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SPECIAL THANKS I would like to thank all those who participated and helped create this book. All the players as well as BC Comics for allowing the use of photos from their Dungeons & Dragons game night. JOHN FAY EMILY HOUSE DARIAN WOLFE MADI PHILLIPS JORDAN KWIATKOWSKI AMY AUBERT MARC GILMORE TITO KAUMEHEIWA PAUL DAROCZY AMBER GOEBBEL JESSE HAMBY DYLYN LUTTERMOSER BC COMICS COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
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The Goblin is Having and Existential Crisis is a curated collection of Dungeons & Dragons dice, that was collected through the players of the game. Each pair of dice was collected from a D&D player along with their personal story and input on the game and what it has done for them. D&D was seen as an occult following of geek culture however, it strengthened the social and creativity skills of society. D&D can benefit anyone who plays it because it encourages social interaction, strategic thinking, and exploring creativity and imagination. The game is created through impromptu acting and fantasy storytelling that allow players to imagine, explore, and create new stories and ideas that fuels the creative mind.
With use of mythology, renaissance, dungeons, etc. came the stigma. Many people who play D&D are perceived as nerdy kids that never grew up, that they are escaping something, and a part of a cult. In the 1980’s the game was seen as Satanist acts with a cult based system. However, it was never about a cult or Satan but rather the fun of the game. The game challenges players resourcefulness and imaginations with their friends in a group social setting. Much like normal conversation with friends but with a fantasy game added. Dungeons & Dragons is an experience that more people should try, especially those with in the creative fields. The game makes you think differently, look at problems in new ways, strategize, or just improvisation to solve a puzzle.
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D&D established a model of entertainment where story isn’t just made with predetermined outcomes. It is something that can be shaped and expanded on as long as there is enthusiasm and imagination. D&D is the precursor to all forms of entertainment like videogames, TV, movies, books. It all started with turning mythology into an interactive and ever expanding game.
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Dungeons & Dragons grew out of the fortuitous meeting of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Gamers back in the 60s and 70s often named their gaming groups, a bit like acting troupes or biker gangs. Gary Gygax, for example, was involved in a group called the Castle & Crusade Society. The society had ranks and peerage, exactly like a medieval realm. The “king”, ironically, was a 14-year-old, but there was also a certain baron from Minneapolis named Dave Arneson. The evolution of the D&D itself began with Chainmail, a game written by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren to simulate medieval combat. However, at the end of the game, there was a 14-page supplement describing the application of the rules to fantasy. The fantasy supplement provided rules for magic swords, monsters, and spells with names like “Lightning” and “Fireball.” When Dave Arneson read the Chainmail fantasy rules, he adapted them to a fantasy world of his own creation, Blackmoor – a setting inspired by the Lord of the Rings universe combined with elements of Arneson’s own imagination and various mechanics pulled from other games. The premise was simple: players would portray only a single character (an idea he lifted from a game called Braunstein) and would explore underground dungeons where they would face perils and puzzles. Both the characters and the story would persist from session to session, with characters working cooperatively and improving over time.
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ONCE UPON A TIME… In the fall of 1972, Arneson drove down to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin from Minneapolis to run Blackmoor for Gary Gygax. Gygax was blown away by the game, and within weeks requested the rules from Arneson. He was mailed 18 hand-written pages. Gygax took them and expanded them to fifty pages, and began testing the game with his children, Ernie & Elise. Gygax named the campaign he was running Castle Greyhawk. Soon, Gary & Dave had codified all their ideas and experiences into a ruleset they titled Dungeons & Dragons. It would prove to be a revolution.
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Dungeons & Dragons was published by a company named TSR, in a magical realm named Wisconsin, where the hills roll like green waves to the horizon, where the cheese is the bright orange of the sunrise, and the winters are long and dark as death. Dungeons & Dragons was created by a brace of midwestern mages named Gary and Dave, and the tale of the game’s journey from a Lake Geneva basement in 1972 to the cultural institution it is today is one of the great stories of gaming.
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Ironically, D&D was unable to find a publisher, so Gygax decided to publish it himself, forming Tactical Studies Rules Inc (or TSR) to publish the game. D&D sold 150 copies in its first month, and by summer, TSR ordered another 1,000 copies. For the first years of its existence, the game was difficult to find, and because of that, pirate photocopies of the rules proliferated. (The game also cost $10, which was considered an exorbitant amount of money at the time for a game, which may also have had something to do with all the intellectual property theft.)
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THE BIRTH OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS D&D is a game where anything can happen and players have total freedom of action. Furthermore, the timeframe of the game is literally infinite. A game could go on for ten, twenty, or even a hundred years if not limited by the lifespans of the players. Better yet, the players’ characters would improve every session, growing in power and knowledge. These features would combine to make the game a smash-hit.
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THE DEATH & RESURRECTION OF D&D It’s a story that isn’t all that unfamiliar: a small creative company becomes a large corporate entity and with it comes boardroom drama (think Apple). Like Steve Jobs, Gary Gygax was forced out of the company he founded and made successful, TSR. There were legal battles over the next decade as TSR would attempt to stop Gygax from creating a competing roleplaying game. It was undoubtedly a frustrating, and painful time for Gygax. Luke Gygax, Gary’s son, said his father felt, “anger and disbelief” during this period.
