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Post by eldae on Jul 27, 2004 18:15:46 GMT -5
I really want to get a D&D game started, not using the actual gameplay mechanics, but really just the setting (in this case Faerun.) Anybody up for it?
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Post by piñata on Jul 28, 2004 7:12:53 GMT -5
I've never heard of Faerun... is this a later version of D&D than the one I play?
(I think the one I play is 1st edition -- I know the copyright date is 1980)
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Post by eldae on Jul 28, 2004 8:34:28 GMT -5
Faerun isn't an edition, per se, its a campaign setting (like Greyhawck, Dragonlance, Eberron, etc.)
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Post by piñata on Jul 28, 2004 8:37:23 GMT -5
Yeah, but that answers my question... they didn't start with the campaign settings until after the version I play.  |
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Post by eldae on Jul 28, 2004 8:43:50 GMT -5
Campaing setting are pretty easy to pick up... they basically just give you new, pre-made places.
By the way, the Forgotten Realms (Faerun) setting came out in 1987, a bit after your first edition game.
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Post by Belgarath on Jul 28, 2004 11:03:43 GMT -5
*Still has no idea how to play D&D*  |
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Post by Ape on Jul 28, 2004 17:09:01 GMT -5
To be honest, i don't even really know what D&D is. All i know is a people like us Magic geeks play it...and...well...thats it. What is it? Or should i be asking this in another board? |
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Post by piñata on Jul 29, 2004 8:12:24 GMT -5
There's a D&D Board, but that's not necessarily the place to ask that question -- I think it's okay here too. Basically, D&D is a game where you use pencil (NEVER pen, because character's stats are going to change and therefore need to be erasible) and paper to keep track of a character's stats, instead of doing it online. It also has more of a randomness element to it than an online RPG, because dice are used to determine other character's reactions, whether an attack is successful, and various other gameplay elements. But the portrayal of the characters is done in much the same way as the Conclave Adventures -- you state what your character is doing, and then see whether or not it works in the way you intended. EDIT: But I think what Ereinion is talking about is doing an online RPG, and just using the D&D "universe" as a setting. |
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Post by eldae on Jul 29, 2004 17:55:54 GMT -5
The edit is correct. Although if y'all want, we could do one using actual dice. (There are online dice rollers for those of you w/out all the d20s and d4s and whatnot). I'd volunteer to be DM in that case.
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Post by Ape on Jul 29, 2004 19:29:23 GMT -5
I'm willing to learn...well, if it isn't too complicated. My brain is already filled with MTG rules, inserting more stuff might make it go ~FUZZZZ~ or something. |
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Post by piñata on Jul 30, 2004 7:42:07 GMT -5
I have everything except a d30 -- and I know where to get one of those now. ;D @ape: If it gets confusing, we're here to help. Since Ereinion and I have played D&D before, we'll have to help other people who haven't had that experience as well. Besides, I've never tried to do a D&D campaign online before. That, in and of itself, might get confusing. |
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Post by eldae on Jul 30, 2004 14:21:54 GMT -5
I've never tried to use it with dice. It might take a bit longer than a non-dice rpg, but still feasible
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Post by Ape on Aug 4, 2004 11:35:05 GMT -5
If its played on paper then how can you not have the most recent version?  |
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Post by Soulcatcher4 on Aug 4, 2004 11:42:37 GMT -5
I might get into this. If I can learn like apey
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Post by piñata on Aug 4, 2004 17:16:47 GMT -5
If its played on paper then how can you not have the most recent version? Because, you can choose which rulebook to use -- and since I only own one, I play that one. |
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