Dungeons and Dragons
 

How many here play/played Dungeons and Dragons??

i play, see my post about setting up a game on IRC...

i dont have a link for it... but its on this part of TFP!

go... LOOK!!! NOW!!!

I play DND, actually DM an IRC session and play as a character in another. Both are on hold for the summer though.

It's fun stuff, kinda tedious at times.

It's actually too fighting based for my taste. I'm currently playing vampire the masquerade table top with some friends. It seems to be more roleplaying based and the rules are not set in stone, so the game progressive pretty dynamically.

I used to play DnD though honestly fantasy isn't my favorite genre to RPG. I've played a lot more futuristic or superhero games, like Cyberpunk 2020, Heroes Unlimited, Villians and Vigilantes, Star Wars RPG, etc. I've been collecting the core Call of Cthulhu books and I'm wanting to start a game of that IRL, though for some reason SLA Industries has been piquing my interest for the past few weeks...

I've played, but it's tough to find a good DM to play with. I'd DM myself, but I really suck at it.

Used to play in the '70s and '80s. Prob havent played in 10yrs. Still have a bunch of books and stuff though.

havent played for 10 years, but definatley have great memories from it.

It would be cool (or may yet be cool) to have a well developed online virtual world to play with others again. Technology is almost there. THe new wave of video cards coming out in Dec are going to open such doors, if developers can put something decent out.

I play alot of P&P rpgs, D&D one of them, but I'm sorta pissed about the whole 3.5 bullshit

I used to play AD&D (2nd Edition) quite a bit..haven't played in a while but got onto a couple of online games and am currently playing in the Tomb of Velix game on this board...Love playing the game.

Never played it. Actually i played some cool game board/chess type of thing with little metal units and you moved around the board looking for treasure, and avoiding the dragon. But i was like 6.

I play.. I haven't even look at 3.5 & I don't know if I want to. I hear they fixed rangers.. So perhaps I might incorporate 3.5 rangers into 3.0. but damn 3.5...... ughness

I like Supers RPGs as well:)

The problem is good DM's like to play too but no one ever lets them because they are good at DM'ing and other aren't or just won't.

So you get bored and give up. *speaking personally*

Neverwinter Nights is good. The map designer can play too and let the computer take over.

I know their is a DM option too but I've never seen it used.

I've tried GMing.. I simply cannot control everyone and everything at the same time... I'd love to, but I just can't do it.

BUT, I do know what you mean Marius :(:(

I play, or I should say "run", quite a number of different PnP games. I really like what was done with D&D in 3.0, though I think the 3.5 thing is blatant customer base abuse.

I just wish that anyone else in my group could run worth a crp. Heck, I'd be happy if they could just run for any respectable length of time.

Can someone please explain to someone who stoped playing back at 2nd edition (started before 1st Edition AD&D) what this 3.5 business is about?

3.5 balanced the game ALOT.

One of the major improvements was the Ranger class.Which was very much needed imo.

They changed spells to make them reasonable.(I dunno about some of these...)They gimped the most powerful ones.Example:Harm...Polymorph Other..
Bascially encounter breaking spells that players used alot.

Try going to Wizards of the Coast website for more info


Quick thing..."Harm" was a spell that had the potential to take a target's HP down to 1d4 on a failed saving throw.Imagine a dragon with 300+hp failing his save? The "impossible" encounter just got dropped to trivial.

That was harm before the change...pretty powerful no?

That wasnt the complete listing for the spell...but in a nutshell..that was it.

Played/Ran lots of AD&D. Even sell the stuff.
I like Superhero RPGS (Champions) more though.

Only so many times you can go into a dungeon to rescue the (fill in the blank) before it gets old.

I play D&D sometimes. I recently picked up Neverwinter Nights to participate in a D&D gaming session using NWN. The DM made a module where it's pretty much vanilla D&D. If you die, no respawning at the Temple of Tyr. Stuff like that.

i used to play....that shit is addictive...i remeber plaing with my buddy one night till the sun came up lol.....but i kinda grew outta it now

I played a little D&D when I was like 11 or 12 years old with my cousin and a couple other friends... But we mainly played this RPG/board game called Dragonstrike, and it was really cool. We'd always argue over who would get to be the warrior... I usually settled for thief, but I remember being wizard a couple times and kicking a lot of ass.

Oh man, I play Dnd, hackmaster, Vampire the masquerade, werewolf the apocalypse, rifts and I’m writing my own now

How do you roll a 12 sided dice in cyberspace?

Damed, I'm a Pen and Paper RPG freak. It sort of comes with the whole uber nerd package I got going in my life right now. Anyway, In my apartment there are 5 PnP rpg's running that meet weekly. All of the people who live here are sort of connoisseurs too. DnD is a classic and a staple. The 3.5 revisions were mostly good, but I think it was really stupid of them to release the 3.5 monstrous manual simultaneously. It means they didn't have a chance to find the *new* balance issues and deal with them. Its also a flaming case of customer abuse. re-buying the whole set of books was not something most people were planing on doing.

On a related note, I must say that I love white wolf for having the balls to end their world(s) vampire/werewolf/mage has been harping on the Apocalypse for a long time, and its a glimmer of the company I once loved to have the balls to kill the whole WoD line. (I haven't exactly liked the last three games they put out, and there 3rd edition revisions while containing some good rule changes are pacifying and homogenizing the formerly quite dark content)

I was sort of wondering where the RPGers were on TFP, Now I see that they are simply drowning in discussion of computer games. Sort of sad really.

Oh also I might as well ask, does anyone know where I can get a print copy of "warlock: the black spiral"?

AIM Chat room:
//roll-DiceX-SidesY

Where X == the number of dice to roll
AND Y == the Number of Sides on the Dice

:D:D There are other means, but thats off the top of my head.

Apokx: Harm was extremely broken in 3.0. I was in a 20th lvl campaign... and we face a hideosly powerful Red Dragon... The GM forgot something when we started fighting and remembered in the middle.... the Dragon was REALLY powerful.. oh look.. HARM!.. I shoot it with my arrow afterwords.. and its dead...... So yeah, I'm glad they fixed it (but i haven't gotten 3.5 so i don't know what it is now ;))

You want something broken?

using the first level spell "true strike" you can produce a really sick item. craft wondrous item (say gloves) with true strike continuously active. To make it takes a 3rd level wiz 2 days, 80xp and 1000 gold, and it has a market price of 2000 gold.

It gives +20 to all attacks. The good news is that few GM's are will see that and not balk and ban it. It works in the rules though. (I think it still works in 3.5)

Here's a little trick I love.


Level 1 Ranger spell:"Hunter's Mercy"(Forgotten Realms)

First arrow shot(Every Round) is an automatic hit,followed by a check to see if the hit was critical.Now,with some specialty classes,you can get the crit modifier on a bow up to x5/x6.

100+ Damage with a single crit is truly impressive.(With a strong enough bow/arrows)

I have never had a character do so much damage in a round..ever.


This isnt as easy to make as the gloves mind you,but this combined with the new ranger class changes makes my head spin.

(I used this tactic with a 3.0 ranger..plus some other prestige archer classes like deepwood sniper *I think*)

If you want I can dig up the char sheet and attach the info :p

Nice.. we need a thread started up about this..

I could do that much dmg.. sure i was 22... but..

Acidic Bow -- D6 Dmg (for the arrow) plues 3d6 acid dmg... 9d6 on a crit...... now... SNEAK ATTACK! ;)
(oh yeah i play rogues)

Ok I found my Hobgoblin archer.

He was 10/10/4/5/0 Ranger/Deepwood Sniper/Fighter/Order of the Bow
He was rank 0 Deity.(After the campaign)
I was using a Mighty Composite Longbow:
Keen/Ghost Touch/ Holy/Unholy Hunter's Mercy and +8/+5 Str.
Bracers of Archery +2 hit/+1 damage.
With class abilities I had Range+100
Consistent Aim 3/Day.
Take Aim (+4 Stationary Target)
Bow Crit -Crit Modifier increased to x5
Ranged Attack did +3d6 sneak attack damage.
Had all the bow related feats.
Had an Endless Quiver of Elhonna...

So thats my equipment..time for damage calcs...

