Alcohol and D&D
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Drawmack
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Olgar Shiverstone said:
Faulty logic error, circuits frying.
If they show up impaired that means that they have already driven impaired, or they did what I used to do and altered their mind while parked out front. If you throw them out then they must drive somewhere else. Therefor by throwing out the intoxicated player you are in fact forcing impared driving rather then preventing it.
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Prince Atom
Explorer
We have never had anything to drink at games with my college buddies. This is primarily because we've always had at least one person who objects to alcohol on religious grounds.
When I'm playing with me brudda and his college buddies, I have imbibed. Of course, my personal limit is one beer or a glass of wine. Their game is a lot less serious than any my college buddies have played. They use it as stress relief more than amusement.
I don't like hard liquor; once in Rome, an Australian pressed some scotch on me and I didn't like its taste.
And I've never had any "herbs," although I don't object to their use. Once one of my college roomies offered me a jay, but it turned out to be a perfectly harmless herbal cigarette (as opposed to the "bad" kind of herbal cigarette, i suppose
). I didn't partake because I could have lost the whole college thing right there if I'd gotten caught (this was before I discovered it wasn't anything illegal).
TWK
Stone-cold sober around sharp objects.
When I'm playing with me brudda and his college buddies, I have imbibed. Of course, my personal limit is one beer or a glass of wine. Their game is a lot less serious than any my college buddies have played. They use it as stress relief more than amusement.
I don't like hard liquor; once in Rome, an Australian pressed some scotch on me and I didn't like its taste.
And I've never had any "herbs," although I don't object to their use. Once one of my college roomies offered me a jay, but it turned out to be a perfectly harmless herbal cigarette (as opposed to the "bad" kind of herbal cigarette, i suppose
). I didn't partake because I could have lost the whole college thing right there if I'd gotten caught (this was before I discovered it wasn't anything illegal).TWK
Stone-cold sober around sharp objects.
Vigilant Fiend
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boozing at the table
We have never had beer or any other mind influencing item at the table (with maybe one exception). I prefer to play the game clear headed and dont drink or use drugs any other time, but damn we smoke a lot of cigars, ciggarettes, and pipe tobbaco.
We have never had beer or any other mind influencing item at the table (with maybe one exception). I prefer to play the game clear headed and dont drink or use drugs any other time, but damn we smoke a lot of cigars, ciggarettes, and pipe tobbaco.
Wolfen Priest
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In my experience, alcohol is fine with the caveat that people can handle it. I guess it's been my personal preference not to drink while gaming (or maybe just have one or two) because if I get too intoxicated, it becomes very, very hard for me to keep track of the numbers involved, etc.
However, my opinion on the 'herbal supplement' (and I know from experience that this does not apply to everyone) is that it makes gaming more interesting much of the time. My imagination takes more unique turns, and it usually becomes much easier for me to really 'dive into' the scene of what is actually happening in the game, and thus, I feel I DM better because I somehow intrinsically know how an NPC would react, or what effect a given cause would garner.
However, as Teflon Billy pointed out, (and this should be obvious to all) overdoing anything (inadvertantly in some cases) will probably be very likely to take away your actual ability to game.
Basically, the moment the drug in question becomes the focal point, or a distraction of any kind, then it's obviously not helping the game.
However, my opinion on the 'herbal supplement' (and I know from experience that this does not apply to everyone) is that it makes gaming more interesting much of the time. My imagination takes more unique turns, and it usually becomes much easier for me to really 'dive into' the scene of what is actually happening in the game, and thus, I feel I DM better because I somehow intrinsically know how an NPC would react, or what effect a given cause would garner.
However, as Teflon Billy pointed out, (and this should be obvious to all) overdoing anything (inadvertantly in some cases) will probably be very likely to take away your actual ability to game.
Basically, the moment the drug in question becomes the focal point, or a distraction of any kind, then it's obviously not helping the game.
abri
Mad Scientist
It's amazing how alcohol can be a forbiden fruit in some culture.
Honnestly I drink a lot... Of fine wine (try south African or Libanese wine,you'll be surprised by the quality) and single malt whisky (try the balvenie-doublewood, the smoothest whisky I know).
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Even though I love fine alcohols I have never drunk alcohol while gaming: I expect everyone at the table to do their best, trying to interpret their character and have them survive. I have found that people have very different reaction to alcohol and that most people don't know their real resistance to alcohol. If one start drinking because he knows he'll be fine, then I know another one will be out soon.
