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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maggot" data-source="post: 1405317" data-attributes="member: 1005">My bad experiences were all with 2E D&D for some reason.- Playing a first level dwarf fighter in a group that included a gold dragon and a kender.  A kender you say, no not those kenders, in this world kenders always made their saves, had an extra 8d8 hit points (cause of luck) and had that THACO of fighters.  The DM didn't have any books so he made up stuff.  I read a scroll of summon monster (yes, I was a fighter) and it conjured some 4-armed demon that destroyed an entire dungeon of monsters and returned with my treasure: two +3 axes (yes, I fought two handed, doesn't everyone) and a potion that raised every stat to 25.  And I was still first level.  Luckily, the DM gave me another poition that gave me a permanent +100 hit points.  Actually, luckily I never went back after that first game.- Playing a first-level dwarf cleric (I seem to get in trouble if I play a dwarf) where the DM assigned all my stats for me: 18s across the board, maybe one 17 in charisma or something.  And then we fought mummies.  Like five of them.  No magic weapons, just torches.  Somehow, we won, and I slowly died of mummy rot.- Not a dwarf this time, but a first level ranger.  A 2E ranger again with stats assigned by the DM, but this time woefully average.  The other characters in the party included an archer with an 18 dex and a elf-wizard that used a spell point system that effectively meant he never ran out of magic missiles.  And the foes were all flying.  Our first encounter was a freaking ice dragon, that the elf-magic-missile guy killed single handedly while the rest of us hid.  The elf got all the XP, and gained two levels and now (because of the house rule spell point system) could cast an endless barage of 2nd level spells as well as first level spell.s- Finally, I played a 10th level bard.  Or at least that is what I thought I would play, and I rolled him up.  Then the DM said a 10th level bard (2E bard) was too much, and he lowered me to 7th level.  Then I joined the party of 12-16th level munchkins and watched them fight each other instead of the foes.  Never returned.From these four lessons, I learned something: Never, ever, under any circustances give people your real name or phone number if you play in a game advertised on a game store flyer.  After the first session, you can bail or stay, but if you give them your real name, you may not be able to run.</blockquote>

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