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First Post
I remember a thread some time ago about weird and creepy D&D games that people played in. I remember thinking that some of the games mentioned seemed too weird to possibly be true...well, until last night.
I was recently invited by a friend to take part in a game with a group she was with. From what she described, it was a plane hopping adventure with characters from different planes. Oh...and the Dungeon Master was "real lenient" in the type of characters allowed. I thought that I'd give it a try to at least see how much I could munchkin out a character with the 15 levels we were give to work with. Boy, was I surprised when I showed up...
My first tip off that something was amiss was the weird laughter and banter from players about their bad@$$, comic book, anime style characters. Still I decided to go on and give it a try. The game started before I could finish a character, but the DM said that I could introduce my character when I was finished. To my shock the party included Ghostrider and Wolverine from Marvel comics, Catwoman (Batman's foe), Merlin, and a new-age hippie elf (the only normal character was a half -orc barbarian). Although, I don't like to stereotype, the play style was highly reminiscent of the Dead Alewives' Dungeons & Dragons skit. The game frequently disrupted into player versus player and party infighting. This was apparently encouraged to some extent, but when the infighting got too bad the DM had one of his god-like NPCs show up to force the party to cooperate a little. Whatever modicum of a plot there was had something to do with tracking down a stole artifact (apparently the Cthulhu mythos was involved somehow). Along the way the party encountered the invincible avatar of some god of magic who proceeded to slaughter the two party members without batting an eye. (Apparently from the talk of it the DM enjoyed "putting players in their place" by killing them a few time.) Anyway, after a few hours the group took a food and smoke break when I announced that I had to get going. The DM was sorry to see me leave since he hadn't even introduced my character. I was invited back for the next session, but somehow I don't think I'll be coming back...
I was recently invited by a friend to take part in a game with a group she was with. From what she described, it was a plane hopping adventure with characters from different planes. Oh...and the Dungeon Master was "real lenient" in the type of characters allowed. I thought that I'd give it a try to at least see how much I could munchkin out a character with the 15 levels we were give to work with. Boy, was I surprised when I showed up...
My first tip off that something was amiss was the weird laughter and banter from players about their bad@$$, comic book, anime style characters. Still I decided to go on and give it a try. The game started before I could finish a character, but the DM said that I could introduce my character when I was finished. To my shock the party included Ghostrider and Wolverine from Marvel comics, Catwoman (Batman's foe), Merlin, and a new-age hippie elf (the only normal character was a half -orc barbarian). Although, I don't like to stereotype, the play style was highly reminiscent of the Dead Alewives' Dungeons & Dragons skit. The game frequently disrupted into player versus player and party infighting. This was apparently encouraged to some extent, but when the infighting got too bad the DM had one of his god-like NPCs show up to force the party to cooperate a little. Whatever modicum of a plot there was had something to do with tracking down a stole artifact (apparently the Cthulhu mythos was involved somehow). Along the way the party encountered the invincible avatar of some god of magic who proceeded to slaughter the two party members without batting an eye. (Apparently from the talk of it the DM enjoyed "putting players in their place" by killing them a few time.) Anyway, after a few hours the group took a food and smoke break when I announced that I had to get going. The DM was sorry to see me leave since he hadn't even introduced my character. I was invited back for the next session, but somehow I don't think I'll be coming back...