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Like many companies who eschewed their creative founder, the new management engaged in a number of extremely questionable business practices, and in hindsight, those business decisions would ultimately lead to the downfall of TSR. In the early 90s, TSR felt market pressure to innovate thanks to the rise of games like Vampire: The Masquerade. They began to experiment with CDROMs, games with CDs, games with videotapes, etc. It was all very exciting, but also very expensive. They found a unique, but ultimately unsound, method of funding it. Random House, TSR’s distributor, paid them for product not when it was sold to bookstores, but when it arrived at Random House’s warehouse. Therefore, if TSR shipped a lot of product, Random House would pay them for it. (Yes, Random House could return product for a refund, but when sales were good, this wasn’t a problem.) This money could then be used to finance things like a CD-ROM of the D&D rules. This structure would lead to overprinting, and TSR failing to pay their printer. Because TSR’s debt to their printer eventually became quite substantial, the company signed a contract agreeing to only print books with them. The printer, having a monopoly on TSR’s business, began to increase their rates.
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In 1996, Random House returned millions of dollars of worth of TSR product. Thirty employees were let go from TSR right before Christmas. In the new year, the printer announced they would not publish any more TSR products until they received payment on their debt. TSR, it seemed, was doomed. Their distributor was returning millions of dollars worth of product, and the printer, whom they were required by contract to use for their printing, was refusing to print anything else. It seemed likely that TSR would be dismembered, and the fate of Dungeons & Dragons, and possibly even roleplaying itself, hung in the balance. Then a white wizard rode in from the west.
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Abramowitz approached Wizards’ CEO Peter Adkison about buying TSR, as long as Wizards was willing to also buy Five Rings Publishing. Adkison, for whom owning D&D would be a dream come true, agreed. This would keep D&D in the hands of gamers, and out of the clutches of a large corporation, at least for a while. Despite buying an ailing company ridden with debt, the purchase worked out well for Wizards. Adkison said, “We were able to turn D&D into a profitable line within just three months.” New Dungeons & Dragons books were being put on store shelves. For the next few years, they would even continue to have the TSR logo on them, along with Wizards of course.
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Adkison’s sense of justice would pay dividends. Luke Gygax, Gary’s son who runs Gary Con, a convention in Lake Geneva devoted to honoring the memory of his late father, said, “If D&D had to move outside my family’s control, Peter was a great person to assume the mantle.”
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As the new owner of Dungeons & Dragons, Peter Adkison set out to make things right with Gary Gygax, the co-creator of D&D who had nearly been sued into oblivion by the prior management of TSR. Adkison, instead of suing Gygax, said he, “wrote checks to Gary Gygax, his ex-wife, and Dave Arneson in exchange for a clean bill of health on the intellectual property [Dungeons & Dragons].” It was a complete flip in Gygax’s treatment. But why? Adkison recalled, “Perhaps this wasn’t strictly necessary, but there were many hard feelings among old-school gamers that Gary and Dave had both been cheated.”
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Wizards of the Coast published Magic: The Gathering, and since its release in 1993, the game had grown by leaps and bounds, leaving Wizards flush with cash.
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Intelligence, and Charisma), and the ubiquitous character classes would all be present in the game. Players would portray characters who would go on to explore dungeons, and likely fight dragons. But they would do so, hopefully, with more heroism and drama, and less flipping through the rules for contradictory minutia.
A 3rd edition had been in the works for some time. Back at TSR, there had been work on a 3rd edition, and Wizards CEO Peter Adkison announced internally that Wizards would be producing a third edition a mere day after the staff learned of the purchase of TSR.
The game, when released in 2000, proved to be a great success. Fans saw that Wizards understood and loved D&D, and the game, designed by Monte Cook, Skip Williams, and Jonathan Tweet, is still played by gamers today, although the back of the book might not say “D&D 3rd Edition.”
The goal of D&D’s 3rd edition was to create a game that still felt like D&D, but sloughed off the mish-mash of rules that had accumulated on the game over the past decades. The six core statistics (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom,
How is that possible? It’s thanks to an incredible innovation in the world of RPGs, though the decision to unleash it may have been financially costly for Wizards of the Coast.
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Having settled old employees of TSR in their new offices, made things right with Gary Gygax, the next thing for Wizards of the Coast to do with the newlyacquired Dungeons & Dragons property seemed obvious: make their mark on the game by releasing a new edition. At Gen Con 1999, they announced a 3rd edition of the game.
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SETTING D&D FREE The Open Gaming License (OGL) was the brainchild of Ryan Dancey. In 2000, Ryan Dancey was brand manager at Wizards of the Coast, and he decided that the best thing for the future of the game was to set it free. The OGL would allow other publishers to create adventures, settings, and other material using the D&D 3rd edition rules. The OGL led to a flood of material being produced for 3rd edition. TSR alum Jim Butler, who was working at Wizards at the time, said the OGL “truly super-charged the industry” and allowed gamers to “to scratch almost any itch” they might have. Gamers could play Call of Cthulhu, science fiction, modern spy thrillers, and superheroes, all while using some variation on the D&D 3rd edition rules.
