OT: am playing D&D light and am having fun

[Puke]

local stores frequently have bulliten Boards (the cork kind, you internet addicted wisecrackers!) where notes can be posted for people seeking Groups and Groups seeking people.

Try experiencing different games besides D&D. the new rules are not horible as rules go, and are probably better than the old ones, but the system its self suffers from feat-creep with magazines and new supliments much the same way warhammer forces you to buy all the latest White Dwarf's and Codexes (codicies?) to keep up to date. plus, theres no bell curve on 1D20.

but this isnt the place for me to be a gaming nazi. the important thing is to have fun, and to do so face to face with real people. find a local store, try the yellow pages. as them about local Groups and players.

[Loser]

A Strong DM addresses feat-creep during character creation. It's not that hard to tell your players "We're using 3rd ed (or 3.5, which is pretty nice), so make your characters with the book, nothing else." The people who want to bring in stuff from elsewhere are the same power-gamers and rules-lawyers that cause you trouble later on in the game, but a good DM can keep them in line.

For your first character you may want to keep it simple and go with Fighter or Sorcerer, keeping more complicated classes like Rogue and Wizard for later, once you are used to the basics of the system.

Try to make sure your DM can run a game that takes advantage of the way you spec-out your character. Few things are as annoying as having a talk-work Rogue in a game with little-to-no role-playing and a group that expects finger-work out of you.

[E3]

I'm selling my 3.0 Players handbook, DMG, and Monster Manual. the 3 core books.
As well as a few extra books; the stronghold builders guidebook, arms and equipment guide, and savage species.
I'm also selling my 3.5 players handbook and the DMG (already with paper place holders taped in for DM use)

and since I'm in the best city in the world and hte only REAL city in Canada (*smiles and prepares to run for his life*)....

ok this was rambling... ignore it... unless you wanna buy my books.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

L, could you translate a few of those terms for me, please?

*chases after E3 with a hammer*

any Online retailers anyone's used before? perferably with cheap shipping?

[ December 04, 2003, 15:46: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[tesco samoa]

not that I know anything about d&d but clerics are rather powerful now that they have expanded them past 7th level spells... And that anyone can use a cross bow now. And feats are kind of cool. and they fixed up that crap with dueling or multi class players

The current Version is quite nice.

But again I have no clue what I am talking about.

I would suggest you hit a local store and chat with the people working there.... Players guide will be needed to start.

[Loser]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
L, could you translate a few of those terms for me, please?

Which ones?

Some Guy
A derisive term for a game that is all combat, and/or for players that are only concerned about combat. Looked down upon by most gamers, because it is seen to go against the spirit of RPGs: 'why play a roleplaying game if you're not going to pay any attention to the role? That's what wargames, computer games, and other tactical games are for.'

• munchkin
• power gamer
• minimaxing/minimaxer
• Min-Maxing/minmaxer
• raping the rules/raping the system/rules
• raping/rules raper
• point-shaver
• mathematician
• rules lawyer
• dice bouncing
• roll-playing

Spec-out: the specifications of the character, how its points are spent, its nature
Talk-work Rogue: think Dirk Benedict's character from the A-Team, 'Face'
Finger-work Rogue: think ninja-super-thief

[narf poit chez BOOM]

thanks.

that link is funny.

[ December 04, 2003, 17:02: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]