I have never ever...

[AstralFire]

- DMed a session beginning in a tavern
- Played alongside a drow
- Fought a dragon in D&D (outside of the vidya games)
- DMed a dragon
- See above for Beholders
- Actually just see above for every type of monster that is not humanoid shape and Large or smaller. *frown* I fought an ooze once, though, and I DMed a Quasi-Negative Fire Elemental. And I've used a Coatl as a recurring NPC.

When I've been able to play rather than DM (something I've gotten frighteningly little of, I've been DMing since the month I first picked up the 3.0 PHB) it's at low levels, when you don't fight much of that stuff. And as a DM my overwhelming preference has been for other humanoid races. I find things larger than Large boring to control for the most part. Don't really mind statting up NPCs for the PCs to fight, either.

I should probably mix things up a lot more than I do, but I've never really gotten a complaint about it...

[JackMage666]

You've never fought a Dinosaur or an Animal of Huge size?

[AstralFire]

You've never fought a Dinosaur or an Animal of Huge size?

Nope. I've fought two Dire Bears, though.

Guess which one of the three core rulebooks I never ever bought.

[evisiron]

I have done all of the OP things!

However, I have never ever finished a campaign while playing. All have collapsed or suffered from schedule conflicts or I left the country before they ended.

[Dr Bwaa]

I have also done all of the OP things =D

I have never:
-not censored myself on these boards for fear that my players will read it
-DMed in a campaign setting that I did not create
-Regretted that time we allied with a tentacle-fetish Duergar to stop PETA from sinking Lantan

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[OneFamiliarFace]

Same as OP. Except, I may never have DM'd a campaign starting IN a tavern, but I have DM'd a few sessions where the players started elsewhere, and the adventure began once they got to the tavern.

I have also never
-had a BBEG that was something other than a human.
-DM'd a campaign world other than my own.
-been resurrected.
-DM'd a plane other than the material one (and don't plan on changing that).
-played a character from levels 1-20.

[arguskos]

Sadly, I've done almost all of the things ya'll have mentioned. O.O

I have never been resurrected however. I guess no one loves my characters...

-argus

[AstralFire]

Same as OP. Except, I may never have DM'd a campaign starting IN a tavern, but I have DM'd a few sessions where the players started elsewhere, and the adventure began once they got to the tavern.

I have also never
-had a BBEG that was something other than a human.
-DM'd a campaign world other than my own.
-been resurrected.
-DM'd a plane other than the material one (and don't plan on changing that).
-played a character from levels 1-20.

I've DMed my custom, planescape, and Eberron so I'm set on that.

I've never played a character for more than one level. That's how little I've gotten to play rather than DM.

[sonofzeal]

I have never.... uh.... *thinks*.... no, done that too... d*mn, I got nothin'. Ooo, no wait...

- never played a gestalt game
- never played an epic game
- never played any edition other than 3.5

[valadil]

I've never played a character who couldn't cast spells in a long term game.

I've never GMed unintelligent undead.

[TheCountAlucard]

I've never tried to seduce an NPC.

I've never grappled or turned undead successfully, on either side of the DM screen.

I've never used or fought the tarrasque.

As a player, I've never played anything except a human.

[Collin152]

I've never fought a dragon.

I've also never fought Dagon.

[Waspinator]

I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I Am.

[RebelRogue]

I think I've done all of the above... [Doublechecks!] Ah, never played an epic or gestalt game or fought Dagon, but close!

[Shazzbaa]

I've played a session that began in a tavern.
I'm playing a good-aligned drow (Embrace the cliché! Embrace it!)
and I've fought at least two dragons (and Dagon, but there were... extenuating circumstances on that one).

But I have never ever....
--GM'd a game
--played a normal human
--played a fast-talking character

[Myatar_Panwar]

I've seen the sig banner floating around, and was wondering why so many people feel that they can't start their game in a tavern due to what? A need to feel that they are more creative than other DM's? To prove something else? I don't know, someone please explain this to me.

I've always thought of the tavern as a very iconic place to start a game of Dungeons and Dragons. It gets you in the mood and says "Hey, your playing D&D now!" Also note that I'm not calling out the OP or anything, there are plenty of reasons why you might not want to start in a tavern. But whenever someone uses the banner it always hits me as somesort of Nerd Elitism. Same with people having a problem with good aligned drow. Just cause someone wants to play one, doesn't mean that they are uncreative or stupid or something like that. Maybe they just want to play one.

