So what did the legionaries do on long winter nights?

[Destichado]

Obviously they played D&D, just like the rest of us. (http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4205385) :smallbiggrin:

http://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d42053/d4205385r.jpg

You know you want it. Inclino enim orsus! (that's, "roll for initiative" in lingua romanorum :smallwink:)

[Lord Tataraus]

....wow...um, I really don't have a reaction for that except...I want one of those!

[Thes Hunter]

And here I thought they just made sure there were more Legionaries in the future. What do I know? :smallredface:

[BizzaroStormy]

Thou hath failed.

This thread has been made before.

[dish]

Is it a sin to repeat a topic? Especially when the original was (tries to remember) probably several months ago?

And it's a cute dice.

[Thes Hunter]

Hey some of us old timers don't even remember it!


Well, sometimes I ain't around these parts too often. :smallbiggrin:

[FdL]

Awesome dice! In fact, I call dibs on the next thread this is brought on! :p

Made of glass or something, huh? I bet it makes a lot of noise.

[Doran_Liadon]

Thats and awesome die. I needa get myself one of them.

[SoD]

I think the last thread we talked about Ceaser playing DnD.

Ceaser: "OK, my new character's going to be a drow ranger called-"
Brute: "Oh, screw this! Another n00bish character concept?! I stab him in the back!"
Ceaser: "What??? Again? Aww man...that's the third time this session..."

[Eran of Arcadia]

And here I thought they just made sure there were more Legionaries in the future. What do I know? :smallredface:

Given my understanding of the demographic composition of most legions, although they may have tried and tried, they would be unable to achieve that.

[Lord Herman]

Ooooo! I want! I want! (the die, not what TPAM is hinting at)

[Ilena]

i thnik im going to make a dice like that .... cuzz it would be sweet!

[Dallas-Dakota]

As soon as I´m able to, I´m going to make my own dice.

Homemade dice. :smallcool:

[Zar Peter]

As soon as I´m able to, I´m going to make my own dice.

Homemade dice. :smallcool:

I don't think I would play against someone who makes his dice self. :smallwink:

[Mordokai]

I would, but I would also be rolling a very high amount of natural 20's all of a sudden :smallbiggrin:

[Zar Peter]

I would, but I would also be rolling a very high amount of natural 20's all of a sudden :smallbiggrin:

Did you already order some of these (http://cheatdice.com/)?

[Lord Tataraus]

Did you already order some of these (http://cheatdice.com/)?

Those wouldn't work against me, I always check for the 1 side.

[Supagoof]

Heh. May the Legion endure forever!

I can total see Ceaser. "Thisith is how doth roll!"
*Natural 1*
"Sorry sport."
*Thumbs down*

[BRC]

Little Known historical fact, Hannibal lost when he rolled a 1 on his Know (Geography) check to plan a route for his elephants, this led to Carthage being considered flat-footed, allowing Scipio Africanus to hit him with a Sneak Attack combined with the feat "Salt the Fields" (From Com Conqueror).

[Occasional Sage]

How about dice from space (http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CC&Product_Code=02152T16&Category_Code=)?

Note that price is for a single d20. A simple d6 is merely one third the price (http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CC&Product_Code=02152S&Category_Code=), and is purchased on a page with scads more info on the source of the materials.

[chiasaur11]

Little Known historical fact, Hannibal lost when he rolled a 1 on his Know (Geography) check to plan a route for his elephants, this led to Carthage being considered flat-footed, allowing Scipio Africanus to hit him with a Sneak Attack combined with the feat "Salt the Fields" (From Com Conqueror).

Hannibal then accused Scipio of being a min-maxing munchkin, and cursed out the DM.

[Renegade Paladin]

http://thenerdreport.blogspot.com/2008/06/2nd-century-ad-d20-auctioned-off-at.html

:smallcool:

[BRC]

Hannibal then accused Scipio of being a min-maxing munchkin, and cursed out the DM.
Somthing random I just though up.

Julius Cesar, as a DnD session.

The session is winding down for now, J.C's min-maxed character ended the adventure early so they groups just killing time for now.
DM: Alright, you guys return to Rome where Cesar is hailed as a hero.
Marc Antony: Well done dude
M.A and J.C. high-five.
Cassius: Oh, I didn't know HERO meant MUNCHKIN.
Cesar: Chill out, I'm just creatively interpreting the rules.
Cassius: I'll creatively interpret YOUR RULES.
Antony: YOUR MOM CREATIVELY INTERPRETS RULES.
Brutus: can you guys stop bickering, carry on Will.
DM: Alright, so Cesar is hailed as a hero.
Antony: I'll offer him a crown.
J.C.: Thanks but no dude, Ive already got something in my head slot.
Antony: Come on, take it.
J.C: sorry, that would mess up my build.
Antony: dude, you deserve it.
J.C.: Once again, no, unless, hey will, what bonus would I get for accepting this thing.
DM: None, Antony isnt authorized to declare you king, accepting would be pointless, though the people might like you a little more if you refuse.
J.C: Yeah, I'm totally refusing, hey, look at the time, I gotta go.
Antony: You still giving me a ride?
J.C: Sure, come on.
Antony and Cesar leave
Cassius: J.C's a douche, we never get to do anything, his character just stomps on everything, we should see if Will will let us kill him.
Brutus: Sorry, I'm LG, I won't just stab him, it would be out of character.
Cassius: what if I forge a letter that makes it look like the people want him stabbed.
Brutus: That works.
Will: What are you two talking about?
Cassius: Hey, we wanna stab J.C next session.
Will: Okay, I guess, though I'm going to warn him.
The Next Session

DM: Hey Cesar, I forgot to mention, during the parade, a crazy old dude told you to beware
Will looks at the calender
DM: March Fifteenth.
J.C: Whatever, so what happens next.
DM: When you wake up in the morning, you hear that you are to be summoned to the senate house, your wife tells you not to go.
J.C: I ignore her and go.
DM: Along the way you see the old man again, he sa-
J.C: Whatever, I go to the senate house and see what they want.
DM: You see the assembled senators and other noteworthies of Rome., including Brutus, Cassius, and Ant-
Antony: Hey, I'm gonna get a soda, be right back.
DM: Okay, Antony's wandered off somewhere.
J.C: Okay, what do they want.
Cassius: I sidle up behind J.C and sneak attack him
J.C: DUDE, WTF
DM: Alright, you and your fellow conspirators begin attacking Cesar, roll for initiative
Initiative is rolled for, and Cesar, being out of his rules exploiting magic items and in ceremonial dress, goes last. Each turn he gets stabbed, until he is at 1 hit point.
DM: Brutus, it's your turn.
J.C: YES!, help me out here big B.
Brutus: I stab Cesar.
J.C: SONOFA-
Antony returns with a mountain dew
Antony: What did I miss
DM: They just killed J.C
Antony: Dude, that's bull.
J.C: That's what I'm saying.
Cassius: It's better then your f****** Min-Maxing.
Antony: So, can I speak at the funeral or somthing.
Brutus: sure, but you can't blame us.
Antony: Okay
Antony makes a bluff check.
J.C.: Hey, I'm going to make a new character
J.C goes off into another room to check his rulebooks.
DM: Alright, it's the funeral, brutus, make a perform: Oratory check to get the crowd to agree with you.
Brutus: 16
DM: alright, that works, Antony, it's your turn on the podium.
Antony: Alright, I get the crowd angry at Brutus and Cassius

Antony rolls
Antony: Sweet, Natural 20!
DM: Alright, the crowd gets angry and wants to kill Brutus and Cassius, what do you do.
Brutus and Cassius: WE GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!
J.C: Alright, I'm back with a new character.
Cassius: You mean Munchkin.
DM: Alright, lets see, Octavius is it.
J.C: Yup.
DM: Alright Octavius, you enter Rome just after Brutus and Cassius leave.


I'll finish the rest later, I'm hungry and it's food time.

[Occasional Sage]

Somthing random I just though up.

Julius Cesar, as a DnD session.

*lots of funny coolness*


I'll finish the rest later, I'm hungry and it's food time.

ZOMGWTFBBQ. Next episode: Octavius fires a Magic Missile at the darkness!

