Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Dungeon-Trotters: Adventures in D&D

All right. First off you should know this: my entire family plays Dungeons & Dragons, and has done for some time now. There are two (sometimes three) other families we play with, and every so often we'll get together, start a game at noon and go until two in the morning or so while stuffing ourselves with snacks and coffee. Ah, those wonderful nights. Looking forward to our next session already.

Anyway, we've had loads of fun doing it so far. And an added bonus: it can get really entertaining. (It might have been the coffee and the fact it was two in the morning...but anyway...it's fun.) Here are some quotes I've collected over our past few games from the Dungeon Master and some of the players. Some of these may involve Mrs H as she plays with us too.

DM: -looking through rulebook- "Knowledge starts with a K, doesn't it?"

Mum, to my sister: "Kendra, do you have a listening skill?"
Kendra: "What?"

DM: "Yeah, listen to the guy -wearing- the number 13..." (referring to my father's sports jersey)
Father: "I've got a +2 modifier."

DM: "It's a giant stone staircase. There's no obvious way to destroy it."

DM: "You don't smell anything. You don't see anything. Mostly because you're holding your breath and averting your eyes."

DM: "You remove the tattered red dress. You smash the skeleton to little bitty bits. You don't find the opal." (Part of a hunt for a special gem we were looking for. Someone was undressing a skeleton. A fragile skeleton, apparently.)

Kendra: "I have an organic kobold head."

NPC: "No! She's my sister!" (referring to the woman we'd just been attacked by and had paralysed with Mrs H's wand of paralysation)
Half the players (in unison): "WHAT!?"

That's it for now -- hopefully you understood at least part of that, and hopefully you found at least a bit of it entertaining. Yes, it's true that D&D players do ramble on about their adventures. At least I do.

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