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Played Shadowrun and AD&D with a friend way back when. The DM I played with made it so that your charecter could be something out of the monster's manual. I remember playing a mantis-type of creature with lances, fun stuff, haha

Whats the A stand for?

Ever notice that whenever you knew some kid who was really into D&D, he had an older brother that was like 30, living in the basement who just happened to be a DM?

Jail employee fired for allegedly striking his wife over Dungeons and Dragons toys

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Marion County Jail corrections officer was fired after an internal affairs investigation determined he struck his wife in an argument over his buying Dungeons and Dragons fantasy toys.

Investigators say Edward Bonthron and wife Lori Jo Bonthron were arguing at their home last month over whether he was paying too much for the toys.

Lori Jo Bonthron told investigators she was hit, pushed and choked.

Edward Bonthron has worked at the jail since September 2002. Loir Bonthron has worked there since January 2004. The couple has been married for about 18 months.

I was a D&D nerd...and still manage to play a D&D or L5R campain every once in awhile...not as much as I'd like to though.

Big suprise? i think not.

Author:	Thunderstomp [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:40 pm ]
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The Magic the Gathering thread got me a little nostagic. I played MTG on and off between like 5th-6th grade, but never really got into it. However, I was pretty hardcore into AD&D as a kid. My older brother played it, so of course I wanted to play. I was in cub scouts and boy scouts until I was around 14, and during camping trips we would stay up late at night playing AD&D in someone's tent. I played between the ages of like 10 and 14, then surprisingly enough I got back into it my senior year of highschool haha. I had a group of about 4-5 close friends in highschool and I convinced them all to play AD&D, with me being the Dungeon Master. It was pretty fun when I was a kid, and also fun again when I was like 18. I think at one point I owned the Player's Handbook, the Monster's Manual, the DM's Guide, the Book of Spells, and a few handbooks for various classes, like fighters, mages, clerics, etc. Rolling new characters was always one of my favorite things. Of course I'd keep rolling until I got the best stats in each category lol.

Author:	Whisp [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:22 pm ]
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never knew you played that. i never have played it.

Author:	Ponuh [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:34 am ]
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Is that where the term "rerolling a character" came from? Jesus, I just thought it was some random slang. Oh yeah by the way (this is the best thread to put this in judging by the first two posts), new DT DVD was recorded at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday. They played SDOIT (all of it) with an orchestra. I'm a gigantic DT fan now, haha. I've got every studio and live release.

Author:	Yarr [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:40 am ]
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lol Ponuh, im not suprised. Most younger people who never played D&D wouldnt notice. I played for like a year when I was in grade 7 er 8 (like 11-12 years old). I had a blast and at my school it was considered "cool" lol. Not joking at all, for some reason the nerdy things like D&D, Comics (marvel only), MTG and stuff like that was considered to be "cool" since all the "cool" people were playing. I played a halfling lol. I think one of the best times playing was when our DM (my friends older brother who we all thought was "cool") had us teleported to the future and it took us forever to figure out what was going on. The GM discribed everything from the perspective that we had never seen things like cars and phones before. god im such a loser lol

Author:	Eternus [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:39 am ]
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I played a decent amount of D&D when I was a kid. I also played it a few years ago with some friends of mine for a little while, was weird lol. I played a chaotic evil... so basically I would attack anyone and anything (including party members). It was fun since the DM had basically everyone looking for us, well since I killed any NPC we came in contact with. The DM would get so pissed when I killed NPCs he scripted to be quest givers haha. He started making them more powerful later on, so we couldn't kill them. Think we stopped at the quest where we had to get a scale off of Tiamat for a Lich King... yeah we didn't really think that was going to turn out too well. I think Neverwinter Nights 2 might be good actually. The first had some awesome mods and the last expansio of it went epic level with more prestige classes.

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Author:	Caduceus [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:45 am ]
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Played Shadowrun and AD&D with a friend way back when. The DM I played with made it so that your charecter could be something out of the monster's manual. I remember playing a mantis-type of creature with lances, fun stuff, haha

Author:	Yarr [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:19 am ]
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I always did Forgotten Realms. I'll even admit to reading a novel or two lol. Never really like em though. I couldnt get into that style of novels.

