Dungeons & Dragons

KillerSlime · Dungeons & Dragons

so, who here (is willing to admit that) they have played Dungeons and Dragons? i love the game.

FishyFriend

You mean DUNCES and dragons? Unsure

KillerSlime

dungeons and dragons. paper/dice-based RPG? by Wizards Of the Coast?

FishyFriend

~Sylph~

I will admit it. Embarassed

I have played it and I enjoyed it! Twisted Evil

goombapatrol054

i play it all the time w/my friends. i love it

(im a sorcerer named Tathar Telemnar)

KillerSlime

that sounds fun!

Sodo

I played a few games.

I was a demented cleric. I stole stuff and was generally a bad citizen.

Then I got caught and the story-telling got all too gruesome.

KillerSlime

ya gotta succed those stealth checks if you want to steal... what alignment? a lawfull good one does not steal, i would think...

austonst

Once my cousins and I got set up to play, but never did...

Still, it does seem like fun!

37 Flavours in a Row

KillerSlime

not to be mean, but where have you been the past decade? once again, not to be rude. they bought it a while ago, before they were in turn bought and then all their stores clozed and they went to go redo third edition and all sorts of other things that should not have been done in my oppinion.

foamy

speacking of wizards of the coast did anyone play balders gate? (for the ps2?)
p.s. i like muffins.

~Sylph~

In 1997 TSR was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, who in turn eventually turned the license into an open license after the 3rd Edition.

KillerSlime

lmost a decade exact!
i have played Balder's Gate:Dark Alliance 1.

Sodo

Pffft.... Lawful Good is for wussies.

I was Chaotic Neutral. Stealing stuff was my deal.

foamy

~Sylph~

Not suprisingly I was neutral good almost all the time.
Strangely I was never a sylph.

goombapatrol054

i was a mindflayer for a while, and a halfdragon a few times.

for now im just a human

KillerSlime

Sodo

I played a session yesterday, so I'll give a report:

My human fighter Jeac (level 14), was set on a quest to find the King's jewel, which was conveniently hidden in a red dragon's cave. Knowing that even Frostbite (cold longsword) couldn't stand up to a dragon, I hired a band of mercenaries to travel with me. They were dwarves, and they called themselves the Blood Axes. We entered the cave opening and were attacked by 4 Grimlocks, which we dispatched of easily. Travelling into the cave, the Dwarves were able to guide the way with darkvision and led me to a cavern. I lit a torch just to be safe and we inspected the area, finding a few skeletons and a dead Grimlock. On guard, we entered another cavern, where we were ambushed by more Grimlocks. After killing two of them, I was just a few XP points away from level 15. We entered another cavern and spotted it: The red dragon. We tried to sneak behind it but were caught. It sent Grimlock wave after Grimlock wave at us, but we beat them all. It was impressed with our courage and allowed us to take the jewel if we promised to ne'er disturb him while sleeping again. I was awarded just enough XP to get to level 15 and a lot of gold from the King.

I thought it was a great session.

goombapatrol054

KillerSlime

yes, i can see that.
"it is rude to eat! how does our food feel when we sustain ourselves off it?" answer; turn brain-vegitarian. eat sentient plants?
i recently got back into d&d... 3 new campaigns with different people in the last week!

Sodo

I killed a Mindflayer yesterday

He was a boss character, and I pwned him with my sword

KillerSlime

your characters are cool.
all that happened recently in my group is one of our members kept on acting stupid(if he was in your situation, he would have walked up to the dragon and poked it, waiting to be fried.) while i try to keep everybody alive(i'm a druid) while my animal companion(wolf) fights alongside two other people. last plot thing, someone important died. the DM made some mistakes, and had to cover too quickly to take the easy way out... he dictated plot.
being low-level stinks sometimes.
and it sounds like you have been having fun!

goombapatrol054

the most interesting things can happen in d&d.

once i took 2 bagfuls of ashes from a fire.
all my friends thought that i was being stupid, but i knew better.
see, i had a really high bluff check, and hoped i could sell it as something else

as soon as we got to the nearest town, i sold one bag as "incense" for 8 gold pieces then, just as i was about to sell the other, the dungeon master (just to spite me) made a pickpocket/theif run off with my bag..

Sodo

KillerSlime

well, he's offered to say "you go to the mountains and train. ten years later, five levels higher..."
but i do not think so, that would be not fun i think.

Sodo

Yeah, that sounds kind of crazy.

I usually start MY campaigns at around level 5.

My most memorable ones were a group of 5 at level 5.

Dean was a human fighter, Sam was a half-elf cleric, Johnathan was a thri-kreen psi-blade, Mary was an elven druid, and Ian was a kobold fighter.

Ian died in their first fight, bombarded by six bugbears. Dean and Mary escaped the fight while Sam and Jonathan finished off the beasts. Dean and Mary attempted to destroy the bugbear village with the help of local bandits, but ended up getting killed. Sam and Johnathan meanwhile, were negotiating with a hill giant to let them go. They fled to a city, where the hill giant brought along a group of giants, destroying the city. Sam died in the collapse and Johnathan stole a horse to flee. He lived to become a memorable psionics master, defending an Oriental village from vampires and killing a were-tiger that was aggravating citizens in another village.

Johnathan is still alive today at level 18.

KillerSlime

that's pretty cool. he never tried to get his friends ressurected?
in my most recent session, the afformentioned ranger attempted to convince the party to go on an elven genocide. we thankfully succeded the very easy will saves. then we killed a small dragon and got some valuables. then there was no time left, really much at all... we continued on to the destination point.

Sodo

Actually, he did, but the gods ruled that ressurecting one fated to die wasn't in their nature.

KillerSlime

if i recal, without direct divine interference, the spell goes not by divine discression but by the discression of the person in the spiritual planes, who is given your name, alignment, class, etc.

Sodo

Yeah, but Psi-blade masters don't get the ressurection spell. D:

KillerSlime

that's why you go to your cleric and pay him the spell components and service fees...

Sodo

True, but there's no point, now.

The dudes scrapped their people. xP

KillerSlime

ah well. that's sad, but new characters are nececary every once in a while. it's good, though, to keep your old stats and equipment arrround... just, you know, for in case you want to quick-start an epic level campaign.

Sodo

Ohh man. I started a campaign yesterday with a friend. He was a level 5 thug (a fighter with rogue-ish qualities in exchange for feats). He was jumped by men wanting money. After dispatching them, he was asked by a dwarf to come with him to the barracks. The half-elf commander asked him to infiltrate and island and kill a lich necromancer who wants to force the world to convert to the Pharaonic deity Set. However, since the eastern villages are being assaulted by orcs, the commander needed a new man to lead. The PC has about 250 men and three lieutenants (the dwarf fighter, a human fighter, and a human samurai) against the lich necromancer, his 10 Minion of Set bodyguards, about 50 Sahuagin in the ocean, and another 50 Drow in complex underground tunnels beneath the island.

Will they survive?

KillerSlime

yes, yes they will, i bet.
we just killed a dragon that ate the annoying ranger. it made me happy. not that we avenged him so much as that he needed avenging. then we had a plot point.

Sodo

Today, the PC sailed towards the island, but was confronted by the Sahuagin. After much combat, the Sahuagin captain jumped aboard and challenged the PCs to a fight. With 4 hands, the Sahuagin was sure to win. Hoever, the ship sailed into rocks and knocked the pirate captain into the ocean. Now, they have a new problem... how will they get off the ship with the island so far away?