OT: Random D&D talk

[Roman Yoshi]

Because it's the offseason...

For anyone who enjoys Dungeons and Dragons and other RPG games.

I just started playing last off season because I was bored after the NHL season. Now I DM a game that is three sessions in and has been such a boon for my life. It's amazing how sharing your imagination feels so liberating.


Any Critical Role Fans?

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[LCPreds]

Just started rewatching Stranger Things and get such a kick out of the first episode where the kids are playing in the basement. Good flashbacks to my childhood though admittedly most of my play ended up being on the SSI PC games in the late 80s/early 90s (pool of radiance, Krynn games, etc) due to not having many people around to play live with. Commodore 64!

 

[hockey diva]

I am in an all female player group. The DM is male and the husband of one of the players. We've been going for about 2 years, usually meeting once a month. We've reached 7th level. I need to watch Stranger Things for sure. I have also heard good things about Critical Role.

 

[FilthyScoresberg]

Been contemplating getting into D&D ever since I started playing the game Dark Souls. I live in Memphis right now, and I have a bunch of friends here who are open to playing.

 

[hockey diva]

Do it!

 

[Roman Yoshi]

Been contemplating getting into D&D ever since I started playing the game Dark Souls. I live in Memphis right now, and I have a bunch of friends here who are open to playing.

Seriously you need to do it.

I really recommend anyone even remotely interested in the fantasy genre check out critical role. You don't have to be a DND need to appreciate it.

It's honestly the best story telling I've ever seen from a TV show (with maybe Haunting of Hill House being the exception).

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

Haha D&D is for nerds!

*turns on anime*

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Never that enamoured with the D&D system (or any d20 system)/universe itself, but do really enjoy Critical Role when I can catch it. Would love it if they did one of the more elegant RP systems (I always loved stuff like 7th Sea and Legend of the Five Rings, or even the White Wolf systems-I do know there's a regular Vampire show).

 

[Roman Yoshi]

Haha D&D is for nerds!

*turns on anime*

Haha, nice!

It's actually really cool that almost all of the actors on Critical Role voice act for anime and video games. I think one or two were even on Dragon Ball Z.

They recently did a kickstarter to animate their show and it actually is one of the most funded projects of all time with $11.3M raised.

 

[BigFatCat999]

I play Pathfinder and am looking at 5e D&D

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I had no idea D&D was still a thing people did, tbh... but I'm happy it is, brings back a lot of memories. I wish I could get my kids out of the basement and... well, back into the basement - but to play stuff like D&D instead of stupid little phone-app-looking-games or watching YouTube videos or whatever it is they do all day.


Shout out to Zork on the TRS-80 and The Bard's Tale and making all those maps on graph paper while taking one step at a time crawling through those dungeons! Soooo much better than whatever kids these days waste their time on!

 

[predwings]

I run a game in Nashville and participate in one in Hendersonville 5e and AD&D 2nd edition. We also play a bunch of other genres like 7th sea, Shadowrun, Castles and Crusades, Gurps, Masquerade, and The Strange

 

[David Singleton]

Love me some D&D. I practically grew up playing at Blackthorn Gamecenter in Dickson (or some CCG or another; loved Spellfire).

With the wife, kids, kids' activities, church activities, and work- well, there just isn't the room any more. lol

 

[predwings]

I play Pathfinder and am looking at 5e D&D

5e is very easy to do. Simplified to be easier to learn

 

[PredsV82]

I feel so old. I grew up saving my quarters so I could play Asteroids, Missile Command, Galaga, and Tempest at the arcade in the mall.

One really rich kid had a Commodore 64 at the fraternity house and I played those Zork type games on it. I was frequently eaten by a grue.

 

[Viqsi]

I had no idea D&D was still a thing people did, tbh... but I'm happy it is, brings back a lot of memories. I wish I could get my kids out of the basement and... well, back into the basement - but to play stuff like D&D instead of stupid little phone-app-looking-games or watching YouTube videos or whatever it is they do all day.


Shout out to Zork on the TRS-80 and The Bard's Tale and making all those maps on graph paper while taking one step at a time crawling through those dungeons! Soooo much better than whatever kids these days waste their time on!

The Bard's Tale trilogy recently got a remake with redrawn portraits and an automap and other additions (and it's on sale at GOG at the moment ), and I am not ashamed to admit I recently started playing the hell out of it. (Keeping track of graph paper was never my thing. But I otherwise love those dungeon crawls. )
And if you insist on graph paper, you can switch to "legacy mode"...

And D&D and other tabletop roleplaying has been a mainstay of my social life for decades. Heck, it bears partial responsibility for my being a hockey fan - I got hooked by hearing George Matthews call Jackets games on the radio while driving home from playing GURPS with friends in Washington Court House. Currently only have one going on, tho; a D&D 3.5 setup with several folks that I've been playing with for years, and who are nearly all co-workers here at AWRINCH.

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I play Pathfinder and am looking at 5e D&D

And a semi-annual Numenera game, which we started after finishing that D20 Modern campaign...

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

The Bard's Tale trilogy recently got a remake with redrawn portraits and an automap and other additions (and it's on sale at GOG at the moment ), and I am not ashamed to admit I recently started playing the hell out of it. (Keeping track of graph paper was never my thing. But I otherwise love those dungeon crawls. )
And if you insist on graph paper, you can switch to "legacy mode"...

And D&D and other tabletop roleplaying has been a mainstay of my social life for decades. Heck, it bears partial responsibility for my being a hockey fan - I got hooked by hearing George Matthews call Jackets games on the radio while driving home from playing GURPS with friends in Washington Court House. Currently only have one going on, tho; a D&D 3.5 setup with several folks that I've been playing with for years, and who are nearly all co-workers here at AWRINCH.

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And a semi-annual Numenera game, which we started after finishing that D20 Modern campaign...

I wouldn't say I liked doing the graph paper thing... just it was the only way to really know what I was doing in the game. Mapping the dungeons and towns on the first pass just made everything flow much easier after that. And I don't know how one would solve some of the puzzles or get around the teleports etc without doing it.

The maze of twisty little passages in Zork was one thing. But the big multi-level dungeons in BT was something else.

I am now trying to figure out from Google if the Bard's Tale IV for consoles is actually a thing or not... I can't seem to find anywhere to actually buy it...

Oh this whole subject is just dangerous. It might just end up merging with the "what are you going to waste your whole summer doing now that there's no hockey" thread for me.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Incidentally, if we can drag this thread out long enough I see 2020 playoff avatar potential here...

 

[Roman Yoshi]

This obviously means we need an official DnD one-shot for Preds fans.

A mash up of two of my favorite things.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I play Pathfinder and am looking at 5e D&D

DOOOOOO it.

Seriously, 5e has been amazing because the rules are so much simpler so it is easier to get new people to play along.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Anyone do discord sessions?

 

[Tysonson3]

I play the Starfinder version with a handful of my friends, and we have a damn good time

 

[hockey diva]

So what character classes should we use for said one shot avys?

I am currently playing a paladin. Go figure lol.

Of note, I do not play online or console games. Not my cup of tea.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I currently DM for a group. When I played, I was a Ranger that was basically inspired from the Penny Dreadful show's Ethan Chandler.

Now, I just spend all my free time weaving my players' backstories in and create town maps.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I play Pathfinder and am looking at 5e D&D

I really, really think you need to watch critical role