Re: NERD FEST

[Guest guest]

I've played D & D for probably 20 years now. It has sort of a bad rep and it has changed in its latest incarnation in that it is easier to play evil characters than it used to. However, I always found that it could also be a training aid, so to speak, for good as well. I've never played evil characters myself and a good Dungeon Master will make sure that evil characters don't have an easy life. That is to say that the evil characters should be shunned or looked on with fear and mistrust by most people, whereas heroes will be accepted and welcomed almost everywhere, except by criminals of course.

Pretty much any race except half-orcs could be Aspies. I've never played one specifically a character as having AS, but they all are basically my personality, so perhaps I have. My preferred character classes are Paladins and Mages. Lately though I've been playing fighter/mage builds focussing on ranged combat rather than hand to hand, and using spells when possible to avoid fighting. Usually I try to avoid fighting other humans unless they are very evil, but evil monsters or just dangerous neutral ones just plain get it.

Another thing I do is to add sort of a merchant feel to the campaigns. I'll usually have my character have craft, appraise and diplomacy skills so that they can make better merchants to sell goods they acquire or make themselves.

I hope things go well with your mother.