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We’re now in a new age of D&D with the highly successful and well-received 5th edition. But the 3rd edition of D&D has been prevalent, at times dominant, and successful in the industry for the past 17 years. It may be the most successful ruleset for any RPG ever published. As a gamer looking at the industry in 2017, it is hard not to believe that while the OGL may have been bad for Wizards, it has been a huge boon for gaming as a whole. There are now countless flavors of D&D on the market, and when more good games are made, we all win.
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I confess, that as a young, impressionable teenager, I played Dungeons and Dragons and regularly listened to heavy metal music. My hair was long, and I wore a jean jacket bedecked in the names of rock groups. I used to ride my bicycle for miles to meet a group of similarly vulnerable young friends, where we would hunch over maps, rolling dice and imagining swordsmen, monsters, and buxom wenches. Today, my friends and I are tragically unsuccessful in life (those of us who survived), worshipping demonic forces, and unable to tell reality from fantasy.
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In the 1980’s, a group called Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons (BADD) was formed by the mother of a young teen lost to suicide. Because D&D was new on the social scene, was strange, unknown, and had unknown effects, the youth’s suicide was blamed on the role-playing game. A lawsuit against the makers of the game failed, so the well-intended concerns over the game’s danger went into the social realm.The group joined forces with a similarly-concerned psychiatrist, Thomas Radecki, MD, to raise social awareness of the dangers they perceived in this game. Because role-playing is sometimes used for therapeutic reasons, the role-playing in the game, involving violence, sexuality and fantasy, were believed to have an untoward effect on the youth who fell under its influence. Conservative Christian organizations joined forces with the campaign, and linked the influence of D&D with the dangerous immoral influence of heavy-metal music, which supposedly led young people into the arms of demonic influence. Worldwide, groups like BADD distributed information to police and the public, warning of the dangers of games such as D&D.
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My friends and I are engineers, lawyers, real estate agents, fathers, coaches, husbands, and partners. How did that happen? And why didn’t it happen the way we were warned? I distinctly recall catastrophic warnings that D&D would disturb our developing minds, that heavy metal music was destroying our souls and morals.
OH. WAIT. WE’RE NOT.
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The teen players of D&D grew old enough to advocate for themselves, forming groups to stand up to the purveyors of fear. Research showed that rates of suicide in registered players of roleplaying games was actually lower than the general population. Empirical research demonstrated that role-playing games had no measurable negative impact on psychological functioning, emotional measures or reality-testing. The leaders of BADD were shown to have exaggerated their credentials, and cherry-picked their data, using facts to their convenience and to feed their goals. In fact, Radecki, who claimed that D&D warped the morals of vulnerable adolescents was arrested (link is external)in 2013 for sexually exploiting his patients, trading Suboxone for sex. 35MI
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In the early 1990’s, the concern over D&D melded with the social fright over Satanic Ritual Abuse. Eight percent of the American population was alleged to be “secret Satanists,” and countless crimes, murders and suicides were blamed on the insidious influence of secret Satan-worshipping. Wild claims proliferated, that some games contained secret instructions on hacking (which actually led to the US Secret Service conducting a raid on one game manufacturer), and that D&D books were printed using ink containing secret Soviet mind-control chemicals.
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You approach Dante, What would you like to do? Thank him with food
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A couple of goblins gang up on you and knock you to the ground. A bright light bursts from above you killing the goblins. A half elf paladin emerges from the light and gives you shelter and safe passage…
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INTERACTION Pits of the Damned
You look at Freya, What would you like to do?
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HUMAN FIGHTER Nu • wool
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INTERACTION Pits of the Damned
You enter the ring, What would you like to do?
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ORC GUNSLINGER
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TITO KAUMEHEIWA INTERACTION Pits of the Damned
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INTERACTION Pits of the Damned
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DEMON ASSASSIN
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DYLAN LUTTERMOSER INTERACTION Pits of the Damned
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DEMON DARK KNIGHT
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SEAN CARBARY INTERACTION Pits of the Damned
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As you walk through ancient ruins along a mountain, an infernal pit from hell rips open from the ground. A powerful demon king crawls out from the pit and stares into your soul…
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A detailed look at each piece of loot you’ve found and what makes these gems so special to the fantasy folk.
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The pink dice have white swirls that lightly churn through the dice. The dice look very soft and have a flow to them. The engraved numbers are a glittering gold color which shows more personality and adds to the light hearted dice.
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JOHN’S DICE
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You knock out Nrevi. As you loot his pockets for valuables you find his dice‌
John only has two sets of dice to his collection but the pairs he has a very lucky. Before purchasing a set he tests their luck by rolling them a few times. This set rolled an 18,19, and 15 so John purchased them right away. Higher rolls means greater chance of success when playing Dungeons & Dragons John was intrigued by the design of the pink glittery dice that swirl like marble. He finds the color pink very controversial. Society considers it a very feminine color but John does not care for gender norms. He comprehends the color to represent happiness and fun-loving, which embodies himself and his character.
