D&D Goes International

[I'm A Banana]

1) We play where we want - Who's gonna make us move - You? Huh, tough guy?
2) We eat pizza, it's damn good, but costs three times as much
3) We plan our sessions on the train schedules so they're never on time
4) Our PCs only wear the coolest, most expensive designer weapons and gear
5) We cast villains into the Pit of No Return (aka New Jersey, )
6) The better the gamer the more likely they'll be traded to a weaker team
7) Rogues start the campaign at epic level
8) We mug guys for their dice
9) No matter what class you are, your a fighter
10) Our GM can take out your GM (Once he makes bail)

As someone who's moving there soon, I look forward to this. Especially the pizza-gold.

 

[jokamachi]

D&D in Japan...


1) PCs must take off their shoes before entering the dungeon.
2) PCs must apologize to the BBEG before and after attacking him (usually to his corpse in the latter case)
3) No action may be taken by a party until a lengthy subtle discussion as to the general feeling of the group has taken place.
4) Female PCs, no matter how powerful, intelligent, or capable, must take occasional breaks to serve tea to male PCs.
5) Gamers in Japan commute to sessions by train. Average travel time: 4 hours.
6) PCs pay five times the list price for any item in the PHB.
7) Cute monsters appear in your campaign with disturbing regularity.
8) After a while, your PCs insist on fighting such monsters.
9) PCs traveling through the wilderness/dungeon can't help but keep looking for a Lawson.
10) All treasure found is wrapped in no less than three layers of decorative paper.
11) You encourage your fellow PCs with a hearty 'ganbatte!'
12) You commiserate with fellow PCs with a sympathetic 'sho ga nai.'
13) PCs feel no shame at urinating on public streets.
14) Kappa are not monsters, but 'kawaii.'
15) PCs insist on carrying umbrellas, even in the desert.
16) After an adventure, PCs return with 'omiyage' for friends and employers.
17) Gokiburi are not insects, but epic-level creatures capable of wrecking havoc on the psyche of Nihon-jin PCs.
18) PCs wear short pants in freezing conditions and never complain about it.
19) Doe-eyed female NPCs often appear wearing sailor-suits. Interaction with such creatures requires lengthy 'role-playing.'
20) PCs live in ridiculously expensive 5x10 'castles' which are given foreign sounding names like 'Casa Verde' or 'Crystal Place.'
21) Dungeons have soothing, automated voices which guide PCs from room to room.
22) Automated dungeons also play Carpenters' songs as background music.
23) The BBEG insists that adventurers listen to his karaoke rendition of 'My Way' before tearing them to pieces (but not without apologizing in advance).
24) Weapons, armor, and shields bearing the image of Hello Kitty are considered masterwork items.
25) DMs insist on giving players a twice yearly bonus equal to their share of two adventure sessions.
26) 'Bargain season' soon follows said bonuses. All PHB items are now only 3x list price.
27) When observed by scrying, PCs invariably flash the peace-sign.
28) Vending machines that dispense Cure Light Wounds potions are surprisingly common.
29) Cuteness is an ability score.

 

[STARP_JVP]

Nah thats the Ozzies mate - told ya people get confused

If you want to start an Aussie v Kiwi - who are the biggest sheep shagger contest I would suggest you watch out. There's 20 million of us and only 5 million of you - we could crush your pissy little country like an egg, except that if we did we'd have nobody to beat at rugby.

Sorry, that was harsh.

Baaaaa.

 

[Cherub]

If you want to start an Aussie v Kiwi - who are the biggest sheep shagger contest I would suggest you watch out. There's 20 million of us and only 5 million of you - we could crush your pissy little country like an egg, except that if we did we'd have nobody to beat at rugby.

Sorry, that was harsh.

Baaaaa.

mayhaps we should just keep this sorta thing confined to the rugby field, mate...it is the year of our lord 2005 and not early 20th century...

 

[Rashak Mani]

I'll complement RPG in Brazil:

- The DM always takes for himself 20% of the pizza money as "special" payment.
- Paladins like policemen are sometimes exempt from being upholders of the law. Especially if they are low in cash.

