PHB2. And sure I'll play. But you know Bobby Drake's starting a gaming group? And D&D is one of the games. So you might want to check that out.

Also, 4th rocks. Don't knock it.

[chastewing]

I can't bring myself to consider classes in the PHBII as basic ones even if they're supposed to be. I think the Dragon Shaman discouraged me too much.

We can agree to disagree.

And I will. Thanks for the information.

[ultimatelyhuman]

Well, I'll just say this. I had the same worried about 4th as most of us old school gamers did. Then I played it and found it was awesome.

So my suggestion? If you haven't given it at least a shot? Do so.

Also, PHB2 classes in 3rd were totally OP. I completely agree. In any case I'll see you at game.

[vespaphile]

Dude, I've always wanted to play DnD so if you set up a game, d'you think you'll have room for a newb?

[chastewing]

Yes, of course!

If it all works out, the first meeting will be to create characters and explain how things would work. We're going to start right from the beginning, too. You would have time to get used to it.

[vespaphile]

Sweet. I'll totally be there.