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These dice have a rainbow of colors in them. The solid colors go through the spectrum as the gradient changes from purple to red. In order for the numbers to have readability they are engraved in white. These dice stand for pride for her character and herself.
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EMILY’S DICE
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Sage grants your request for power and hands you a set of dice, they are rumored to read fate…
Emily House has enough dice sets to fill a whole one pound bag however, she mainly uses four to five sets at a time. This set of dice represent pride for Emily, specifically gay pride. Emily is part of the LGBTQA community and is a strong supporter of pride. She likes the rainbow colors witch accurately reflects herself and her character. As prideful and expressive the dice may be, the luck is “shit”. It’s about a 50/50 chance of success with most of her rolls which can lead to problematic outcomes in campaigns. As bad as they are Emily still likes to use them.
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The overall design of these dice are simple but effective. The color is Dragons & Dungeons classic red with a little translucency. They look like rubies as they shine and reflect in the light. The number engraving is also simple but has clear readability and high contrast.
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DARIAN’S DICE
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You run through the bandits campsite, as you vault over guards and tents you manage to steal some loot. Once you escape you rummage through your spoils…
Darian has at least five sets of dice currently. These ruby red dice are her favorite set because they were her first. She started playing Dungeons and Dragons with these dice and created many memories with them. Darian is captivated by these dice because of the translucent ruby color. The dice can sometimes roll streaks of natural 20’s, and other times they totally suck. But Darian still finds these dice to be special to her. They have been play-tested many times and have proved their worth.
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These dice are a unique set. They are made from metal instead of common plastic which gives the dice more of an organic textured as well as a weight. The color is a gun metal grey and the engraved numbers are purple. This gives the dice a pop of color that contrasts against the dark metal.
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MADI’S DICE
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You shoot an arrow at the tree next to Caelyn. The startled elf is impressed by your skill and gives you something…
Madi has three sets of dice total, and these metallic purple dice are her favorite. They are special to her because her father and sister bought them as a gift for Madi. They are a very unique set of dice because the material is a heavy weight metal with colored engravings. Luck wise, they are a solid 7.5 specifically. Madi was very adamant about the decimal value. She feels the dice represent her character because they are unique and different from regular dice. Likewise, her character does not fit into the stereotypical roles that she’s supposed to.
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JORDAN’S DICE
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Jordan has many sets of dice; approximately twenty sets. Initially he bought a bunch of sets to share so he can play with his friends. As he continued to play Dungeons & Dragons he started to buy dice for specific characters. Jordan is a big fan of Vincent Van Gogh and these dice resemble his Starry Night painting. He was immediately drawn to them. The dice roll very well, and have a high luck rating. They do not represent his character, rather his personal interests.
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Different shades and tones of blues swirl together in this pair of dice. It gives off the feeling of dreams, water, and sky as it flows. The numbers are engraved gold.
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Amy Aubert has an astounding 30+ sets of dice filling a two pound bag. Naturally she would have a large selection or unique dice and this set is no exception. The shape of this set is remarkable and beautiful. These dice are Amy’s newest set of dice. The dice are meant for a wizard character so Amy uses them for her character. This is the first wizard Amy has played in Dungeons and Dragons. The dice are very lucky; they make her succeed and fail at perfect timing. They also represent her character and Amy believes Freya would own these.
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This set of dice was very unusual but defiantly had character to them. Each die is different in design and are shaped in unique ways. The color is an opaque and translucent light blue. The textures on each die varies, and the numbers are engraved with a faint soft teal color.
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MARC’S DICE
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Marc has about eight sets of dice, but has lost some and has duplicates of others. The color combinations of blue and green are his favorite color combination, next to purple and gold. The colors remind Marc of flowing water and fluidity. His character is a fighter who is fluent in all forms of fighting and like water can adapt to different situations and strategies. Marc says that the dice still have some luck in them and can get some decent rolls. After playing games of Dungeons & Dragons players can notice when their dice’s luck has run out. This set has lasted Marc a while and are still going strong.
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This pair of dice is made up of four colors: green, blue, light blue, grey. The colors are speckled together to make a texture for the die that resembles camo. The numbers are a simple white color so they can be distinguished from the camo.
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Tito’s set is different from everyone else’s dice. Tito does not have a particular favorite set of dice, rather favorite dice for each occasion. He built this set by taking one die from each of his sets and uses them each. The white four-sided die is his favorite from the group because it is made from his birth stone, pearl. The dice represent Tito’s pirate character because he steals treasures from everyone he meets. Usually the first action he performs in every interaction is to check if they have loot, and then proceed to steal it. The dice are like stolen treasures coming from all different locations and people. However, the dice are still pretty lucky which works out for him, but sometimes it may vary.
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This set is a mixture of various other sets of dice mixed and matched together. The colors range from orange, red, blue, pink, white, and clear. The D20 in pink and blue mixed with speckles of red. Other dice have reflective surfaces, carvings, and clear plastics.