[BRC]

Act II

They broke out Heroes of Battle and have been fighting for a few sessions now when Will (the DM) decides to end the campaign.
DM: Alright, you decide to make your stand at Philipi
Brutus: We do? let me see the map.
DM: If you don't I just use this same map for whatever place you DO pick, I spent an hour on this thing.
Brutus: Okay, we meet at Philipi, lets get this started.
O.C: Hey, can I have the ghost of my previous character appear?
DM: Sure
O.C: Alright, I have him appear in Brutus's bedtent and attack!
DM: You can't attack, just deliver a message or something.
O.C: Okay, Brutus, you're going down.
DM: Alright, let's do this.
The battle rages, Antony has leveled up a few times and had Octavius help him out, so due to their munchkinery, Octavius and Antony start winning pretty heavily.
Cassius: Screw this, I quit, I have my slave stab me.
Brutus: Yeah, this is bull, I run on my own sword.
DM: Alright, looks like you two win.
Antony and Octavius: Hell yeah! Alright, so, what do you want to do now?
DM: Well, I've got another campaign idea you could roll characters for. It's about Scottish Noblemen.
Cassius: Provided JC promises not to min-max again, it sounds like fun.
J.C.: Sure, sure, I'll go Core for this one.
Antony: Me too, hey, my girlfriend wants to try playing, think she could join the next campaign.
DM: Sure.


Next up (maybe),
The Scottish Session, or DR 50/ Man not of Women Born

[Thes Hunter]

Somthing random I just though up.

Julius Cesar, as a DnD session.

The session is winding down for now, J.C's min-maxed character ended the adventure early so they groups just killing time for now.
DM: Alright, you guys return to Rome where Cesar is hailed as a hero.
Marc Antony: Well done dude
M.A and J.C. high-five.
Cassius: Oh, I didn't know HERO meant MUNCHKIN.
Cesar: Chill out, I'm just creatively interpreting the rules.
Cassius: I'll creatively interpret YOUR RULES.
Antony: YOUR MOM CREATIVELY INTERPRETS RULES.
Brutus: can you guys stop bickering, carry on Will.
DM: Alright, so Cesar is hailed as a hero.
Antony: I'll offer him a crown.
J.C.: Thanks but no dude, Ive already got something in my head slot.
Antony: Come on, take it.
J.C: sorry, that would mess up my build.
Antony: dude, you deserve it.
J.C.: Once again, no, unless, hey will, what bonus would I get for accepting this thing.
DM: None, Antony isnt authorized to declare you king, accepting would be pointless, though the people might like you a little more if you refuse.
J.C: Yeah, I'm totally refusing, hey, look at the time, I gotta go.
Antony: You still giving me a ride?
J.C: Sure, come on.
Antony and Cesar leave
Cassius: J.C's a douche, we never get to do anything, his character just stomps on everything, we should see if Will will let us kill him.
Brutus: Sorry, I'm LG, I won't just stab him, it would be out of character.
Cassius: what if I forge a letter that makes it look like the people want him stabbed.
Brutus: That works.
Will: What are you two talking about?
Cassius: Hey, we wanna stab J.C next session.
Will: Okay, I guess, though I'm going to warn him.
The Next Session

