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Plenty of stuff going on, more of less low-key. This week's only four days long and has game nights on two of those week nights, creating a pretty busy atmosphere for me. I wrapped up another World of Warcraft paper and pencil RPG night yesterday and tomorrow's the return of the D&D game.
I'm playing a Rogue in Warcraft, and the breakdown's almost identical to D&D. Sneak Attack's gotta catch someone flatfooted or flank. I've found that I've been almost useless so far, because I either really have nothing to hide at or the enemies have been amazing at detecting my presence. It's just the rolls, but those are the breaks. There's also the fact that it's a new DM and a new assistant DM, and they dig their plot, with what they imagine the resolution's going to be. He's trying not to railroad; you can see the gears turning in his head when we do something that could drive the game off track. I proposed a diplomatic/bluff solution to one problem and succeeded right up to the point where it would have any kind of effect and got a 'Well, you convinced them, but they're still not leaving.', at which point we just gunned them down.
I don't know if that's going to be how it goes down the whole time. I'd like to talk with him to see if he's conscious of how it appears, but ultimately, it's his game. Social scenarios and skill checks are almost always the D&D problem child, so I'm interested in how that goes. I'm the social guy, and I was planning on taking a class called 'Infiltrator', so my enjoyment kind of hinges on that.
The other thing is that I got my FFXI account back and working, which is nice. It basically turns some of my free time to MMO time, which is slightly less social then I've been in the past, but I've missed doing that kind of thing. There've been some changes to the game, including a cap at level 80. I don't really forsee this sucking up my whole life, since I don't really even have the attention span to play for long periods even when I want to. So, uh, just a hobby. I don't even have a 75 yet.
I'm playing a Rogue in Warcraft, and the breakdown's almost identical to D&D. Sneak Attack's gotta catch someone flatfooted or flank. I've found that I've been almost useless so far, because I either really have nothing to hide at or the enemies have been amazing at detecting my presence. It's just the rolls, but those are the breaks. There's also the fact that it's a new DM and a new assistant DM, and they dig their plot, with what they imagine the resolution's going to be. He's trying not to railroad; you can see the gears turning in his head when we do something that could drive the game off track. I proposed a diplomatic/bluff solution to one problem and succeeded right up to the point where it would have any kind of effect and got a 'Well, you convinced them, but they're still not leaving.', at which point we just gunned them down.
I don't know if that's going to be how it goes down the whole time. I'd like to talk with him to see if he's conscious of how it appears, but ultimately, it's his game. Social scenarios and skill checks are almost always the D&D problem child, so I'm interested in how that goes. I'm the social guy, and I was planning on taking a class called 'Infiltrator', so my enjoyment kind of hinges on that.
The other thing is that I got my FFXI account back and working, which is nice. It basically turns some of my free time to MMO time, which is slightly less social then I've been in the past, but I've missed doing that kind of thing. There've been some changes to the game, including a cap at level 80. I don't really forsee this sucking up my whole life, since I don't really even have the attention span to play for long periods even when I want to. So, uh, just a hobby. I don't even have a 75 yet.