Full Attack round was +63/58/53/48/63/63
1d8+32 +1d6 shock/2d6 holy/2d6 unholy chaotic +3d6/15d6 on a crit...4d10 shock on a crit.
Crit 18-20 x5

So assuming I landed every arrow...
Shot#1 = 257 damage
#2=54
#3=54
#4=54
#5=54
#6=54

Grand Total = 527 (average damage,not maxed)

Man...strolling down memory lane with this one. I used to play - but it has been about 21 years. Wouldn't surprise me if I still have the books, etc. somewhere in the attic, though.

Been playing 25 years.
Have over $2000 worth of RPG stuff.

Was President of the RPG club in High School.

Yes, you could say that I was geek.
But then I'd have to cut you in half with a +5 Bastard Sword.
No offense.;)

aye, mostly online stuff

Just to add onto your list... uses raistlin as your avitar.
But seriously... who was'nt president of the RPG club in Highschool? I know I was.

I have always said embrace your geekyness, be proud of it.

We didn't have an RPG Club in my school. Most of the schools I went to were on military bases (Dad was in the Army) and there "RPG" meant "Rocket Propelled Grenade". Very few schools would allow clubs revolving around explosive devices...

We didnt' have an rpg club in school..or I'd be like..beyond President I'd be the Uberdiety

Was a DM in high school- late 70's. Man that was fun-sippin warm sake and playin all night.

Wasn't very popular with the ladies then heh

At my peak my sophomore year of college I was running one and playing in four games a week. Two Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, DM Created World and Mage.
Now I am down to one Forgotten Realms game once a month, but I also goto 2 different LARPs frequently since there is not much PnP gaming anymore.
If you think the President of your RPG club is the Ubergeek, then they need to step aside as that title belongs to the guys running the LARPs :)
The amount of hours they put into rules and setup alone qualifies them for the title. Let alone the closet full of foam weapons and elf ears.

I still play :) That may change when Face of Mankind comes out though - it's supposed to be totally focussed on roleplaying, with new storylines being thought up (by players, too) all the time, so players wont be stuck with the ones preprogrammed into any game..

If it will become what I hope, it will be cool. Release only in the first quarter of 2004 though, but there's a beta in october (www.faceofmankind.com)

I love DnD, and play my own similar version on AIM.

Never played the actual game, but I love Balders gate, Icewind dale, KOTOR, etc.

Used to D&D, as far back as 15 years ago. We switched to EarthDawn, then that group split down to 3 about 5 years back, got it back up to a half-dozen, we play Deadlands:HOE when we can. Recently one of the better GMs in the group picked up some 3rd book called Ghost World or something, about a city of the dead. He's looking to get us back into D&D with it. We'll see...

So, are you Unknown Kadath? And, if so, do you also play CoC? =)

Used to play back in the 80's. We played pretty much a Monty Hall scene - I think my 10th level cleric had multiple artifacts if I remember correctly.

Made me pick up Everquest before I made myself stop a few years back. Damn addictive stuff....

Man, I haven't heard Champions for a long time! I use to play the hell out of it. Custom superheros.

I use to play D&D a lot, back in the day. Now I play NWN. Not the same, but it's getting there. Close enough for me.

Champions, HERO System, just had another edition come out. Really good stuff.

I use to play pen and paper in middle school, we also played a teenage mutant ninja turtles pnp game too... heh I loved pnp games and if I could find a online group to play with I probably would again...

DB

I still play D&D and Shadowrun, but only once or twice a month. The group I play in has been together since grade school, but we are all grown up now, and live in different parts of the state. We've probably tried betwen 20-30 rpgs over the years, and the only one that ever came close to being as high quality as D&D and Shadowrun was Rifts. I do have to admit, whether its because of the group or the game, D&D has become too hack n' slash for my taste. Everybody seems to gravitate towards power gamer, with people scouring the books for some loop hole that will make their character uber. Well, enough of my rambling :)

Does anyone happen to know where I can get the video of the kids playing DND animated in 3D with various game characters, where the one kid keeps asking about Mountain Dew?

That video was a hidden feature in a thoroughly mediocre RPG that came out way early in the life of the PS2 called "Summoner". I got more enjoyment out of the 90-odd seconds it lasted than the actual game.

