I’ve been playing tabletop games since I was really too young to be playing them, and when I think of some of the stupid things I did or wanted to do, I cringe. I mean, actual “role-playing” barely occurred to me or any of my friends. It was basically about being as big a munchkin as possible. Thinking back, how boring would it be to play like that again…
Back in the day, there was a sort of sense that anything that happened under any DM was real, and that other DMs would honor what happened in each others’ games. If the last DM your character had gave you a Monty Haul loot-a-palooza, then you got to import your character into this new game with a lot of loot. And yes, of course my character with an average of 16 in all of his ability scores was rolled legitimately: My previous DM approved it.
A dead character staying dead is just the flip side of that.
Yeah, but the next DM can decide that the entire party has been resurrected by some mysterious entity for nefarious purposes. It’d be a great story hook, too.
I’m going to a remote cabin by a lake with my two daughters (5 and 9) and my niece and nephew (10 and 12). Gonna try running a one-shot game for them, based on the amazing third-edition module Of Sound Mind. Wish me luck!
I’ve got to imagine that the 5-year-old is going to end up playing a very different game than the 12-year-old, and I’m not sure how you would integrate them together.
Meet Evendur Aragondor, 7th level Hexblade Warlock, blade pact.
My DM and I had a nice discussion yesterday, and it will be interesting to see how my goals will mesh with the other players. I’ve never played an evil character before, so this will be interesting.
To keep me in line with the other players’ loot, he gave me a +1 longsword (which I immediately made into my pact weapon), and a ring of protection. I will be introduced to the party as the captive of a band of orcs who are working as mercs for a splinter of the Dragon cult. The same band who had raided my old character’s grandfather’s stronghold and who also had banished a member of our party.
This’ll get interesting.