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Post by scottanderson on Aug 20, 2017 2:16:53 GMT -5
Hey, how's about no?
It's a weird thing about D&D that hearing people recount the adventures of their characters can be pretty okay... or it can be dreadful. But even knowing that in your own head, you can't help but tell other people about yours! It's like some strange compulsion. The character story is such an epiphany to you yourself that you have to evangelize it - even though it's almost 100% likely you will just be boring your friends to death.
THAT BEING SAID...
Tell us about your current favorite D&D character! It doesn't have to be one you are playing right now, but that would be OK too! |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 20, 2017 20:36:02 GMT -5
The second D&D character I ever rolled became Axel Lynch. I think this was 1976 or 1975. Sacrificed an eye at one point to make enough of a haul that he never had to go into a dungeon again. Secluded himself and researched magic and pseudo-science, dissecting foolish adventurers who came to rob him.
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Post by scottanderson on Aug 20, 2017 21:27:27 GMT -5
Oh that sounds awesome! Everyone should try to play a character who turns into the master of his own dungeon at some point.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 21, 2017 5:30:18 GMT -5
Oh that sounds awesome! Everyone should try to play a character who turns into the master of his own dungeon at some point. It happens in real life. Ever get trapped for hours in Mark Zuckerberg's dungeon? |
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Post by Jame Rowe on Aug 21, 2017 14:50:21 GMT -5
Oh that sounds awesome! Everyone should try to play a character who turns into the master of his own dungeon at some point. It happens in real life. Ever get trapped for hours in Mark Zuckerberg's dungeon? Except Zuckerberg's eye is, and I quote, "ROBOTICMUAHAHAHAHA!!!". |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 21, 2017 15:13:14 GMT -5
Though I don't understand the reference (Zuckerberg talks about his eye a lot? He thinks it's a cybernetic eye?) "Zuckerberg's Eye" would have made a great title for one of Roy Thomas's Conan stories. Wish he was writing the series on a regular base again, so we could suggest the title to him - Wasn't "Zukala's Eye" one of his actual stories?
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Post by limeodyssey on Aug 21, 2017 17:38:45 GMT -5
Dave Arneson wrote in his early rulebooks that the players are seeking to tell story and accomplish goals even at the very risk to the life of their alter egos. I think his choice of words is very apposite. Player characters are true alter egos, opening a portal to the world of dreams and symbols. That is what makes them captivating. Tolkien's secondary worlds and all that.
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 22, 2017 6:29:07 GMT -5
Dave Arneson wrote in his early rulebooks that the players are seeking to tell story and accomplish goals even at the very risk to the life of their alter egos. I think his choice of words is very apposite. Player characters are true alter egos, opening a portal to the world of dreams and symbols. That is what makes them captivating. Tolkien's secondary worlds and all that. We are only playing semblances of characters and they are not full-fledged egos and never can be, so I concur with Arneson's statement as did Gygax. |
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Post by Jame Rowe on Aug 22, 2017 8:54:33 GMT -5
Though I don't understand the reference (Zuckerberg talks about his eye a lot? He thinks it's a cybernetic eye?) "Zuckerberg's Eye" would have made a great title for one of Roy Thomas's Conan stories. Wish he was writing the series on a regular base again, so we could suggest the title to him - Wasn't "Zukala's Eye" one of his actual stories? No, it's "ROBOTICMUAHAHAHA!" as opposed to "Robotic! Mauahahaha!" |
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Post by scottanderson on Aug 22, 2017 9:03:50 GMT -5
Rob kuntz, is your favorite Robilar? Or is it someone else?
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 22, 2017 10:00:39 GMT -5
Though I don't understand the reference (Zuckerberg talks about his eye a lot? He thinks it's a cybernetic eye?) "Zuckerberg's Eye" would have made a great title for one of Roy Thomas's Conan stories. Wish he was writing the series on a regular base again, so we could suggest the title to him - Wasn't "Zukala's Eye" one of his actual stories? No, it's "ROBOTICMUAHAHAHA!" as opposed to "Robotic! Mauahahaha!" He was stoned? |
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Post by Jame Rowe on Aug 22, 2017 17:45:07 GMT -5
No, it's "ROBOTICMUAHAHAHA!" as opposed to "Robotic! Mauahahaha!" He was stoned? No, he's crazy. That's why he thinks he gets to say that as one word. |
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Post by ripx187 on Aug 22, 2017 18:38:00 GMT -5
I did a ton of playing and play-testing, but my absolute favorite player character was finally getting to play-test a fighter who owned a keep and had his own small army. It always irritated me how few DMs allowed players to have followers, it was nice to get to experience it.