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Paul has four sets of dice but these being his favorite. These dice are the only lucky dice out of the rest of his sets, the others are all “trash”. Paul likes design over function and buys sets that look good to him but perform poorly. However, he does not see this as a disadvantage because he is happy with his dice. They represent his character Motrek because they are “boring” and moderately lucky. However, I do not think Motrek realizes how interesting he really is because his dice have unique characteristics and color patterns that make them curious.
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The texture on this set of dice is interesting. The black does not reflect light, while the silver shines like foil. The numbers are engraved with lime green.
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You steal Ceti’s dice right out of her pockets! Look them over to examine their worth on the black market...
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Amber has a total of five sets of dice. Out of those this set is her favorite because it was the first pair she ever received. What make the dice special is the fact that they were a Christmas gift from her dad who used to play Dungeons and Dragons as well. Technically she did not have to pay for these dice because they were a gift but she thinks they were around $10. Amber is unsure how lucky the dice are, She wouldn’t say they are “lucky” but she does manage to get good rolls often enough that she doesn’t hate them. D&D players are pretty superstitious about their dice, so if they roll lower numbers, they lose interest in using the dice. Amber does not think the dice represent the her character but she personally finds them cute.
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The dice have a swirled gradient of pink and black. The coating has a shine that make the dice almost pearlescent when light reflects from them. The numbers are bright white to contrast against the multi-colored texture.
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The vigilante Riffon had a large reward on his capture which you received for turning him in‌
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Like many other players, Jesse has multiple sets of dice. Eight to be exact. He likes the way they look with the metal material and engravings. The metal is actually has more balanced rolls than plastic dice because plastic dice have air bubbles. The bubbles can alter rolls making certain numbers more frequent. This can be good or bad for players but the metal dice give a more equalized result. Jesse’s characters typically are tank characters which means he absorbs a lot of damage for the party and can deal it back doubled. These dice are heavy, strong, and made of metal which fits the tank character trope. These dice were slightly more expensive than the other sets because of the material.
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Molva is cursed to live in the flute, but you can set him free. He trades infernal demon stones for his freedom…
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Dylan only owns one pair of dice not because they are luck, but because they are “cursed”. Dylan says these dice are “cursed” dice and they only work for him. No one else can use these dice because they usually perform awfully. They get players in bad situations which usually results in injury and death. Dylan’s character is a demon named Molva and like the dice he is a demon of chaos. He plays his character to cause as much trouble and problems for his party as he can. There are character roles in Dungeons & Dragons and Dylan lives up to his to a tee.
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The dice are speckled with red, orange, and yellow colors which give off a warmth, like fire. The engravings are black and a little worn which makes the letter forms look like they are chard.
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Sean’s occult dice are the only set of dice he owns. They are his favorite because of the elegant and elaborate silver engravings on the dice. The markings resemble symbols and textiles from occult traditions and cultures. The contrast between the black and silver make the carvings stand out from the dice. This set represents Sean’s character because he plays a demon king from hell. The dice are pretty fitting to the characters design and background. The dice are very lucky and have rolled a critical fail only once in his playtime.
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The dice are a simple matte black color. However, the details and engravings give the dice personality. Symbols, textiles, and patterns are etched into the dice with shiny silver which pops on the black dice.
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Sean Carbary
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You learned what you needed from the prophets, and now you must continue your journey. To the south lies a tavern in a small town. To the south west a ruined temple sits idly, waiting for explorers to learn of its secrets…
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As you speak with Nrevi two lights shine over the distant hills. One is pure white light, the other is dark magic…
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Dark magic light
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JOHN FAY
Age: 22 Experience: 2 years Job: Animal Crakers Daycare Manager
Nrevi accepts your apology and you gain his respect. He passes some of his wisdom onto you…
John plays Dungeons & Dragons because it’s a way to escape our boring reality and explore a creative fantasy world you create with your friends. Dungeons $ Dragons has helped John develop better social skills and learn about his friends. He can learn more about his friends by the way they play their characters. The game also keeps his mind off of work and school allowing him to relax. John can get pretty involved with a story because he tries to put himself into his character roles or at least his values. “I find myself having fun every time we play because we create new jokes and memories” John likes to strategize and figure out how to handle situations utilizing his teammates strengths.
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Sage tells you of two other powerful elf’s that reside within the woods. Aeryis the warlord, and Caelyn the huntress…
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Caelyn the huntress
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EMILY HOUSE
Age: 21 Experience: 2 years Job: Bed Bath & Beyond
You sit down and intently listen to Sage’s great wisdom about nature, animals, and life, becoming one with nature…
Emily finds the game really fun to play with friends and a great way to connect with people with similar interests. The game also makes Emily exercise her imagination and skills as a creative writer, and inspires her photography. Emily’s play style is very aggressive with no regrets. She plays without hesitation and goes hard at each problem. However, she treads lightly to not irritate the DM. The Dungeon Master controls every aspect of a story. If he wants you to die, you’ll die. Emily keeps that in mind as she fully immerses herself in each play through of Dungeons & Dragons.
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The elf druid
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DARIAN WOLFE
Age: 23 Experience: 7 years Job: Biggby Coffee Barista
You stare Aeryis in the eyes with no fear. She begins to laugh as she unchains you, accepting you; a fearless warrior into her ranks.