DM: Hey Cesar, I forgot to mention, during the parade, a crazy old dude told you to beware
Will looks at the calender
DM: March Fifteenth.
J.C: Whatever, so what happens next.
DM: When you wake up in the morning, you hear that you are to be summoned to the senate house, your wife tells you not to go.
J.C: I ignore her and go.
DM: Along the way you see the old man again, he sa-
J.C: Whatever, I go to the senate house and see what they want.
DM: You see the assembled senators and other noteworthies of Rome., including Brutus, Cassius, and Ant-
Antony: Hey, I'm gonna get a soda, be right back.
DM: Okay, Antony's wandered off somewhere.
J.C: Okay, what do they want.
Cassius: I sidle up behind J.C and sneak attack him
J.C: DUDE, WTF
DM: Alright, you and your fellow conspirators begin attacking Cesar, roll for initiative
Initiative is rolled for, and Cesar, being out of his rules exploiting magic items and in ceremonial dress, goes last. Each turn he gets stabbed, until he is at 1 hit point.
DM: Brutus, it's your turn.
J.C: YES!, help me out here big B.
Brutus: I stab Cesar.
J.C: SONOFA-
Antony returns with a mountain dew
Antony: What did I miss
DM: They just killed J.C
Antony: Dude, that's bull.
J.C: That's what I'm saying.
Cassius: It's better then your f****** Min-Maxing.
Antony: So, can I speak at the funeral or somthing.
Brutus: sure, but you can't blame us.
Antony: Okay
Antony makes a bluff check.
J.C.: Hey, I'm going to make a new character
J.C goes off into another room to check his rulebooks.
DM: Alright, it's the funeral, brutus, make a perform: Oratory check to get the crowd to agree with you.
Brutus: 16
DM: alright, that works, Antony, it's your turn on the podium.
Antony: Alright, I get the crowd angry at Brutus and Cassius

Antony rolls
Antony: Sweet, Natural 20!
DM: Alright, the crowd gets angry and wants to kill Brutus and Cassius, what do you do.
Brutus and Cassius: WE GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!
J.C: Alright, I'm back with a new character.
Cassius: You mean Munchkin.
DM: Alright, lets see, Octavius is it.
J.C: Yup.
DM: Alright Octavius, you enter Rome just after Brutus and Cassius leave.


I'll finish the rest later, I'm hungry and it's food time.

Pure Genius.

[BRC]

Pure Genius.
Thanks :smallcool:
here's the complete thing (I added a line between acts I and II).
Julius Cesar, as a DnD session

The session is winding down for now, J.C's min-maxed character ended the adventure early so they groups just killing time for now.
DM: Alright, you guys return to Rome where Cesar is hailed as a hero.
Marc Antony: Well done dude
M.A and J.C. high-five.
Cassius: Oh, I didn't know HERO meant MUNCHKIN.
Cesar: Chill out, I'm just creatively interpreting the rules.
Cassius: I'll creatively interpret YOUR RULES.
Antony: YOUR MOM CREATIVELY INTERPRETS RULES.
Brutus: can you guys stop bickering, carry on Will.
DM: Alright, so Cesar is hailed as a hero.
Antony: I'll offer him a crown.
J.C.: Thanks but no dude, Ive already got something in my head slot.
Antony: Come on, take it.
J.C: sorry, that would mess up my build.
Antony: dude, you deserve it.
J.C.: Once again, no, unless, hey will, what bonus would I get for accepting this thing.
DM: None, Antony isnt authorized to declare you king, accepting would be pointless, though the people might like you a little more if you refuse.
J.C: Yeah, I'm totally refusing, hey, look at the time, I gotta go.
Antony: You still giving me a ride?
J.C: Sure, come on.
Antony and Cesar leave
Cassius: J.C's a douche, we never get to do anything, his character just stomps on everything, we should see if Will will let us kill him.
Brutus: Sorry, I'm LG, I won't just stab him, it would be out of character.
Cassius: what if I forge a letter that makes it look like the people want him stabbed.
Brutus: That works.
Will: What are you two talking about?
Cassius: Hey, we wanna stab J.C next session.
Will: Okay, I guess, though I'm going to warn him.
The Next Session

