Dungeons and Dragons!!!

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Dungeons and Dragons!!!

Dungeons and Dragons!!!

Hello everyone! Decided I should stay a bit longer so I could post this thread.

It seems like most people on cricket in some shape or form have heard of or played D&D, which is great! So I thought I should make this thread so we could discuss the game and perhaps start some D&D-esque thing here in cricket. And for the people who are just getting started, we can answer questions and help with character building.

With this in mind, would anyone be interested in starting a campaign in Inkwell or something? We would need a DM, and a way to roll dice or substitute with another luck based system. It would probably be RAW, just to simplify things for newbies. Perhaps we could run one of the modules Wizards of the Coast have already created. 

Either way, I'll like this to be a place that we can talk about our home characters and campaigns! Some starting questions, if you can answer them:

Whats your experience in D&D?

Who brought you into the game/How did you get started?" 

Have you ever DMed before? What's it like, if so?

What are your favorite classes/races?

Any funny role playing moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns? 

Can't wait to talk to you all! 

submitted by Danie
(February 15, 2019 - 12:37 pm)

YESSS D&D 

here's my sheet:

What's your experience in D&D?

I've been playing for two or three years and in three campaigns, but I've got a really good grasp of the rules! I can be kind of off-topic at times, but overall I'm a good player! I even run an RP with my two friends that is similar to D&D, but barely any fighting.

Who brought you into the game/how did you get started? 

My brother was interested in a campaign at our library, and my stepdad took him there. I wasn't old enough to join, but My stepdad brought me into the game and taught me how to make a character! I wasn't good at first, but now I've got the hang of it!

Have you ever DMed before? what was it like?

I have never DMed, though as mentioned before, I have run my own RP. My stepdad says I could be a wonderful one if I read up in the rules, so that's something!

What are your favorite classes/races?

HALFLINGS!HALFLINGS! HALFLINGS!

I'm the only one in both of my current campaigns who actually LIKES halflings. My brother calls them names, and I kinda hate him for that. 

As for classes, I'm generally okay with all of them, but I'm good at roleplaying a hard, and magic Is a must-have for me.

Any funny roleplaying moments or overall events that happened in your campaigns?

Aw man, I have so many, but they mostly have to do with stuff that's not child friendly. Here are some, though:

Everybody in one of my campaigns (the DDJ campaign) keeps chanting "sacrifice!sacrifice!" to my halfling Bard Lola.

Almost everybody in the DDJ campaign is a troll somewhat, from accidental troll to living meme troll, and the one person who USED to not mess up the campaign stole from a church, so now we have an entire city wanting to kill aus. It was right after this happened when I joined in, then we went on a small adventure to get some apples for the village, then when we tried to give these apples to the village, they demanded Church stealer(CS), Then we got into an angry mob fight, with my character continuing to use potions and gain only ONE POINT OF HEALTH FROM THEM, then we escaped, and then someone else joined. So now me and her are stuck in this heck hole our party created.

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah, she's just naturally stupid."

(I was the she, By the by.) 

 

DDH once went to a blacksmith's shop named "hammer time,". 

 

Finally, one running joke in DDJ is that one of our characters, a dwarf who gets his power from alcohol, is a God. Every single time he has to roll a saving throw, he rolls a succsess. the most recent example of this was in the angry mob scenario earlier, in which guards were throwing nets at us. I failed my roll, Our cleric failed her roll, put normal Joe failed his role, our kobald failed his roll, CS failed, but DDJ (the dwarf "god") didn't. Our DM was angry because he wanted to out us in jail, while the rest of us celebrated joyouslynas DDJ performed another miraculous feat.

submitted by Ella Starburst
(February 15, 2019 - 5:42 pm)
submitted by top!
(February 15, 2019 - 9:18 pm)

*slowly raises hand to volunteer as DM*

I can do it. I've got a homebrew world already made up, or we could use the guilds of Ravnica, or I could semi-homebrew another. XD

I have no idea why I'm volunteering, other than I always seem to. XP

We could also do it on NaNoWriMo, and make a classroom for it. 