Darian is in love with the fantasy and imagination behind it all. She doesn’t get to meet up with friends often, but when they do they go all out. They order pizzas and have fun as they go off on crazy adventures together. Darian used to refer to herself as a “hermit” but Dungeons and Dragons has pushed her to get out with people and socialize with them. She now can take risks, see friends, and meet new people in a fun way. The game is way more fun if you throw your emotions and yourself into a campaign you create. The game can be hilarious too when plans do not always work out. When other fail it can often lead to funny interactions between players and the DM.
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As you speak with Caelyn, the forest splits into two paths. One heads into the dark woods, while the other lead to the flowering fields…
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MADI PHILLIPS
Age: 22 Experience: 2 years Job: Hot Topic Key Holder
You watch silently as the elf skillfully makes arrows. You learn how to create your own just from watching…
Madi plays Dungeons & Dragons to see and socialize with her friends in a fun / creative outlet. The game has helped Madi become more outgoing and has expanded her friend group in the past two years. D&D has given Madi a way to connect and grow with friends. Every time she plays she tries to think outside the box with each problem she faces. The DM gives her team challenging puzzles and levels which gets her personally involved in the story. The DM also gives them specific items that relate to their playstyle which keep things stimulating and unique.
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“ MAKE SOMEONE YOU
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JORDAN KWIATKOWSKI
Age: 21 Experience: 4 years Job: Meijer’s Associate
Dante examines your current level of skill. He decides to teach you as long as you only use it for defensive purposes…
Jordan plays Dungeons & Dragons to create a story with others. You create personalized characters in a fantasy world and make organic decisions. The story isn’t created by one person, rather by chance and the decisions players and the DM make. Which creates a totally unique and different experience each time you play. Jordan feels that over time he has been able to relate to others more, think better under pressure, and gained confidence by playing D&D. He always has fun with each puzzle. They are creatively engaging because there is always more than one correct answer. Jordan constantly looks for new ways to invent, shape, and change the story in order to push the boundaries of what characters can do.
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Dante wants to take you on one of the many quests he has. One takes you to the East, the other is in the South…
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INTERACTION Out of the two quests, Which will you take? GO TO +46
The South
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AMY AUBERT
Age: 23 Experience: 2 years Job: Meijer’s General Merchandise Clerk
You turn and try to escape, but Freya changes you into a rat. Now stuck in this animal form Freya lectures you…
Amy plays Dungeons & Dragons because “It’s the best fucking thing in the world, no joke D&D is life bro”. She obviously has fun playing the game and it has helped her overcome some of her social anxieties and made some of her best friends. Amy gets deeply involved with the stories and characters, so much so that when a character dies she will cry. Players can create very strong connections to the characters that they create. They become these fantasy characters, shaping them with their own ideals and values. When a character dies, that’s part of their creation and their story.
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Freya gives you safe passage. She opens two portals; on shimmers as it floats in front of you, the other is unstable and dangerous… Holy Cathedral
INTERACTION Out of the two portals, Which will you enter? GO TO +42
The unstable portal
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“ GET COMFY ACTING
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MARC GILMORE
Age: 22 Experience: 4 years Job: Brighton Tire Center
You walk out of the fight and Newl shouts some passive aggressive tips at you…
Marc is a Dungeon Master for a group of players and plays Dungeons & Dragons regularly. He is the one who crafts and progresses different campaigns and stories for players to interact with. Marc emphasizes the fact that a DM needs to keep players attention. “The biggest thing is player interest, if you can’t keep their attention, you’ll lose them”.
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Marc says the greatest challenge of the game is acting. Acting is such a unusual situation for most people because it’s all in the moment. The actual stats and gameplay is easy but some people have a hard time acting out or getting into character. But once they become comfortable with it, it becomes easier and more fun.
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Newl tells you about other famed fighters you can challenge. One a trickster pirate, the other a just hero…
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The just hero
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“ BE CREATIVE, THERE
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TITO KAUMEHEIWA
Age: 22 Experience: 7 years Job: Student
You join captain Ingram’s crew and sail across the world under his command. You’ve learned a lot from his wisdoms…
Tito has found that his mental math skills have increased from playing Dungeons & Dragons. Each character has different stats for strength, wisdom, dexterity, intelligence, charisma, and constitution. When you role for an action, depending on what you’re doing, you can add the attribute of the according stat to increase your overall probability of success.
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This allows players to play to their roles because everyone is different. Some are better at magic because they have higher wisdom, others are better at bluffing from their charisma, etc. Tito says to “be creative, there is always a way to approach a situation” Considering your teams strengths and weakness will go a long way and keep you alive.
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Ingram is trying to decide what to do with you, Turn you into the law or strand you alone to die…
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Leave me alone
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Turn me in
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“ ROLL THE DICE AND
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PAUL DAROCZY
Age: 22 Experience: 2 years Job: Tool & Die Maker
You listen in on Motrek’s conversation with the dark god. You learn a lot of vital information…
Paul plays Dungeons & Dragons to stay close with his friends. It has re-kindled his love for stories; reading and writing have always been his favorite pass-time. Dungeons & Dragons has helped him rediscover this love and inspire him.
