Ultimate geek guilty pleasure: DnD!
Instead of your normal list of headlines today, I'm going to tell you all about something I have suddenly found very near and dear to my heart: Dungeons and Dragons.
Seriously, is there anything more geeky than that??
Tease if you will -- and you won't be the first, trust me -- but playing DnD this past weekend was probably some of the most fun I've had in a really long time.
It's your classic video-game format of embarking on an adventure (called a campaign) with your hand-built, hand-customized and, for some, hand-painted character. Only, you are your character. You answer in his or her voice, and act exactly how he/she would in the given situation. You make all the decisions to move your character around and talk to villagers, question shady characters and, of course, kick the crap out of monsters!
I spend the weekend at Total Confusion (or, TotalCon), the largest gamers' conference in New England, and represented Byte-Sized with some serious butt-kicking action.
My character -- the official DnD character of the Byte-Sized blog -- is named Gyndra (pictured). She is a Drow Rogue, which means that she is a dark elf with a white shock of hair who can see in complete darkness (the Drow part) and she deals a ton of damage to monsters by sneaking up on them and throwing shurikens (Chinese stars) at them (the Rogue part). I've made up a complete back story for her, and she's already at a level 3 out of 30!
There are a ton of character options in the newest version of the Dungeons and Dragons game, Living Forgotten Realms, and, if you've stayed with me this far, I urge you to get a group of your buds, grab the coolest set of 20-sided dice you can find and head to your local comic-book store. The game-play books (including the essential, can't play-without-it Player's Handbook) are simple to understand. As long as you have an experienced Dungeon Master (DM or GM) to guide you, I can guarantee the best time you've ever had gaming. Yes, you read that right -- more than playing Halo 3 online with your besties. Srsly.
OK, I can't get into more about DnD without throwing some insider terms you all might not be familiar with, so I'll end my part of the discussion there for now. If you play DnD, though, *please* email me your character details! I'd love to post them up for everyone to check out!
Thanks, you guys, and have a great weekend!
Coming next week: An announcement on our Byte-Sized Spring Cleaning Giveaway!
Seriously, is there anything more geeky than that??
Tease if you will -- and you won't be the first, trust me -- but playing DnD this past weekend was probably some of the most fun I've had in a really long time.
It's your classic video-game format of embarking on an adventure (called a campaign) with your hand-built, hand-customized and, for some, hand-painted character. Only, you are your character. You answer in his or her voice, and act exactly how he/she would in the given situation. You make all the decisions to move your character around and talk to villagers, question shady characters and, of course, kick the crap out of monsters!
I spend the weekend at Total Confusion (or, TotalCon), the largest gamers' conference in New England, and represented Byte-Sized with some serious butt-kicking action.
My character -- the official DnD character of the Byte-Sized blog -- is named Gyndra (pictured). She is a Drow Rogue, which means that she is a dark elf with a white shock of hair who can see in complete darkness (the Drow part) and she deals a ton of damage to monsters by sneaking up on them and throwing shurikens (Chinese stars) at them (the Rogue part). I've made up a complete back story for her, and she's already at a level 3 out of 30!
There are a ton of character options in the newest version of the Dungeons and Dragons game, Living Forgotten Realms, and, if you've stayed with me this far, I urge you to get a group of your buds, grab the coolest set of 20-sided dice you can find and head to your local comic-book store. The game-play books (including the essential, can't play-without-it Player's Handbook) are simple to understand. As long as you have an experienced Dungeon Master (DM or GM) to guide you, I can guarantee the best time you've ever had gaming. Yes, you read that right -- more than playing Halo 3 online with your besties. Srsly.
OK, I can't get into more about DnD without throwing some insider terms you all might not be familiar with, so I'll end my part of the discussion there for now. If you play DnD, though, *please* email me your character details! I'd love to post them up for everyone to check out!
Thanks, you guys, and have a great weekend!
Coming next week: An announcement on our Byte-Sized Spring Cleaning Giveaway!
Labels: drow rogue, dungeons and dragons, gyndra, living forgotten realms, total confusion
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