30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 9: Favorite Character I Haven't Played

Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave!

Why, a drow anti-paladin, of COURSE!

 

Heh. I kid, I kid.

 

A couple guys I knew when I was a teen playing 2E had some gonzo characters, but a particular fave (of at least one of the guys) was a drow anti-paladin. The guy was also fond of jumping up from his chair during combat encounters and showing his character's exact movements for every attack.

 

ANYway, a favorite character I haven't played? Again, I mostly GM, so my limited time as a player has, therefore, limited the number of characters I've played in my time. Also, I've depicted so many NPCs in my time that there isn't a character I haven't stepped into.

 

But, if I had to choose, it would have to be some sort of assassin-type character that wasn't just a skulker in the dark. He would be equally proficient in appearing in plain sight as a smooth talker, casing potential targets face-to-face as well as from the shadows.

30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 8: Favorite Character

"Hi."

Well, I have to say, I've mostly been a GM over the majority of my roleplaying career. So, there aren't a lot of characters that I've played for me to choose from. If I have to pick one, though, it might just be a character I played very recently; i.e. a character I've played since I've come back to gaming. The character in question? A half-elf paladin called Drance! He was a bit grittier and world-weary than your stereotypical paladin. I played him in a City State of the Invincible Overlord campaign (using Castles & Crusades). Drance had a bit of a sarcastic relationship with the party's mage, and the two shared barbed exchanges most of the time. Good times!

30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 7: Favorite Edition

New Edition, of course!

 

Oh, what edition of D&D? Sorry for the confusion.

 

My favorite edition of D&D is....

 

CASTLES & CRUSADES!

 

I've written about my love for C&C before, as well as how "it's all D&D to me." I don't care what you call the game you're playing. If it has the D&D "DNA" (i.e. based on D&D mechanics), then you are playing D&D. And C&C is my preferred version of AD&D, these days. It does what I need it to do, period. And it's the spiritual successor to AD&D. If you've never checked it out, do yourself a favor and take a look!

30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 6: Favorite Deity

Lithe, dark, and EVIL!

 

My favorite deity is Takhisis from the wonderful world of Dragonlance! Who, I suppose, is also known as Tiamat in other planes of existence. If she can't seduce you to to her cause, she'll just destroy you! And she has five different breath weapons to do that destroying! All shall love her and despair!

 

30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 5: Favorite Dice

A sorta bad pic of my lovelies...

 

See the pic above for my favorite dice! The image is rather poor, I suppose, but believe me when I say those babies are an awesome shade of "mystical" purple, with all sorts of "swirlies" and sheen and stuff like that there!

 

Also shown are two silvery six-siders that are literally heavy metal! I got those puppies from Noble Knight Games, and they are hefty indeed. I daresay I could take down any GM screen with those bad boys!

30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 4: Favorite Gameworld

If I had to pick a campaign world that I've used in my campaigns - in other words, a world I've actually experienced at the game table - I would have to say the Forgotten Realms. Yes, warts, baggage, and all. Say what you will about the Realms, but it's got a lot of good stuff to it, a richness and depth from decades of existence. I know, Drizzt is a Mary Sue, the Time of Troubles was a bit ridiculous, etc. But I love the Realms in all it's iterations.

 

Well, perhaps the recent Spellplague iteration is where I draw the line.

 

But, I'm hoping for some Realms "redemption" with the new Sundering "reboot" coming out in the (near?) future. 

 

I never owned the legendary "Grey Box" version, but when I ran my recent Realms campaign I used the 3E version. And I consider that campaign to be my most successful effort, at least when it comes to my return to the table-top within the last few years.

 

However...all that said, I have some of the old TSR materials for Fritz Leiber's Nehwon that I've been dying to use for the longest time! It is very intriguing to me when I think about running a campaign set in the city of Lankhmar and the world beyond! That's definitely on my RPG bucket list.

30 Day D&D Challenge, Day 3: Favorite Playable Class

Yes.

No.

 

I like playing paladins. Probably because they've got a touch of cleric-ness without people coming to expect you to be the stereotype of the healbot. Also because they're more of a fighter than the cleric. I always considered both clerics and paladins to be holy warriors, but paladins are more warrior and "less holy." A paladin just seems to be more of a leader of men, who can lead the charge into battle. Whereas the cleric is the holy warrior that needs to be in a support role (i.e. behind better fighters, including the paladin). Oh, and who doesn't want to be immune to disease and emanate an aura of power, right?