January 7th, 2005
NOTE FROM DAVE:
AD&D, or Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, is an extremely
popular role-playing game produced by TSR.
It can be extremely complex, and be played for hours
or days on end by true enthusiasts.
popular role-playing game produced by TSR.
It can be extremely complex, and be played for hours
or days on end by true enthusiasts.
The Top 10 Signs
You’re Playing Too Much AD&D
You’re Playing Too Much AD&D
10> You haven’t gone to the bathroom for two days because you can’t roll enough initiative.
9> You like to sleep with your Balroggedy Ann doll.
8> The fame and fortune you’ve earned with your advanced gaming skills are attracting too many lust-crazed supermodels.
7> Your response to an Orc attack is the same as losing an important client: “Krogan mighty! Krogan smash puny foes!”
6> Your kitchen table collapses from the accumulated weight of the lead figurines comprising the Battle of Duggs Kich’ynn.
5> You can’t understand how the school bully beat you up right after you scored a direct hit with a lightning spell.
4> Your version of the events: “My famous wall-climbing ability was thwarted by the orc’s use of a powerful mage spell from Gandalf himself.” The police version: “We plucked this weirdo, screaming like a little girl, off the top of a six-foot ladder!”
3> For the last time, your boss is not the “Dungeon Master” and you are not one of his “minions.”
2> Your conversation with the hottie at the bar ends when you start explaining how you killed all the other competitors with your impossible dungeon.
and the Number 1 Sign You’re Playing Too Much AD&D…
1> Two words: chainmail boxers.
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Credits:
Selected from 36 submissions from 10 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 1, 8
Laura Oberst, Columbus, OH — 2, 5
Alan Rea, Kalamazoo, MI — 3, 10
Arnold Gugarty Worcester, MA — 4
Doug Crews, Oceanside, CA — 6, 7
Vilyehm Teighlore, Tucson, AZ — 9
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — Dungeon Master