Poll: Dungeons and Dragons.

[Gaderael]

I found it alright, that's probably got something to do with the fact that we're rather loose with the rules (in the interest of keeping it more entertaining).

Need proof? We once summoned a whale as a weapon (we crushed a bunch of generic bad guys by having it drop on top of them).

THIS is why I love P&P RPGs, reminds me of the time I was playing Star Wars D6 and stoped a banfa stampeed by running toward them, jumping, and fucking riding one.

That will always be the greatest thing about pen and paper games. If you can think it, you can figure out a way to do it.

Reminds me of the time my friends and I were fighting a shadow dragon. The guys attacked it from the front while my Halfling thief went around to the dragon's back door. My character did the most disgusting thing possible and climbed inside the dragon's arse and started hacking like a roto-router. The dragon actually died from system shock. Our DM just had a bewildered look on his face. I guess he thought we wouldn't kill the thing. Got major XP for that sucker. Good times.

 

[AvsJoe]

I haven't tried it yet, not that I haven't had the chance to. I may one day, but the chances are slim that I will and getting slimmer by the day.

 

[Koeryn]

I found it alright, that's probably got something to do with the fact that we're rather loose with the rules (in the interest of keeping it more entertaining).

Need proof? We once summoned a whale as a weapon (we crushed a bunch of generic bad guys by having it drop on top of them).

THIS is why I love P&P RPGs, reminds me of the time I was playing Star Wars D6 and stoped a banfa stampeed by running toward them, jumping, and fucking riding one.

That will always be the greatest thing about pen and paper games. If you can think it, you can figure out a way to do it.

Reminds me of the time my friends and I were fighting a shadow dragon. The guys attacked it from the front while my Halfling thief went around to the dragon's back door. My character did the most disgusting thing possible and climbed inside the dragon's arse and started hacking like a roto-router. The dragon actually died from system shock. Our DM just had a bewildered look on his face. I guess he thought we wouldn't kill the thing. Got major XP for that sucker. Good times.

Was playing a D20 Modern game, and we had every major NPC in the GAME trying to 1) kill us, or 2) protect us (Depending on which side we went with). We had some artifact super-awesome Staff thing that they all wanted.

We didn't really want to give it up. So we spent a couple of days in hiding, as we tracked down a suitable meeting point, and prepared it. And by prepared it, I mean we made a couple hundred POUNDS of explosives, stuffed every last round of ammunition that we didn't use or want into a vest (with more explosives) that we put on our necromancer's zombie-kobold-thrall thing, and then I called both sides telling them that "HOLY SHIT, THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME! I'M AT X LOCATION, GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

So, long story short, both sides show up, I wave to them, and then me and the gun-mage necromancer dimension door to a rooftop across the street, and let the kobold put a jihad on them.

We dropped a three level parking garage on ever NPC in the game, and were so paranoid that SOMEONE would survive, that the gun mage and I were sitting on the rooftop with rifles, waiting for the rubble to move and things to come out and kill us.

Nope. Instead we killed EVERYTHING.

Our GM was so pissed. =D

 

[WolfLordAndy]

I like how the poll has exactly one non-insulting answer.

I want to play but only one other person I know has any interest in the tabletop game so the closest I'll ever get is to play NWN2.

Exact same as this.

I'd love for the chance to play, but closest I've ever gotten is Warhammer Quest and NWN/BG2.

 

[Amnestic]

Yeah, I enjoy it. I haven't had much opportunity to play it in a while. Gap year and then an entirely new University means that chances are slim. I don't often greet people with "Hi, my name is Rutherford and I like Dungeons and Dragons."

Tends to put people off. *shrugs* Either way, I'd love to get a bit more P+P gaming in but forces are arrayed against me at the moment.

/Gief more 3.5
//Not a fan of 4, but whatever floats your boat I guess.
///Started with 2nd Ed. AD&D.