What's your experience in D&D? I've been GMing ever since I left the CB. Basically. But that was for EoE, and not D&D. I've only been playing D&D for about a year and a half, and DMing for half a year, and I have no idea if I got all that info right.

Who brought you into the game/How did you get started? Well. My dad taught Coco and me how to tabletop roleplay with an old Middle Earth roleplay he's got (the crit tables are awesome), but we only played through one adventure. (Insert me trying to make all my friends and family first play a Warriors tabletop, and then a Star Wars one, with about half being successes.) Then we moved to Japan, and we started D&D with a family friend as DM. We bought all the books, family friend moved, and I made all my friends play again. But this time, way more successfully, and they seem to be enjoying it. :)  

Have you ever DMed before? What's it like, if so? I know it varies on you as a person, and your group. In the group I'm in where I have a character, the DM uses very few notes, and lets us wreck havoc. If we say we are going to do something, there is usually no going back. "Oh, you said something stupid?" "Uhhh ... I was just kidding." "Roll to see what happens. Roll to see if you grapple." "I was kidding!" *eyebrows raised* *dice rolled* I am not kidding. It's awesome and awful all at the same time. XD

I usually write 20-30 pages, mostly of dialogue. I write it in a fashion kind of like this: 

1. Letter from employer

2. Who are all the random people they could meet trying to do what employer says?

3. Prompts for dialogue, such as common questions they might ask, and then the answers that the characters would give.

4. Repeat. 

But this is totally just me and this group. We're semi-serious ... but we have lots of closets.  

What are your favorite classes/races? All of them!! I'm kind of super serious. Yes, I have ones which are more favorites, but there's so much you can do! The story-the possibilities-they're endless!

But really, if I have to pick, my favorite classes are Bard, Paladin, Ranger, Fighter, and Monk. Bard and Paladin especially. 

My favorite races are Halfling, Dwarf, Dragonborn, and Half-elf. (And dorc, ahaha. More on that in a minute.) 

Any funny role playing moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns?  Well. My character is a hulking white dragonborn ranger who has got extremely strict values, and always stands outside of the bar/tavern that friends enter. 

DM: "There's a tiefling and a dwarf brawling inside, mostly the tavern is full of dwarves." 

P1: "I want to beat up the tiefling."

Everyong: "Dude, why?? Not all tiefling are bad!"

P1: "But if I hurt the dwarf, all the dwarves will beat me up."

Everyone: "I guess that makes sense."

P2: "Can I try to steal from one of the dwarves?"

DM: "Sure, roll."

P2: *almost everyone in the tavern can see him taking the pouch*

Random dwarf lady he's stealing from: "What do you think you're doing?"

P2: "Can I try to hand it back to her, but take a few coins out?"

... Let's just say it was even worse after that.

I had all my friends over to work on making characters, two of them had decided that their gnomes would be cousins, and they were talking about how their parents had some sort of argument when Coco kept interrupting, until finally my friend went "Good grief, Coco! If you keep talking, I'll have to lock you in a closet!"

And thus it was decided that the respective parents of the characters would have started an argument over locking others in closets. 

submitted by Cho Chang
(February 15, 2019 - 10:12 pm)

What's your experience in D&D?

I actually only started playing fairly recently, and it was my brother who got into it because he watched a bunch of videos by Aquisitions Inc. and decided he wanted to DM. So we got one of those pre-designed dungeons where the DM can fill in monsters and such, and got pre-made characters, and played through most of a campaign. This was me, my mom, and my dad. Then over the summer we found out that some family friends also play D&D at a local RPG group or something, but were looking for an actual, long-term campaign, so we started one in August! It's been a lot of fun.

. . . I accidentally answered the second question in the first one, so I'll skip that.

Have you ever DMed before? What's it like, if so?

I haven't, but I want to. Worldbuilding is one of my favorite things and I have some ideas! I'll have to learn the rules better, though, and take a look at some how-tos first.

