D&D General LA Times: D&D nerds (like me) are donning virtual armor and venturing online amid pandemic

[LordEntrails]

It's nice to see another positive mainstream media article about D&D:

Column: D&D nerds (like me) are donning virtual armor and venturing online amid pandemic

Online services such as Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 provide virtual tabletops for D&D gamers to meet online and stage adventures.

www.latimes.com

There was a time when a deadly pandemic wouldn’t have bothered me in the least. I’d have cast a protection spell to keep myself and others safe. If anyone got sick, a cleric would remedy things with his or her healing powers.

Hi, I’m David. I’m a D&D nerd.

At least I was, years ago, throughout college and a bit beyond.

I’ve been thinking about the many hours of escapist fun Dungeons & Dragons gave me and my circle of writers, actors, artists and musicians who gathered most weekends to imagine ourselves as heroic fantasy figures battling evil and collecting treasure.

 

[R_J_K75]

I want to make a stealth check to steal his book cases. Those look nice, and expensive. I probably couldn't even get them into the door of my house they look so big,

 

[Aaron L]

It's always nice to seem them spell it correctly, with an ampersand (rather than the word "and.")