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[dorkwonder]

[Tim stares at his journal for a good few minutes, trying to decide what to say or write. After spending nearly a month lost in a sea of research or working, his brain is having a hard time getting back into "social Alvin Draper" mode.

He browses some of his old journal entries to recharge his memory. After a few more minutes pass, an idea pops into his head. Maybe Cass' curiosity will lure her in to respond or she'll track him down to give him a look.]

So, hey. I've got a strange request--or at least it might sound strange! I promise it's not as strange as it sounds. In fact, it's a lot of fun.

When I first came here, I was running a pencil and paper game for my friends, using a D20 system. The game we were playing was Warlocks and Warriors. You pick a base class, draw up a character sheet, and then a storyteller guides you through stories. You roll the twenty sided die to help determine the outcome of different challenges. At one point, I had a group of three which is a good number for beginners. Unfortunately, two of the players went home. Well, that's not really unfortunate for them! But you know what I mean.

If anyone is interested in playing, I could teach you, or I'm sure my girlfriend, Stephanie Brown, would be happy to help. She also plays with me.

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[assassino]

[Amused.]

I did not know Stephanie did such a thing.

[dorkwonder]

Lana, Kara, Steph, and I all used to play on Friday nights. Sometimes we'd have pizza, Doritos, and Mountain Dew for the full gaming experience.

[Misses his friends.]

[assassino]

American pizza, I assume.

[He misses Lana :(]

[secondchances]

There goes my reputation.

[dorkwonder]

I wasn't aware you even had one.

[secondchances]

We're so done.

[hellofist]

[She's on the roof when she hears this and it sounds familiar, this game he describes. He'd wanted her to play, before everything started going wrong. The game became a little less fun after Kara and Lana left, she thinks.

Lots of things did.

She's curious now, so she climbs down to the window to Stephanie and Tim's room, peeking in to see if he's there. Once she sees him, she taps on the glass. Hi Tim, let her in, she's making first contact and everything. PROGRESS!]

[dorkwonder]

[Tim is sipping away from his coffee, looking amused at Steph's responses. When he hears the knock on the window, he instantly knows who it is, which explains his sudden nervousness.

Picks himself up from the bed and moves over to the window, opening it up for her to get in.]

Hey, Cass.

[hellofist]

[She's... not really sure how to feel, seeing that reaction to her. Nervous is probably better than most other things she could read on him, though. Once the window is open, she sits on the sill and tries to think of something to say.]

Hi Tim.

[Fail.]

[whistles_the_blues]

[Have a response from someone who's a lot more cheerful than usual thanks to a loss.]

You know, that sounds like fun. I'm in.

[dorkwonder]

[Blues is surprisingly cheerful...]

Awesome. If you'd like, I can drop off the player handbook later on in the evening.

[whistles_the_blues]

Sure. I don't have anything going on, so feel free to come by when ever.

[princeandwizard]

Warlocks and Warriors? That sounds interesting. Would it be out of line for me to inquire about playing?

[He just wants to make sure it's not reserved for 'friends only', of course. Without even a practice Layer for his angel, Ohjiro has been finding himself a little lacking in things to do...]

[dorkwonder]

Not at all. I'm looking for two more players, although if there's enough interest I could run a group of four or five players without too much trouble.

[princeandwizard]

Well, if it's not too much trouble, I would be interested in giving it a try. But I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the game... is it at all difficult to learn?

[wolfchild]

[ she heard stories so. ]

How do you win?

[ priorities. ]

[dorkwonder]

There are several different ways to win. The first would be figuring out the end game plot and taking down the big bad. There are usually several different plot lines going on at once, that lead to one big plot line.

You can also win by achieving your own personal goals. Say for example, you roll a paladin and your goal is to become a Knight of Bahamut. If you end up becoming a knight, you can count that as a victory.

[wolfchild]

Oh.

[ she does not understand. ]

[eaglet]

['MY GIRLFRIEND STEPHANIE BROWN,' HUH........]

You create characters to play a game? Why?

[dorkwonder]

[HAS SOMEONE NOT SAID AS MUCH?]

To make things more interesting and fantastical. In the world I come from, the majority of people are every day people, with no special abilities. Roleplaying doing your homework or sitting around watching television, wouldn't be much fun.

[eaglet]

[NOPE......... or else he just didn't pick up on it.]

'Roleplaying'?

[whichwayyoulean]

There you are. I was starting to worry the girls had buried you in the back yard or something and were trying to keep it quiet.

...That game sounds pretty complicated. How do the dice tell you what happens? You don't have like...words on them do you?

[dorkwonder]

I'm sure they have been tempted to at times. [Ahem.

Rewrites the explanation he gave Arya.]

There are quite a few, but there's also an alternative rule set for beginners. In a nutshell, you get a set of stat points and skill points to start out with. You start off with six stats; strength, dexterity, constitution, wisdom, intelligence, and Charisma. Every point you put in one of those scores, makes your character better than the average person.

Let's say you go with a fighter. You'll want to be stronger and tougher than most people. Your role is usually to take a hit and deal out the damage. So, your main scores to focus on would be constitution and strength. Whenever you go to attack something, they have a armor class score you have to reach in order to hit them.

Let's say their armor class is 14. At level five, your fighter would get a bonus of 5 to hit them. Then, if you added two points to her strength, she'd get a plus 1. For every two points you put into a stat score, you get a plus one to your roles. Your total would be 6. Then you roll a twenty sided dice. You need to roll a 8 or higher to hit the bad guy. You can buy enchantments for your weapon to make it easier to hit people and do more damage.

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[psych0p0mps]

its been a while since i did any roleplaying but i might be interested
maybe i could see about getting my kismesis involved too although she has always been kind of an insufferable powergamer :p

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[dorkwonder]

Having a couple of experienced players would be helpful. And don't worry, I can handle powergamers. The more cheese players want to pull, the more I'll pull.