What are your favorite classes/races?

I don't have enough experience to have one, tbh. xD I can tell you, though, I find playing magical people SUPER annoying because after playing a wizard, I know it's far too easy for them to die. The whole "armor and shields restricts magic" thing is ridiculous and I still think I should be able to just drop my shield, cast a spell, and then pick it up again. But I digress. Right now I'm playing a halfling ranger and a half-elf paladin and I'm enjoying both of them. Half-elves are probably my favorite race from what I've played.

Any funny role-playing moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns?

Oooh, yes.

Okay. So, as I mentioned, I play a halfling ranger, she's 2'9". However, one of the people I'm playing with is playing a character that is eight feet tall! So my halfling, Perzin, and his character, Big Person, have had some tensions in the past, usually Big Person threatening to throw her somewhere ridiculous. xD

Both my brother and our other player hate my characters because Perzin can't do much damage - only a bow for poor her - and my other character, Adran, suffers from Chronic Low Initiative Roles, meaning he never does anything and they do a lot of dying.

Perzin is on a desperate quest to find a pet. In fact, I once constructed an elaborate scheme to steal a dog larger than she was involving turning a ladder into a ramp and a trail of dog food. It didn't work. Our sorcerer, Small Cat, refuses to waste a cantrip on my innocent desires.

Funnily enough, Small Cat ended up being the one to get a pet. HE HAS A CAT AND PERZIN HAS NOTHING. >.>

Once, in a battle, I crit failed while trying to attack a guard. Then said guard got a nat 20 when attacking me. And the person after him got a nat 20, also attacking me. I was not happy that day. 

We were attacked by a horde of murderous squirrels. There were hundreds. Our escape involved using a Molotov cocktail made out of beer to burn down a mansion.

Half the time, our cleric doesn't exist because my brother doesn't care about him. (that's why we die so much, just sayin'.)

We once infiltrated a temple of cultists and came across a place lined with potions. I found a green one but didn't know what it was, and I'd been carrying it with me for ages. Eventually, we battled a foe that has many names - I call him the Rubber Man, our other player calls him a trash can - who was tiny and refused to die. I decided I'd try out the potion and dumped it on him. It ended up making him ridiculously buff and he could spit acid. Everyone threw pencils at me to indicate their displeasure.

I totally have more, but I just talked a lot so I'm going to end it here. xD 

submitted by St.Owl, In The Subtext
(February 15, 2019 - 10:18 pm)

What's your experience in D&D?

Ahh... Fun?

Who brought you into the game/How did you get started?"

Oh... I got the 5E handbooks a couple years back and promptly forgot about them, until last summer, when my mom goes "So, there's a group getting together to play a game called dungeons and dragons..."

Have you ever DMed before? What's it like, if so?

I have, and eh, it... Hasn't been the best thing so far since my players like bashing things instead of roleplaying/storytelling.

What are your favorite classes/races?

if homebrew, catfolk/ranger. if core, dragonborn/ranger.

Any funny role playing moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns?

Oh... Huh. Uh, probably the time where i did some roleplaying, and my DnD buddy says to me, "You're an Eidonic Sorceror, not a Bard!" 

 

Catsclaw~ DM, Fighter, Eidonic Sorceror. 

submitted by Catsclaw
(February 15, 2019 - 11:11 pm)

I’m kind of new to this whole thing

what is your experience in DND? I’be been playing for about half a year and am in my first campaign it’s really fun and I want to keep doing it

who brought you into the game/how did you get started? Well my family friends son DMed for us during thanksgiving and it was really fun! I found a place in my city that does DND and I go there!

have you DMed before before? What was it like if so? I did once and it was at a like welcome to DND event and the kids were terrible! But it was fun!

what are your favorite classes/races? My favorite class is probably Druid and my favorite race is tba

any funny moments or events? So here we go:

HASHTAG MUTE BUTTON 

the mute button is Broken

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I’m gonna leave the door open

okay

( bold is one player italics is another player and normal is the dm) 

submitted by Moonlight
(February 15, 2019 - 11:23 pm)

I love D&D! I would totally enjoy playing it on the CB with you all, but I do worry that it would take forever for the rolls and such to turn out. Also, the NaNoWriMo idea might not work because a) not all of us have NaNo accounts and b) that's not what it's supposed to be used for, so we might get in trouble.

