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Post by ippondropkick on May 19, 2023 10:02:40 GMT -5
Anyone play D&D?
I'm current playing the early stages of Curse of Strahd with some friends as a Zealot Barbarian and man am I having some fun. Pretty much the ultimate way to sit around a table and find out how goofy your friends are. I'm having an amazing time. Have you ever played? If so, what edition? 5th? AD&D? 3.5 (The best edition)?
LEMME KNOW.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on May 19, 2023 10:13:33 GMT -5
I am curious, is there a list of the established settings? I know the Forgotten Realms one is the most popular.
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Post by Mike Strike on May 19, 2023 10:57:44 GMT -5
Anyone play D&D? I'm current playing the early stages of Curse of Strahd with some friends as a Zealot Barbarian and man am I having some fun. Pretty much the ultimate way to sit around a table and find out how goofy your friends are. I'm having an amazing time. Have you ever played? If so, what edition? 5th? AD&D? 3.5 (The best edition)? LEMME KNOW. I'm also in CoS as my 1st ever DnD campaign. I play a human rogue who's a con artist that only joined the party to make a few coin after his last scheme backfired on him. He's been increasingly cranky about the current predicament his been in & the number of times he's been ever so close to death.
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Post by FinalGwen on May 19, 2023 11:23:56 GMT -5
Been going through a Strixhaven campaign gradually with three friends, and it's been a ton of fun so far. My DM knows us all really well and so is able to tailor the frameworks the book offers into really fun sessions and also go off the rails sometimes as well. We're about halfway through the third year of the storyline so far, and can't wait to see where it goes. Currently playing as a really fun eladrin-turned-dhampir warlock, with the 'Dean Of The Vein' Valentin as her undead patron. Having the patron as an actual character who she can see frequently in the setting adds a really fun dimension to the role, especially when they come into conflict.
Also been gradually chipping away at designing my own setting, which is a lot of work but really rewarding. The central concept has a continent with some traditional D&D creatures and elements appearing over mid-90s Earth escaping an apocalypse in a parallel reality, and how that changes the world. Took two friends through a first contact scenario with their characters exploring the continent, which went really well, and soon gonna be doing another run with a few more players jumping 30 years after that point.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 19, 2023 11:27:38 GMT -5
Been playing dnd since 2004 or so. Highly suggest checking out Critical Role live play stuff or their Legends of Vox Machina show on Amazon Prime for a good idea what their setting of Exandria is all about.
Other than that, Forgotten Realms, Ebberon, and the Dragonlance settings are probably the more prominent settings for the company.
Started with 3rd edition, played SOME 4th, a lot of 5th. Also have been playing Pathfinder or DnD 3.75 in some circles for years. It's such a great way to break out of the everyday mundane life and be a hero. I could literally go on all day about my love for dnd.
Currently finished a friend's homebrew setting based heavily off the Mythic Legions toy's setting with some heavy mix of He-Man and Dragonlance. Some of the most fun I've had over the last year. Played a War Magic Wizard which can be pretty badass.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 19, 2023 11:31:26 GMT -5
Been going through a Strixhaven campaign gradually with three friends, and it's been a ton of fun so far. My DM knows us all really well and so is able to tailor the frameworks the book offers into really fun sessions and also go off the rails sometimes as well. We're about halfway through the third year of the storyline so far, and can't wait to see where it goes. Currently playing as a really fun eladrin-turned-dhampir warlock, with the 'Dean Of The Vein' Valentin as her undead patron. Having the patron as an actual character who she can see frequently in the setting adds a really fun dimension to the role, especially when they come into conflict. Also been gradually chipping away at designing my own setting, which is a lot of work but really rewarding. The central concept has a continent with some traditional D&D creatures and elements appearing over mid-90s Earth escaping an apocalypse in a parallel reality, and how that changes the world. Took two friends through a first contact scenario with their characters exploring the continent, which went really well, and soon gonna be doing another run with a few more players jumping 30 years after that point. Actually very interested in running the Strixhaven setting one day. Currently running the Call of the Nether Deep adventure but my fiance has been nudging me to run Strixhaven one day. Being a forever DM can be very exhausting when trying to accommodate everyone's desires lol
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Post by pinja on May 19, 2023 11:43:13 GMT -5
I'm playing, but still have no idea about anything. Edition, rulebook, setting. One of my colleagues published on D&D. When I grew up, The Dark Eye and Warhammer were more popular. I started playing D&D just four years ago and COVID got in our way of a lenghty campaign.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on May 19, 2023 17:11:41 GMT -5
I'm on a bit of a hiatus due to working overnights right now, but I really, really need to get back into a game.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 19, 2023 17:22:56 GMT -5
Actually listening to Critical Role's soundtracks and getting ready for tonight's session. Trying to wrap up out Pathfinder 1e Tyrant's Grasp adventure so we can move this group onto DnD. My eyes bleed every time I need to figure out grappling rules or look up special abilities of some creatures. I'll take opposing Athletic or acrobatic checks over these rules.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 19, 2023 17:26:18 GMT -5
I used to play AD&D but haven't since, like, middle school. I doubt I ever will again, always enjoyed it but I don't really have a social circle to play with, I'm very out of date on the rules, and I kind of find the rise of, "Let me tell you unsolicited in this unrelated conversation about my D&D experiences," stuff to just be really obnoxious.