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Paul is very involved with his character and the story. His rival in the campaign died on a mission and now he feels like his characters story is complete and ready to move on to someone else.
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Motrek crafts you a boat from magic to aid you on your journey across the river…
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Attacked by pirates
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Down river
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“ YOUR EXPERIENCE CAN
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AMBER GOEBBEL
Age: 22 Experience: 6-7 years Job: Intern at Genisis Mental Health Club
Ceti parts to you her knowledge about her travels, hoping you may learn from her adventures…
Amber plays Dungeons and Dragons because it is a fun and creative game. No two games are ever the same. The plot and interactions are constantly changing each time they play, making the game infinitely innovative. The game is also a stress reliever for Amber, and all her friends participate.
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Amber is already a very social person so the game hasn’t affected her outside of D&D however, when she plays with her friends they all become very invested and involved with the game. Her creativity and innovation is constantly challenged with puzzle or event created by the Dungeon Master, who runs the campaign, sets the stage for the experience, and keeps track of stats and rewards.
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As you converse with Ceti, three loud sounds echo off in the distance. They all come from different directions...
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Canon fire
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“ START WITH A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS BEFORE JOINING A LARGER CAMPAIGN ”
JESSE HAMBY
Age: 22 Experience: 4 years Job: Costco
Riffons noble action peaked your interest so you ask him about his morals and belief in justice…
Jesse is another Dungeon Master but he also plays with other DM’s. Jesse found it’s a great way to spend time with people and to get to know them better. Playing Dungeons & Dragons allows you to interact with new people and see how they act / react to situations. This shows a better representation of themselves and their personality letting players to connect better with each other.
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Jesse has fun playing Dungeons & Dragons and finds creating campaigns as a DM fascinating. Creating a story and seeing how people interact and change it is exciting to watch and direct.
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Riffon tells you about three camps that need your help. However, you can only go protect one camp…
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The prophets camp
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“ ALWAYS PUSH THE
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DYLAN LUTTERMOSER
Age: 22 Experience: 7 years Job: Little Caesars Manager
Molva explains his entrapment and warns you of many things to come…
Dylan finds Dungeons & Dragons a great way to relax in a healthy way. The game transports you into a different world with characters, places, and stories. Your free to explore and create your own plot with no restrictions. The game becomes this platform of social therapy that you share with friends.
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Dylan goes all out when he plays, he causes chaos, pushes the limits, and does what he wants. He likes causing issues because it forces other players to react and engage without warning. This makes the story even more improved and random; which keeps players attention and evokes more of an experience.
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Molva gives you a hit list with the worst criminals in the area. One to the north, one to the East, and one to the West…
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The wizard
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The Rouge
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“ THINK OUTSIDE THE
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SEAN CARBARY
Age: 22 Experience: 2 years Job: Little Caesars Assistant Manager
You circle yourself in salt for protection from the dark entity. Impressed by your skills, the demon king grants you knowledge…
Sean plays Dungeons & Dragons for the character creation. Players make their own characters from different races, classes, jobs, and backgrounds. Players are free to develop and create as much of an identity as they want. They can write backstories, adventures, create artwork, and even dress up as their character.
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It’s a great tool for people to think quickly and randomly to create something fun. Sean enjoys the fighting and the story driven aspects of Dungeons & Dragons. The weird social interactions are fun but the fighting is where Sean can show his skill. Creating strategies to defeat strong enemies, being able to hold off swarms of enemies by himself, and creating openings for friends to attack.
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As you speak with Belial, two magical entities clash in the distance. You are unsure what the masters fight over…
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The earth wizard
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The ice wizard
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You enter a ruined temple. The dusty stairs crumble with dirt as you keeping ascending them to the top. You reach a sanctuary where the gods answer your prayers with knowledge and enlightenment‌
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YOU GET TO BE PART OF A TEAM
Unlike in Monopoly, in fantasy games you’re not a ruthless real-estate mogul bankrupting your fellow players by putting hotels all across Middle-earth, from Hobbiton to Mordor. While you can complete some tasks on your own and make individual decisions, most of the story action requires your adventuring party to work together to accomplish quests. Collaboration means recognizing the power of teamwork and diversity. In D&D, humans can’t go it alone, and neither can any other culture — be they elves, dwarves, wizards, thieves or warriors. Let’s go back to that scenario with the troll. Let’s say your characters choose to fight the monster. Your team has a range of skills to draw from — spell casting, fighting prowess, healing powers, seductive charm. Each member plays a part. The same occurs in the real world with your officemates, your family or other groups when you have to finish a project at work, host an elaborate meal, build a startup, or plan a trip. Each person in the circle contributes. D&D’s lessons are: Celebrate your differences; it’s OK to rely on each other; I’ve got your back.
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That surging feeling of camaraderie — of being part of something bigger than yourself — is a powerful thing. As a kid, I was too uncoordinated to play team sports, but I received the bonding experience of mutual accomplishment through D&D. (Who needs football when you can shoot fireballs from your fingertips?)
