ADnD

[bipolarbear]

Anybody here played it before, or actively play it?

I just started the beginners version this weekend with some friends. The DM and myself were the only two REALLY into it, but I htought it was teh w00t!.

Anybody got any handy tips, tricks, or strategies, or even general DnD discussion would be nice.

[ColdWizard]

I used to play 1st Edition with family until we moved apart.

[joncha]

On a certain other side that shall remain nameless, we play a modified version of 1st ed. AD&D.

[duke o' york]

Re: ADnD

Originally posted by bipolarbear
Anybody got any handy tips, tricks, or strategies, or even general DnD discussion would be nice.

I have a tip for you: ROLEPLAY!

It's only fun going round and collecting stuff for a very short time, and if your approach solely concerns getting a bigger and better sword/suit of armour/pair of magic trousers/house/ego every time your characters adventure, then you'll get very bored very quickly and either go off roleplaying altogether, or grow up and start to enjoy your different characters.
It's great having an elven wizard and a dwarven fighter in your party, because they're going to be pretty useful when the bad guys turn up, but it's even better having them in the party if they're both roleplaying properly, because they'll bicker all the time and make snide comments about one another. Besides, who says that you aren't the bad guys yourselves? You can have very very different games if your present the same character to different people and then encourage them to inhabit it because they'll play in different ways. Try to take different types of character in different adventures because you'll expand your range. It will turn out boring for everyone if all your characters are identikit human barbarians or whatever. So mix things around!
Good luck!
You've just started on what can be a very entertaining, highly rewarding hobby and I wish you the best in your adventures. As long as you don't take it personally when your character dies, or is robbed by another party memeber then it'll be fine. Remember it's just a game and enjoy yourselves.

[Jon Miller]

I have played in a 3 and a 3.5 game and had a lot of fun in both (they were better than the GURPS and Paladium games I played) (but honestly the GURPS was only a singleshot so maybe I am not judging it right)

Jon Miller

[joncha]

Biggest tip: don't piss off the DM.

[Kassiopeia]

A healthy, cynical attitude towards them is recommended though.

[Aabraxan]

It sounds like we're talking about the old-fashioned, round-the-table, pencils-&-dice game here. After more years than I should probably admit to, I still play in a modified 1st ed game, when I can find the time between job, wife, and child. To my mind, tricks, tips, and strategies are secondary. I agree with duke o' york here: roleplay. Sure, it's fun to squash the orcs and to grab that Teakettle +2. But the real fun is in the playing. Sure the group will bicker and make some snide comments towards each other. As long as the bickering doesn't turn too ugly, that's part of it.

I usually try to balance the group out. While it can be fun to play, for example, a whole troupe of wizards-in-training, most well-balanced campaigns will require some muscle, some magic, some healing, and some outright thievery. Don't take it personally when a character dies. And, sooner or later, it will be necessary for that Lawful Good Paladin to stay behind and fight, and probably die, so that the rest of the party, and the Helpless Princess that they've rescued, can escape.

And don't be a DM that judges the success of a module by the body count. If you rack up corpses too fast, you'll lose all of your players eventually. Make the modules challenging, not impossible.

So that's my two-cents worth. . .

[Aabraxan]

Originally posted by joncha
Biggest tip: don't piss off the DM.

Corollary: If you do happen to piss one off, try bribery. Pizza appears to be the currency of choice.

[Jamski]

Welcome to the world of REAL gaming.

D&D > *

Oh, and we play a modified version of D&D on xxxx but if we get any more players we'll need to start another (4th?) party.

-Jam

[Kassiopeia]

*cough*

I believe you're referring to "a certain other side that shall remain nameless", Jamski?

[Jamski]

I shall edit that url

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
A healthy, cynical attitude towards them is recommended though.

especially DMs with characters

JM

[Dis]

as much as I know about D&D, most of it comes from computer games . I did play a little as a kid. But I only had 1 friend that was into it. I usually DM'd. But I wasn't that great a DM. I let him talk me into all sorts of ****. Needless to say, he was a pretty powerful cleric.

I generally prefer to play rather than DM, but could never find a DM. I didn't play much D&D as a kid. And I think I'm too old to play that today.

[Jamski]

Nonsense. All the D&D players I know are in the 25-40 age bracket.

-Jam