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« on: November 13, 2009, 07:40:PM » |
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Anyone? Anyone? I've dabbled in it a bit . . . fascinated with the concept, I can see how it could be extremely fun and has a lot of room for creativity etc, but never really sat down and played a real campaign. I also really don't like the newer editions (3 & 4): too many rules, too damn many rules, combat takes too long, not to mention the general "feel" of the game which seems to have departed a fair amount from the light-heartedness of the older editions. If anyone is curious about the older editions shoot me a PM. Anywho . . . well talk about whatever, maybe nobody here plays it, dunno, new here. I think it'd be pretty beast if someone ran a play-by-post AD&D 1E game here though  If anyone wonders about the game, it's really not as hard as people think it is. It has this reputation for being really math-heavy and stuff but it's mostly you saying what you're character is doing and occasionally rolling dice to figure out the outcomes of actions with an element of "randomness" (combat, climbing, etc.) |
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2009, 08:37:PM » |
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Heh... I used to be a big fan... Only reason I stopped playing is because i ran out of people to play with. Gotta say, though, you might want to take another look at Third edition... it's not nearly as watered down as fourth, but it's more streamlined than second... But you're exactly right, it's a ton of fun to be in with a bunch of buddies rampaging through a whole army of peon goblins... |
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 11:02:AM » |
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I do miss the traditional dungeon crawl... |
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2009, 10:42:PM » |
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I do miss the traditional dungeon crawl... haha I've always wanted to play a megadungeon like they used to in the good ol' days. 15+ levels, hundreds of rooms, etc |
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« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2009, 10:19:AM » |
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I do miss the traditional dungeon crawl... haha I've always wanted to play a megadungeon like they used to in the good ol' days. 15+ levels, hundreds of rooms, etc Ahh, those were the days. I DM'd one like that once, while working at Boy Scout summer camp... Went in with a party of Lvl. 1 peons, and when they staggered out of the dungeon a month later (real time), they were ready to do a toe-to-toe with a Balor. I was always of the school of presenting obscene challenges with insane rewards. People loved my adventures 'cause they knew they'd get mad loot, but they had to fight for it. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2009, 12:28:PM » |
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I've played a bit.  Only fourth edition though, so I don't know how it compares to the earlier games... I was a rogue halfling who stole things, killed vampires, and ate a lot of pie. Not a bad campaign! I think it all depends on who you're playing with. Get a good DM, players with a good sense of humor, and a bottle of wine, and you've got a pretty nice evening. |
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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2009, 12:28:PM » |
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*resume lurk*
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2009, 02:10:PM » |
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I do miss the traditional dungeon crawl... Ahh... memories.... It was a good time.... I agree with the stuff about 3rd vs. 4th (from what little I know of it). I love the game... it requires a great deal of imagination but a huge degree of creativity along with storytelling and problem solving that you just dont get in PC games... I'd love to do a game here if anyone would be up for it... Nothing quite like an Half Elven Half Aasimar Wizard that hates neutrals more than evil characters because they just cant make up their minds... am I right? |
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2009, 02:48:PM » |
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I do miss the traditional dungeon crawl... Ahh... memories.... It was a good time.... I agree with the stuff about 3rd vs. 4th (from what little I know of it). I love the game... it requires a great deal of imagination but a huge degree of creativity along with storytelling and problem solving that you just dont get in PC games... I'd love to do a game here if anyone would be up for it... Nothing quite like an Half Elven Half Aasimar Wizard that hates neutrals more than evil characters because they just cant make up their minds... am I right? Hehe I'd love to play in one! Instead of play-by-post maybe we could run it in chat? I dunno, if you wanna run it the choice should be up to you. What edition would you like to use? I have pdfs of all the editions from Original D&D (with Chainmail and the Supplements and Dragon Articles) up to 3rd, so any of 'em would work for me. I guess I'm partial to AD&D 1E myself, I do really like OD&D but the rules are such a mess that it's really hard to figure out how to play it. If anyone is interested in getting rulebooks just shoot me a PM. |
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2009, 02:59:PM » |
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Nothing quite like an Half Elven Half Aasimar Wizard that hates neutrals more than evil characters because they just cant make up their minds... am I right?  "I hate these filthy neutrals Kif! With enemies you know where they stand but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me." "What makes a man turn neutral ... Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?" - Zapp Brannigan |
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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2009, 04:13:PM » |
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My first game of D&D was First Edition! I mostly played 2nd Ed though, and have done a little 3.5 Haven't given 4th Ed a try yet though (nobody to game with nearby anymore!). From college days forward, I played some of the other games more though.
I love tabletop RPGs and it's one of the very few things I wish I could do regularly.
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2009, 06:35:PM » |
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My first game of D&D was First Edition! I mostly played 2nd Ed though, and have done a little 3.5 Haven't given 4th Ed a try yet though (nobody to game with nearby anymore!). From college days forward, I played some of the other games more though.
I love tabletop RPGs and it's one of the very few things I wish I could do regularly.
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I'm a first edition guy too! I also wish I could game more regularly. I'm also a big fan of Shadowrun. |
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"And so, Lord, do you, who do give understanding to faith, give me, so far as you knowest it to be profitable, to understand that you are as we believe; and that you are that which we believe." -- St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)
"But Christianity preaches an obviously unattractive idea, such as original sin; but when we wait for its results, they are pathos and brotherhood, and a thunder of laughter and pity; for only with original sin we can at once pity the beggar and distrust the king." -- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2009, 06:48:PM » |
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My first game of D&D was First Edition! I mostly played 2nd Ed though, and have done a little 3.5 Haven't given 4th Ed a try yet though (nobody to game with nearby anymore!). From college days forward, I played some of the other games more though.
I love tabletop RPGs and it's one of the very few things I wish I could do regularly.
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I'm a first edition guy too! I also wish I could game more regularly. I'm also a big fan of Shadowrun. I still have a bunch of the old 1st Edition Modules, including S1. :-) I played Shadowrun when I was in college. Had a Physical Adept who ended up living in this druidic grove populated by brownies who were big Tolkein fans. I was literally living in a Hobbit hole. Dominus tecum |
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« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2009, 11:00:AM » |
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I actually prefer 3rd e. It balanced and reunified AD&D with the original D&D.
We could have a go at one here on the forums... the question would be of course setting the ground rules....
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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2009, 05:49:PM » |
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I played a few of the off-shoot computer games. Torment was FANTASTIC. despite all this i still know very little fo the world of D&D. Heard it's not supposed to be good for Catholics or something tho... dunno where I heard that.
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