The D&D Thread! (other systems welcome)

[Dravin]

Okay, we kinda (and by we I mean mostly me) went a hijacking another thread with D&D talk. Pam in her infinite wisdom suggested we start our own thread.

So basically this is the thread to get your geek on.

(The thread we hijacked for reference: What Do All Of You Think About Stuff Like.... )

[DigitalShadow]

I'm in 2 D&D campaigns right now and I'm working on making a tactical RPG loosely based (so I don't get sued) on the D&D system.

Fear my nerdiness.

[Dravin]

That sounds kinda interesting actually.

[DigitalShadow]

Originally Posted by Dravin

That sounds kinda interesting actually.

Yeah, it hit me the other day when I was playing Neverwinter Nights 2, it didn't really feel like D&D and if I were going to make a game as close to D&D as possible, it would have to be in the turn based/grid style of Final Fantasy Tactics, but oh so much more complicated.

Ever since then I've been working on programming the framework for a very complicated D&D like tactical RPG

[rameumptom]

D&D 3.5

I'm DM'ing one game, and playing in a second.

The first game is somewhat focused around a cleric of Oldemara. They are about 5-6th level. They just finished wiping out a bunch of lycanthropes and their WereLord. Now they are in a city, where several of them are getting skill training, etc. The cleric of Oldemara has been given a special staff of Oldemara with 6 stones (so far). Depending on which stones are in the staff, and the ability of the cleric, the staff can do either good or bad things. The cleric first tried one set of stones in it (the bad set), only to have a tornado rip into their camp. So he's being very careful with it.

The one I'm playing in, I'm a warmage. We just started this campaign, and we're going through a series of traps to get to the bad guy.

I enjoy playing and DMing, because it enhances my thinking process and imagination.

BTW, I definitely recommend using HeroForge, SpellForge and MonsterForge for developing characters. MS Excell required (won't work with OpenOffice hangs up, or Google spreadsheet- it doesn't show all the tabs).

[Dravin]

Originally Posted by DigitalShadow

Yeah, it hit me the other day when I was playing Neverwinter Nights 2, it didn't really feel like D&D and if I were going to make a game as close to D&D as possible, it would have to be in the turn based/grid style of Final Fantasy Tactics, but oh so much more complicated.

Ever since then I've been working on programming the framework for a very complicated D&D like tactical RPG

Have you ever picked up The Temple of Elemental Evil (the video game)? It's turn based an tactical, also 3.5 E. Sadly I lost one of the disks or I'd probably have it installed right now, its great for when you just want to make a party of butt kickers and dominate. Actually one of my favorite characters in that game was a glaive wielding improved tripped combat reflexes barbarian half-orc, he kicked all sorts of trash in that party

[rameumptom]

About 2 years ago, I found an original AD&D Manual in excellent condition and bought it for my 29 year old son's bday. Here in Indianapolis, every August they have GenCon, where D&D is one of the big games shown. Gary Gygax showed up, and so I gave my son an early birthday present, and he had Gary Gygax sign the AD&D book. Gygax was surprised it was in such great shape. He died just a couple months later, so I'm glad we were able to do that.

[pam]

Are you guys even talking English?

[Dravin]

Originally Posted by rameumptom

D&D 3.5
The one I'm playing in, I'm a warmage. We just started this campaign, and we're going through a series of traps to get to the bad guy.
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Other folk's lists are probably to long to list, but to date in D&D I've played the following characters:

Bastard Sword + Buckler wielding human barbarian, there was some flaws in the character design, but he was my first, cut me some slack.

True Neutral Cleric of Oghma, lots of skill points spent on languages, that game died suddenly.

Halfling Fighter who dual wielded and threw daggers, though that game pretty much died at birth.

Halfling Druid who rode a Wolf... on my mission, though that game was kinda muchkiny. (Hey, it was P-Day!)

[Dravin]

Originally Posted by pam

Are you guys even talking English?

Yep. That's okay though, I know how you feel. I feel the same way when somebody starts going on about cars.