Lycan 01
2008-06-05, 11:19 PM
I finally played Dungeons and Dragons today. It was quite fun! :smallbiggrin:
My GF's best friend's bro had the Basic Game, and we all went over to play it. He was the DM, and he set up a really basic game. Village daunted by an evil dragon wizard who lives deep within a monster filled cave... you know the drill.
But here's the thing. It was the Basic Game, and it was 3.5 from what I could tell. It didn't explain how to create a character or pick a class; instead, it came with pre-generated characters and figures. So we picked out characters, and got to it...
We played it in a rather interesting way. While combat and stuff was handled in a straight-to-the-point manner, we made In Character comments and described certain actions, in order to help sate our Roleplaying appetite.
A few interesting experiences that occured were:
One of the players, ambushed by 2 rats (diseased and dire), tried to shoot one in the face. She got a 0 on her attack roll. The DM stated that the rats found her to be so pathetic that they rolled over laughing. To this I replied that they were so busy laughing that they passed up their turn, which allowed me to run over and get in a free hit for 14 points as the fighter. :smallbiggrin:
My fighter, down to 4 hp, was cornered by a dire rat and a kobold. The rat and the kobold both had 1 hp. Out of desperation, my fighter reached into his backpack, withdrew a container of kerosean, and dumped the contents of it upon the rats head. He then jammed his torch into its face, in hopes that it would burst into flames. The DM said the rat tried to run away, to which I protested because it wouldn't survive taking three steps, much less escaping from 3 battle-crazed adventurers. So he said that in its dying moments, it head-butted me in attempts to go out like a suicide bomber. He said that if it hit, it would do 2 damage, and whadya know it? He succeeded on his combat check... :smallannoyed: Down to 2 hp, the surviving kobold attempts to stab me in the crotch, only to miss. He then promptly got turned into a pincushion by my two friends...
Normally, when we killed kobolds, they'd drop a health potion, which we were in dire need of, since the DM said they only healed 5 HP. (I doubt that's right, but he lost the rulebook that came with the game...) Anyway, we killed one kobold, and instead of it dying and dropping something useful, it just pissed itself. So we're left with a dead kobold laying in a puddle of acidic piss... Yes, it was acidic, since the DM said one of the character's burnt her toes when she stepped in it. So my GF, the creative genius she is, decides to use an empty potion bottle to make a new weapon: Jarred Kobold Piss
The stats of Jarred Kobold Piss are...
1d4 when splashed on an adjacent enemy.
1d6 minus 1 per square when thrown at an enemy within 3 squares.
1d6 plus 1 per square when thrown at an enemy over 3 square away.
The reason it loses and then gains points is simple: gravity! Since thrown things arc, it loses damage at close range since it loses most of its momentum before impact. But if thrown at something far off, the arc causes it to gain speed during its descent, and hit with greater force. And yes, I am sorry for all the catgirls I killed, but it was so worth it to make such a random and oddly effective weapon...
And finally, my most proud moment...
We dressed up a dead kobold in a cloak and threw it to a dragon, which thought it was a teddy bear and decided to ignore us.
No, I'm not making that up.
One of the NPCs told us there was a dragon in the dungeon, and when I asked about its weaknesses, it said the dragon liked teddy bears. So my original idea was to kill a kobold, skin a rat, and put the fur on it so that it looked like a teddy bear. But the dragon appeared randomly by teleporting into the room we'd just cleared out of enemies - we argued with the DM over the fairness of this, but finally gave up since DM Fiats are unescapable - and prepared to do a breath attack on us. But before it did, I looked at the DM and said, "Is this the one who likes teddy bears?" He smiled and said it was. I then told my friend, who's turn it still was before the dragon attacked, to dress up the dead kobold she was dragging by putting her dark colored cloak on it, and throw it at the dragon. She did so, and upon catching the kobold, the dragon teleported away while gleefully exclaiming "Teddyyyyy!"
The session ended with the dragon teleporting away, and the 2nd half of the adventure will be done next week...
So yay! We somehow survived a dungeon full of crazy kobolds, rat ambushes, and a dragon with 80 HP and a 10 HP recovery per round ability (I know, WTF?!)... all while level one. Because apparently, he has no idea how XP works without the rules the game came with... >.<
And don't worry folks... I'm getting the 4e books when they come out, and taking over as DM for us. :smallamused:
My GF's best friend's bro had the Basic Game, and we all went over to play it. He was the DM, and he set up a really basic game. Village daunted by an evil dragon wizard who lives deep within a monster filled cave... you know the drill.