 

[TikiShades]

I tend to prefer forum RP now, because PnP will always have a slight amount of structure, and that structure can limit the creativity. I'm actually about to start a roleplaying club at school and play DnD 3.5, so I guess it's only a minor preference.

 

[CloakedOne]

I enjoy role playing and I enjoy fantasy games, but the system for Dungeons and Dragons is so bogged down with rules and limitations. The avenues for creativity on the parts of the player are just too great for me to enjoy it. I understand that there are several things in place to keep things balanced and to make sure people don't step on each others' toes, but I think the fact that such systems are necessary point out that it is a system for people that can't do that on their own. I consider it a good place to start to understand role playing from which one can springboard, but I don't like the idea of someone having to write down that they are "chaotic neutral" or "lawful good" to remind them how they are supposed to act while playing.

I like the idea of Dungeons and Dragons, but the system promotes "Munchkining" and it becomes all about the stats and competition. If someone doesn't like their character, instead of being able to reinvent them they often must just kill them off and start anew. This, to me, seems like a waste of time and paper.

There we are, those are some of my dislikes with Dungeons and Dragons and its system. Everything else about it such as the social interaction and escapism, however, I highly recommend.

 

[Woem]

Were you reading a specific sourcebook for one of the pre-existing D&D worlds or just the regular rulebooks? What edition were you reading? The rulebooks are boiled down fantasy because it needs to be usable in any world and setting you create of your own, that's kind of the point.

Well the PHB did come with a default pantheon from a specific setting: Vecna et al from Greyhawk. They stopped doing that with 4E though.

 

[ZeroMachine]

If you have a good DM and an original story, it can be fun. But that's a biiig if.

 

[Chipperz]

What do you mean by... Any of your poll answers? D&D relies so much on the GM, any sourcebooks they have, any sourcebooks you have, any ideas you have, any ideas the GM has, the other players...

Honestly, I prefer World of Darkness, but that's mainly because being a Werewolf that can legitimately rip a person's limbs off is AWESOME.

 

[Azraellod]

I would love to be able to play Dungeons and Dragons.

Sadly, no-one who plays lives near me. I have met maybe one other person who plays, and he lives nearly 3 hours away.

 

[SonicWaffle]

It looks fun to me. I've never encountered anyone who has admitted to playing it outside of the internet, though.

From the descriptions of Gabe's current campaign on the PA website, it looks like a laugh if you could get the right people together. Not sure how I'd do that though.

 

[clericalerror]

I've played about 14 different pen and paper roleplaying games and I enjoyed D&D least of all. It wasn't the DM/GMs because we've had the same two alternate for the last 9 years, it wasn't the setting because it's not at all different to any other fantasy genre, wasn't the rediculously shitty "roll your stats" concept that went out of fashion upon the introduction of numbers. I think it was mainly the fact that half the group could be killed by a house cat, or a small ledge you have to climb down, coupled with the fact that random killing was the promoted way to improve your character rather than play out an interesting storyline or act out your characters dreams and aspirations.

Hero System, Cyberpunk, Teenagers from Outerspace, Feng Shui, Star Wars (original release), etc. Just a couple of examples of games that can be a lot more fun that aren't just about the next random encounter.

 

[zen5887]

Mmmm.. I'm into it =D

In fact, I just got back from playing it. My group meets every Friday to play and it really is an awesome end to the week. I think my group have the perfect balance (most of the time) of having fun and taking it seriously.

I DM as well, which is fun in another way.

I would like to add - Regarding people who are all "Man, D&D is lame because its all about *blahh* (not naming anyone, just in general). In the end its what you make of it. I've played games that is all Role play, games that are all story and games that are all combat and they are fine. The best games though, are the ones with not to much of any, but a nice balance.

 

[DannyBoy451]

I found it alright, that's probably got something to do with the fact that we're rather loose with the rules (in the interest of keeping it more entertaining).

Need proof? We once summoned a whale as a weapon (we crushed a bunch of generic bad guys by having it drop on top of them).

