So.. has anyone here actually played D&D

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My old Smash buddies were thinking of trying it and delving fully into nerd-ness. I want to try it out myself as well... anyone who knows the game and can give me tips?


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ive played a fair amount of DnD. i also have some experience with Traveller. im not sure what ruleset our DM used but we had a really lax ruleset to allow for a pretty casual experience, and since we were all good IRL friends it was a blast. really, the experience is what you make of it. i'd recommend making sure you have someone who has DM'd before or is good at storyboarding, because its pretty important to have an outline for your adventure, or else you're just rolling dice and happening across orcs and rogues every now and then and thats just boring as hell
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I've wanted to try and come up with a way to play singleplayer DnD before.


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I just got out of a session of pathfinder ~hour and half ago


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I've wanted to try and come up with a way to play singleplayer DnD before.
you could do it. just draw up a storyboard and be your own DM. it'd be boring as all hell and you'd be crazy for doing it but it wouldnt be hard


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I've wanted to try and come up with a way to play singleplayer DnD before.
you could do it. just draw up a storyboard and be your own DM. it'd be boring as all hell and you'd be crazy for doing it but it wouldnt be hard
when you have no one else to try with, you learn to make compromises


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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
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I prefer Magic


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I prefer Magic
magic is fun if you already have a huge store of cards to choose from, from a family member/friend/etc. its way too expensive to sustain unless you have a knack for winning at FNM or something


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So we've agreed to do the thing... now to create a character...


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Also what edition are you going to play?


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*lifts tail*
Then come here and take it
I really wanna try it out.


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Also what edition are you going to play?
4e, it's all we've got readily available.


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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
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Yep, the old-school way with a board and dice. It was fun, but we had to switch DMs halfway through, so the direction was pretty inconsistent.


 
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I'd love to try.
I don't have anyone to play with though, on top of knowing nothing about it.


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On a somewhat related note, http://roll20.net/ is a great site for playing d&d et al online and I'm sure you could find a campaign specifically for beginners or at least willing to take total beginners if you're interested and really have no one to play with

You can get the full rules for dnd 3.5 and pathfinder online


 
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On a somewhat related note, http://roll20.net/ is a great site for playing d&d et al online and I'm sure you could find a campaign specifically for beginners or at least willing to take total beginners if you're interested and really have no one to play with

You can get the full rules for dnd 3.5 and pathfinder online
I'll take a look at that when I get a chance.


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Played stupid dnd, which is an altered ruleset to be slightly less restrictive.


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Made a character once.

Never played it, and I lost my character.

I think his name was
Zei Von Lingonbarrn