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ScurvySeaDog writes "Like me, I would bet many slashdotters where D&D players before they got their first home computer in the early 80's. This site seems to have every book, module, supplement ever published along with scans of the covers. They also have current collector values for you packrats. It was nostalgic for me to browse around looking up all the old modules and books."
Were you say!!
Ooohhh, a counter. *Reloads website*
troll n. First recorded at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in I 471, but must predate this by some time. Still extant at the time of the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age
Divisions: Cave-trolls, Hill-trolls, Mountain-trolls, Olog-hai, Snow-trolls, Stone-trolls
Meaning: 'Troll' is a word from Scandinavian myth, used as an English translation of the Sindarin torog, of uncertain derivation
Lumbering evil creatures originated by Melkor, and said to have been made by him 'in mockery of the Ents'.
On that note i hate being a paladin..nothing is more boring than being lawful good
Verily, thy comments strike deep into mine soul. If thee is unable to play the part of the paladin with a joyful heart, then thy effort is short of that deserving knightly honour. Surely thou canst piss off all thy friends with an ancient dialect, at the very least?
Ho! Haha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!
> screwing around hand having fun?
sounds like your DM really deviated from the rule book...
it's very fun if you're into text based adventures
:-P
Hmm... Too bad I'm so hooked on a hardware accelerated 24-bit 3D adventure with 3D environmental effects right now...
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
I'll take one of those pictures and apply my Ultimate Anti-Watermark Procedure to them and *then* see who's laughing:
1. Apply Emboss.
2. Apply Blur.
3. Apply Sharpen.
4. Apply Solarize.
5. Apply Mosaic.
Readable? Hell no, but I got the bastards!
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
The books on that site are good if you're studying for your Ph.D&D.
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Maybe... actually, I dragged my entire (classic) D&D stuff collection across the country to see if that could be translated to NWN.
Even found a couple of game magazines and 2nd ed AD&D modules sent by people. The only problem was that NWN doesn't have "erotic painting" and "beautiful young woman chained to the altar" tiles, and this makes converting the reader-made modules a bit tricky, because those things appear in just about every one of these for some obscure reason... =)
/me falls over. I wish my mod points hadn't just expired.
DM: "You enter a clearing, and near the center, you see a gazebo."
Incredibly Ignorant Paladin Player: "Has the gazebo seen me?"
DM: "Um, no."
IIPP: "I approach the gazebo."
DM: "Ok."
IIPP: "It still hasn't moved?"
DM: "No."
IIPP: "I attack the gazebo!"
DM: "Ok, you swing at the gazebo. Pieces of it are flying off."
IIPP: "Is it attacking me back?"
The good news is, roleplaying will improve IIPP's vocabulary.
Eric comes quite close to being a computer. When he games, he
methodically considers each possibility before choosing his preferred
option. If given time, he will invariably pick the optimum solution.
It has been known to take weeks. He is otherwise in all respects a
superior gamer, and I've spent many happy hours competing with and
against him, as long as he is given enough time.
So... Eric was playing a neutral paladin (Why should only lawful, good
religions get to have holy warriors? was the rationale) in Ed's game.
He even had a holy sword, which fought well and did all those things
holy swords are supposed to do, including good or evil (by random die
roll). He was on some lord's lands when the following exchange
occurred:
ED: You see a well-groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you
see a gazebo.
ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?
ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.
ERIC: How far away is it?
ED: About 50 yards.
ERIC: How big is it?
ED: (Pause) It's about 30 feet across, 15 feet high, with a pointed
top.
ERIC: I use my sword to detect whether it's good.
ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.
ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it
respond in any way?
ED: No, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (rolls to hit). What happened?
ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.
ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?
ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus-three arrow!
ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to
destroy it, you could try to chop it wih an axe, I suppose, or you
could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try.
It's a @#%$*& gazebo!
ERIC: (Long pause - he has no axe or fire spells) I run away.
ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo,
and it catches you and eats you.
ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so
I can avenge my paladin...
At this point, the increasingly amused fellow party members restored a
modicum of order by explaining what a gazebo is. This is solely an
afterthought, of course, but Eric is doubly lucky that the gazebo was
not situated on a grassy knoll.
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Check it out. Its from the game summoner and its funny cause its true.f o/0,369 9,220487,00.html
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My love for you is ticking clock, BESERKER.
Verily, thou canst not do even such a thing. For by sooth, thou wouldst say, werest thou worthy of thine attitude, thus: Virg
While you were running your mouth, I picked your pocket, stole your sword, and sold it to feed some starving orphans.
That's what being Chaotic Good is all about.
Putz.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon