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Published: 2011-12-15 15:00:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 3515; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 134
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Did another game pic of our Tuesday night D&D group. Apologies if it's a little dark, but where we are right now is anything but bright and sunny 
Exploring deep in Undermountain beneath the city of Waterdeep. Our GM is quite popular, so the group is oversized. We're all around 8-9th level and it's been a wild ride so far 
From left to right: Our spiritual guide, Eric (a priest of Pelor) kneels by the fire and prays for new spells for the day as our lovely Bard, Lily, leans against a pillar humming soft tune. Our halfling rogue, D.C., warms herself on the steps by the fire and our half-orc Barbarian, Ogrim, continues to doze. Behind them our Fighters, the elf archer Titan, and Fonswaithe, a master spearman and the expedition's leader, guard the party as they rest. By the fire is Julian, a jack-of-all-trades Factotum, who watches our exotic Wu-Jen as he thinks of the heirloom he came here to find to claim his birthright. Our Sorcerer, Bertrando, lounges saucily as only he can
Lastly is my character, our Wu-Jen, Natsume. My Wizard, Talis of the Seeking Flame ([link] ), had 'more important wizardly things to do' (time consuming tasks of crafting magic items and deciphering a captured spellbook.) So he enlisted Natsume, an enigmatic oriental wizard to represent him on the group's foray into Undermountain. Before she memorizes her own spells for the day she performs her ritual Tai Chi to clear her mind and center her spirit.There's actually another character... a rescued lizardman Bard named Raynor, but I don't have him worked up yet, so he's skulking as he likes to do with his cloak of invisibility
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yah.. a little dark, but we were in Undermountain at the time
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Damn. If I had had an artist like you back ten, twenty years ago to draw our parties at leisure... I might not have gotten out of the gaming scene. Lovely piece.
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Well the gaming scene is still here... various changes over the years of course, but still fun. Should give it another go sometime
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Too many changes since I got out twelve years ago. But... the last group of people I played with... there were death threats, violence, drugs, and a massive amount of immaturity over the seventeen years I played and... I lost all interest in dealing with it again. But... I have some very very fond memories over those seventeen years. But a lot of pain in that same time too. A lot of pain. An online friend steadily pushes me into trying it out again, I'm just not sure if I want to even try at my age. We will see.
Apologies for rambling >////>
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Very sorry that you had a bad experience, but there are far more good groups and people to play with. If you would like to give it a try I have no doubts you can find a group that will be fun and know how to treat each other with respect. As for your age... I've played with 10 year olds and 70 year olds. I myself am 46. Never too old
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You added plenty of details and people. That in of itself makes this awesome!
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Sounds very much like your group is in for one hell of a roller coaster of a campaign, all the elements are there certainly
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Yah so far so good
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I never played any of the modules, DM's I've encountered liked to build their own worlds, and some were downright terrifying, or at the very least paranoia inducing. Still lots of fun. Does that mean I'm a glutton for punishment?
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Our DM thinks it up as he goes as well and it's always lots of fun, though he'll use the premades as reference material. Makes a good combination
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Years ago one adapted a module called the "City State of the World Emperor", I think it was called into the most dangerous and paranoid game setting I've ever played in. It was fun, but after a while, you were longing for a nice simple "Monty Haul".
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Never went through that one, but we did the classic Tomb of Horrors run (1st Edition at that). That was a scary one, but we were creative and used our heads... amazingly no one died
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first DM I ever played with used to put rooms full of wraiths in his dungeons. You listen at the door and hear a moaning sound, low level characters, wraiths bad mix, so after a few encounters, we heard moaning, we passed on the room. Later when we leveled up a bit, we hit that dungeon again, and started kickin' those doors. half the time the room was empty, but it had a fireplace, and the moaning we'd heard and been the wind. Occasionally, there'd be unguarded treasure. It was a great lesson in perception.
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Sneaky DM... yeah wraiths are definite nasties. We've encountered some in the dungeon we're in now. Our cleric is powerful and has been able to handle most things, but not everything. Some wraiths he was able to drive off, but now we're looking over our shoulders in case they've come back to ambush us.
Our DM doesn't go for much misdirection like the moaning fireplaces, but he likes puzzles. Navigate the pattern on the floor to safety type things. Always keeps us thinking.
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that's better than one who encourages party members to betray and kill each other, I played witha DM like that for four years, of course he and most of the party were also Diplomacy players, and I think they brought that mind set with them.
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Nope... ours doesn't do that. There's intrigue from time to time, but our DM doesn't orchestrate it. He (and I when I run) go by we don't try to hang our players. We might casually mention there's a rope factory in town, but anything they do they do on their own
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it makes for a much more relaxing game, and everybody seems to have more fun. The best one I ever played with ran this fantastic Space 1889 game, we played it for nearly five years, it was never dull, and nobody worried about other players stabbing them in the back.
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Very true, a good DM is required, but just as important is a good group too. When everything comes together it's so much fun. The best games l've been in have when both are present and those too lasted for years!
Never played Space 1889, but it always looked fun
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it is nice when everything comes together, in life as well as gaming, it doesn't happen very often, so I make a point of enjoying it when it does.
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