What if the forum was a D&D campaign?

[DrYouth]

Do you even D&D bro?

If you're the "Dungeonmaster", you just do all the rolls behind the screen and call it as you want it, make it up as you go, nobody cares, so long as the story is good, and they get to figure out some puzzles and kick some ass with their magical weapons, all the technical shit is just a charade, a good DM just makes the story go, doesn't actually have to keep track of anything, keep it simple, no reason to keep track of "hit points", since you don't actually let the players die, if they roll a death card, you just fudge it behind the screen and carry on.

You run it like a casino, the players can take hits, but you never let them lose, otherwise the game is over and they all walk away.

That's one style...

Never quite seen it done like that.

For the most part, ya... you improvise a lot.
The most fun part is interacting with non-player characters.
Creative deceptions and off the cuff solutions to problems should be rewarded.

It's about creating credible scenarios and then letting the dice determine the final outcome.
If you think the DM is padding all the results it loses credibility.

Life is a crap shoot.... it's more fun if it's possible to die.
But if it's stacked against you - that's just a crappy campaign.

[Montegriffo]

I bumped into a Tennesee lawyer with no idea how to play hold'em and have turned my 100 gold pieces into a 1000. When are we going to this market and do they stock trebuchets?

[DBTrek]

Easiest way to avoid nerd meltdown is to have each player bring two characters - their main, and a backup. If the dice kill off the main character, find a BS reason to introduce the backup into the story and keep on truckin’.

[Smitty-48]

Some DM's aren't that nice and go out of their way to kill your characters every once and a while.

Like when one of the football players tries to play, and they cheat to kill his character off, in order to make him go away, which is how they get a shot in the mouth, and stuffed into a locker between classes later.

You were part of a pack of bullies.

You might need some time with Dr. Y.

Everybody was a pack of bullies, if you let the nerds have the upper hand, they would bully as much as the next guy, if they are want to be antisocial dicks, so be it, but don't come crying later when you get stuffed into a locker, because two can play at that game.

You go out of your way to be friendly to the nerds, and they bite that hand? OK then, if that's the way they want to play it, football players can giveth, and football players can taketh away.

[Smitty-48]

And moreover, who told them they could play in our cafeteria in the first place? Lucky it's just a running back who came down to see what was up, if the defensive linemen come down here and catch you nerding out, you're gonna be running for your lives, the offensive unit is not the bullies of the football team.

[C-Mag]

Signed on with a pirate crew.
They gave me weapons and Rum.

So long, suckers.

I'm joining your pirate crew.

You had me at weapons and Rum.

[DBTrek]

Me and C-mag have weapons, rum, and a ship.
Plenty of room for a swarthy crew.
Membership fees - 75 gold apiece.

“Seventy five gold?!? That’s piracy!”

“Yarrrrrrr! Now ye be gettin it!”

[SuburbanFarmer]

And moreover, who told them they could play in our cafeteria in the first place? Lucky it's just a running back who came down to see what was up, if the defensive linemen come down here and catch you nerding out, you're gonna be running for your lives, the offensive unit is not the bullies of the football team.

The first stage is Denial.

[StCapps]

And moreover, who told them they could play in our cafeteria in the first place? Lucky it's just a running back who came down to see what was up, if the defensive linemen come down here and catch you nerding out, you're gonna be running for your lives, the offensive unit is not the bullies of the football team.

"I'm the head nigga in charge, I'm watchin' ya move
Your found dead in your garage wit' ten o'clock news coverage (Yeah)
Gotta love it 'cause I expose the facade
Your little lungs is too small to hotbox wit' God

All jokes aside, come bounce wit' us
Standin' over you wit' a twelve gauge about to bust
It's like ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I might leave in a body bag, but never in cuffs

So who do ya trust they just not rugged enough
When things get rough I'm in the club shootin' wit' Puff
Bitch, please ya must have a mental disease
Assume the position and get back down on ya knees, c'mon!"


Take that nerds!

[Smitty-48]

And moreover, who told them they could play in our cafeteria in the first place? Lucky it's just a running back who came down to see what was up, if the defensive linemen come down here and catch you nerding out, you're gonna be running for your lives, the offensive unit is not the bullies of the football team.

The first stage is Denial.

Hey, it's all relative, the offensive captain is the Quarterback, BMOC, class president, political operator, nice guy, the offense follow his lead, the defensive captain in the free safety, he's a black kid, from the other side of the tracks, he takes no prisoners, the defense follows his lead, and they hit to hurt.