So...Anyone here play Dungeons and Dragons?

[WillSimplyBe]

I roll nothin but 20s!

*ahem*

er... yeah, I play.

 

[Beowulf DW]

A small tip, write down everything that has to do with abilities. The game comes to a screeching halt if you have to look through the character creation book. A small notebook to keep track of items and gold is a good idea too.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Chester41585]

I play it like a ************.

 

[hudsonzero]

i want to play but none of my friends do

 

[Fayathon]

I would, but there's no-one to DM/play with around me, and I find soloing unsatisfying.

 

[Cameron Baxter]

I have and do play quite a bit trouble is you have to be able to have a laugh with the guys in the group else things dont work and it usually gets a bit unfun but thats just my opinion

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Heck yeah! wizard / crappy DM/GM for life =P

 

[GodsAndFishes]

Yep. In a game now, and I think that the DM should really limit what we can do tbh. in the last game the party went from following the orders of the Pharoh Wight (who we put in power in the previous game), to joining up with the wife of the previous pharoh and getting her safetly out of town and then persuading the temple to send an army to kill said Wight.

This is what happens when I'm the most sensible member of the party.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Nope, I have a load of old 2nd edition books because I find the setting interesting, but I've never played.
Same situation with a lot of RPG Systems, I have all the books because I like the setting but don't actually play:
Cyberpunk 2020, Cyberpunk V3, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay V1 & V2, D20 Modern/Post Apoc/Future etc, Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Year of the Zombie, Twilight 2K, Twilight 2013, Bubblegum Crisis, Aliens, some others who's names I forget. Just sitting around doing nothing.

 

[Slycne]

So I'm wondering what to expect. What are your expierences, my fellow Escapists? Any advice would welcome, too.

Individual experience is going to vary widely based on yourself, game system and the people you are playing with. You're best bet is simply to come prepared, know the rules, give some thought to your character and simply have fun and go with the flow of the group. As some people of mentioned, come prepared - you'll need dice, pencils and scratch and/or grid paper. You'll want to try to familiarize yourself with the game system as much as possible, you mentioned 3.5 which is freely available under Open Gaming Licence, d20 SRD [http://www.d20srd.org/] is a good resource. I'd also recommend giving some serious thought to your character, a fully realized character doesn't even need an alignment because their decisions will make sense with regards to their characterization. Check out The Compleat Guide to Character Creation [http://www.pbem2.com/compleat.php], on how to start fleshing out your character. And last simply have some fun and get a feel for the group. At the end of the day the game is about having a good time with a group of friends, an established group will be able to quickly get you up to speed, but they might also be quite set in their ways. So ease into it for a session or two.

We also have some nice resources here too offer. We have quite an active community of Role-Players in our Forum Games & RP [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/index/362] section. Joining a game would be a great way to start stretching your RP muscles. And as Fightgarr also commented, we have a Tabletop-Gaming Group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tabletop-Gaming] filled with a great number of people who love tabletop games and I'm sure would be happy to answer or help any further questions you might have.

 

[team star pug]

i just started a few days ago. I have a dwarf with dwarf syndrome character. about 80% of his body is beard. we don'ttake it that seriousy but that is where the fun lies

 

[Beowulf DW]

I have and do play quite a bit trouble is you have to be able to have a laugh with the guys in the group else things dont work and it usually gets a bit unfun but thats just my opinion

Being able to laugh with the other guys won't be a problem at all. I've known most of them for a while now, and my friend Ryan is in the group. He's just one of those guys who makes it impossible to be bored. His character is a cleric whose name is spelled wierd, but is pronounced "Fol-hol-gwa-gauts," or something like that. While we were still fine-tuning our characters to be, he started saying that we should get a galley, 'cause that would somehow be cool. When he realized how expensive a galley is, he decided to get an oar instead. I thought that he wanted to use the oar has a weapon. "No," he said, "I'm going to hold it between my legs and ride around on it."

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I think this campaign is going to be awesome.

EDIT: A big "Thank you," to Slycne for the links.