calling gaming geeks...advice needed

[cmky]

Today in speech class we did oral reports. I won't bore you with the details of mine, but the guy after me did his on dungeons & dragons. Normally I think this would be okay, but our class is filled with business majors and jocks.
It didn't go over well. In fact, a couple of twats started making fun of him under their breath. To get back at them, I started asking the guy questions about it so he'd feel less nervous.
Well, he took that as a sign that I wanted to play in his game. After class he invited me to play.
It went something like...
'Hey, um, if you wanna play in our game we'll teach you the rules and help you make your charcter.'
'Uh...I'm pretty busy. When do you guys...uh...play?'
'Saturday night, we usually get started around-'
'Sorry, can't. I work on-'
'We'll switch nights! When is good for you?'

I can't say no to that kind of enthusiasm. So, I'm apparently going to play d&d this Monday. Its some game called pathmaker or something.

Anyway, pointers and tips would be very much appreciated.

 

[Wings27]

DON'T DO IT!!

Don't even start one time. It's not a game you can just occasionally visit. Just say no to the D&D.

It greatly reduces your chances of getting tail as well.

 

[lovetoread]

DON'T DO IT!!

Don't even start one time. It's not a game you can just occasionally visit. Just say no to the D&D.

It greatly reduces your chances of getting tail as well.

Speaking as a geek, the myth that geeks can't get sex is really just a myth.

And he is sweet to do this, I wish him the best of luck and hope he has fun.

 

[bg23]

If that's a legit version of DND you can probably DL the game manual online somewhere. If Pathmaker is just the name of the game they're running (many dungeon masters give their DND games unique names) then you can just use the basic DND guide.

A lot of the overwhelming stuff is just the character creation at the beginning, but like he said, he'll help you with that. It's a good idea to bone up on how your character works (different classes play differently) and to know what kind of character you'll want to build though.

 

[TexasWife25]

no tips needed

Ive played D&D before .. it can be fun, really depends on the people.
Just relax, its sorta like playing a board game, just think of it as free food
and maybe the opportunity to meet new people.

 

[bg23]

DON'T DO IT!!

Don't even start one time. It's not a game you can just occasionally visit. Just say no to the D&D.

It greatly reduces your chances of getting tail as well.

The act of playing DnD does not reduce your chances to get sex, that's a logical fallacy.

Socially awkward people do play DnD, but not all DnD players are socially awkward.

 

[Wings27]

Speaking as a geek, the myth that geeks can't get sex is really just a myth.

And he is sweet to do this, I wish him the best of luck and hope he has fun.

I know, I'm a geek as well, I was being flippant.

Although D&D held a very big part in the breakup with my last boyfriend. Mainly because I refused to play and he dedicated every Saturday night to it.

 

[garbage can]

DON'T DO IT!!

Don't even start one time. It's not a game you can just occasionally visit. Just say no to the D&D.

It greatly reduces your chances of getting tail as well.

Wings, are you saying D&D reduces your chance of getting tail on a weekend???......

 

[bg23]

I know, I'm a geek as well, I was being flippant.

Although D&D held a very big part in the breakup with my last boyfriend. Mainly because I refused to play and he dedicated every Saturday night to it.

Were you mad that he had other commitments he wouldn't break in order to spend time with you, or was it that he was mad you wouldn't play it with him?

 

[Wings27]

The act of playing DnD does not reduce your chances to get sex, that's a logical fallacy.

Socially awkward people do play DnD, but not all DnD players are socially awkward.

It's a very inclusive game. That factor was what was driving my flippant answer.

 

[Wings27]

Were you mad that he had other commitments he wouldn't break in order to spend time with you, or was it that he was mad you wouldn't play it with him?

I was not mad at him. I offered to hang out around them, read a book, write some stuff, whatnot until they were done playing but I didn't want to get involved in the actual game. He was mad at me for not participating in something I warned him from the start that I couldn't do.

Eventually when you feel like you're not allowed to be yourself and be polite about it, it will degrade a relationship.

 

[bg23]

I was not mad at him. I offered to hang out around them, read a book, write some stuff, whatnot until they were done playing but I didn't want to get involved in the actual game. He was mad at me for not participating in something I warned him from the start that I couldn't do.

Eventually when you feel like you're not allowed to be yourself and be polite about it, it will degrade a relationship.