Ps: people tend to drink less if they're tought young how to appreciate good [\B]alcohol. Anything that is forbidden will be done to excess.
Honnestly I drink a lot... Of fine wine (try south African or Libanese wine,you'll be surprised by the quality) and single malt whisky (try the balvenie-doublewood, the smoothest whisky I know).
Ok enough for the ads
Even though I love fine alcohols I have never drunk alcohol while gaming: I expect everyone at the table to do their best, trying to interpret their character and have them survive. I have found that people have very different reaction to alcohol and that most people don't know their real resistance to alcohol. If one start drinking because he knows he'll be fine, then I know another one will be out soon.
Ps: people tend to drink less if they're tought young how to appreciate good [\B]alcohol. Anything that is forbidden will be done to excess.
MeepoTheMighty
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The Whiner Knight said:
And I've never had any "herbs," although I don't object to their use. Once one of my college roomies offered me a jay, but it turned out to be a perfectly harmless herbal cigarette (as opposed to the "bad" kind of herbal cigarette, i suppose
Say WHHAAAA?? What kind of college is that? I didn't know they made colleges without herbal substances.
Flexor the Mighty!
18/100 Strength!
Oh yes. I'm on the wagon until new years, but normally we have beers and a few shots during play. Budweiser or Amber Bock along with a snort or Bushmills or Makers Mark. My group is composed of very heavy drinkers so they can handle thier booze pretty well.
Neither I, nor anyone I play with drinks or does any sort of drug outside of caffeine.
I'm not saying it's wrong to drink, though, as I fully support the freedom of choice. It's just that I personally don't, & with the group I play with, if anyone brought over some drinks (if they did drink), it would make the rest of us extremely uncomfortable.
I'm not saying it's wrong to drink, though, as I fully support the freedom of choice. It's just that I personally don't, & with the group I play with, if anyone brought over some drinks (if they did drink), it would make the rest of us extremely uncomfortable.
Mercule
Adventurer
Probably the worst experience I had in gaming involved alchohol (although that wasn't the root of all evil). It happenned when I was about 14, but I was stone sober, so that's no big.
One of my friends decided to run the original Temple of Elemental Evil. Somehow, pretty much everyone in the HS who'd ever played D&D found out about it and this guy couldn't say "no". We ended up with (IIRC) twenty-four (24) players.
Fully _half_ of these showed up mainly to get blitzed, chat, and kill some orcs. Anyone even passingly familiar with ToEE knows that's not a good mindset.
Didn't really matter, though. To the [dis?]credit of my friend, he actually hosted a five hour session. We made it as far as the entrance to the Moathouse. Green slime dropped on one of the drunks and dissolved him.
Apparently, he was the leader because they decided to move the party elsewhere. By this time, the DM needed a few beers, too. Game over.
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Our gaming climate is such that a couple of beers/glasses of wine/coolers is no big deal for the players. I don't drink while I DM and the other DM doesn't drink at all. I'm about the only one who _might_ be able to scare up some rare herbs but I never cared for 'em.
About the only DM aid I use is a 52 oz. cup of Chai laced with copious amounts of ginko, ginseng, and echinacia (energy, clarity, and throat aid, respectively).
One of my friends decided to run the original Temple of Elemental Evil. Somehow, pretty much everyone in the HS who'd ever played D&D found out about it and this guy couldn't say "no". We ended up with (IIRC) twenty-four (24) players.
Fully _half_ of these showed up mainly to get blitzed, chat, and kill some orcs. Anyone even passingly familiar with ToEE knows that's not a good mindset.
Didn't really matter, though. To the [dis?]credit of my friend, he actually hosted a five hour session. We made it as far as the entrance to the Moathouse. Green slime dropped on one of the drunks and dissolved him.
Apparently, he was the leader because they decided to move the party elsewhere. By this time, the DM needed a few beers, too. Game over.
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Our gaming climate is such that a couple of beers/glasses of wine/coolers is no big deal for the players. I don't drink while I DM and the other DM doesn't drink at all. I'm about the only one who _might_ be able to scare up some rare herbs but I never cared for 'em.
About the only DM aid I use is a 52 oz. cup of Chai laced with copious amounts of ginko, ginseng, and echinacia (energy, clarity, and throat aid, respectively).
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