Two Truths and a Lie

[MerricB]

Fact 1: My first D&D character was called Cirrem.

Fact 2: The biggest session I ever GMed was for 13 people, none of which had dice.

Fact 3: I have bought and played both the World of Warcraft boardgame, and the TCG, but have never played the computer game.

The Lie: [sblock]Fact 1. Cirrem only exists as a character concept - I've never used him in a game.[/sblock]

Cheers!

 

[wingsandsword]

1. I've had a player drive 6 hours every other weekend to play in my game, because she couldn't find a GM in her new home state she liked as well as me.

2. I played a home-brewed Fighter/Psionicist hybrid class during a 2e game that was essentially the 3.x Psychic Warrior.

3. I've had a character undergo divine ascension as a way of having a GM eject me from a game.

The Lie:
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It was actually a friend who played the proto-Psychic Warrior. All of us in that game were all pleasantly amused when it became a main psionic character type in 3.x though.
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[Zaruthustran]

1. I rolled my first character, Falthou the Halfling, in an OD&D game my elder siblings dragged me into because one of their friends didn't show up. I was in 1st grade at the time.

2. Over the next 25+ years of gaming, I've spent more hours playing in 1:1 sessions (one player, one DM) than in group sessions. Mostly due to nonstop marathon sessions during middle school summer vacation.

3. I once lugged 15+ pounds of minis, rulebooks, and dice into the mountains on a camping trip just so I could DM a game around a campfire.

The Lie: 3. I made the players carry the gaming gear.

-z

 

[CharlesRyan]

1. My daughter roller her first d20 at the age of 5 months. Full attack against a Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath (which is frankly far too high a CR for a child of that age). Missed with both shots.

2. I met my wife in an Earthdawn playtest.

3. I once went on a rescue mission in a swamp while Monte Cook fended off aligators with a broom handle.

The lie:

Spoiler

2. It was really a Deadlands playtest.

 

[Piratecat]

Okay, dish. What were you rescuing?

 

[pawsplay]

1. I am the worst recorded tournament archer in the history of my local LARP group.
2. I played Synabarr. My character was a born demigod half-lizardman/half-Amazon.
3. I am still a virgin.

Lie:

Spoiler

Number 3 is a lie. I have three children, with one more on the way, and my college and dropout days are fairly notorious.

I used to be a fair archer as a teenager, but my LARP uses padded arrows I despise so much I've never bothered to learn them. Consequently, every time I enter a mandatory qualifying tourney, my performance is nothing short of amazing. I used to also have the worst recorded throwing arm for daggers and spellballs, but was surpassed years ago.

My Synabarr character, in a feat of ironic die rolling, had the requisite 20s for being a born demigod, but failed to qualify for both the Golden Tiger Mage and Ninja classes. When I rerolled, I got Lizardman and Amazon instead. She majored in Chemistry, because in Synabarr, that makes you smarter.

 

[Snapdragyn]

1) Inspired by D&D, I took fencing in college. My instructor was so impressed with my form that he had me demonstrating to the class & asked if I'd ever considered competing.

2) Although a housecat almost killed my 1st level paladin once, I've fended off an alligator IRL.

3) I've traveled to 5 continents & played at least 1 session of D&D in all but one of them.

Details & The Lie:

Spoiler

1) TRUE: He changed his mind mid-way through the course when we started on the mats, however -- turns out I have ZERO combat instinct despite the great form. Perhaps I'll try tai chi someday.

2) TRUE: The gator was about 5' & more curious than aggresive; I bopped it on the snout with my walking stick & it backed away. The cat, OTOH, had my paladin down to 1 hp.

3) LIE: I've only gamed in North America -- the travel has all been for birding.

 

[Wik]

3. I once lugged 15+ pounds of minis, rulebooks, and dice into the mountains on a camping trip just so I could DM a game around a campfire.

-z

Is that a typo? I mean, were it 150, I can understand. But 15? Hell, I carry that to school everyday.

 

[CharlesRyan]

Okay, dish. What were you rescuing?

Credit cards and passports. Fortunately they didn't drift far from the shore, though they were under a dock in complete darkness. And the alligator about 12 feet away was sufficiently intimidated by Monte's broom-wielding to high-tail it away.

 

[Wik]

Credit cards and passports. Fortunately they didn't drift far from the shore, though they were under a dock in complete darkness. And the alligator about 12 feet away was sufficiently intimidated by Monte's broom-wielding to high-tail it away.

I'm sure there's a joke there to be made, but I'm not man enough to make it (he has a BROOM, after all!)