What's the object of the game?

[tzor]

No Man has gone before.

That's why Captain Kirk always had to ask Lt. Uhura for directions.
No "man" had gone before, but the ladies went there all the time.

Well at least it wasn't as bad as Captain Picard allways getting his First Officer killed whenever he commanded everyone on the bridge to "Fire at Will."

 

[diaglo]

Oops. That's right. Females as PCs didn't come in till AD&D1. There was only one female in OD&D, and she was sacraficed, nude, on an altar.

Quasqueton

i still love the cover of Supplement III Eldritch Wizardry

 

[Ottergame]

Don't forget the whores and the serving winches. This was before evil drow sorcereresses, mind you.

 

[FireLance]

Yup, as many people have said, the main idea is to have fun.

Some people have fun by "building up" a character. It's kind of like gardening, in a way.

Some people have fun by playing heroic characters that save the world, or doing other things that they wouldn't be able to (or dare to) in real life.

Some others have fun by dreaming up new and different worlds, complicated plots and devious NPCs.

I'm sure other posters will be able to supply more ways to have fun.

 

[dream66_]

I'm real bad about just going a couple of sessions and then at the end saying, Ok, you each gain one level. We just don't bother with things that require you to spend XP (high level magics and item creation) so it never comes up.

 

[Henry]

Don't forget the whores and the serving winches. This was before evil drow sorcereresses, mind you.

No, the Wenches used the Winches to get the food to the customers on the top floor.

The goal of D&D, much like the goal of this message board, is to have fun. Whether it be by playing deep immersion roleplay in character, to use and argue every bit of rules minutiae, or whether it's to swill beverages and eat pretzels, and blow off steam about how much work sucked that week. Whatever nets you and your group the most enjoyment, is the objective of the game. The game system is loose enough to let all of these goals happen.

 

[Cor Azer]

This would be an apt place for the Conan quote ending about the "lamentations of their women." Alas, I have had too little caffeine today and I cannot recall it fully.

So, I'll be blah and say, "Have fun. Game on!"

 

[SinisterMinister]

This would be an apt place for the Conan quote ending about the "lamentations of their women." Alas, I have had too little caffeine today and I cannot recall it fully.

So, I'll be blah and say, "Have fun. Game on!"

If you can't remember a quote, there's always IMDB:

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!"

 

[Squire James]

"To explore strange, new worlds. To seek out new life, new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before."

Actually, I really like this goal.

Quasqueton

Take out the last sentence, and add "To kill them and loot their stuff."

 

[milotha]

The purpose of role playing is to have fun

I've always viewed role playing as more akin to a collectively written story. The GM and players all get together and determine the protagonists, antagonists, and setting. Then the plot is resolved through play. I've always thought that this is one of the reasons that railroading doesn't work. If I just wanted to be passive in my own fantasy world, I would read a book.