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<blockquote data-quote="threshel" data-source="post: 1614255" data-attributes="member: 5164"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />That was simply nostalgic.&nbsp; I'm still smiling.Long ago, and not so far away, I received the Vaunted Red Box Set and within: B1 - The Keep on the Borderlands.&nbsp; After being run through it by a friend, and finding the experience instantly addictive, I conspired to bring my younger brother into the fold.&nbsp; I cajoled, begged, pleaded, and generally bugged him to make a character.&nbsp; All of this type of attention must have been a novel thing for my brother, who typically was the one doing the bugging.&nbsp; Eventually, he relented.&nbsp; A mighty hero was rolled up, and into the Keep he went.You can see where this is going, right?&nbsp; I mean, I had only played the game once, I was 12, he was 7.&nbsp; So not knowing anything about DMing, or what it means to have *more* than one player, he walked boldly in and was faced with his first decision: left, or right?He chose left, and was immediately confronted with his first Orc.&nbsp; The kind that looked like pig-headed men, with none of this fur and great-axe business.&nbsp; He drew, it snarled, and we rolled initiative.&nbsp; The Orc won.&nbsp; It didn't use a weapon, it simply balled up its fist and struck.&nbsp; I rolled max damage, 4 I think, and we checked it against my brother's PC's hit points.He had 4.&nbsp; One dead PC.&nbsp; He had literally been in the Keep for 5 minutes.&nbsp; My brother didn't look as if he was enjoying it very much.OK, I said, lets try this again.&nbsp; I figured the lose-init-get-hit-for-max-damage combo wouldn't happen again, and I said as much.&nbsp; With some hope, he said OK.Again, our hero enters the Keep, again he chooses Left, again he faces the Orc.&nbsp; He drew, it snarled, and we rolled initiative.&nbsp; The Orc won.&nbsp; It hit, and I rolled damage:&nbsp; max damage, 4 points.&nbsp; Dead PC.My brother has never played since.&nbsp; I've been a RBDM *ever* since.&nbsp; Only now I know about things like making a game fun, and fudging dice (although I never, ever fudge dice <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />).Some people remember their first character.&nbsp; I don't.&nbsp; I remember my first DMing experience, such as it was.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="threshel, post: 1614255, member: 5164"] :D That was simply nostalgic. I'm still smiling. Long ago, and not so far away, I received the Vaunted Red Box Set and within: B1 - The Keep on the Borderlands. After being run through it by a friend, and finding the experience instantly addictive, I conspired to bring my younger brother into the fold. I cajoled, begged, pleaded, and generally bugged him to make a character. All of this type of attention must have been a novel thing for my brother, who typically was the one doing the bugging. Eventually, he relented. A mighty hero was rolled up, and into the Keep he went. You can see where this is going, right? I mean, I had only played the game once, I was 12, he was 7. So not knowing anything about DMing, or what it means to have *more* than one player, he walked boldly in and was faced with his first decision: left, or right? He chose left, and was immediately confronted with his first Orc. The kind that looked like pig-headed men, with none of this fur and great-axe business. He drew, it snarled, and we rolled initiative. The Orc won. It didn't use a weapon, it simply balled up its fist and struck. I rolled max damage, 4 I think, and we checked it against my brother's PC's hit points. He had 4. One dead PC. He had literally been in the Keep for 5 minutes. My brother didn't look as if he was enjoying it very much. OK, I said, lets try this again. I figured the lose-init-get-hit-for-max-damage combo wouldn't happen again, and I said as much. With some hope, he said OK. Again, our hero enters the Keep, again he chooses Left, again he faces the Orc. He drew, it snarled, and we rolled initiative. The Orc won. It hit, and I rolled damage: max damage, 4 points. Dead PC. My brother has never played since. I've been a RBDM *ever* since. Only now I know about things like making a game fun, and fudging dice (although I never, ever fudge dice ;)). Some people remember their first character. I don't. I remember my first DMing experience, such as it was. :) J [/QUOTE]

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