Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop role-playing game that has had a tremendous history; it is in essentials the first fantasy roleplaying game created for the mass market, created by Gary Gygax in 1974 as an adaption of military strategy games. There are been four editions of the game so far; its latest edition, 4th Edition (normally shortened to 4e) is under the helm of Wizards of the Coast, and enjoys popularity among newcomers to the RPG genre and those that have acclimated to the field on MMORPG games.
The game consists of several dice, ranging from 4-sided (d4) up to 20-sided; a game board or an online simulator (such as OpenRPG) miniatures to represent monsters or players; and character sheets representing each character and his/her stats. Players take the role of a character, which can be created from a very large variety of races (human, elf, half-orc, dwarf, among many many others) and character classes or roles (Ranger, Warlock, Druid, Fighter, Monk, and so on). Each game is also spearheaded by a Dungeon Master, who is a sort of referee and also the story creator of each campaign; he does not participate in the story as a character, however. It is the job of each player to, as a team, solve puzzles, act as their character during roleplaying sections, and fight enemies, all of them set up for them by the DM.
Combat between the characters and the monster encounters that the DM creates are determined on a grid and solved by a series of dice rolls, depending on the situation. A d20 is used extremely often; it is the basis of all skill checks both in and out of combat, as well as attack checks.
D&D sessions are held every Monday and Friday evening, and normally DM'ed by Bane or Colmarr. Currently Bane is running a campaign while Colmarr develops his setting further.
Characters
| Player | Character | Class | Race | Level | STR | CON | DEX | INT | WIS | CHA | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcLight | Erdan | Ranger | Elf | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 8 | Active |
| Hepper | Sir Roderick | Fighter | Human | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Retired |
| Keshling | Lord Keshlington | Fighter | Human | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 8 | Deceased |
| Raktus | Bane | Warlock | Revenant Tifling | 3 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | Retired |
| Keshling | Graybeard | Cleric | Dwarf | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | Deceased |
| Colmarr | Fafnir Steelshield | Fighter | Dwarf | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 | Deceased |
| Keshlington | Thava | Paladin | Dragonborn | 3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | Active |
| Zack | Theron Blackwood | Runepriest | Longtooth Shifter | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 8 | Active |
| Colmarr | Roland | Invoker | Githzerai | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 8 | Active |
| Option | Adrian Belnades | Sorcerer | Half Elf | 3 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 19 | Active |
| Storm | Molly Maple | Warlock | Human | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 8 | Active |