Doesn't really help that I imagine if I tried doing it with strangers a lot of them would probably be wanting to go on about people streaming the game and I really just cannot imagine anything more boring than watching other people play D&D.
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Post by darbus alan on May 19, 2023 17:44:10 GMT -5
I am curious, is there a list of the established settings? I know the Forgotten Realms one is the most popular.
As good as anything. Dark Sun and Eberron are among my favorites. Planescape is really good with the right DM. And I like Spelljammer for how batshit crazy it can be.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 19, 2023 17:55:48 GMT -5
I am curious, is there a list of the established settings? I know the Forgotten Realms one is the most popular. As good as anything. Dark Sun and Eberron are among my favorites. Planescape is really good with the right DM. And I like Spelljammer for how batshit crazy it can be.
Maaaaaan Planscape is a trip. One of my favorite settings but it takes the right people to run it. Think of the official ones it and Forgotten Realms are number 1 and 2 now that I think of it. Exandria and Pathfinder settings are my overall favorite settings though. Just really love the lore behind those settings.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on May 19, 2023 18:35:19 GMT -5
Haven't played actual d&D since 2000.
But can remember when,thanks to Mazes and Monsters and tom Hanks the books and game were banned from schools.
Had a group of us from 4th grade until we turned 15 and could drive played about twice a month.
But wasn't that long after I was 12 that we discovered stuff like GURPS and other systems. And it wasn't till I moved to Texas that I played Legit D&D again..
Also me not being much of a fantasy fan drew me to other genres and systems.
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Post by Hurbster on May 19, 2023 18:57:31 GMT -5
I've played a lot back in the day, but nothing beyond 2e.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 19, 2023 19:31:17 GMT -5
been playing the same campaign for a few years... we're not very good at this hero stuff >_>
Every time we think we do something right we basically find massive consequences later...
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on May 19, 2023 21:40:23 GMT -5
I am curious, is there a list of the established settings? I know the Forgotten Realms one is the most popular. As good as anything. Dark Sun and Eberron are among my favorites. Planescape is really good with the right DM. And I like Spelljammer for how batshit crazy it can be.
Now how come Spelljammer has never gotten a game? The idea of High Fantasy meeting Sci Fi is very intriguing.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on May 19, 2023 21:43:29 GMT -5
I think there was a Spelljammer computer game.
Spent an hour earlier looking up old stuff we played. Toon,Paranoia,Shadowrun,RIFTS,Heroes Unlimited and a few others. Most appear to be long dead.
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Post by saneiac on May 20, 2023 14:35:37 GMT -5
I played often in the 80s and 90s. By 2001 I was travelling so much for work that I didn't even have a permanent residence, so I wasn't around anywhere long enough to be in a group. These days I'm antisocial and don't want to be in a group anyway.
We played a number of table top RPGs, though mostly stuck exclusively to TSR games. AD&D, Star Frontiers, and Marvel Superheroes all got a lot of my time and money. Also tried a bit of Gamma World, TMNT, and some game whose name escapes me that was about World War 3 vs Russia.
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Post by Feyrhausen on May 20, 2023 15:48:00 GMT -5
I think there was a Spelljammer computer game. Spent an hour earlier looking up old stuff we played. Toon,Paranoia,Shadowrun,RIFTS,Heroes Unlimited and a few others. Most appear to be long dead. Rifts is still going. Same old busted system with a little polish here and there. Its sales keep Palladium open and publishing one or two books a year for their other games. The Palladium system was a big improvement over 1st and 2nd ed AD&D IMO. But they never updated and got left in the past. Now their games are called some of the best games never actually played.
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Post by Hurbster on May 20, 2023 20:39:14 GMT -5
One of my hobbies is collecting TTRPG rulebooks. eBay gets a bit of custom from me, as you can imagine.
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