D&D Anyone?

[DarkManticoreX2]

Did you guys get into grappling yet?

[YoshL]

not yet, we literally spent the 5 hours figuring out how to do a battle

we were also using 4e, which is apparantly really battle intensive; my roommate is getting the 5e handbook (i already torrented it), and we're probably going to look through that, since the monster manual comes out later this month, and 5e is supposed to be the most stable/well done version or whatever

[gold stinger]

Was reading over comics online and it reminded me of this thread. Might give the core rulebook & dm rulebook a read through, they are hella long.

For anyone interested in a DM position, the books to read are fourth edition Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual. They are all individual books, and each of them is around 200-400 pages long. It's definitely not an easy task to train yourself for a position to be a DM, and it's recommended that the person plays a couple of games with an official dungeon master before attempting to try and become one themselves. It also recommends that notes are taken frequently when reading the book, so if anything it's cram study rather than knowing.

No wonder you guys are having such trouble trying to find a proper dungeon master to host your expeditions, this website usually caters around people 10-25 years old, and the game came out back in the 1970's.

edit:
why has drizzleromancegirl not volunteered for dm this sounds like it's right up her alley.

[gold stinger]

I say that DarkManticore be dungeon master and we all play with him so that we all get an idea on how to play this game and just yolo it, because its literally been months before any real progress had been set on making this happen.

Read through a couple of pages of all the books and according to me its everyone's job to make the game work. It's a goddamn rpg that you make up as you play it I don't see why you have to pour your soul over 300 pages of how to better construct your imagination. We pick a class, dip a bit of back-story info about them, plop them into a town and let's go.

We only probably need some help regarding how attacking/fighting works in D&D, as well as values for D&D. Most rest of D&D is social aspect, opinion, and thought. We'll learn it as we play <3



either do that or we wait for 5e to come out and then hopefully YoshL pouring soul into reading this type of stuff won't be all for nothing.

[YoshL]

i read through most of the book, i didn't do any like, really specific class or race stuff, or skills or magic

i get a feel for how combat works and how ability checks work, which is enough i think lol

[gold stinger]

knowing how combat & ability checks work is good enough for me

we can debate class, race, culture, skills, and magic when we're at the table, and get opinions & votes for stuff.

The game doesn't have to revolve around just the DM to make decisions over stuff either, in the 4e DM book I was reading, basic stuff to the story can also be contributed to the imaginative world just by offering some character backstory or character development. doesn't mean you should try to steal the spotlight doing so though.

[YoshL]

i have a tendency to take off my pants during battle.

[Xiz]

Originally Posted by gold stinger

I say that DarkManticore be dungeon master and we all play with him so that we all get an idea on how to play this game and just yolo it, because its literally been months before any real progress had been set on making this happen.

+1

And who cares if we break a few rules at the start we are learning

[gold stinger]

Originally Posted by YoshL

i have a tendency to take off my pants during battle.

this reminds me of xiz when he was on top of the tavern trying to throw shingling at people

[Xiz]

Expect more of that

[gold stinger]

Originally Posted by Xiz

Expect more of that

you're what the D&D Dungeon Master's Guide Book refers to as an instigator.

Likes to make things happen.
Takes crazy risks and makes deliberately bad choices.
Thrives in combat and dislikes having nothing to do.
Takes decisive action when things grind to a halt.

ENGAGE THE INSTIGATOR BY . . .
Including objects and encounters that invite experimentation.
Letting her actions put the characters in a tight spot but not kill them all.
Including encounters with nonplayer characters who are as feisty as she/he is.

I guess the only thing we'd need is maybe a date to settle on and see if we can maybe work out a first adventure/campaign/whatever and try and learn the basics together. From there, it's just a matter of people sitting in on other's games, and learning while they play.

[DarkManticoreX2]

I don't have a monster manual or a DMG. I have run one campaign before, but I had a lot of help from a freind with a lot of experience, and it died after like 3 months.

Willing to try, but I've only really suceeded at being a player.

Also I would be using 3.5, because It's the only DnD version I have exp with

[DarkManticoreX2]

Actually I'm just missing the Monster Manual upon a re-look.

*Edit* Yeah okay, I'll try this out. I have an idea for an opening Dungeon/Short intro campaign.

[YoshL]

awesome. let's get a time up for this. I would send out pms and maybe a doodle ( www.doodle.com ) for scheduling, but i'm about to go to class for like, pretty much the rest of tonight and i'll be dead

i can do fridays though, like all day on friday and all night usually

[gold stinger]

I can do whenever in evenings. I don't have a job.

[Xiz]

Late afternoons - nights would work best for me. Any day during the day would be improbable for me.

[DarkManticoreX2]

Here's what I'm gonna recommend:

I do not have enough experience to handle a party of more then 4-5 players, So I'm going to make that the player limit.

I am available through PMs to help out with character creation at any point. I will do my best to promptly respond. I want to try to get in at least one session a week. Lets work out a day that's good for everyone.


Since a lot of you are brand new, I'm going to limit your charachters to the following books:
3.5 Players Handbook
3.5 Players Handbook II.
3.5 Dungeon Master's Guide.
(I have all these books in pdf format if you need them)


In order to get this up and running cohesivley, one thing I learned from my previous sessions is DnD takes a lot of time, and players who inconsistently show up ruin entire sessions. I will only take people who can be fully commited to the time frames we establish in the pregame (here)

[YoshL]

dabackpank says he wants in too

[All_That_Chaz]

I don't actually have the time to be a part of the party but I'd hate it if I didn't get involved with fiffer dee-enn-dee somehow, so manti let me know if you want to hi5 on some enemy designs or details of the world.

[Xiz]

So I made a doodle.

Ignore the exact days, but the important thing is the day of the week
I did 1pm (server) to 1am (server) just to get a rough feel for everyone without making it too long.

Do it here:
http://doodle.com/tfrpvxzqry2wd332