That was incredibly controlling of him, and silly. He should have just been happy to spend time with you there.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

I was not mad at him. I offered to hang out around them, read a book, write some stuff, whatnot until they were done playing but I didn't want to get involved in the actual game. He was mad at me for not participating in something I warned him from the start that I couldn't do.

Eventually when you feel like you're not allowed to be yourself and be polite about it, it will degrade a relationship.

Did you not offer to bring them mountain dew and doritos? How rude!!!

 

[Wings27]

That was incredibly controlling of him, and silly. He should have just been happy to spend time with you there.

It actually makes me sad to think about it now, I think you're right, it was a controlling thing. Oh well.

Did you not offer to bring them mountain dew and doritos? How rude!!!

I made food for them all the time. I think the biggest bitch was that I was only there every other weekend.

The life of dating a single mom.

Anyway, I'm going to be done hijacking this thread.

 

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[Sean Renaud]

Oooph. Pathfinder. You are in a bit over your head. So instead of worrying about it just have fun. There is no point in trying to teach you how to fine tune an engine when you don't have a driver's license.

 

[pointless]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game

i have no real advice on the game. i haven't played any kind of d&d in over a decade, but i will say that if this guy is a serious d&d nerd he'll have tons and tons of manuals and once you get a chance to peruse one of them it really shouldn't be all that hard to pick up. it's not that complicated, after all. in my experience the hard part isn't figuring out the rules and all that junk it's actually getting your head around the idea of playing the game in the first place. if you can dig that it'll be a breeze. if you can't then you really shouldn't bother.

 

[TravelinJack]

I would come up with some ridiculousness that gets you perma-kicked from the gaming group. In other news, D & D will get you tail if you're into chicks/dude's who wear a ton of make-up call themselves elves and toss bags of bird seed to show that they are casting magic missile.

The only magic missile that should be being cast in the first 50 years of life is the stuff that flies at the end of a handy on a Saturday night in the back of the house while everyone else is playing D & D lacking sexual interaction.

But seriously, its probably not all bad, looking at this way you'll easily become their leader and have a group of geeks at your side to fix your computers, polish your war hammer figurines and make you look brilliant in comparison when you go out to the bar and for those kind of wingmen that's hard to find.

Anyway, stereo types aside you might actually like it but if you don't you should avoid the awkwardness of multiple meetings before you end up with a lvl 4 dwarf that gets tricked into wearing human armor and in turn gets molested by a troll.

TJ

 

[cmky]

Oh dear gawds, no dwarfs for me!
Thanks for the pointers.
oh! I found out its Pathfinder, not pathmaker or whatever I said.

 

[Anjasa]

Luckily D&D geeks are super helpful and happy to help others learn the game. They'd pretty much have to be or no one would play.

That's sweet of you to do it - and a good experiment, too. Always nice to widen your horizons!

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

Today in speech class we did oral reports. I won't bore you with the details of mine, but the guy after me did his on dungeons & dragons. Normally I think this would be okay, but our class is filled with business majors and jocks.
It didn't go over well. In fact, a couple of twats started making fun of him under their breath. To get back at them, I started asking the guy questions about it so he'd feel less nervous.
Well, he took that as a sign that I wanted to play in his game. After class he invited me to play.
It went something like...
'Hey, um, if you wanna play in our game we'll teach you the rules and help you make your charcter.'
'Uh...I'm pretty busy. When do you guys...uh...play?'
'Saturday night, we usually get started around-'
'Sorry, can't. I work on-'
'We'll switch nights! When is good for you?'

I can't say no to that kind of enthusiasm. So, I'm apparently going to play d&d this Monday. Its some game called pathmaker or something.

Anyway, pointers and tips would be very much appreciated.

Why don't you just grow a nutsack and simply say, "Thanks for the invite, but I am not interested in playing D&D"? WTF is wrong with you?

 

[coastal-boy]

Why don't you just grow a nutsack and simply say, "Thanks for the invite, but I am not interested in playing D&D"? WTF is wrong with you?

no nutsack...They say if you smoke too much weed you lose short-term memory

 

[TravelinJack]

I think that Funkenstein's approach is the best... maybe instead of WTF is wrong with you? at the end add something about how you're looking for the mysterious G-spot that night and you have to have +2 insight that can't be gained in a circle of unwashed chode.

 

[KRCummings]

I've played it before and it's fun for a while but I can't imagine being one of those people that play it every week.

 

[Batch]

Did you not offer to bring them mountain dew and doritos? How rude!!!

Hot pockets.