Author:	Led [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:34 am ]
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Caduceus wrote: Played Shadowrun and AD&D with a friend way back when. The DM I played with made it so that your charecter could be something out of the monster's manual. I remember playing a mantis-type of creature with lances, fun stuff, haha The remade shadowrun a year or so ago, dont think its played anymore, but the new version was like an action figure clicks game with gear and stuff, it was pretty cool i played it once. But yeah i played D&D a little bit but i quit because i dont like the people around here that play, its had a huge revival where i live at one of the local comic shops.

Author:	Eternus [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:36 am ]
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Caduceus wrote: Played Shadowrun and AD&D with a friend way back when. The DM I played with made it so that your charecter could be something out of the monster's manual. I remember playing a mantis-type of creature with lances, fun stuff, haha Yeah our DM did the same thing... my friend was a Minotaur and another guy played a Drow. Think we played mostly Forgotten Realms and some Dragonlance maybe. Anyone remember the Marvel Superheros game? That game was pretty fun also.

Author:	Thunderstomp [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:57 am ]
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I still read Dragonlance novels to this day lol. Love those books.

Author:	Yarr [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:45 am ]
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Sunshine's dad reads tons of these novels lol.

Author:	Denchi [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:42 pm ]
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I played a bit of Rifts

Author:	Dmitry [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:43 pm ]
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I play Dark Ages: Vampires lol, that's kind of the same thing.

Author:	Armani [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:45 pm ]
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Whats the A stand for? I have the DM's guide, the Player Handbook, and the Monster guide in my dresser.. I used to play with my brother and his friend in the winter until we got Diablo II. Was going to get more to keep playing, but my bro's friend moved and the only other kids would take the figures and mess with all the pieces... pissed me off -_-

Author:	Vurin [ Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:58 am ]
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Thats no different from any other husband beatingn his wife over money, or other wise thinking shes a nag. He's not in the right, but its no different from thousands of other wifebeaters.

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Author:	Thunderstomp [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:54 pm ]
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Armani wrote: Whats the A stand for? Advanced. I think regular D&D was played from like the 1970s to the mid 80s, then they started putting out all the "advanced" stuff in the late 80s and 90s. It's all basically the same thing, AD&D was just an upgraded version of D&D.

Author:	Iolanthe [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:05 pm ]
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lol, when my husband and I first started dating he tried to keep his love of rpg and comic books a secret from me. He thought I would laugh at him and dump him for being a turbo nerd. When I finally did find out, I joined in. He was really into Shadowrun, Paladian, and Rifts, his brother was more the AD&D guy.

Author:	Reinheld [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:07 pm ]
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Ever notice that whenever you knew some kid who was really into D&D, he had an older brother that was like 30, living in the basement who just happened to be a DM?

Author:	Yarr [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:33 pm ]
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Reinheld wrote: Ever notice that whenever you knew some kid who was really into D&D, he had an older brother that was like 30, living in the basement who just happened to be a DM? lol yeah

Author:	Kotee [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:26 pm ]
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My dad would have beat me if he found a D&D game in the house.... He called the NES the devil.

Author:	Armani [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:13 pm ]
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Yarr, make a D&D section for people that want to play online, lol. I'm in btw.

Author:	Led [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:10 pm ]
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lol http://www.tampabays10.com/weird/weird_ ... ryid=28278 Quote: Jail employee fired for allegedly striking his wife over Dungeons and Dragons toys OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Marion County Jail corrections officer was fired after an internal affairs investigation determined he struck his wife in an argument over his buying Dungeons and Dragons fantasy toys. Investigators say Edward Bonthron and wife Lori Jo Bonthron were arguing at their home last month over whether he was paying too much for the toys. Lori Jo Bonthron told investigators she was hit, pushed and choked. Edward Bonthron has worked at the jail since September 2002. Loir Bonthron has worked there since January 2004. The couple has been married for about 18 months.

Author:	Ponuh [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:25 pm ]
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That's hilarious :P

Author:	Viviti [ Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:55 pm ]
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I was a D&D nerd...and still manage to play a D&D or L5R campain every once in awhile...not as much as I'd like to though. Big suprise? i think not.

Author:	Yarr [ Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:09 pm ]
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Viviti wrote: I was a D&D nerd...and still manage to play a D&D or L5R campain every once in awhile...not as much as I'd like to though. Big suprise? i think not. I was actually going to post in big red text "BIG SUPRISE VIVITI!" Then I read the last line.