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Post by scottanderson on Aug 22, 2017 22:11:04 GMT -5
I agree Rip. Although domain play is a very different animal from dungeons and wilderlands, people really ought to invest in henchmen and try to recruit retainers. It's at least as important as magic items in terms of leveraging your character's power.
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 23, 2017 5:45:27 GMT -5
Rob kuntz, is your favorite Robilar? Or is it someone else? My favorite "character" is currently YoYo man...  My favorite PC would be the one I am playing at any given time. As I am not currently playing any PC Roibilar remains my most memorable one. |
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 23, 2017 5:47:10 GMT -5
I agree Rip. Although domain play is a very different animal from dungeons and wilderlands, people really ought to invest in henchmen and try to recruit retainers. It's at least as important as magic items in terms of leveraging your character's power. Have you engaged "domain level" play? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:32:25 GMT -5
"Let me tell you about my character. He..."
* BLAM! *
"No, really, he's a 47th level..."
* BLAM! * BLAM! * BLAM! * BLAM! * BLAM! * reload * BLAM! *
"and then after we killed all the gods in Olympus we went to Asgaard..."
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
"and then once we were down in Hell we..."
"Photon torpedoes, FIRE!" * PTEW! * PTEW! * PTEW! * PTEW *
"and he has 87 +15 Vorpal Swords of Slaying... "
"Commence Primary Ignition." * BEEP * BEEP * BWOOoooooo * Bzzzzt.. PKEW! *
Actually, I've always found the best answer to "let me tell you about my character" is "Sorry, gotta go to the can."
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Post by sixdemonbag on Aug 23, 2017 10:12:25 GMT -5
Even worse is listening to a "bad beat" story about any fantasy football team other than the ones in your own league. Poker and fishing stories should also apply.
ZZZzzz...
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Post by robertsconley on Aug 23, 2017 10:14:04 GMT -5
I did a ton of playing and play-testing, but my absolute favorite player character was finally getting to play-test a fighter who owned a keep and had his own small army. It always irritated me how few DMs allowed players to have followers, it was nice to get to experience it. Always told my players that the best magic item is another character. Having said that having followers definitely a personal preference thing. More than a few players and groups don't opt to hire on people despite their wealth and the available opportunities. One player who played a Dwarven Paladin had a small army of followers and hirelings. It was a point of contention with the group at the time but they saved the party several times. As for owning a keep, it is rare not for players to wind up owning something by the end of my campaign. In the current campaign I am running the players bought a run down shop in the City of Viridistan (Judges Guild's City State of the World Emperor) when they were second level. Then turned it into their "headquarters". By the time they were 4th level they pooled their money to buy a small (very small) merchant ship and started to make runs to the ports along the Trident Gulf (the sea that Viridstan is next too). |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 10:43:52 GMT -5
But too many people see "getting a keep" as retiring the character.
In one forum I was talking about domain play; "take a bunch of wargamers, give them each a castle, an army, and a treasury, and you WILL get wars."
Many people said that in that case their PCs would all settle down into a big peaceful kingdom. When I said in a case like that I'd invade somebody else's land just to stir things up, I was declared to be a big meanie-head.
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Post by robertsconley on Aug 23, 2017 11:05:19 GMT -5
But too many people see "getting a keep" as retiring the character. In one forum I was talking about domain play; "take a bunch of wargamers, give them each a castle, an army, and a treasury, and you WILL get wars." Many people said that in that case their PCs would all settle down into a big peaceful kingdom. When I said in a case like that I'd invade somebody else's land just to stir things up, I was declared to be a big meanie-head. The only campaign I can recall where the players retire after "estabilshed" themselves was one a few years back when the campaign ended when the players built the inn that was their ultimate goal. Mind you that was major accomplishment because while it was situated at a significant crossroads it was next to the Plain of Cairns which nobody in the region wanted to live next too. Through the course of several adventures the PCs cleared out enough it next to the crossroads that their inn was able to be built. For the other campaigns, the PCs becoming lords and nobles just opened up a new phase. The reason why half of the map is what it is in my Majestic Wilderlands is a result of PCs doing things while they ruled. And it just doesn't stop there as stuff gets piled on top of stuff done in the 2000s which is piled on top of stuff done in the 1990s and so on back to their first campaign I ran in the Wilderlands back in 1980. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 23, 2017 11:26:02 GMT -5
Rob kuntz, is your favorite Robilar? Or is it someone else? My favorite "character" is currently YoYo man... My favorite PC would be the one I am playing at any given time. As I am not currently playing any PC Roibilar remains my most memorable one. Have an Exalt Rob! |
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 23, 2017 11:32:51 GMT -5
Even worse is listening to a "bad beat" story about any fantasy football team other than the ones in your own league. Poker and fishing stories should also apply. ZZZzzz... A good fishing story is usually a lot of great laughs and usually told by an older relative that has you laughing every time he speaks. I'll bet YoYo man has a lot of great stories. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 23, 2017 11:56:25 GMT -5
Rob kuntz, is your favorite Robilar? Or is it someone else? My favorite "character" is currently YoYo man... Before I die, or maybe afterwards if we have time, I need to get in a game with you to see which one of us loses their mind first. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 23, 2017 11:58:58 GMT -5
I'll bet YoYo man has a lot of great stories. Some of them true. |
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 23, 2017 12:24:29 GMT -5
My favorite "character" is currently YoYo man... Before I die, or maybe afterwards if we have time, I need to get in a game with you to see which one of us loses their mind first. Hah. We've already done a bit of mental play, but that would be a good day indeed. Rob: I must have lost my mind since Yoyo Man appears to have lost his. YYM: Do tell... IOW, difficult acknowledging who has lost their mind when one denies it and the other cannot convince them otherwise: A Lost Mind Loop. |
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 23, 2017 12:25:24 GMT -5
"Let me tell you about my character. He..." * BLAM! * "No, really, he's a 47th level..." * BLAM! * BLAM! * BLAM! * BLAM! * BLAM! * reload * BLAM! * "and then after we killed all the gods in Olympus we went to Asgaard..." RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT! "and then once we were down in Hell we..." "Photon torpedoes, FIRE!" * PTEW! * PTEW! * PTEW! * PTEW * "and he has 87 +15 Vorpal Swords of Slaying... " "Commence Primary Ignition." * BEEP * BEEP * BWOOoooooo * Bzzzzt.. PKEW! * Actually, I've always found the best answer to "let me tell you about my character" is "Sorry, gotta go to the can." And then there were none (Ten Little Indians)... |
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 23, 2017 12:31:50 GMT -5
But too many people see "getting a keep" as retiring the character. In one forum I was talking about domain play; "take a bunch of wargamers, give them each a castle, an army, and a treasury, and you WILL get wars." Many people said that in that case their PCs would all settle down into a big peaceful kingdom. When I said in a case like that I'd invade somebody else's land just to stir things up, I was declared to be a big meanie-head. Yep. Pretty linear thought, but that is how it was basically presented. But none of us strictly followed that course, of course. If you'll remember my PC in Deb's game, Michael, wayyyy back when I spent 3 weeks in the Twin Cities with you two. He was a 3rd level MU who found a wand of illusion. I decided to go with a city plan and raise myself up in politics by using it, and wallah, in a short time I was living in sumptuous surroundings and not a shot (or magic-missile) fired. The game is not a linear exercise unless you want it to be (i.e., expediency). |
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Post by robkuntz on Aug 23, 2017 12:33:41 GMT -5
My favorite "character" is currently YoYo man... My favorite PC would be the one I am playing at any given time. As I am not currently playing any PC Roibilar remains my most memorable one. Have an Exalt Rob! Well thank-ee, PD. I feel... well, exalted... |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Aug 23, 2017 12:54:30 GMT -5
Well thank-ee, PD. I feel... well, exalted... What the hecky-poo, I threw you an exalt also. It was just cluttering the place anyway, jumping and begging for a treat. |
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