# Achievement unlocked: D&D **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 29, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290 "2017-03-29T14:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/1 "2017-03-29T14:53:26Z")
I’ve always wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons. I already love playing RPGs, plus I’m a huge OOTS fan. The problem is, there aren’t any local gaming groups that I know of. Well, my brother has a bunch a friends he used to do a forum role-play with, and they decided to form a session-by-Skype group and they invited me to join. And so now I have a snake-person paladin character, and I. am. so. excited. We had a tutorial session last night, and we learned about the combat system, and readied actions, and why Perception checks aren’t too useful when it comes to magic circles (“It is a magic circle. Monsters come out of it when bird-people sing.”) And I learned the downsides of helpfully helping out party members without asking them (to be fair, I had no way of knowing she was a vampire until I healed her unconscious). And we _didn’t_ learn the intended lesson of “kill summoners quickly or you’re dead” that we were supposed to, because the summoned boss fumbled all its attacks and eventually got punched to death. Next week we start the campaign proper, and I can’t wait! I’m a real D&D payer now! I am using lots of exclamation marks! tldr: Jaeshala the snaladin is on her way. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/2 "2017-03-29T14:58:49Z")
I just started running the new Dragonborn as a thief-acrobat-a little slow, but tough enough to survive the solo runs. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/3 "2017-03-29T15:03:26Z")
Congratulations! Don’t go pulling any beholder’s eyestalks. I got back into playing last fall although my initial group fell apart when the DM had real life stuff change his schedule. Just got back in again with a new group – a very new group. The DM and two of the players had never played before and are learning as they go along. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/4 "2017-03-29T15:18:16Z")
Welcome to the cult! _hands you your demon-summoning manual, and your polyhedral dice in a lovely purple Crown Royal bag_ ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/5 "2017-03-29T16:02:47Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > tldr: Jaeshala the **snaladin** is on her way. My bold. Amazing, gonna steal that one! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/6 "2017-03-29T16:09:16Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Welcome to the cult! _hands you your demon-summoning manual, and your polyhedral dice in a lovely purple Crown Royal bag_ Don’t forget that, once you hit level eight, you [get to learn](https://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp) how to cast real spells. Trying using a _Suggestion_ spell on your dad for some fancy new dice and miniatures! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/7 "2017-03-29T23:02:17Z")
What version of D&D were you playing? 5th is the most common now, but I hadn’t heard that there were any snake-people in 5th edition. ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/8 "2017-03-29T23:28:34Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What version of D&D were you playing? 5th is the most common now, but I hadn’t heard that there were any snake-people in 5th edition. In the Monster Manual. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/9 "2017-03-30T00:21:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What version of D&D were you playing? 5th is the most common now, but I hadn’t heard that there were any snake-people in 5th edition. 5e, but it’s a custom race. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/10 "2017-03-30T00:47:17Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I’ve always wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons. I already love playing RPGs, plus I’m a huge OOTS fan. The problem is, there aren’t any local gaming groups that I know of. > Well, my brother has a bunch a friends he used to do a forum role-play with, and they decided to form a session-by-Skype group and they invited me to join. And so now I have a snake-person paladin character, and I. am. so. excited. > We had a tutorial session last night, and we learned about the combat system, and readied actions, and why Perception checks aren’t too useful when it comes to magic circles (“It is a magic circle. Monsters come out of it when bird-people sing.”) And I learned the downsides of helpfully helping out party members without asking them (to be fair, I had no way of knowing she was a vampire until I healed her unconscious). And we _didn’t_ learn the intended lesson of “kill summoners quickly or you’re dead” that we were supposed to, because the summoned boss fumbled all its attacks and eventually got punched to death. > Next week we start the campaign proper, and I can’t wait! I’m a real D&D payer now! I am using lots of exclamation marks! > > tldr: Jaeshala the snaladin is on her way. Locate a local gaming store–they often have evening sessions. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/11 "2017-03-30T01:43:57Z")
Yeah, there are all sorts of creatures in the Monster Manual, but in 5th edition, it takes a lot of tweaking and adjusting to turn a monster into a playable race. My group is meeting this Saturday, and when we had left off, we were pretty much unanimously decided (in-character) to head more-or-less straight for the big boss vampire, even though all of us (out of character) know that we’re probably not ready and that we really ought to prepare more. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/12 "2017-03-30T02:56:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, there are all sorts of creatures in the Monster Manual, but in 5th edition, it takes a lot of tweaking and adjusting to turn a monster into a playable race. Yeah, but it’s basically been [done for you](https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/flowcharts/volos-guide-to-monsters). Seems there’s a serpent folk player race called the Yuan-ti Pureblood that has been already been statted out. And, if you can’t find it officially, there’s plenty of material in the [D&D Wiki 5e-Homebrew](https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_Homebrew) section. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/13 "2017-03-30T21:13:00Z")
Plenty of material there, sure. But any _good_ material on dandwiki is clearly just there by accident. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/14 "2017-03-30T21:17:30Z")
Break out the trolls fighting Florentine with a two handed and a long sword; and know how to use them. I’m not a nice DM. I’m fair, though. I wish I had the time to start up a group, I loved playing. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/15 "2017-03-30T22:55:34Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Break out the trolls fighting Florentine with a two handed and a long sword; and know how to use them. I’m not a nice DM. I’m fair, though. I wish I had the time to start up a group, I loved playing. Yup, I used to use trolls in platemail against mid-level characters in 2e days. Lots of them. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/16 "2017-03-31T01:48:28Z")
That’s just asking for the players to “accidentally” start a forest fire. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290/17 "2017-04-11T03:31:22Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Next week we start the campaign proper, and I can’t wait! I’m a real D&D payer now! So how’d it go?