[AstralFire]

I've seen the sig banner floating around, and was wondering why so many people feel that they can't start their game in a tavern due to what? A need to feel that they are more creative than other DM's? To prove something else? I don't know, someone please explain this to me.

To put it simply, in my case I take originality as a point of pride. I wouldn't call it elitism, though, since I don't look down upon those who don't, and I more dislike good-aligned drow because I dislike drow. Good execution trumps originality by any standard, or I wouldn't like Superman.

But in this case I mentioned it as part of the long list of things that are iconically "D&D" that I have never done. -shrug-

[Dr Bwaa]

Nor is fighting dragons bad. The tavern and Drow are only in here because they're common.

Incidentally, I also
-Have never played gestalt
-have never played epic (yet: several campaigns are very close, but I'm not the wizard, anyway )
-have never played anything but 3.5 (mostly because my friends switched to some 4.0 while I was away, so they wouldnt leave me behind. Thanks guys!)
-have never failed to use excessive parentheses in a post (this is probably a lie, but review my posts over the last day or two--You'll understand why I feel this way*).




*Please don't. Or if you do, don't tell me about it. That's just sad

[Vortling]

-I've never played a class with arcane casting.
-also never played in epic.
-never played in a game that lasted for more than 2 levels

As far as DMing
-never DM'd a straight dungeon crawl

[Swok]

I have never played in the Forgotten Realms setting.

Or in the same party as a drow, which actually surprises me more than the former, as I've played in a few evil parties.

I also have never played an epic game. Of which I am profoundly glad on a level that the other two "never haves" pale in comparison.

[Tam_OConnor]

...kissed a wookie.

...played 4E...because I am cheap and cannot afford books. But we're working on that.

...truly achieved a total-party kill. I have managed to down the entire rearguard action of the PCs, and killed half of them (oh, sweet, sweet Con damage from zombie-ism!), but not everyone. Yet.

...played a non-d20 formal RPG. D&D of various editions, D20 Modern, Serenity (which is really a d20 game minus the d20s)...

...run a Beholder, gauth or no, as a DM. I only wish the same was true for oozes.

...truly enjoyed a dungeon crawl, as DM or PC. Does that make me a heretic?

...played a gnome. Or a halfling, if we're not counting one-shots.

...stopped gloating about that GenCon adventure where the Pelorite Cleric wasted an entire undead encounter before it got going and the lullaby/sleep combo destroyed the final encounter. HAH!

...forgiven Eberron for the GenCon event that destroyed six PCs and one DM. The problem was, none of us had every played Eberron. Or was familiar with the basic premises. So when the pair of ogres accosted us on the way to the adventure, we never stopped to wonder if we could bypass the encounter by offering to heal their sick child. We killed them, BECAUSE THEY WERE OGRES AND WE WERE ADVENTURERS! Bitter, bitter memories.

Otherwise, everything. Gestalt, epic, tavern, non-human BBEG, Planar, Cha-based rogue......drow......*sobs* I was a child! I didn't know any better!

[Siegel]

I never played D&D
I never actualy read the "rules" (like the Core rules. How is combat working, how are skills working etc. I just have an idea of it)

[Mastikator]

I have never
- DMed a campaign that finished.
- Killed a player as a DM (came pretty close a few times though)
- Played a martial character.
- Played a good characher.
- Let player-knowledge get in the way of roleplaying. (I'm pretty proud of this actually)
- Played gestalt
- Played high level, or epic
- Played D&D 1e, 2e or 4e
- Been a fan of the "level"-system

[Triaxx]

Failed to TPK the party. No matter if I'm DMing or not.

[Riffington]

-have never failed to use excessive parentheses in a post (this is probably a lie, but review my posts over the last day or two--You'll understand why I feel this way*).

Parenthesis really aren't that bad to overuse (until you start nesting them (which is a habit I sometimes get into(and someone should probably stop me now))).

[Eldariel]

I suggest you use {[()]} when not writing a handbook or something that requires []s for notes. It's the official use of those, much more clear to read and easier to type to boot so you'll remember to end them all.

[Riffington]

What do you mean official?

[AstralFire]

What do you mean official?

Well, it's how they're used in math.

[Eldariel]

Wops, I was thinking of Finnish. Sowwy ^^'

[SilverSheriff]

- played a game that lasted more than 6 sessions.
- played higher than level 5.
- not played an optimized character, I've always focused on mechanics even my first character was optimized.