Everything I need to know, I learned from D&D

[Stormonu]

The "D&D is like pr0n" joke thread got me thinking about this old yarn. So, what has D&D taught you?

1) Never split the party

 

[Diamond Cross]

If somebody is insulting you just kill them.

 

[AngryMojo]

Nothing has sword to the face resistance, the sledgehammer approach always works.

 

[Dice4Hire]

If you cannot figure out what to do, eventually reality (the DM) will give you a hint.

 

[On Puget Sound]

A failure can be as much fun as a success; it's all in the story you tell about it.

 

[ourchair]

I run a lot of games for newbies and veterans, geeks and non-geeks alike and run anywhere I can, and I've learned this:

Very few people are above rolling funny solid pieces of plastic and scribbling numbers onto paper. AS IF IT WERE THE MOST COMPELLING THING IN THE WORLD.​

Seriously, I LOVE D&D, but there's an ironic sense of self-awareness that strikes me when I watch my players and seeing them involved in what is essentially a practical examination ("Take out your character sheets and pencils. Turn to page 12 of the player's handout. Raymz, what is the name of the guy who hired the party? Corinna, what will your character do to remedy her curse?") that has a complete lack of any bells, whistles amuses me to no end.

 

[IronWolf]

Kill things and take their stuff.

 

[Minicol]

D&D taught me English. Basically I had no incentive to learn it before that.

Probably did a lot for my career.

 

[Nexilis]

Kill it with fire isn't always the best approach. Kill it with sonic usually works better but doesn't sound as fun.

 

[Croesus]

Never insult the beggar - it will turn out to be a polymorphed gold/silver dragon that spends all its time teaching prideful adventurers a lesson.