- Cheating on your dice results is fine... as long as your not caught...
- If another players discovers you have overdone stats or feats you have to pay him off with XP

- Women naturally play with skimpy clothes and very short skirts
- Negotiating with or bribing Monsters in order to get through counts for full XP.

- You can change your alignment if it suits you better, but if you change soccer teams your a person without convictions or honor.
- The last person to kill the monster gets all the XP.

My Brother's suggestion: - During carnaval no monsters or PCs are killed. Everyone is partying !

 

[rato]

I'll complement RPG in Brazil:

- The DM always takes for himself 20% of the pizza money as "special" payment.
- Paladins like policemen are sometimes exempt from being upholders of the law. Especially if they are low in cash.

- Cheating on your dice results is fine... as long as your not caught...
- If another players discovers you have overdone stats or feats you have to pay him off with XP

- Women naturally play with skimpy clothes and very short skirts
- Negotiating with or bribing Monsters in order to get through counts for full XP.

- You can change your alignment if it suits you better, but if you change soccer teams your a person without convictions or honor.
- The last person to kill the monster gets all the XP.

My Brother's suggestion: - During carnaval no monsters or PCs are killed. Everyone is partying !

Very good!(ahahahahahaah mto foda!)

 

[Kae'Yoss]

How's it going, eh? I'm from Canada, so our games work a little different.

1. All Iron Rations replaced with Maple Syrup.
2. Mordakainen's Magnificent Mansion replaced with Iggliv's Infamous Igloo
3. Everyone says, "eh" after every sentence, failure to do so gives you -5 on diplomacy checks
4. At least one PC must speak with a French accent to keep up the minimum Canadian content
5. National sport of all nations in the game is hockey
6. Everyone gets an automatic +5 to all bluff and diplomacy checks, everyone trusts a Canadian
7. All games take place in either Toronto or Vancouver, the rest of Canada doesn't actually exist except in legends
8. We play all games completely drunk (although as a side note, this appears to be an Aussie thing, while I was there, my friends there were baffled that I didn't drink while playing)
9. Can't play with miniatures as it is hard to pick them up with gloves on
10. Sometimes play for a month straight as the sun stays up that long
11. Everyone at the table has the rules from Frostburn memorized

You forgot 13: All numbers in the game are increased by 1.2, but they are canadian numbers, which are worth less. So a 12th-level wizard in Canada is really only a 10th-level wizard.

 

[Tamlyn]

In Idaho

1. All PC's must have ranks in Profession - Potato farmer
2. All invading hordes are known as "Californians"
3. Anyone sending mail to players in Boise inadvertently sends it to Iowa instead
4. We all play in the middle of our potato fields.
5. Pizza is unheard of. We all eat "Fried Taters" around the gaming table
6. Multi-sided dice are from the devil. The DEVIL!!!
7. All women have CHA of 5
8. All men have INT of 4.

By the way, you guys nailed NM!

 

[Kae'Yoss]

D&D in Japan...

If I get the popular media right:

- No dice are used. To determine whether an action succeeds, the character must compose a haiku about the action attempted, like
"I want to sneak past
The guard has a big weapon
but he is asleep"
If the poem is good enough, you succeed

- Spells and feats have names like "Set up them the bomb" or "bull's strenf, and very bull's strengf"

 

[TheAuldGrump]

If you want to start an Aussie v Kiwi - who are the biggest sheep shagger contest I would suggest you watch out. There's 20 million of us and only 5 million of you - we could crush your pissy little country like an egg, except that if we did we'd have nobody to beat at rugby.

Sorry, that was harsh.

Baaaaa.

Nay lads, ye'll both lose, te Scots ha' been shaggin' sheep since 'afore te Romans left! And while t'ere's only 5 million te Scots can take on te whole bloody lot o' ye together!

Oh, wait... ye're fightin' over which o' ye doesna' shag te sheep? Ne'er mind then...

The Auld Grump, of Hibernian, na' Caledonian, descent... But listens to Bill Connely a lot.