THIS is why I love P&P RPGs, reminds me of the time I was playing Star Wars D6 and stoped a banfa stampeed by running toward them, jumping, and fucking riding one.

That will always be the greatest thing about pen and paper games. If you can think it, you can figure out a way to do it.

Reminds me of the time my friends and I were fighting a shadow dragon. The guys attacked it from the front while my Halfling thief went around to the dragon's back door. My character did the most disgusting thing possible and climbed inside the dragon's arse and started hacking like a roto-router. The dragon actually died from system shock. Our DM just had a bewildered look on his face. I guess he thought we wouldn't kill the thing. Got major XP for that sucker. Good times.

I dont even want to think about what skill you'd have to roll to climb inside a dragon's anus...

 

[Lunar Shadow]

I found it alright, that's probably got something to do with the fact that we're rather loose with the rules (in the interest of keeping it more entertaining).

Need proof? We once summoned a whale as a weapon (we crushed a bunch of generic bad guys by having it drop on top of them).

THIS is why I love P&P RPGs, reminds me of the time I was playing Star Wars D6 and stoped a banfa stampeed by running toward them, jumping, and fucking riding one.

That will always be the greatest thing about pen and paper games. If you can think it, you can figure out a way to do it.

Reminds me of the time my friends and I were fighting a shadow dragon. The guys attacked it from the front while my Halfling thief went around to the dragon's back door. My character did the most disgusting thing possible and climbed inside the dragon's arse and started hacking like a roto-router. The dragon actually died from system shock. Our DM just had a bewildered look on his face. I guess he thought we wouldn't kill the thing. Got major XP for that sucker. Good times.

I dont even want to think about what skill you'd have to roll to climb inside a dragon's anus...

Prolly escape Artist

Anyway, I love playing D&D. 3.5 I mean. 4.0 can blow me. The DM was also too much of a hardass when it came to improvisation of stuff, so that might be part of it. Seriously, I should at least be able to light the robes of a tree based humanoid on fire by firing flaming arrows at it(torch stuck in the ground, lighting the arrows as I fired) if not thae actual enemy.

 

[Amnestic]

I found it alright, that's probably got something to do with the fact that we're rather loose with the rules (in the interest of keeping it more entertaining).

Need proof? We once summoned a whale as a weapon (we crushed a bunch of generic bad guys by having it drop on top of them).

THIS is why I love P&P RPGs, reminds me of the time I was playing Star Wars D6 and stoped a banfa stampeed by running toward them, jumping, and fucking riding one.

That will always be the greatest thing about pen and paper games. If you can think it, you can figure out a way to do it.

Reminds me of the time my friends and I were fighting a shadow dragon. The guys attacked it from the front while my Halfling thief went around to the dragon's back door. My character did the most disgusting thing possible and climbed inside the dragon's arse and started hacking like a roto-router. The dragon actually died from system shock. Our DM just had a bewildered look on his face. I guess he thought we wouldn't kill the thing. Got major XP for that sucker. Good times.

I dont even want to think about what skill you'd have to roll to climb inside a dragon's anus...

A high Fortitude and Will save so as to not vomit and pass out from the revolting predicament you'd placed yourself in?

 

[ma55ter_fett]

I never played dnd due to the fact that no one I knew played it. I have the three books you need and all the dice and character sheets, but no friends who are nerdy enough. *sigh*

How ever I have enjoyed the many and various videogames which use the dnd rule set.

 

[Oneirius]

I am a major geek and I think Dungeons & Dragons(And RPG in general) are one of the best inventions of the last 50 years or so. I have, like, a hundred books or something in my house, thousands of character sheets and billions of weird dice. And friday nights, all of my geekish friends come over to my house, and we play for hours upon hours deep into the night, and we eat pizza and doritos and we laugh and shout and we will probably never have girlfriends.(Unless they, too, play D&D. But those girls are amazingly rare)
But it's just so much fun!

 

[Sovvolf]

No, wish I could but well I know no one who plays it.