RPGs, anyone?

[Habba]

Just wanted to hear if there are any fellow role-players around here. I'd think there might be quite a few us here. :)

EDIT: It's a MULTI-CHOICE!

[Silently Honest]

Are we talking about the vidya, or tabletop?

[Elaur]

I miss playing D&D with my family. We always talk about getting it going again.

[Habba]

I've been role-playing almost 20 years now. And I'm just 24 years old. :shock:

[Geoff]

I play D&D 4th edition once a week. About 6 of us play the pen and paper game - I'm the DM at present. We play by conference voice call chatting over Skype (and some free internet tools to simulate dice rolls etc).

[Udog]

I used to love video game RPGs. (Nice Baldur's Gate 2 avatar, by the way.) However, I finally got to the point where I couldn't afford spending 50+ hours on a video game, so I had to stop playing them.

[iwakar]

Love console and PC RPGs, but I indulge rarely because I know how nutso I can get.

I'm an ex-MMORPGer. (EverQuest and World of Warcraft)

Never tried any other varieties.

[YourLocalJesus]

I play D&D when there's no EON RPG groups available (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eon_(role-playing_game)

What kinds of players are you? Power gamers? Character builders? The silent, boring and unimaginative player?

I for one learn all I can about the system and exploit whatever weaknesses I can find.
In the EON game, for an instance... The game is the most realistic fantasy RPG out there, when it comes to fighting. Love it. A peasant can actually defeat a knight in full armor if he's smart enough... Usually, peasants aren't... :D But there's a possibility! Not like those mindless level-based games. A player in EON can actually build just about anything(within reason), if he's got the skills for it. I tend to outsmart our INTJ DM. I don't fall for his attempts to kill our group, I pick my fights carefully. Usually I pick a character that isn't entirely fighting-based. My chars are often more diplomatic and inventive. Kind of like a spy. It's a highly social game with skills in everything from seduction to dancing to persuading and interrogating. Love it.

I like Dungeons & Dragons, too... The new version is kind of nice... I especially like the new class "warlord".

[Geoff]

I play D&D when there's no EON RPG groups available (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eon_(role-playing_game)

What kinds of players are you? Power gamers? Character builders? The silent, boring and unimaginative player?

I for one learn all I can about the system and exploit whatever weaknesses I can find.
In the EON game, for an instance... The game is the most realistic fantasy RPG out there, when it comes to fighting. Love it. A peasant can actually defeat a knight in full armor if he's smart enough... Usually, peasants aren't... :D But there's a possibility! Not like those mindless level-based games. A player in EON can actually build just about anything(within reason), if he's got the skills for it. I tend to outsmart our INTJ DM. I don't fall for his attempts to kill our group, I pick my fights carefully. Usually I pick a character that isn't entirely fighting-based. My chars are often more diplomatic and inventive. Kind of like a spy. It's a highly social game with skills in everything from seduction to dancing to persuading and interrogating. Love it.

I like Dungeons & Dragons, too... The new version is kind of nice... I especially like the new class "warlord".

Yes, I was recently playing a warlord.. just a couple of weeks for fun in a connecting adventure before I took over as DM.

I play all kinds of characters.. I'm a not a powergamer, but I like to find a viable build with something interesting. Really, I like exploring, pulling off cool stunts and being the centre of combat attention.

[YourLocalJesus]

Yes, I was recently playing a warlord.. just a couple of weeks for fun in a connecting adventure before I took over as DM.

I play all kinds of characters.. I'm a not a powergamer, but I like to find a viable build with something interesting. Really, I like exploring, pulling off cool stunts and being the centre of combat attention.

That sounds nice. I'm not really annoyingly much like a traditional whiny power-gamer according to either of my DM's, I just tend to make a lot with what I have. I'm a lot into the exploration thing, too. And character development. I always interact a lot socially and build up huge amounts of background story for my chars. Less so in D&D, though... I find that game OK but it's just "sustenance" compared to EON :D

Warlord IS very nice, though... My former favorites are Fighter => Weaponmaster (greatsword) and any kind of multiclass Warpriest. People tend to protect/heal you if you're either the "tank" or some kind of fat-ass-giver-of-buffs. :D

[Peguy]

RPG-7s are the best! :D

http://www.labournet.net/other/0503/gispec5.jpg

[ajblaise]

RPG-7s are the best! :D

http://www.labournet.net/other/0503/gispec5.jpg

Is it hard to turn the other cheek with a RPG-7 in your hands?

[Hexis]

Love RPGs, Im currently active in all forms of them except the live actions kind. Unless you count D&D, though I have done it once and it was awesome!

