Echo

So, I recently started playing D&D and I have completely fallen in love with it!
I've only been to two sittings, I participated in each and I have my own character and am registered in the system.
I don't know too much about the game yet...I can play, but the only thing that I really need help in is where to put what on my character sheet and using dice. I haven't differentiated the dice yet and I haven't really learned the layout of the character sheet yet either lol. Give me some slack I've only played twice so far!

I go to all my sittings with my friend Brittany at a little place called Collector's Connection. I suppose it's not really little, just packed with a bunch of awesome stuff and people. My Dungeon Master's name is Kat and she is an AMAZING Dungeon Master. She helps you through everything and explains the game with detail and makes it all fun.

Incase you were wondering, my character is a level 5 Raptoran Rogue named Odette.

Here's the questions for all of you: How long have you been playing D&D? Do you like your DM, if so why? Where do you play D&D?

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Hantei16

My first tabletop roleplaying game was Robotech, my first experience of it was way back in '98. I used to hang out as the hotshot kid who played Magic: The Gathering along with a bigger cousin in a hobby shop. He was older and i was like a lackey following and learning all of these game stuff. I often see him along with his friends w/c are also older than me playing D&D, it was 2nd ed AD&D back then and watching them was quite interesting. My first hands-on experience with it was during a christmas eve, it was me, a friend, and my cousin. He was the DM and i was the ranger with my friend as a cleric, hell yeah it was fun and it was the start of my D&D odyssey.

Years went on and those older people i'm talking about also became the main circle of friends that i hang out with even up to now. We still play D&D during summer vacation and in long holiday seasons. Along with new people in the gang our D&D sessions are getting better. We usually play at a designated place, usually the home of one of the players. There's no real permanent DM here, of course they do get bored of DM work sometimes and they'd like to take on player roles. But as far as crappy DMs are concerned, we only have one, but his whereabouts are unknown nowadays.

As my playing style, i usually go for roleplaying than power-gaming, sure y'know the diff'rence right? There are lots of loopholes in the game in which players can create goku-like characters and everything...But at epic-level campaigns, yeah i usually am a power-gamer. Our last D&D run was back in oct-november '07, kinda short lived but we're expecting another run this month up until early June. My last character was Rodolfo "El Loco Diablo" Benitez, 1st level(ended up 7th) fighter. What's with the name? It was in a Ravenloft setting where you usually encounter undead and other similar denizens so i decided to roleplay something spicy like a latino grumpy no-nonsense, tobacco chewing old geezer that loves gunpowder.

D&D is on 4th edition now, we're still stuck with 3rd ed tho,,,so how 'bout you? what edition do you play?

NeoDeath90

while i've never actually played D&D before, i have played tabletop roleplaying games

but on the subject of dnd, R.I.P. Jerry Gygax, co creator.

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Echo

Haha...You seem like a fun person to be around..I like your style ^-^

Currently we are playing 3rd edition but once 4th edition comes out I am pretty sure that we are going to swtich over. I really wished I wouldn't have waited so long to get into the game..I mean I've know about the game for quite sometimes but I always thought I wouldn't like it...how wrong was I!

As for magic...I just could never get into magic for some reason...It just never really appealed to me..I dunno why...I guess I am weird or something lol.

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Joe Mage

Ahh, the good ol' days of when I played D&D, good times; good times. Back when I was a PC my namesake, Jo (how it was originally spelled) Mage, was my first character durin' the 2nd Edition D&D. And boy did he grow extremely powerful. Under 3rd edition rules, he'd b a Demi-God now. He grew so powerful that my original DM, guy named Robert, forced me ta retire him; 'cause he couldn' come up wit anymore challanges for him. And let me tell u, Robert was brutal as a DM, but; mostly through luck; my character made it and grew ta b very powerful. I had other PC characters, but none of them ever shone as brightly as Jo Mage, which is a shortened version of his real name "Jovenicus Magolicus," although some of his closest friends refered ta him as "Joven."

But as a DM, I was pretty popular amongst my friends. I never had a "God" complex that some DM's suffer from, I had always tried ta b impartial when playin' as a DM. I like ta look at the DM part as a "director" or "storyteller" of a story, in which, the PCs r the stars. Of course, that doesn' mean that I go easy on them, I jus' try ta make it more enjoyable for the players and myself. My friends used ta enjoy the fact that I would come up wit different voices for all of the characters that I'd play, they said it added "flair."lol. I don' play anymore, 'cause I don' know too many ppl where I live and most of them don' play D&D; so I hadta put up my books. But I did have a blast while I was playin'.

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Luminous

It's awesome to see so many D&D players here on the forums. +5 coolness points gained for AO.

I've been playing D&D for around ~4-ish years. Our original DM was amazingly good at storytelling. You really did feel like the character in the story, and the DM never railroaded PCs into something, and if he did, it was so well masked that we never noticed, since he winged stuff up so well. And the combat was intense, I remember one batte where it was 4 level 15s against a balor demon, and I died 4 times in the same battle. I was constantly ressurected by the druid Duncan Mcloud of the clan Mcloud, who was insane, and had a tiger named Giblet. Good times.