DM: Hey Cesar, I forgot to mention, during the parade, a crazy old dude told you to beware
Will looks at the calender
DM: March Fifteenth.
J.C: Whatever, so what happens next.
DM: When you wake up in the morning, you hear that you are to be summoned to the senate house, your wife tells you not to go.
J.C: I ignore her and go.
DM: Along the way you see the old man again, he sa-
J.C: Whatever, I go to the senate house and see what they want.
DM: You see the assembled senators and other noteworthies of Rome., including Brutus, Cassius, and Ant-
Antony: Hey, I'm gonna get a soda, be right back.
DM: Okay, Antony's wandered off somewhere.
J.C: Okay, what do they want.
Cassius: I sidle up behind J.C and sneak attack him
J.C: DUDE, WTF
DM: Alright, you and your fellow conspirators begin attacking Cesar, roll for initiative
Initiative is rolled for, and Cesar, being out of his rules exploiting magic items and in ceremonial dress, goes last. Each turn he gets stabbed, until he is at 1 hit point.
DM: Brutus, it's your turn.
J.C: YES!, help me out here big B.
Brutus: I stab Cesar.
J.C: SONOFA-
Antony returns with a mountain dew
Antony: What did I miss
DM: They just killed J.C
Antony: Dude, that's bull.
J.C: That's what I'm saying.
Cassius: It's better then your f****** Min-Maxing.
Antony: So, can I speak at the funeral or somthing.
Brutus: sure, but you can't blame us.
Antony: Okay
Antony makes a bluff check.
J.C.: Hey, I'm going to make a new character
J.C goes off into another room to check his rulebooks.
DM: Alright, it's the funeral, brutus, make a perform: Oratory check to get the crowd to agree with you.
Brutus: 16
DM: alright, that works, Antony, it's your turn on the podium.
Antony: Alright, I get the crowd angry at Brutus and Cassius

Antony rolls
Antony: Sweet, Natural 20!
DM: Alright, the crowd gets angry and wants to kill Brutus and Cassius, what do you do.
Brutus and Cassius: WE GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!
J.C: Alright, I'm back with a new character.
Cassius: You mean Munchkin.
DM: Alright, lets see, Octavius is it.
J.C: Yup.
DM: Alright Octavius, you enter Rome just after Brutus and Cassius leave.
Antony: Alright, lets kick some traitor ass.
Act II

They broke out Heroes of Battle and have been fighting for a few sessions now when Will (the DM) decides to end the campaign.
DM: Alright, you decide to make your stand at Philipi
Brutus: We do? let me see the map.
DM: If you don't I just use this same map for whatever place you DO pick, I spent an hour on this thing.
Brutus: Okay, we meet at Philipi, lets get this started.
O.C: Hey, can I have the ghost of my previous character appear?
DM: Sure
O.C: Alright, I have him appear in Brutus's bedtent and attack!
DM: You can't attack, just deliver a message or something.
O.C: Okay, Brutus, you're going down.
DM: Alright, let's do this.
The battle rages, Antony has leveled up a few times and had Octavius help him out, so due to their munchkinery, Octavius and Antony start winning pretty heavily.
Cassius: Screw this, I quit, I have my slave stab me.
Brutus: Yeah, this is bull, I run on my own sword.
DM: Alright, looks like you two win.
Antony and Octavius: Hell yeah! Alright, so, what do you want to do now?
DM: Well, I've got another campaign idea you could roll characters for. It's about Scottish Noblemen.
Cassius: Provided JC promises not to min-max again, it sounds like fun.
J.C.: Sure, sure, I'll go Core for this one.
Antony: Me too, hey, my girlfriend wants to try playing, think she could join the next campaign.
DM: Sure.


Next up (maybe),
The Scottish Session, or DR 50/ Man not of Women Born

[Rare Pink Leech]

And here I was expecting to read some dirty joke when I saw the thread title ... silly me :smallwink:

[Serpentine]

Little Known historical fact, Hannibal lost when he rolled a 1 on his Know (Geography) check to plan a route for his elephants, this led to Carthage being considered flat-footed, allowing Scipio Africanus to hit him with a Sneak Attack combined with the feat "Salt the Fields" (From Com Conqueror).Must... not... ruin... funny with... fact... >.<
Apparently it was actually a pretty damn good plan of Hannibal's, it's just that winter stayed on later/came on earlier than he could reasonably have expected. So blame the random weather table.
Love love LOVE the scenes! :smallbiggrin:

[CrazedGoblin]

ZOMGWTFBBQ. Next episode: Octavius fires a Magic Missile at the darkness!

hehe:smallbiggrin:

[Supagoof]

BRC - You are, quite simply, brilliant! I have tears of laughter and look forward to any others you choose to post. :smallbiggrin:

[Tingel]

Before Caesar crossed the Rubikon, he apparently rolled for init.

Very cool. Suddenly 'alea iacta est' has a new connotation.