OT Nerds - who here still (or just started) plays Dungeons & Dragons?

I joined a party for a few weeks a couple of years ago. It was all online. DM would create a scenario and we'd run through it. It was actually pretty interesting.

Problem is they went on for about 3-4 hours, ending around 1am on a work night. I can normally game for that long, just not late at night before I need to wake up for work.

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I joined a party for a few weeks a couple of years ago. It was all online. DM would create a scenario and we'd run through it. It was actually pretty interesting.

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I guess the only technology now is they do play on line, video rooms.

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I guess the only technology now is they do play on line, video rooms.

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It was via roll20.net. It had audio/video, as well as dice roll simulations. Along with being able to pull up character sheets and such.

It's the closest thing to pen/paper I've seen without actually being pen/paper.

The paladin is perhaps the most powerful combatant of all classes. It combines the best aspects of the fighter and cleric into a single character. Paladins get a fighter's weapons, spellcasting like a cleric, and several unique features. These together make them terrifying to fight as a whole

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I haven’t played since probably 1983,

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Same, give it take. But I was pretty deep then.

I can remember the rise of D&D back in the late 70's. I still have all my 1st edition books and modules. I have quite a bit of stuff from the early period. I played a bit in the early 90's, but haven't touched it since.

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The paladin is perhaps the most powerful combatant of all classes. It combines the best aspects of the fighter and cleric into a single character. Paladins get a fighter's weapons, spellcasting like a cleric, and several unique features. These together make them terrifying to fight as a whole

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But a newb Paladin was easy to kill, because they were so weak. You had to hide him for several expeditions to get him some experience before he was worth a shite.

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but I’ve heard it’s come back big time

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Yes, geek culture is in style thanks to things like “Stranger Things,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and all the different games to watch on YouTube, particularly Critical Role.

It also helps that 5th Edition is a really accessible rule set for new players, but Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro has started putting woke-everything into the game, and is probably about to frick it all up even more with this OneD&D stuff.

I haven’t truly played it a couple years and have moved onto other, better games, Call of Cthulhu in particular, but have dabbled with a bastardized home brew version of 5E recently.

I honestly think that with the rise of BBS' (if you're under 40, go search for the term "modem"), it decreased the need to people to meet up to do things. The 90s were about the same time we started getting the Gold Box D&D games, Might and Magic, etc., where we didn't need other peeps around. 2400 baud modems, baw!

Instead of playing, if I need to delve into fiction, it's W40K. I'd totally play, but I also am not staying up until 4AM. And, there have never been women at more than one D&D game in my entire life, which pretty much limits how I prioritize D&D vs. ... boobs.

I would school all you nerds in some Risk