Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Saw the description of this movie on TV the other night. I was like "meh". But absolutely nothing else was on that I wanted to watch, so gave it a try. Turned out this is a very funny movie -- an excellent spoof of the whole "Dungeons and Dragons" or "Swords and Sorcery" genre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 So basically making fun of my total adolescence? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I tried playing D&D once back then (mid/late '80s) with my girlfriend and her brother. They became frustrated because I wouldn't go in a cave. Me: "But there's a giant spider in there so I'd rather not." Them: "But there's treasure in there and you want the treasure!" "No, not really, I'm not that into treasure." "Well it's raining outside and you need to get out of the rain!" "Well, I can deal with rain, it's really no big deal, but fighting a giant spider for no good reason except that I'm wet does seem like kind of a big deal, and kind of stupid." So I went past the cave and that was the last they asked me to play D&D. And I loved Tolkien too, just wasn't into the swords and sorcery part of it I guess. And if I was going to play a game I was going to play NFL Strategy. Now that was a game. My friend and I kept season-long stats, analyzed tendencies, etc. He actually went on to coach a team in Europe and publish a football magazine there. I didn't, but I remember the game fondly. not D&D but NFL Strategy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) So basically making fun of my total adolescence? The movie doesn't so much laugh at the genre, but laughs along with it. Really light hearted, fun movie Dude, I was a major D&D nerd back in the day myself, including DMing my own campaigns for our group of players. Edited May 9, 2017 by Dread Pirate Robert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) I tried playing D&D once back then (mid/late '80s) with my girlfriend and her brother. They became frustrated because I wouldn't go in a cave. Me: "But there's a giant spider in there so I'd rather not." Them: "But there's treasure in there and you want the treasure!" "No, not really, I'm not that into treasure." "Well it's raining outside and you need to get out of the rain!" "Well, I can deal with rain, it's really no big deal, but fighting a giant spider for no good reason except that I'm wet does seem like kind of a big deal, and kind of stupid." So I went past the cave and that was the last they asked me to play D&D. Did you even have a DM? Doesn't sound like it, from your description. Edited May 9, 2017 by Dread Pirate Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) A DM? Was that one of those things Marv Albert was in to? Whips, chains, leather and all that? That would have made things more interesting no doubt but I suspect not as it all seemed rather directionless. Edited May 9, 2017 by Rutlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 A DM? Was that one of those things Marv Albert was in to? Whips, chains, leather and all that? That would have made things more interesting no doubt but I suspect not as it all seemed rather directionless. Dungeon Master. Nevermind. My question is answered ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 So basically making fun of my total adolescence? The movie doesn't so much laugh at the genre, but laughs along with it. Really light hearted, fun movie Dude, I was a major D&D nerd back in the day myself, including DMing my own campaigns for our group of players.I always pegged you to be a dungeon master. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I always wanted to learn to play D&D but I didn't have anyone to teach me or play with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 I always wanted to learn to play D&D but I didn't have anyone to teach me or play with me. Aw, clearly you had a deprived childhood. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 So basically making fun of my total adolescence? The movie doesn't so much laugh at the genre, but laughs along with it. Really light hearted, fun movie Dude, I was a major D&D nerd back in the day myself, including DMing my own campaigns for our group of players.I always pegged you to be a dungeon master. Yep. And I whipped my players into shape. None of this stuff that was posted above about not wanting to enter the friggin cave because icky spiders and it is just raining outside. Just wait till that rain turns more and more into increasingly large hailstones, and then see who wants to stay outside instead of entering the cave ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) it all seemed rather directionless. A competent DM is an essential part of the game. You were apparently trying to play without a DM at all. Of course it seemed directionless. The players control their own character, and nothing else. The DM controls the entire rest of the world, all the other people in the world, all the animals, the weather, the history of that region (according to whatever campaign the DM is running), all the monsters, etc. The DM sets the world stage for the player characters to exist in and interact with, according to their own personality, talents, and goals in that world. It is not real Dungeons and Dragons without a DM. Edited May 10, 2017 by Dread Pirate Robert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I always wanted to learn to play D&D but I didn't have anyone to teach me or play with me. Aw, clearly you had a deprived childhood. :(If you only knew..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 it all seemed rather directionless. A competent DM is an essential part of the game. You were apparently trying to play without a DM at all. Of course it seemed directionless. The players control their own character, and nothing else. The DM controls the entire rest of the world, all the other people in the world, all the animals, the weather, the history of that region (according to whatever campaign the DM is running), all the monsters, etc. The DM sets the world stage for the player characters to exist in and interact with, according to their own personality, talents, and goals in that world. It is not real Dungeons and Dragons without a DM.That's what I always read. The game is only as good as the Dungeon Master. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 it all seemed rather directionless. A competent DM is an essential part of the game. You were apparently trying to play without a DM at all. Of course it seemed directionless. The players control their own character, and nothing else. The DM controls the entire rest of the world, all the other people in the world, all the animals, the weather, the history of that region (according to whatever campaign the DM is running), all the monsters, etc. The DM sets the world stage for the player characters to exist in and interact with, according to their own personality, talents, and goals in that world. It is not real Dungeons and Dragons without a DM.That's what I always read. The game is only as good as the Dungeon Master. This is correct. I played it a handful of times with 3 different dungeon masters. Of course, the players are part of the fun but it makes a big difference who's DM. I can't even imagine how you'd play without a DM. I used to design my own D&D type games and stories with very simplified dice rolling (only six sided dice were used) and restrictions on this and that. For those games I was DM (of course). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) it all seemed rather directionless. A competent DM is an essential part of the game. You were apparently trying to play without a DM at all. Of course it seemed directionless. The players control their own character, and nothing else. The DM controls the entire rest of the world, all the other people in the world, all the animals, the weather, the history of that region (according to whatever campaign the DM is running), all the monsters, etc. The DM sets the world stage for the player characters to exist in and interact with, according to their own personality, talents, and goals in that world. It is not real Dungeons and Dragons without a DM.That's what I always read. The game is only as good as the Dungeon Master. This is correct. I played it a handful of times with 3 different dungeon masters. Of course, the players are part of the fun but it makes a big difference who's DM. I can't even imagine how you'd play without a DM. I used to design my own D&D type games and stories with very simplified dice rolling (only six sided dice were used) and restrictions on this and that. For those games I was DM (of course). I always felt completely free as DM to disregard whatever "official" rules I wanted to disregard, in favor of what I thought would make a better story for the players. Or, if I thought a certain rule was just dumb, I made up my own house rule to replace it. Or, if a player wanted to make up a custom character class that was not in the official rules, i was flexible about that, etc. As Gygax (the original founder of D&D of course) is on record as stating , , , the rules were just meant to be loose guidelines anyway, to be freely disregarded if a particular DM and players wanted to do that. That is one thing I really liked about the original D and D: its flexibiility as a game. Edited May 10, 2017 by Dread Pirate Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 it all seemed rather directionless. A competent DM is an essential part of the game. You were apparently trying to play without a DM at all. Of course it seemed directionless. The players control their own character, and nothing else. The DM controls the entire rest of the world, all the other people in the world, all the animals, the weather, the history of that region (according to whatever campaign the DM is running), all the monsters, etc. The DM sets the world stage for the player characters to exist in and interact with, according to their own personality, talents, and goals in that world. It is not real Dungeons and Dragons without a DM.That's what I always read. The game is only as good as the Dungeon Master. This is correct. I played it a handful of times with 3 different dungeon masters. Of course, the players are part of the fun but it makes a big difference who's DM. I can't even imagine how you'd play without a DM. I used to design my own D&D type games and stories with very simplified dice rolling (only six sided dice were used) and restrictions on this and that. For those games I was DM (of course). I always felt completely free as DM to disregard whatever "official" rules I wanted to disregard, in favor of what I thought would make a better story for the players. Or, if I thought a certain rule was just dumb, I made up my own house rule to replace it. Or, if a player wanted to make up a custom character class that was not in the official rules, i was flexible about that, etc. As Gygax (the original founder of D&D of course) is on record as stating , , , the rules were just meant to be loose guidelines anyway, to be freely disregarded if a particular DM and players wanted to do that. That is one thing I really liked about the original D and D: its flexibiility as a game. One of the DMs I played under was kind of a tight ass with rules which made playing not so much fun. You couldn't do this or you couldn't do that based on your character or the physical environment. Another was so loose that it was easy to see that he was making everything up as he went along (in the negative sense). Still, he was better than the first. The 3rd DM was right on. A good balance of flexibility while keeping organized. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 If D&D alignments were real I think I'd be closest to Neutral Good. Not sure.I know these 3 things though: 1) treeduck would be Neutral. 2) RUSHHEAD666 would be Chaotic Neutral. 3) Zumbi would be Chaotic Evil. I know this post might only make sense to DPR. If it doesn't make sense then you can use this as a guide:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)#Chaotic_evil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I tried playing D&D once back then (mid/late '80s) with my girlfriend and her brother. They became frustrated because I wouldn't go in a cave. Me: "But there's a giant spider in there so I'd rather not." Them: "But there's treasure in there and you want the treasure!" "No, not really, I'm not that into treasure." "Well it's raining outside and you need to get out of the rain!" "Well, I can deal with rain, it's really no big deal, but fighting a giant spider for no good reason except that I'm wet does seem like kind of a big deal, and kind of stupid." So I went past the cave and that was the last they asked me to play D&D. And I loved Tolkien too, just wasn't into the swords and sorcery part of it I guess. And if I was going to play a game I was going to play NFL Strategy. Now that was a game. My friend and I kept season-long stats, analyzed tendencies, etc. He actually went on to coach a team in Europe and publish a football magazine there. I didn't, but I remember the game fondly. not D&D but NFL Strategy.I played a few times, but generally bowed out when the other players actually rested when their characters were tires, or mock payed when their cleric was healing someone. Just a bit too weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 http://mainetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/122903_978572-Mazes-Monsters-2.jpg How about this gem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 If D&D alignments were real I think I'd be closest to Neutral Good. Not sure.I know these 3 things though: 1) treeduck would be Neutral. 2) RUSHHEAD666 would be Chaotic Neutral. 3) Zumbi would be Chaotic Evil. That's pretty funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 If D&D alignments were real I think I'd be closest to Neutral Good. Not sure.I know these 3 things though: 1) treeduck would be Neutral. 2) RUSHHEAD666 would be Chaotic Neutral. 3) Zumbi would be Chaotic Evil. That's pretty funny. :cheers: Whaddya think? Are any of those accurate? Where do you think you'd fall on the D&D Alignment thang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 http://mainetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/122903_978572-Mazes-Monsters-2.jpg How about this gem? I remember that movie from way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 If D&D alignments were real I think I'd be closest to Neutral Good. Not sure.I know these 3 things though: 1) treeduck would be Neutral. 2) RUSHHEAD666 would be Chaotic Neutral. 3) Zumbi would be Chaotic Evil. That's pretty funny. :cheers: Whaddya think? Are any of those accurate? Where do you think you'd fall on the D&D Alignment thang? As a player, I always preferred either Chaotic Good or Chaotic Neutral characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I never played D&D. I was trying to get laid instead. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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