Death before dishonor, but only if the cleric can raise dead
Gary Gygax died yesterday.
You know, it's not D&D itself that I can't imagine in my life, but when I tried to think what my life would be like now without the friends that I made through D&D groups -- all the way back to 1990 or so -- that's when my head explodes.
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mithramuse, who came up to Akabane yesterday to hang out while he's on a business trip to Japan... I met him in a D&D group in the summer after my freshman year of college. He was DMing the Deserts of Desolation trilogy. I think that's the first place I met angelbob too. And Dave White. And Cliff-the-disappearing-RA. (I already knew msde from volleyball.) IIRC I pretty much replaced cheerfulchaotic's gnome mage with an elven archer named Janthina who popped into the game via a Wand of Wonder, which those who have played D&D with any other incarnation of Janthina can tell you is pretty much a recipe for disaster.
I could probably tell a similar story for like half of my friends list, though this one hits me just because it was relevant to yesterday, that I was hanging out with a D&D friend, half a planet away from where we first met in a D&D game, around the same time the D&D co-creator died.
So, if you write a response to this... share a D&D-related memory, especially if it's about meeting friends.
You know, it's not D&D itself that I can't imagine in my life, but when I tried to think what my life would be like now without the friends that I made through D&D groups -- all the way back to 1990 or so -- that's when my head explodes.
Heck, even
mithramuse, who came up to Akabane yesterday to hang out while he's on a business trip to Japan... I met him in a D&D group in the summer after my freshman year of college. He was DMing the Deserts of Desolation trilogy. I think that's the first place I met angelbob too. And Dave White. And Cliff-the-disappearing-RA. (I already knew msde from volleyball.) IIRC I pretty much replaced cheerfulchaotic's gnome mage with an elven archer named Janthina who popped into the game via a Wand of Wonder, which those who have played D&D with any other incarnation of Janthina can tell you is pretty much a recipe for disaster.I could probably tell a similar story for like half of my friends list, though this one hits me just because it was relevant to yesterday, that I was hanging out with a D&D friend, half a planet away from where we first met in a D&D game, around the same time the D&D co-creator died.
So, if you write a response to this... share a D&D-related memory, especially if it's about meeting friends.
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1. Got a body bag of holding?
2. Can I question him, with my axe?
I think Tal came up with:
"He is Joe Namless, not Joe Namath. We don't retire his number"
Such sessions let me get to know you and Mike's other CMU friends better while helping to maintain my friendship with Mike.
My first D&D memory was when I went as a cub scout to a boy scout father-and-son camping trip. I played Basic D&D all Saturday afternoon. The Lost City I think the was the module. I was a thief named Shadow.
Currently I am rereading Dragons of Autumns Twilight since I just watched the film adaptation. I haven't read that since high school.