So.. has anyone here actually played D&D

Mega Sceptile · January 04, 2015, 10:56:23 PM

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?

Azumarill · January 05, 2015, 12:23:32 AM

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

Miia · January 05, 2015, 12:26:46 AM

I've wanted to try and come up with a way to play singleplayer DnD before.

January 05, 2015, 12:29:13 AM

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

Azumarill · January 05, 2015, 12:35:17 AM

Quote from: Stocking on January 05, 2015, 12:26:46 AM

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

Miia · January 05, 2015, 12:42:47 AM

Quote from: Azumarill on January 05, 2015, 12:35:17 AM

Quote from: Stocking on January 05, 2015, 12:26:46 AM
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

Forgewolf · January 05, 2015, 07:39:58 PM

Pro tip: Get into your character! Talk and actualy like a whole different person, that is what I did. Last time I played as a Barbarian Half-Orc.. He was hilarious and would fist fight anyone who wanted to know his name. So either they chose to fight me or tricked me into giving it out.

Jester · January 05, 2015, 10:09:13 PM

I prefer Magic

Azumarill · January 05, 2015, 10:14:28 PM

Quote from: Jester on January 05, 2015, 10:09:13 PM

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

Mega Sceptile · January 05, 2015, 10:41:24 PM

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

January 05, 2015, 10:53:53 PM

Also what edition are you going to play?

Lifts Her Tail · January 05, 2015, 10:55:28 PM

I really wanna try it out.

Mega Sceptile · January 05, 2015, 10:58:20 PM

Quote from: Baha on January 05, 2015, 10:53:53 PM

Also what edition are you going to play?

4e, it's all we've got readily available.

January 06, 2015, 12:24:22 AM

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.

Mat Cauthon · January 06, 2015, 03:47:28 AM

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

January 06, 2015, 04:07:37 AM

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

Mat Cauthon · January 06, 2015, 06:15:04 AM

Quote from: Baha on January 06, 2015, 04:07:37 AM

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.

BaconShelf · January 06, 2015, 06:41:35 AM

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

w/e · January 06, 2015, 06:50:19 AM

Made a character once.

Never played it, and I lost my character.

I think his name was
Zei Von Lingonbarrn