Don't know where to find it online, but that might help your search.

It's Summoner Geeks and it was originally a skit by the Dead Alewives. It's available here . I'd embed it into this post, but the file is like 26 megs and not very happy when I try to embed it.

When I watched people DM it usually turned into the DM just casting buffs on everyone during fights.

Played AD&D when I was in High School... haven't had that many opportuities to play it since... some of my friends were trying to get a game together a few months back but our schedules just couldn't be worked out...

Most people don't DM well for Neverwinter Nights. NWN was made to eliminate the need for a DM, meaning the primary function of a DM is to help facilitate good roleplay. There just aren't that many serious roleplayers and DM's out there. The good news though, is if you're interested in that kind of thing, there's a website: www.neverwinterconnections.com

Wish I could play. I have the basis of a group, but our schedules conflict constantly.

I'm in a group that plays using Monty Cook's Arcana Unearthed.

It has turned out to be a lot of fun.

Before that, I hadn't played in 20 years or so.

Unfortunately, I threw out all my AD&D original player's books a couple of years ago, figuring I would never need them again :(

Man, I've still got a shitload of sourcebooks for 2nd edition if anyone is interested in them. I've contemplated just selling the lot on ebay but have held onto them because "you never know."

Coppertop: any campaign sourcebooks? I have most of the class/race books, the PHB, the DMG, and the MM(was my favorite book once they bound it instead of that three ring binder), but what I want are settings books and adventures and so forth, because we play third now.

I am at work at the moment, but will check out the titles for sure when I get home - about 4 hours from now. I can tell you that I have pretty much everything Ravenloft related.

Have never gotten into D&D, only watched the movie and played NWN heh.. Rifts is the only one I've played that my interest lasted longer than a couple of weeks. Just the environment appeals to me better, prefer te sci-fi apocalypse setting.

I've GM'd a couple of games so far, mainly because the GM that usually runs our games is getting tired of the job and wants to play himself.. heh.. So I'm still learning, I'm gravitating towards giving more xp for roleplaying than anything, that seems to bring out some interesting conversations and plots..

:)

Rifts was fun when I played it with dormmates. Although, my GM was kind of a jerk. I made a comment during character creation about why anyone would pick singing as a skill (non-bard class) and he made a point of having an NPC ask me to sing.

I'm currently playing a campaign in Keith Baker's Eberron campaign setting, I'm a huge D&D nerd. been playing for years.

I've been playing D&D for about six months now. It's unfortunate that I'm so busy, I wish I could play more.

My current character is a schizophrenic dwarf fighter that keeps a teddy bear.

Here's the list. Sorry about the order, it's kind of random.

• Battlesystem Skirmishes Miniatures Rules
• Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume 1
• Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume 2
• Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume 3
• Monstrous Compendium Appendix
• Monstrous Compendium Appendix 3
• Van Richten's Guide to the Created
• Van Richten's Guide to Vampires
• Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts
• Van Richten's Guide to the Ancient Dead
• Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts
• Van Richten's Guide to the Lich
• Van Richten's Guide to Fiends
• Book of Crypts
• Feast of Goblyns
• Complete Book of Dwarves
• Complete Priest's Handbook
• Complete Thief's Handbook
• The Complete Book of Humanoids
• The Complete Book of Gnomes & Halflings
• The Complete Book of Villains
• The Complete Book of Necromancers
• The Complete Book of Rangers
• Arms and Equipment Guide
• Dungeon Master Screen & Index
• Legends & Lore
• A Hero's Tale
• Dungeon Builder's Guidebook
• Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume 1
• Player's Option: Spells & Magic
• Player's Option: Skills & Powers
• Tome of Magic
• Dungeon Master Guide
• Monstrous Manual
• Player's Guide
• Tales of Enchantment
• Temple, Tower & Tomb
• The Magic Encyclopedia Volume 1
• The Magic Encyclopedia Volume 2

PM me if you're interested in any.

I'm a total closet freak with so many ideas but no one I know in my area is interested.
I love Eberron to the point of Keith Baker overthrowing whatever god I had before.