I was considering making something once where we would do a RP using our characters, but not ACTUALLY do the probability. You know how, at the beginning of each of the class descriptions, there's a bit of "flavor text" that describes what someone could do? I was thinking something like that.

Example:

Leshana uses her quarterstaff to knock the zombie backward a bit, then follows that up with a flurry of punches. 

What's your experience in D&D?

I started playing maybe a year ago, and I haven't actually played much, but I've read many of the books cover-to-cover.

Who brought you into the game/How did you get started? 

Many of my friends play D&D, and they invited me to join a campaign with them.

Have you ever DMed before? What's it like, if so?

I DMed for my parents, brother, and uncle. Once. We haven't continued that campaign due to, you know, life. It was really fun, but I was very strict with myself about following what I had written, so I kept having to go back and look things up.

What are your favorite classes/races?

Classes: All the Dexterity classes, so monk, ranger, rogue, etc. I love being nimble. :) Plus, I dislike spellcasters, who can only use their spells a certain number of times a day and have to keep track of all of them and what has what effect and which one they should use and blah-di-blah-di-blah.

Races: I. Love. Elves. They're all beautiful and nimble and live for a long time and have a great world-view and work well for all of the classes I like. Not a huge fan of high elves, though, because they're too snotty. I also like Tabaxi (though I've never had a chance to play one) because they're cat people, and who could resist that? 

Any funny role-playing moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns? 

So, once we had this character who could switch between two characters using this magical thing of some sort. I'm not sure; it was back when I was new to D&D. :) Let's say his name was Kulon. Partway through our session, he switches shapes. And, because we were pretending we didn't know about this, we ask, "Who are you?" and he says, "I'm Kulon." and I say, "Who's Kulon?" (to make this really clear, I didn't know the names of the other characters...) 

In one of my campaigns, we have something like 3 druids, 2 clerics, 2 rangers, a bard, and a monk. Clearly, we didn't coordinate before it began. We're also, clearly, a huge group.

submitted by Kitten, Pondering
(February 16, 2019 - 12:42 am)

If we're allowed to make a classroom for CBers, in which chatting takes place far more than actual writing, I don't see what the difference would be.

Roleplaying is writing on the internet. Sorry, I'm not trying to bash what you're saying, I just honestly don't know of any rules which restrict us. Although, yes, not all of us may have YWP NaNo accounts.

submitted by Cho Chang
(February 16, 2019 - 6:14 pm)

Whats your experience in D&D?: Minimal actual playing experence, its all me running monsters and NPCs.

Who brought you into the game/How did you get started?": Started writing a campaign as a vent outlet, turned it into a thing i do regularly. My dad played it when he was younger, so thats probably where i heard of it from.

Have you ever DMed before? What's it like, if so?: Yep! Ive been DMing for over a year now, writing my campaign for a year and a half +... Its my favorite thing in the world, not gonna lie. I run a very RP heavy campaign, so im not all that proficient on hack-em-slash-him types of games, but im up for learning!

What are your favorite classes/races?: t e i f l i n g

I havent run any PCs of my own, but my fav NPCs is a drow arcane trickster rouge named Soleil and a half orc (also hald drow, but i have him as a half orc) fighter named Malixar. I love fighters,,, maybe becuase of my love for Magnus Burnsides? who knows, but thats the most enjoyable melee class, imo.

Any funny role playing moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns? 

"Youre gonna do that? Right here? In the middle of sandwich???"

