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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 275002" data-attributes="member: 158">I figured I'd post an update of sorts here myself...My wife played D&D for the first time last night. She wanted a human/big dog hybrid, sort of a half-woman/half-saint bernard, who was a powerful warrior, but not a "weapon master" type; and so, with a little judicious tweaking of the half-orc template, a Level 1 Half-Dog Ranger was born.Her stats rolled on 4d6 drop lowest were:18 - assigned to strength16 - assigned to dex10 - assigned to cha14 - assigned to wis15 - assigned to con12 - assigned to intI watched this amazing set of stats materialize right before my eyes! Why the heck is it  that the FIRST TIMERS get stuff like this??? <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />so, armed with two "huge paul hogan-style knives" (short swords) and a sling, she set off in search of two orcs who burned down a small village. She got a simple tutorial in using skills, and spotted the two orcs hiding in the forest. She took each of them down in three rounds, total.later, she was rescuing a unicorn from several orcs and one really nasty orcish butcher, who wanted the unicorn for unsavory purposes, hidden in an abandoned mine. She took her first dungeon crawl quite well. I introduced all the basics (saving throws against traps, breaking down doors, listening for distant noises, etc.)All in all, she enjoyed it thoroughly. She got to do a little role-play, and plenty of descriptive combat, which she enjoyed immensely. She wants to play again soon - I will probably see if her sister and sister's boyfriend want to play too, to give her a little bit of party dynamic.One sidenote: In two thirty-minute scenarios, I saw FIVE verified critical hits by her with short swords. FIVE! Note to self: steal wife's dice on periodic basis... </blockquote>

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