For DMs, I prefer them to be brutal. That way, you have to think like your character, and really exploit every option you have to win the battle, or use spells in a way you wouldn't have thought of otherwise.

Same here. I used to make power gaming characters, I just never used them because it wouldn't be that fun in my opinion.

I always enjoy it when DMs do the voices like that. Did you ever do female voices? We alaways used to have a good laugh whenever that occured.


I currently play 3.5 Edition of D&D, always have. So, basically, I'll balk at everyone that plays 2nd Edition for not moving on, but then when 4 comes out, I'll be like "No, 4 gets it all wrong! 3.5 foreva!". Who needs new grappling rules anyways....

If anyone has any 3.5 D&D questions, I'd be happy to answer them, I still remember a lot of the rules and such, I must have read the DM's Guide and Player's Handbook a solid 4-5 times apiece...

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Aleister Sithis

I Love DnD, but since we only were able to complete one campaign or dungeon, I'm only level 2 - in both my characters, whom are a Moon Elf Sorcerer with a Neutral Evil aspect and a Lawful Evil Drow Fighter, lol.

I'm usually our DM, and I am a ass hole DM, I mean, I will over-load us with opponents to where we almost die, also deny requests (But I accept them, I only have fun). And we usually play at some cafe or to be cliche and funny, my grandmas basement.

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Joe Mage

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I always enjoy it when DMs do the voices like that. Did you ever do female voices? We alaways used to have a good laugh whenever that occured.
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Yes, I did. As a matter of fact, we had a girl join our group, and I completely freaked her out when I started imitatin' the voices of the female NPCs. She said that I sounded so much like a woman that she was completely shocked.

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Hantei16

I was like an introductory DM when i was younger..I used to be a DM for my elementary folks back when i was at 5th or 6th graDE..I think i'm good at it, but once 3rd ed came out my dm potential was reset and i kinda like enjoyed player roles more.

Yeah for DMs i also prefer brutal ones that knows the boundary of challenge and godliness.

"Back when I was a PC my namesake, Jo (how it was originally spelled) Mage, was my first character durin' the 2nd Edition D&D. And boy did he grow extremely powerful. Under 3rd edition rules, he'd b a Demi-God now."
TRUE

Happens a lot here, if we compare 2nd and 3rd ed character capabilities, 3rd ed ones are usually ten levels behind 2nd ed ones. Anyway, we usually play at our own custom setting here but sometimes for fun we do use default settings like Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance. 'Lance is kinda fun to play and fun to read, i'm not very much into pocketbooks but i have enjoyed some 'Lance novels. Est solarus uth mithas.

We also love 3.5 but still prefer 3rd ed over it for the simple stupid reason of the Disintegrate spell.

Experiences...Experiences....Well for the funny and stupid part, i do know someone who cries over a fallen character. It's quite odd really, that guy even breaks bricks while cryin'...Yeah, literally. Candid moments are common but that's one of the main reasons why this game never gets outdated.

"As for magic...I just could never get into magic for some reason...It just never really appealed to me..I dunno why...I guess I am weird or something lol."
Magic is the bomb, but my love for magic never stood the test of time, it just gets too kiddie and too commercial nowadays. But still a great game tho, it's just not my cup of tea anymore.

Echo

Exactly.
I totally agree with you.
I personally think games are always better before they go mainstream...because commercials start airing and all these people who really only want to play the game because they want to be cool and they ruin the fun of the game because they don't try to play correctly.
It's the same way with music and bands.
Once a band hits it big and goes mainstream big time...it's like they sell their goodness and soul to the satan of media. Then all their music starts to sound the same and all these stupid people start liking the band for only one song and never bother to research any other songs by the band. GAH...it's so annoying!
I mean I am glad the game and the band are making money and all but at least try to stick to your roots.

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fayt lingod

I started playin D&D about 7-8 years ago. the only group i found in my area had characters all near 100. instead of jump in with a self made character, i took a different approach. I went to my uncle, who has played D&D since 1st edition, and asked him if i could use his old character (he had long since quit)

His character's name?

Fayt Lingod

Fayt was an immortal elvish warlord (lvl 101), he was lvl 20 wizard, fighter, rogue, cleric of chaos, ranger, and a level 1 archmage. as fayt, i played for nearly 2 years, however by that time fayt (now close to lvl 290) had killed 5 gods, seven devil lords, and 6 demon princes while the other party members died and were resurected countless times. needless to say, i was forced to retire him yet again.

Now i play as a DM, Fayt (who traveled to an entirely different multi-verse) is now my "Balance" NPC. when an evil PC, or extremely powerful challenges come, fayt answers the call for help. needless to say, my experience massacring gods and archfiends lead me to create sadistic and torturous dungeons and rediculous chalenges. but its worth it to see the face of a relieved player to konw that the Great Wyrm Prismatic Dragon (epic level handbook) was only an illusion.

BTW: Fayt is now (capped) at character class 300, he is immortal (moreso than a god), and loves training new adventurers and sending them to fix the problems he's too lazy to deal with.

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