experiences with D&D

[Deathnid]

My mates and i started playing pathfinder a while back and i thought id ask the hive about their experiences and shinanigans with the game (or 3.5, whatever). I know we get up to some awesome mishief, we played today and it was hella fun. The GM was having a wierd day and replaced half the npc's name to harry potter characters and threw in a couple infernal contracts that everybody failed to read. Such fun. Anyway, shoot. Any crazy scenarios, stupidly overpowered character builds? Share your Knowledge (pathfinder)(int).

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Pathfinder is so much fun. It really is how I would have wanted for 4th Edition to turn out, but I suppose that'll always be a touchy subject of sorts. Anyway, it's been a while since I last played it, tryng to get into 2nd Edition Dark Heresy instead/in addition to.

I'm kind of anal about whom I play with, and knowing what kind of game they're expecting. That is, a relatively serious RPG-experience or something more frivolous. That said, some of my best D&D momemts come from ridiculous plot derailment, despite the GM's best effort to keep things sensical. I remember one adventure that started with us having to hunt down an evil sorcerer, and when we finally found him, ended up joining forces with him. This was because our elven rogue, who as a new player had made several errors during character creation, was hellbent on finding a spell that would let him change his eye color. The sorcerer offered his help, but at the cost of burning down the friendly village that has given us the task in the first place. A ridiculous premise, but a helluva lot fun.

[robomummy]

I built a level 20 possession inquisitor who could possess people when he was knocked unconscious, our party fought a terrasque. it knocked me out and I possessed it, then a spellcaster in our group cast permanency. I now have a level 20 Inquisitor in the body of the most powerful creature in the pathfinder universe.

Also I have a friend who created a rogue/barbarian who could backstab people with a battle-axe.

[Evan Quinn]

Look up synthesis + summoner. Build yourself tank or dps monster (sneak + 6 arms + no weapons = more damage then any build ever at level 5 and it just gets better) healer wise go oracle for some good times

Also if your looking for a challenge look up rappan athuk for path finder it will teach you how much skill you actually have for Dnd

Evan~

[WestRider]

D&D got me through a lot of really rough times back in college. It was so much easier getting through some of those weeks when I thought about the fact that, come Saturday, I'd get to lay the smackdown on some Frost Giants with a warhammer. Or whatever, we had several campaigns running at various times over the course of a couple of years.

Our main DM liked getting really narrative, especially with Fumbles and Crits, and we got some great moments out of those, like when our Monk tried to run up a wall, fumbled, and then rolled a nat 20 for the "followup roll" that T used, so it was ruled that he'd actually kicked straight through the stone wall instead of running up it.

He also liked running really epic stories, so by the time we were 12-14th level or so, we'd already personally angered a demigod, and survived the fallout.

It's really all about the people you're rolling with. You play with good folks, you're gonna have fun. You get stuck in a group with a bunch of douchebags and it'll be terrible.

[Deathnid]

I concur. Pathfinder is great, at the moment im playing a elven ranger/gunslinger with the skirmisher archtype (thinking of adapting in guide as well since i dont come across favored enemies enough and with the -3 to the animal companions hit dice for being a ranger and multiclassing 7 lvls of gunslinger he just dies all the time). Building characters is by far my favorite part of pathfinder, just finding those perfect combos and synergies is so fun. I have built a dervish dancing magus for a friend from here docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1DB6sOfbAzFmKVPgcyLWipTVqvWFjfDSv6v_YiGQb5Yw&pli=1 . 10d6 intensified shocking grasp kills. We are about to play a pirate campain and i have built a couple characters for it. A sylph rogue-scout/swashbuckler on lookout and a sverphenblin? Drunken master with 26 AC. My mates have made some... interesting players too, like a shark riding cavalier and a titan mauler "draven" with spinning axesand everything. Evan Quinn, i migt try that oracle for the pirates, we need a good healer. I have another friend (who plays tau) is going to make a catfolk spellslinger, and well probably have some form of alchemis on board too

[Evan Quinn]

okay
Mystery: Life
Curse: your pick.
Oracle Notes:
Item: Phylactery of positive/negative channeling
General Item: Wand of Create pit (look for higher level of spell when looking for the wand) add gloves of storing to be able to pull it on the fly = just evil
Wand Cure Light wounds (starting off at level 1 so you can keep your channels for bigger group heals

Feats:
Selective Channeling: allows you to select who takes the channel
Reach Spell: allows you to change spell cast distance of touch spells

[Deathnid]

Oh jeez, sounds potent