To show my freakishness, I convert almost every movie character into a DnD character WHILE watching the movie.

Riddick: Male Meanad Barbarian 4 Rogue 8 Ranger 4

Phantom of the Opera: Male Human Bard 6 Expert 6

Blade: Male Half-Vampire Human Fighter 16
(Fighter rather than Ranger because he has no problems kicking anyone's ass.)

My location is posted. SPEAK TO ME.

You guys are talking about AD&D? I mean no offense but move on up! The best ever is 3.5 edition!

You guys are talking about AD&D? I mean no offense but move on up! The best ever is 3.5 edition!

And if anyone gets the chance check out Mongoose Publishing's class guides for some serious roleplaying ideas and some cool skills.

Sorry for the double post, didn't know it went through.

I used to play D&D and Harnworld back in middle and high school, but didn't really play at all in my 20s.

Now I get my geek on once a year at Origins. It's a huge gaming convention in Columbus Ohio every July. It's the only time of year I get to roleplay and it's lots of fun to do it with hundreds of other gamers.

I play 3.5, Eberron Style

i play occasionally, its a good time, we dick around a lot and prolly dont take it as seriously as most people though

I play DnD 3,5 as an narrol cleric/lich...

I've been looking to start playing again for years. Just can't find a group that gets together on a regular basis, and if we can, everyone wants to play, and not DM. I've had an idea for a character for years now that I've been waiting to test out.... guess I've still got to be patient.

I play D&D (everything from basic to 3rd edition)

Additionally, I attend LARP events through WAR and PRO.


On top of that, I play every RPG I can get my hands on (offline only, I don't like online RPGs that well).

:thumbsup:

I just started playing before the Christmas break and am now involved in 3 campaigns, one of which I DM. I'm having a lot of fun playing and designing my campaign, but alas, only have a session about every 2 weeks. Adult responsibilities will do that.

My main character is a 4th level gnomish rogue named Saradas Brownlocke. Starting to think about what prestige class to take...

Good times. I've been an RPG geek for years. I've played D&D for various campaigns... I played a really cool Ravenloft one. I Love Shadowrun, but dont get to play it that often. The old D6 StarWars RPG has a soft spot in my heart and I've been meaning to dally in either Vampire or Werewolf... Or both...

Man.. I am such a geek.

I'm currently running a weekly pen and paper RPG with the Warcraft campaign setting for D&D 3.5. It's a lot of fun, especially since so many of us are in to World of Warcraft now. I'm in a gaming group that usually plays at least once a week. There's something about pen and papering that computers just can't replicate, even when they introduce interaction with lots of other players.

Already fourth?! Did you start at one? We've been in our campaign for seven or eight months, meeting almost every week, and I (along with the rest of the party) am reaching for sixth. Then again, our DM is admittedly stingy with rewards. It makes the occasional gauntlets or ring especially nice, but man, do I want my undead bane weapon and Sacred Purifier prestige class.

Our DM gave us double XP until we got to level 5 to speed things up. We got to level 5 in 4 weeks. It all depends on how the DM wants to handle XP.

Meaning that in four weeks you got five thousand experience points(doubled to ten), or an average of 1,250 a session apiece. How many are in your group?

4, a rogue, barbarian, cleric, and wizard

I've never actually had the opportunity to play D n D. My friends played it all the time and I didn't want to just ask if i could start playing with them. I didn't wanna piss them off. I've heard its soooo cool though. I've played videogames related to it but I've been told there is no comparison for the original RPG.

never played as a player but was a DM once

Hooked up with some old friends and am starting a new campaign after 20yrs off. Everyone had some books in closets and attics. Should be fun. We are going to try to meet every 3wks or so at different houses so we dont annoy wives and kids too much.

I started playing D&D Basic in the mid-1970's, moved through Expert, Campaign, Master, etc. Had the Immortal stuff, but never played it. Moved into the AD&D 1st and 2nd edition stuff big time, and played up until about 1988. Then all my group split up, college, etc.

Never got into 3rd edition.

Cool thing was that, just before TSR was purchased by Wizards of the COast, I got to do some freelance work for TSR. Basically it was researching product to help TSR create a master database for each campaign world. You listed places, people, things, etc, so that authors could refer back to the database and make sure they weren't deviating from established criteria.