But here's the thing. It was the Basic Game, and it was 3.5 from what I could tell. It didn't explain how to create a character or pick a class; instead, it came with pre-generated characters and figures. So we picked out characters, and got to it...
We played it in a rather interesting way. While combat and stuff was handled in a straight-to-the-point manner, we made In Character comments and described certain actions, in order to help sate our Roleplaying appetite.
A few interesting experiences that occured were:
One of the players, ambushed by 2 rats (diseased and dire), tried to shoot one in the face. She got a 0 on her attack roll. The DM stated that the rats found her to be so pathetic that they rolled over laughing. To this I replied that they were so busy laughing that they passed up their turn, which allowed me to run over and get in a free hit for 14 points as the fighter. :smallbiggrin:
My fighter, down to 4 hp, was cornered by a dire rat and a kobold. The rat and the kobold both had 1 hp. Out of desperation, my fighter reached into his backpack, withdrew a container of kerosean, and dumped the contents of it upon the rats head. He then jammed his torch into its face, in hopes that it would burst into flames. The DM said the rat tried to run away, to which I protested because it wouldn't survive taking three steps, much less escaping from 3 battle-crazed adventurers. So he said that in its dying moments, it head-butted me in attempts to go out like a suicide bomber. He said that if it hit, it would do 2 damage, and whadya know it? He succeeded on his combat check... :smallannoyed: Down to 2 hp, the surviving kobold attempts to stab me in the crotch, only to miss. He then promptly got turned into a pincushion by my two friends...
Normally, when we killed kobolds, they'd drop a health potion, which we were in dire need of, since the DM said they only healed 5 HP. (I doubt that's right, but he lost the rulebook that came with the game...) Anyway, we killed one kobold, and instead of it dying and dropping something useful, it just pissed itself. So we're left with a dead kobold laying in a puddle of acidic piss... Yes, it was acidic, since the DM said one of the character's burnt her toes when she stepped in it. So my GF, the creative genius she is, decides to use an empty potion bottle to make a new weapon: Jarred Kobold Piss
The stats of Jarred Kobold Piss are...
1d4 when splashed on an adjacent enemy.
1d6 minus 1 per square when thrown at an enemy within 3 squares.
1d6 plus 1 per square when thrown at an enemy over 3 square away.
The reason it loses and then gains points is simple: gravity! Since thrown things arc, it loses damage at close range since it loses most of its momentum before impact. But if thrown at something far off, the arc causes it to gain speed during its descent, and hit with greater force. And yes, I am sorry for all the catgirls I killed, but it was so worth it to make such a random and oddly effective weapon...
And finally, my most proud moment...
We dressed up a dead kobold in a cloak and threw it to a dragon, which thought it was a teddy bear and decided to ignore us.
No, I'm not making that up.
One of the NPCs told us there was a dragon in the dungeon, and when I asked about its weaknesses, it said the dragon liked teddy bears. So my original idea was to kill a kobold, skin a rat, and put the fur on it so that it looked like a teddy bear. But the dragon appeared randomly by teleporting into the room we'd just cleared out of enemies - we argued with the DM over the fairness of this, but finally gave up since DM Fiats are unescapable - and prepared to do a breath attack on us. But before it did, I looked at the DM and said, "Is this the one who likes teddy bears?" He smiled and said it was. I then told my friend, who's turn it still was before the dragon attacked, to dress up the dead kobold she was dragging by putting her dark colored cloak on it, and throw it at the dragon. She did so, and upon catching the kobold, the dragon teleported away while gleefully exclaiming "Teddyyyyy!"
The session ended with the dragon teleporting away, and the 2nd half of the adventure will be done next week...
So yay! We somehow survived a dungeon full of crazy kobolds, rat ambushes, and a dragon with 80 HP and a 10 HP recovery per round ability (I know, WTF?!)... all while level one. Because apparently, he has no idea how XP works without the rules the game came with... >.<
And don't worry folks... I'm getting the 4e books when they come out, and taking over as DM for us. :smallamused: