My Dungeons and Dragons Life

POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 18:29
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WUGGLYUMP

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:14 PM

Yep, D20 is the hot stuff right now. Everyone has a copy and it’s easy to get a game going. I totally agree with you on that. As for fleecing, a buyer only gets as fleeced as he allows so buying used core rules books can help save you there. I’ve just seen too many people go Pokemon and get the “gotta buy them all” fever; expensive, Ouch!
I’ve tried out 3.5, D20 Modern and D20 Future and personally dislike the inconsistencies inherit to table and level based systems. They just aren’t my cup of tea. Give me a force modeled, skill based system any day!
As for D&D conversion from version 2, there is a .pdf document on the WOTC site available for download. Well, it was there a year ago anyway.
Also, if you’re determined to go the D20 route, get the open source “free” copy of PCGen http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/01_news.php
It is a great tool for character creation for both 3.0, 3.5, modern and other D20 genre’s.

STEVETHEPIRATE

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:42 PM

I've only played D&D a little in the last several years. Always liked it, but my stable of friends have all moved in different areas (geographically), and we don't get together often enough to get a good campaign going.

My favorite D&D memory: DM tells us were approaching a body of water. Before anyone can say anything, I gather a couple of characters and start constructing a boat made from the trees in the surrounding forest. No one thinks to ask how wide the body of water is until we've spent several minutes building the boat. When we discover it's not that deep and about 20 feet wide, we deconstruct the boat and make a bridge out of it.

OK, not the best story now that I see it in front of me. But it's a story nonetheless.

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ANFA

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:41 PM

First off, let me say how fun it is to see everyone talk about their D&D past!

I was first introduced to the whole concept back in high school, by my little brother. He and 3 of his friends got into Star Wars (he's been a SW freak since the ripe age of 5), and he'd tell me about their adventures sometimes. For what ever reason, I never bit.

Years later, after becoming quite close to 4 of my coworkers, did my buddy Gary suggest running a game for us. He and his wife played back in their college days, and he thought since our group was so creative, we might like to give it a shot.

We said yes, and ended up playing a 9 month campaign of Mage, the Ascension. Since we were new to it, he had us play a diceless game, and it was some of the most fun I've ever had. I'll never forget my first character, a Verbena witch with an attitude . . . Ah, to be someone else for a while - and with kick ass powers, to boot!

I'm currently getting ready to run a session of my own this coming Sunday, and my brother has gotten back to Star Wars and is preparing a campaign for myself and one of his buddies from days gone by. I'm having the time of my life, and only regret that I never got hooked sooner.

" We're just too pretty for God to let us die."

VARDEN

Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:29 AM

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Here's the problem, if we play the 3.5 rules, is there a coversion to use older monster manuals along with monsters from the new books in the current rules?

Yep, there is! Well, a conversion from AD&D to 3.0, anyway. Convert characters too!

I found the Conversion Manual from August 2000 on some French website:
[url] http://www.tatoola.com/aide_de_jeu.php?option=conversion_add_a
It's right in the middle of the page labled "version anglaise." (I have Adobe 7.0 but needed to download an old 5.0 to read it, but I got it to work!)

Now, I got one of those back when I went to Gen Con in 2000. Wish I knew where the hump in was now!

If the download don't work I'll email you this version.

The manual from 3.0 to 3.5 is on the Wizards site, but it's only about a dozen pages long, really only involves Rangers and Druids.

May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

OPPYH

Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by varden:
Quote:
Here's the problem, if we play the 3.5 rules, is there a coversion to use older monster manuals along with monsters from the new books in the current rules?

Yep, there is! Well, a conversion from AD&D to 3.0, anyway. Convert characters too!

I found the Conversion Manual from August 2000 on some French website:
[url] http://www.tatoola.com/aide_de_jeu.php?option=conversion_add_a
It's right in the middle of the page labled "version anglaise." (I have Adobe 7.0 but needed to download an old 5.0 to read it, but I got it to work!)

Now, I got one of those back when I went to Gen Con in 2000. Wish I knew where the hump in was now!

If the download don't work I'll email you this version.

The manual from 3.0 to 3.5 is on the Wizards site, but it's only about a dozen pages long, really only involves Rangers and Druids.

May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Download worked like a charm. Thanks for your help varden. Now I'm ready for some great, and fantastic gaming.

OPPYH

Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:29 AM

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Originally posted by STEVEthePIRATE:
I've only played D&D a little in the last several years. Always liked it, but my stable of friends have all moved in different areas (geographically), and we don't get together often enough to get a good campaign going.

My favorite D&D memory: DM tells us were approaching a body of water. Before anyone can say anything, I gather a couple of characters and start constructing a boat made from the trees in the surrounding forest. No one thinks to ask how wide the body of water is until we've spent several minutes building the boat. When we discover it's not that deep and about 20 feet wide, we deconstruct the boat and make a bridge out of it.

OK, not the best story now that I see it in front of me. But it's a story nonetheless.

Thats what makes D&D so great. All the moments like that one. Sometimes when your faced with what seems to be an impossible task, you'll surprise yourself, and come up with a grand solution.

SIGMANUNKI

Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:37 AM

Another story.

This campain I was playing a mage. The DM asked whether I cared if people knew what spells I had and I said yes. I think that it adds to the mystery of the mage.

Anyway, my mage was rather powerful (relatively to the others) but I kept it a secret. I only cast spells that where required; only as powerful as required. Which pretty much meant nothing really beyond magic missle.

So, of course this trend had to end sometime. I forget what we were facing, but it was a lot. Sometime in what would have been the middle of the battle if I didn't act, I cast fireball.

We were somewhat loose with rules, so I was allowed to shout a warning before unleashing and they were given just enough time to get away. I placed the fireball just behind the bad guy(s) and it/they was/were incinerated (I got reallyl good rolls)

Everyone was of course rather surprised at what had just happened; they thought I was "low level."

Other Char: "Why didn't you do that before?"
My Char: "Didn't need to be done before."
OC: "Do you know how many times we almost died?"
MC: "Did anyone die?"
OC: "Well, no but.."

My character was already walking away (he was a bit of a prick ).

*sigh* I really miss playing.

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

HONORBOUND

Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:04 AM

My husband is at the guys playing as I type this. I even played for a while with them until the kids came along. Watching a 1 year old drool and choke on the 12 siders is just not a good thing. Maybe when they're older I'll be able to get back into it. One of my favorite campaigns was with a group who were not exactly good or evil... we called ourselves LRU "Looters R Us". We took everything that wasn't tied down. Curtains, Chandelier pieces, once we even set up our portable hole on a wall and pushed a huge statue into it. We were sent on a quest to defeat a bunch of differnt lands. At one land, the people there paid us off to NOT defeat them. We took the money and fiqured that when we were done with the rest we could come back and do them later.

A kind word turneth away wrath, but not as well as superior firepower

DAIKATH

Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:17 PM

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LUNATIKAT

Friday, July 29, 2005 12:52 AM

Hi! Anybody out there know where I can find a good floor plan of Serenity? The cutaway on the DVD still leaves me unable to completely visualize the whole thing.

lunatikat - beyond the pale and into the saturated

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