OT: am playing D&D light and am having fun

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Vancouver. well, close to it. and that cheese stuff in my profile is mostly for laughs and nosy people.

but then again, i'm a nosy person. i look at new profile's.

[ December 04, 2003, 05:13: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Taera]

there are way too many roleplays going around vancouver, go google seriously, open your city phonebook and look at the 'games' Category, you well might find something - i know at least three places in my city that sell D&D and/or similar stuff. and people who play can usually be found thru there

[Fyron]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
well, why not try over the internet? IRC with the stats and maps on the forum? the DO forum could use the traffic.

wait a minute...aren't i supposed to be looking for advice?

Bah. D&D is about roleplaying with people, not with letters/numbers moving on a screen. You do not get any sense of atmosphere in chat RPing.

[Taera]

yep, stole my post, you did fyron

[Puke]

local stores frequently have bulliten Boards (the cork kind, you internet addicted wisecrackers!) where notes can be posted for people seeking Groups and Groups seeking people.

Try experiencing different games besides D&D. the new rules are not horible as rules go, and are probably better than the old ones, but the system its self suffers from feat-creep with magazines and new supliments much the same way warhammer forces you to buy all the latest White Dwarf's and Codexes (codicies?) to keep up to date. plus, theres no bell curve on 1D20.

but this isnt the place for me to be a gaming nazi. the important thing is to have fun, and to do so face to face with real people. find a local store, try the yellow pages. as them about local Groups and players.

[Loser]

A Strong DM addresses feat-creep during character creation. It's not that hard to tell your players "We're using 3rd ed (or 3.5, which is pretty nice), so make your characters with the book, nothing else." The people who want to bring in stuff from elsewhere are the same power-gamers and rules-lawyers that cause you trouble later on in the game, but a good DM can keep them in line.

For your first character you may want to keep it simple and go with Fighter or Sorcerer, keeping more complicated classes like Rogue and Wizard for later, once you are used to the basics of the system.

Try to make sure your DM can run a game that takes advantage of the way you spec-out your character. Few things are as annoying as having a talk-work Rogue in a game with little-to-no role-playing and a group that expects finger-work out of you.

[E3]

I'm selling my 3.0 Players handbook, DMG, and Monster Manual. the 3 core books.
As well as a few extra books; the stronghold builders guidebook, arms and equipment guide, and savage species.
I'm also selling my 3.5 players handbook and the DMG (already with paper place holders taped in for DM use)

and since I'm in the best city in the world and hte only REAL city in Canada (*smiles and prepares to run for his life*)....

ok this was rambling... ignore it... unless you wanna buy my books.