“Night Elf, your roll to pick the lock is successful, and so the enchanted doors creak open and your party enters the secret chamber. There, at the end of a long hall lined with hydrant-shaped columns, on a gleaming golden altar, in a supper dish carved from the purest marble, lies the Holy Steak of Destiny. In the shadows, you can hear the hissing of Cat Zombies…”
Via Imgur.
Not a fan of RPGs but I might make an exception…
Oh maybe the dice-balancing kitty was preparing for this party a few days ago 🙂
I don’t play traditional RPGs, but pugs can be pretty dangerous in mmorpgs 🙂
Would they be “mmorpugs”?
P.U.G.s are the worst but actual pugs in an MMO would be awesome.
For those curious, PUG stands for Pick Up Group. It refers to a party of random players doing a dungeon together. They usually don’t do so well because the players haven’t played together and have trouble coordinating their attacks.
I’ve never understood the appeal of role playing games but if pugs are involved I’m willing to be converted.
The trick is to find the right group of people. Some folks are super serious. Those people are boring. As are the people who play sober.
My current campaign involved an elaborate ruse to convince local toughs that a ring granted them immortality. The ring actually had no powers; we just followed them around and healed them from the shadows as they took turns experimentally stabbing eachother.
“Roll for Kibble”: Use the D1 die
Giggle, snort. OMG, this took me back to my high school days and hanging out in a friend’s basement. Some of my friends played this back then and they took it sooooo seriously. Never saw the appeal myself but hey if pugs and cat zombies are involved, I might change my mind.
I have friends who play D&D. One of them asked me once if I would be interested in playing. Um, no. But if there was a doggie DM I’d at least go watch.
I pull out my +3 cat-bane spray bottle…roll for initiative.
Looks more like an IRS Auditor in action.
Auditor casts +7 Spell of Disallowed Deductions! Taxpayer makes saving roll, counters by casting Impenetrable Fog of Legalese!
I failed my saving throw! *pulls out the holy 1040 of Antioch and hopes for the best.*
D+D or IRS I know will owe someone money or something equally hard won at the end. Scr*wed every time I play.
I have a brother-in-law who plays D&D. He refers to it as “poker” so people won’t make fun of him. His wife refers to it as Chutes & Ladders.
I also like the “Charlie Chinchilla” sketch (on the table).
I use to play D&D but it’s so difficult to find a good Dungeon Master these days.
The appeal of D&D is the same as the appeal of Fantasy Football. You imagine yourself in a interesting situation and work to achieve a goal in that situation. Whether it’s building a winning team using the statistics of different players or using a base set of rules to rob a dragon of its treasure, it’s all about using your imagination in creative ways.
You detect an invisible message as you proceed down the hall. You use your +2 olfactory potion to sniff out its meaning: An ancient legend speaks of armor that could protect you from the claws of zombie cats. You look longingly at the Steak of Destiny but decide that it would taste better without blood dripping from your nose. The Quest for Armor begins.
P.S. I like the IRS storyline, too.
Just finished with a D&D session myself. Its a actually a really fun game (Well family of games to be exact). Its a lot like those lets pretend games that kids play except made for grown ups and adjudicated with dice. We sit around and pretend to be people in a heroic story and solve problems together. Sometimes the random numbers say we don’t suceed, sometimes we make things work.