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Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:07 am
by casecandy
It looks pretty cool!
I've already got hundreds of hours of playtime on Skyrim and I feel like pretending I'm actually in a fantasy realm is the next step on the ladder.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:19 am
by oscillateur
It all depends on the people you want to play with and whether you have lots of free time or not. I used to do lots of tabletop RPGs when I was a student with a few groups of friends but there's no way I'd have the time to do that now, for example. But yeah, with good friends it's super fun.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:01 am
by snipelfritz
I've always wanted to, but I'd have to be able to drink heavily and not take it entirely seriously.
I'd wouldn't fuck up our team or anything, but I'd need a Hollywood Squares-esque fake answer right away.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:18 am
by Swordfishtrombone
I started playing once with some internet friends with one of those dice roll generation things, some D&D map thing, and Google hangouts. Doesn't seem like what you're after (how I did it, I mean), but it was a lot more fun than I thought I'd have. Sadly, I didn't start hailing Satan or listening to loads of extreme metal tho.

Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:28 am
by chuckjaywalk
Check out Lamentations of the Flame Princess. It is 70's Satanic Panic D&D by way of Black Metal and bad weed. I love it. Magic is always twisted. There are human sacrifices and and and everything I ever wanted.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:02 am
by Iommic Pope
Chucky, that sounds rad as fuck.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:46 am
by Andrew
I really like it, but finding a group willing to have new players or a group that doesn't get all rank and petty can be pretty frustrating.
Want to make a Fighter with Dexterity and Alchemy and go all Witcher.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:00 am
by Iommic Pope
Sooo, a poison assassin?
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:08 am
by snipelfritz
Can I be a gross goblin that thinks it's really sexy and just tries to seduce everyone?
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:10 am
by Iommic Pope
If you'd like to turn D&D into a trip to any club in Brisbane on the weekend, sure. Why not?
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:18 am
by chuckjaywalk
Iommic Pope wrote:Chucky, that sounds rad as fuck.
These are the reviews I wrote for Lamentations of the Flame Princess and Carcosa. It feels like a lifetime ago. Anyways, enjoy.
http://diehardgamefan.com/2011/09/06/ta ... e-edition/
http://diehardgamefan.com/2012/01/18/ta ... w-carcosa/
http://diehardgamefan.com/2012/02/07/ta ... -addendum/
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:14 am
by Andrew
Iommic Pope wrote:Sooo, a poison assassin?
Nah, Chaotics have ruined every group that i've been in. I think that It would be cool if you can bend the rules slightly to have a bit more of a functional group and playing Neutral Good makes everything easier. Channelling my inner Geralt.

Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:25 am
by Iommic Pope
That just makes me think of like a combat version of a Mentat from Dune.
I know I'm way off the mark there but for some reason that sprung to mind.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:34 am
by chuckjaywalk
Andrew wrote:Iommic Pope wrote:Sooo, a poison assassin?
Nah, Chaotics have ruined every group that i've been in. I think that It would be cool if you can bend the rules slightly to have a bit more of a functional group and playing Neutral Good makes everything easier. Channelling my inner Geralt.

I had a pretty good run doing the D&D 5th Edition beta testing with a Chaotic Neutral Cleric. She was a drunkard whose only friend was the severed head of a saint that she lashed onto a club and used as a mace. As long as she had food, booze, and the occasional tumble with a stable boy, she was happy.
Re: Thinking of getting into D&D, should I really though?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:51 am
by Iommic Pope
Chuck, you are rad.
Nice review, also.