(context: the rouge was about to do something very illigall, and the ciry is called Bramwich... the party calls it sandwich)

the party seduced a hippogriff with the druid and the sorcerer casting minor illusin, then crit sucessing their charisma checks

the druid refuses to wear clothing cause he feels "more unified with nature" when he's like that

the bard turned the paladin into a muffin and now the paladin is gone. forever.

the druid engaged in some adultry with the Big Bad Guy Of The Campaign 

due to a homebrewed game mechanic, the druid one shot the boss of the arc and i cried 

theres a lot in my campaign thats a total wreck, and its mostly the PCs

submitted by MapleSyurp, age 15, Bramwich
(February 16, 2019 - 12:25 pm)

Also, I could DM for you guys! The way I'd do it is that the DM would post an installment every Sunday, and the characters would have to post their actions before that, or be marked "absent", and roll in their posts.

submitted by Catsclaw
(February 16, 2019 - 12:37 pm)

Oh yeah, you made that thread once! But I never got around to posting my equipment, and... yeah.

submitted by Viola?, age Secret, Secret
(February 17, 2019 - 1:14 pm)

I feel like a simpler system might work better for the CB. D&D is great, but there’s a lot of steps—between turns, clarifying scenarios, rolling, and posting everything, it could take a week to punch a dire wolf in the face. Of course, we could let all the PCs take their actions simultaneously, but that might get confusing. Also, stats and bonuses can be hard to remember and apply to actions. Best case scenario, however, we all remember to visit, the posting flies by, character sheets are kept track of, the thread stays up, and we have a good time. Now.

What’s your experience in D&D?: A couple of years ago, I went on vacation with my family to a little place in the country, and one night they all started rolling up characters and I decided to join. We spent a long time after on a campaign through a jungle island, and after it ended I convinced my dad to DM for just my brother and I. A tiny party, but who cares.

Who brought you into the game/how did you get started?: I kinda already answered that. Oops. 

Have you ever DMed before? What’s it like, if so?: I’ve never DMed, but I’ve thought about it. It seems interesting, like a different kind of fun.

What are your favorite classes/races?: Oh man. I don’t know. I like fighters and rogues and druids, I guess, and wizards, and clerics. I love elves and half-elves, and while I’ve never played as or with a teifling, they sound pretty cool.

Any funny roleplaying moments or overall events that have happened in your campaigns?: Well, in my first campaign, my dad (the DM) kept calling my mom’s character Star Kiwi instead of Star Kivi. Oh, and Star Kivi had a quirk that I had in real life: she hummed and tapped and stuff almost without realizing it. She was very funny, actually. She had the skill Calligraphy, but it never came up, so she kept joking about doing calligraphy at stuff. She also had the skill Throwing, so my brother was always encouraging her to throw rocks at birds. His character told the best joke once—okay, so he was playing a handsome, yet uncharismatic yeti, I think a fighter or a barbarian. The joke went like this: “What red and bad for teeth?” “Brick.”

...the delivery helped. Anyway, my other brother befriended a couple of warthogs who ended up being the strongest members of our party, and my character didn’t do much that was interesting because I was too busy drawing my brothers’ characters turning to stone, looking at mushrooms and cleaving bats in two. I only had two hit points, I guess? So when I inevitably got hit, I almost died. 

The funniest thing that happened on my current campaign was probably when both my brother and I failed spell rolls and I was turned into a newt, whereas he simply shrank small enough to ride on my back. Although I can’t remember if he actually did that. Oh, and he’d brought fishing tackle and no food on our trek through the woods, so I had to give him rations while he insisted that the tackle would come in handy. When we finally came across a stream, he caught exactly one fish which was so small we gave it to my cat. 

submitted by Viola?, age Secret, Secret
(February 17, 2019 - 1:06 pm)

Danie!!!! Hi!!!! *hugs* How've you been? I think you made a thread but I'm too lazy to go dig around for it ha...no I've never played DnD but I just had to stop in and say hi before you disappear! Hi!!!!

submitted by Claaws, Going crazy, whats new
(February 17, 2019 - 7:56 pm)