Mages of Lit, please respond

[IrezumiKiss]

You've just come to terms with leading a great quest of immeasurable responsibility.

The well-being of all neutral-to-lawful good peoples of the realm are in your hands. Pretty directly, I must say.

And your wizardly order/guild asked - nay - ordered you to do it.

Many of you have been in this situation before, and perhaps it didn't turn out well. Not because you had bad dice rolls, or because your magic skills weren't sufficient. Somewhere along the journey, there were trodden roads, vine-strewn paths and cobblestoned alleyways you should have taken into consideration that you didn't travel down, or other environmental magickal hazards you weren't aware of, like imperceptible rock trolls in mountain valleys, seductive cave wights or carnivorous tree forests. There's always an "if only" or "I should have."

Or maybe you had the insight of The All-Seeing-Eyes, and succeeded. If you were successful, what spell, trinket, bauble, emblem, totem, tome, grimoire or auspice of deity made the difference? If you weren't and you were able to resurrect your corporeal form from scattered atoms over space and eons, what thaumaturgical lessons did you learn that would've helped at the time?

Lover of Lights In Places Where There Were None,

Zumigalf The Blacque

 

[CyranoJ]

I would just like to say that #AllNazgulMatter and that the adventurer who punched Viscount Spencer in the face at a recent coronation ceremony is a terrorist.

And so what if the new Steward of Gondor's staff were caught using a palantir to communicate with Sauron during a recent succesion dispute! Fake news! That is all.

 

[barefootgirl69]

I didn't succeed until I learned how evil shoes were! Whichever path I took, I would trip over air!! Finally, on my knees, I realized they were the weights that were holding me back. I adjusted my tiara, threw the shoes in the underbrush, and picked myself up.

I've been dancing bare foot in the forest since then.

The lesson? Sometimes you get a bit bruised as you journey, but don't let it keep you from dancing.

 

[EllieTalbot]

You've just come to terms with leading a great quest of immeasurable responsibility.

The well-being of all neutral-to-lawful good peoples of the realm are in your hands. Pretty directly, I must say.

And your wizardly order/guild asked - nay - ordered you to do it.

Many of you have been in this situation before, and perhaps it didn't turn out well. Not because you had bad dice rolls, or because your magic skills weren't sufficient. Somewhere along the journey, there were trodden roads, vine-strewn paths and cobblestoned alleyways you should have taken into consideration that you didn't travel down, or other environmental magickal hazards you weren't aware of, like imperceptible rock trolls in mountain valleys, seductive cave wights or carnivorous tree forests. There's always an "if only" or "I should have."

Or maybe you had the insight of The All-Seeing-Eyes, and succeeded. If you were successful, what spell, trinket, bauble, emblem, totem, tome, grimoire or auspice of deity made the difference? If you weren't and you were able to resurrect your corporeal form from scattered atoms over space and eons, what thaumaturgical lessons did you learn that would've helped at the time?

Lover of Lights In Places Where There Were None,

Zumigalf The Blacque

There's only one solution, my hobbit-footed friend.

It's time to sack Helm's Deep, and to hell with the fate of the Orcs.

http://www.noldrek.com/The_Two_Films/lotr19b.jpg

Light-Bringer in Lubbock,
Ellie

 

[CyranoJ]

I didn't succeed until I learned how evil shoes were! Whichever path I took, I would trip over air!! Finally, on my knees, I realized they were the weights that were holding me back. I adjusted my tiara, threw the shoes in the underbrush, and picked myself up.

I've been dancing bare foot in the forest since then.

The lesson? Sometimes you get a bit bruised as you journey, but don't let it keep you from dancing.

Commitment to the bit FTW

 

[Phelia]

How do I tell if I'm a mage? Does it have to do with being double jointed?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[CyranoJ]

How do I tell if I'm a mage? Does it have to do with being double jointed?

You must arrive neither late, nor early, but precisely when you mean to. And you have to blow kick-ass smoke rings.

 

[emsway]

I didn't succeed until I learned how evil shoes were! Whichever path I took, I would trip over air!! Finally, on my knees, I realized they were the weights that were holding me back. I adjusted my tiara, threw the shoes in the underbrush, and picked myself up.

I've been dancing bare foot in the forest since then.

The lesson? Sometimes you get a bit bruised as you journey, but don't let it keep you from dancing.

This is gorgeous.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

I kicked demogorgon's ass once.

I have spent countless hours playing (and DMing) AD&D in my youth. Even a few all-nighters. But most of it is just memories of playing. I can't really recall what we did. Had a blast though.

I do remember one session, with a DM that didn't use XP's and only gave out levels for what he considered noteworthy play. I was new to the group and they had been wrestling with why an NPC was attempting to gather so much iron for an upcoming war or somesuch. I made the connection that it was to be used against demons which, as anyone worth their salt that has played AD&D for awhile knows, are hurt by iron weapons even if they're not enchanted. I got a level for that. It was a small yet significant achievement for the new guy.

I always preferred playing as a mage. When in doubt, Fireball.

 

[Libsam]

range dps > melee dps

 

[gravyrug]

The only sure advice I can give, when you come upon a ritual summoning, disintegrate an important piece of the summoning apparatus. At the very least, the evil summoners will suffer a worse fate than you. At best, the summoning will fail entirely, and you can deal with the summoners at leisure.

 

[Hard_Rom]

https://legendsofwindemere.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/wizard-meme.jpg

 

[Hard_Rom]

The witch kit from the Complete Wizard's Handbook rules. The no saving throws for their charm and curse is killer. One of our groups DMs has banned the kit.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Mind the Threefold Law when casting spells. Best stick with good ones.