Dungeons & Dragons

[valkyrie]

Does D&D have anything to do with furries, or is that totally different?

[33girl]

TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, YO.



I'm sure there is some crossover as with many hobbies, but D & D player does not equal furry.

[midwesterngirl]

Why does this make me think of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons?

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by FAB*SpiceySpice
Oh my god...what kind of loser doesn't know what MAGIC THE GATHERING is?!? Seriously, get a clue!

shut up kiki!!!

i've actually heard of it because Seth Cohen plays it, but i honestly have no clue what it actually is. i don't know anyone that plays those games.

[aephi alum]

I've never played D&D, but my husband and his friends used to play back when they were in middle school. I don't think they had any very elaborate scenarios... they just created powerful characters with powerful weapons and beat up on the bad guys - or each other.

Has anyone played live-action role-playing games? At my alma mater, the Assassins' Guild runs several LARPs each year, some of which run for ten days! I played one once (a one-evening game), and my character actually survived (though he was about to get killed when the game ended - yeah, my character was a guy). It wasn't really my thing, though, so I never officially joined the Assassins' Guild.

Things like this definitely have their place, as long as they don't take over your life to the point where they interfere with school/work/family ... as with any pastime.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by mu_agd

i've actually heard of it because Seth Cohen plays it

LOL I love you.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
LOL I love you.

aaawwww I love you too!

[Rudey]

Originally posted by Buttonz
Mr. Buttonz plays, and has been trying to get me intrested. How many of you play? Any advice or tips for someone just getting started?

Now I truly know who was on the loser dodgeball team in elementary school.

-Rudey
--All you spazzes know you got dodgeball tattoos on your foreheads...don't lie.

[PhoenixAzul]

I played D+D for a while in High school and still enjoy it when I go home and hang out with my geeky friends. But our real joy was Vampire. Now THERE was a great game. Same premises, but much more live action based.

[Optimist Prime]

my advice is to you stop dating nerds and find a cool frat boy

[kstar]

Roleplaying is fun. It's very inexpensive, and a good way to just hang out with your friends.

If you get too into it, however, it's a bad thing. Just like you don't want your life to revolve around work, you don't want it to revolve around gaming.

LARPing, Live Action Role Playing, is one of the ways that you can get too into it. As are the conventions...

I however don't like D&D, though Ksir does. I run White Wolf systems, mostly.

There is nothing wrong with role playing, it is definately better than Everquest where you stare at your computer and only interact with other people through that, or vopnsole games where you don't interect with other people at all.

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
my advice is to you stop dating nerds and find a cool frat boy

Hahahahahahaa nice

[kateshort]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
my advice is to you stop dating nerds and find a cool frat boy

Where do you think some of us learned to play D&D? I met my husband through D&D at his fraternity. My freshman year there were 10 brothers and 3 pledges that played on a weekly basis. They played every Saturday from noon to 5-ish, ran out to grab food, and made it back to the house for Star Trek: The Next Generation at 6.

Yes, I *am* a geek. :P

Your enjoyment of D&D will depend on who you're playing with and what their playing style is. We game with one other couple, and with a second couple where the guy runs the table and the girl sometimes plays. It's a combination of storytelling and problem-solving, with the problems solved with a lot of dice-rolling and mathematics.

In long-running campaigns, you'll have people who are at 12th level or something, and have been playing those characters for years. If you come in at 1st level, yeah, you'll turn into paste during the first combat. Not fun.

In some areas, there are "Living Greyhawk" campaigns where you run your character through self-contained scenarios that usually take about 3-6 hours (4 hour average). Many people will have one low-level character (say, 3rd level, kind of a newbie), and one high-level character (say, 12th level, powerhouse), so they can switch them around. If you're playing in a low-level group, it's much easier to keep up.

I got frustrated with the 7-hour marathon sessions that kept on going for weeks at a time. The shorter sessions are much more fun.

And I agree that you can't let it run your life. If your main conversation with friends is that you just levelled your halfling rogue and picked up +1 mithril chain armor that gives you +2 to your AC and blah blah blah, you need to find a new hobby! But if you just play with friends on the weekend, no biggie.

If you like reading fantasy novels and watching fantasy movies, you'll probably get into it pretty easily. If you hate fantasy and hate doing math, you won't enjoy it as much.

[As a side note, there is a hierarchy of sci-fi/fantasy/etc fans. Allow me to say that regular D&D'ers are slightly above or slightly below Live Action Role-Players (I wouldn't dress up to play, no way), and everyone and everything is waaaaaaaaaay above furries. Ewwwwwwwwww.]

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
my advice is to you stop dating nerds and find a cool frat boy

But what if the frat boys are the nerds?

[Buttonz]

kateshort, it scares me that I was able to follow the more 'techincal' part of your post.....he's got me starting to read PHB