[Peguy]

Is it hard to turn the other cheek with a RPG-7 in your hands?

"Think not that I have come to bring peace on earth: I came not to bring peace, but the sword."
--Matthew 10:34

[ajblaise]

"Think not that I have come to bring peace on earth: I came not to bring peace, but the sword."
--Matthew 10:34

How did I know you were going to pull this quote up? Do you think it negates "turn the other cheek" or just contradicts it?

You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
—Matthew 5:38-42, NIV

[Geoff]

Love RPGs, Im currently active in all forms of them except the live actions kind. Unless you count D&D, though I have done it once and it was awesome!

D&D Larps?

[GargoylesLegacy]

I play VG RPGs. Well, playing and making them myself. I like playing official games, and also the fanmade ones. It's fun.

[Jeremy]

I love my console RPGs. I take time to play them even with my busy schedule. Some of the best and moving stories I've seen have come from them.

Persona 4 is my obsession of choice at the moment.

[Sytpg]

I love videogame RPGs even though I'm kinda picky (I don't like extreme dungeon crawling that much).

[Athenian200]

I love the Final Fantasy series. I've also played Pokemon, Skies of Arcadia, Lufia, Morrowind, Knights of the Old Republic, Dungeon Siege, and more.

[01011010]

I chose 3 out of 4. I'm a total nerd. Wahahaha

[nozflubber]

I still play Everquest for roughly ~9 hours a week.... that number used be to be in the triple digits though!

[r0wo1]

I love Dnd! Pen and Paper RPGs are just fun in general. And FFVII has been my favorite vid game since I was 10 =D. I have yet to try LARPing though... anybody have experience? How is it?

nozflubber, your avatar makes me laugh

[Amargith]

Larp as well as table top Dnd for me...:blush:

[d@v3]

I play World of Warcraft once in a while... does that count? :huh:

[Habba]

I play World of Warcraft once in a while... does that count? :huh:

It counts as Video Game RPGs. :newwink: Maybe I should have added MMORPGs as a separate voting option.

As for myself, I play video game RPGs and pen n' paper RPGs. Although I don't have much time or chances for either of them... but every then and now.

But last weekend I played rather interesting type of RPG. A card-based storytelling game. It's basically an RPG, but there are no character sheets or skills. Characters just have name, and a description of their personality and status. And there is no DM.

So how does it work then? Each player is a Story-Teller consecutively. First the Story-Teller decides a scene and the characters in it, and then the characters interact within the scene. At any time, any player may play a card and bring new elements and events to the scene. Once the scene is over, the next player becomes the Story-Teller and arranges an another scene with any characters. This goes on and on until the final scene comes, and the plot will resolve (in this game, it was an attempt of murder and one of the players was the murderer... and his/her identity remained hidden until the final scene).

It's all about improvisation. There are no "builds" or imbalances with the characters, since there ain't any rules.

[Xander]

RPG-7s are the best! :D
Damn it, you nicked my line!!


As for roleplay games, I've done all of them. I've been playing D&D off and on for 22 years.

I would like to make one adjustment though. Proper roleplay games ALWAYS involve paper and books... those video wannabies are for those with low concentration spans and the LARP... obviously a back hander to extraverts.

:D Purist to the core :D

[YourLocalJesus]

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/rpg29-1.jpg

Actually, the RPG-29 "Vampire" is the best RPG anti-tank system.

"The RPG-29, the most advanced model, which uses a tandem-charge high explosive anti-tank warhead to penetrate explosive reactive armour (ERA) is capable of destroying some modern MBTs such as the T-90.[1] In August 2006, an RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal ERA of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq.[2]"
- RPG-29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-29)

[Clownmaster]

When it comes to RPG Videogames, i've been more the MMORPG type, and the power-gamer at that.

When it comes to D&D, I'm the powergamer who roleplays and makes eccentric characters. Its fun to deny the stereotypes and go with something a little different.

My current 4th edition D&D character is a Dwarf with a mohawk who rapes face with a maul. I could go on a lot longer explaining the effectiveness of him, but that'd just bore some people. :D

[Geoff]

When it comes to RPG Videogames, i've been more the MMORPG type, and the power-gamer at that.

When it comes to D&D, I'm the powergamer who roleplays and makes eccentric characters. Its fun to deny the stereotypes and go with something a little different.

My current 4th edition D&D character is a Dwarf with a mohawk who rapes face with a maul. I could go on a lot longer explaining the effectiveness of him, but that'd just bore some people. :D

Con based fighter. Dwarven Weapon Training?

[Habba]

I play World of Warcraft once in a while... does that count? :huh:

Oh, and by the way.. I used to play this a lot few years ago. I even was in the beta! I quit just before the Burning Crusade came.

My favorite way of playing was definitely Role-Playing. I had this all-logical no-emotion (now how fitting is that for an ISTJ? :P) Undead Warlock, who sought to bring unity to the Forsaken people. He was no evil, nor good. And not an emo! He existed to serve the people. I wrote numerous pages of background story and quests/happenings for my friends.

I even had a guild, and not just any guild but the largest (and the only for a few weeks) Forsaken-only guild on the server (Defias Brotherhood). Oh, how wonderful it was leading a guild with ~100 role-playing Undead characters. :devil:

[scantilyclad]

I play video game RPGs. I'm a big Diablo 2 fan.

[iwakar]

Oh man I remember squandering an entire summer on Diablo II. And a few weeks on Baldur's Gate. lol

Memories...

[Peguy]

I never heard of the RPG-29. Fallen behind on my weapons analysis lately.

How did I know you were going to pull this quote up? Do you think it negates "turn the other cheek" or just contradicts it?

Ever heard of something called a paradox? In any case, it certainly negates your pacifist interpretation of "turn the other cheek", that along with other references within the NT. Need we forget that the first Roman convert is a commander in the army, and the main issue about him is not his profession but whether or not he needs to submit to Jewish customs like circumsicion. In Ephesians 6:10-13, St. Paul uses numerous martial idioms to describe the struggles Christians face in living their faith.

Paul also notes that God ordained the state to wield the sword, and on a related note calls upon Christians to be loyal citizens of the Roman Empire. In Roman society, military service and citizenship were closely connected. To many, the only road to citizenship was service as an auxiliary in the army.

Now there certainly were issues among early Christians about serving in the army. Namely that serving in the army often meant having to pay homage to pagan deities and because the army was often used by the state to persecute Christians.

Overall Christ is telling people not to take the law into their own hands.

[Doppleganger]

I'm just getting back into RPGs after not playing them for a few years.

[htb]

Pen-and-paper is, I find, best suited for strong characterization and player interaction with a minimum of active rules; especially for a mixed group. I would commit all the number-crunching to a computer, turning to World of Warcraft for something more structurally complex.

[Noel]

Yeah

Currently playing a 4th edition campaign as a charisma based dwarven warlord. I must say the amount of utility my character brings to our group astounds even the DM. I've never particularly liked being a pure 'pew-pew' class nor being a pure healing class, but the warlord caters to me quite nicely with a little bit of everything.

Of the video game flavour:

Completed and loved
Baldur's Gate II + Throne of Bhaal
Planescape: Torment
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Fallout I & II
Deus Ex
S.t.a.l.k.e.r.: Shadows of Chernobyl
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Final Fantasy VI
Secret of Mana



Need to play
Fallout III
The Witcher
System Shock 2
Knights of the Old Republic

Mmorpgs
Everquest I & II
Lord of the Rings: Online (actively playing)
Dark Age of Camelot
Age of Conan
Warhammer
World of Warcraft

[Geoff]

Yeah

Currently playing a 4th edition campaign as a charisma based dwarven warlord. I must say the amount of utility my character brings to our group astounds even the DM. I've never particularly liked being a pure 'pew-pew' class nor being a pure healing class, but the warlord caters to me quite nicely with a little bit of everything.

Of the video game flavour:

Completed and loved
Baldur's Gate II + Throne of Bhaal
Planescape: Torment
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Fallout I & II
Deus Ex
S.t.a.l.k.e.r.: Shadows of Chernobyl
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Final Fantasy VI
Secret of Mana



Need to play
Fallout III
The Witcher
System Shock 2
Knights of the Old Republic

Oh yes, warlords are a lot of fun. I was playing a rather bossy Eladrin princeling in such a style. Using fey step to teleport behind the monsters, and a reach longspear. The characterisation and way you can allow the others to get combat advantage - while still being a secondary inspiring healer - is a lot of fun to play.

[Noel]

Oh yes, warlords are a lot of fun. I was playing a rather bossy Eladrin princeling in such a style. Using fey step to teleport behind the monsters, and a reach longspear. The characterisation and way you can allow the others to get combat advantage - while still being a secondary inspiring healer - is a lot of fun to play.

Ha! I just realized last game that given my inclination to hang back a little bit, I may as well have a weapon capable of reach. The group loves the inherit +2 initiative bonus, inspiring presence and word for starters. At times I feel as if I'm playing a turn-based strategy game (especially using a grid board for combat), telling people to attack an enemy or use a healing surge. It's a rush!