I got paid in product, so finishing research on a Dragonlance novel would get me anywhere from $50-$75 in AD&D product. Oh, I was like a pig in shit! Eventually the program ended not long after TSR was bought out.

I have sold thousands of dollars of my D&D/AD&D stuff on eBay. I sold my collection of 62 AD&D 1st & 2nd edition modules for over $700. I also unloaded my collection of box sets, rulebooks, lead figures, etc. I'm even selling stuff on eBay right now, and plan on getting rid of my Planescape, Spelljammer, and Birthright stuff in the next month or so. Look for moonjj on eBay to see if I have anything for sale.

Anyhow, I miss the hell out of that game. I bought the 3.0 rulebooks out of curiosity, but I haven't even looked at them.

Dude, if your friends play D&D, they are nerds. They will LOVE teaching you about how to play.

I used to play. 1st edition rules only. I am trying to interest my 8 & 9 yr olds in playing. Start them out right.

Also enjoyed rolemaster. It was not as much hack and slash as D&D

Also played champions. I'll introduce that to the kids later.

Wish I had the free time I had as a kid.

Hell, I used to play the Steve Jackson "Car Wars" games too. Also, Gamma World, Star Frontiers, Top Secret, and Twilight 2000.

Dude, Car Wars. Loved all the Steve Jackson games. I have a bunch of Toon sourcebooks floating around somewhere.

I play AD&D with some friends about once a month now.

i think it would be fun to learn to play. ive heard alot about it and have been considering starting to learn how to play.

Keeb, hate to threadjack but remember there are many other roleplaying games out there besides Dungeouns and Dragons. No need to fatten d20s wallet more than it already is, not that I don't play D20, but its only because of player ignorance, thats the only system anyone seems to know.

Ive been playing D+D for four years now. I love the escape from the real world it provides for those glorious 5 hours a week. I am usually a cleric and Rogue/Theif is my second favorite choice.

Yeah. DM wanted to get us through the early levels. I expect he'll slow down once we're around 5th or 6th level. I'm trying to do the same thing in my campaign, but based on the last few sessions, I think I'll slow down earlier. It would be good to increase player satisfaction in ways other than XP.

As an aside, by playing so much in other campaigns, I'm really learning what not to do in my own. I'm really learning the importance of choosing the correct challenge, pacing, and using the rules as a way to keep things fair rather than as a crutch. I'm learning that die rolling and rules do not a good game make. Those things should be known well by the DM in order to keep them in the background, but then, I'm preaching to the converted...

I hear what you are saying, but to be honest I am starting to prefer d20 to the other systems I know. We were playing Earthdawn, which has the most complicated die system I've dealt with and I just found it tedious instead of interesting.

I always thought systems like Battletech, that use two six-sided dice, were interesting, because the extremes were statistically less likely to happen, which makes more sense.

That said, d20 is pretty easy to pick up and learn. Although, Call of Cthulhu as a d20 system bothers me for some reason.

I personally am in love with Inquisitors D100 system, percantages ahoy!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/djmwork/dndbooks.jpg

Had these since the early 80s. Haven't played for about 5 years, though I'll probably go back to it one day...

Rules Lawyer, Taking over. Arg. Ahh.

If it's broken, then fix it. Now the "Gloves of True Strike" is not that bad. Cast the spell on one round, and the next round you get +20 with only one attack. You can hit your victim once every 2 rounds, or you can, say for example, use a sword in each hand and try to hit your victim twice in each round. Try to hit twice per round or hit anything once every two rounds. And the market price should be at least 8,000 GP ( X4 to price for spells w/duration in rounds).

And I'm currently playing D&D 3.5 halfling rogue. I'm usually a Monk or Fighter or Paladin. It feels odd playing a fragile character.

Man, I had all those at one point in time. Not exactly sure what happened to them. Probably traded them away for newer editions. Sniff.

I actually had the original monster manual (these all had *really* terrible covers originally), but a school friend borrowed and never returned it :(

I had a friend in high school find a 1st ed. Monster Manual in the school library. He immediately "lost" it, and paid the $5 fine :-)