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Beyond providing the thrill of victory, these roleplaying games also help you solve problems. Let’s say you attack the troll and kill it. You ransack its body and find a scrap of paper with a strange message scribbled on it: L L C R C L. What could that mean? You don’t know, but you hang onto that scrap. Maybe it’ll come in handy later.
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Solving problems also requires perseverance. You must begin at the first — the lowest — level. You’re a wuss with just four hit points. You have a rusty sword. You cast a spell that makes … pancakes. Have patience. As you gain experience points, you will grow in skill and strength. You do this by taking risks, which lead to reward. Let’s go back to the troll. Want to leap from the castle wall onto it, and bang the monster on the head with a rock? Go for it. The game lets you take risks and fail in a safe environment. Sure, your character could be gravely injured or even die (if your DM is particularly mean). But that’s a chance you can take in the game, and the risk is made all the safer because your fellow teammates are there to catch you if you fall. If you die, a cleric can resurrect you. And you get to try again. Take it from this 17th-level nerd, it gets better — you can and will heal from defeat, setback, embarrassment. If I’m shy and fearful and stupid in real life, in the game I can play a wise and fearless dwarf. I can practice being courageous or wise in these fantasy worlds before I’m ready to be courageous and wise in real life. Playing D&D empowered me to confront my arch nemesis at school and my mother at home, so I could live and fight another day.
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Beyond providing the thrill of victory, these roleplaying games also help you solve problems. Let’s say you attack the troll and kill it. You ransack its body and find a scrap of paper with a strange message scribbled on it: L L C R C L. What could that mean? You don’t know, but you hang onto that scrap. Maybe it’ll come in handy later.
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Dungeons and Dragons is not only a creative influence to the players but also society in general. When the game was released it instantly captivated society prompting the desire for similar content for entertainment. The game was released in 1974, a few years later in 1977 build your adventure books were released. Structurally they captured the essence of the game (which also was built into this book) with allowing reader to create their own experience with a story. The visual designs of the books were also very similar to D&D books.
Currently the actual game has made its way into pop culture and media settings like the hit TV show Stranger Things. Many aspects about the show are taken from Dungeons and Dragons, the kids are even seen playing multiple times. The game keeps getting more and more exposure allowing it to spread and reach more audiences, raising more awareness about how fun and inspiring it can be. Entertainment communities, artists, and writers would all greatly benefit from playing D&D or already do, but the game can be played by anyone and everyone should try it. It provides them with a fun, creative, engaging social environment with friends or strangers.
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As D&D players continually played their games and recording their adventures, some turned this passion into careers. Writers were some of the first influenced by D&D usually because they were Dungeon Masters. The DM writes, creates, and acts out their own personal stories which inspired many kids and young writers to think more creatively and develop new ideas. It has not been confirmed but even Steven King has had references to D&D in his books. Eventually the game extended its influences into movies, video games, etc.
Dungeons & Dragons gave the entertainment community a new passion to develop plots and create more imaginative stories that they can be enthusiastic about. Story and plot was just handed to directors with rigid rules and outcomes but now directors wanted to cultivate and reimagine settings. D&D motivated the entertainment community and can be seen in all forms of media. From older games like Myst to current games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, etc. TV and movies were also influenced like X-Files, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Buffy, Lost, etc. Silent Forest
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You decipher Nrevi’s gibberish screams. You yells about how you have committed great atrocities to his people… Nrevi is an Edeal spirit which is a custom and unique race. They are very powerful nature spirits that use the power of magic infused flora to attack and defend. They are very protective over plant life and the environment so one would be wise not to tarnish their surroundings. Nrevi’s class is a druid. Druids are another type of guardians of nature but are also connected to it. They can shape shift into various animals like bears, wolves, spiders, snakes, birds, etc. Many druids pursue a mystic spirituality of transcending union with nature rather than devotion to a divine entity, while others serve nature gods or animals. +149
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The wood elf quickly adopts you into her family providing shelter and safety. She protects you like her child‌ Sage’s race is a wood elf. Ancient divides among the elven people resulted in three main sub-races: high elves, wood elves, and dark elves. Wood elves are elusive and mysterious, hiding themselves away from most others. Their appearance is typically copper hued skin with traces of green. Sage is a druid elemental which protects the forest and natures creatures. Druids try to preserve the balance between the elements that make up the world – air, water, fire, and earth. These must remain in equilibrium or the world could be destroyed.
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You bow to Aeryis, but she does not return your courtesy. Instead she imprisons you for walking on her land‌ Aeryis is a member of the royal high elf sub-race. These elegant and extravagant elves are rarely seen because they find themselves superior to all races including other elves. Not much is known about this sub-race of elf except that they are keen and proficient users of magic. Aeryis is a rogue class fighter. Rogues lurk in shadows and stealthily develop their skills as cunning tacticians. They would rather make one precise strike in the right spot rather than wearing opponents down with barrages of strikes. They focus on handy skills for dungeons scavenging and survival. +153
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You shout out to Caelyn, startling her causing her to fire an arrow at you. Caelyn comes to apologize for her rashness‌ Caelyn is another member of the high elf society however she belongs to the moon clan. Some subraces have even narrower divisions like the sun and moon elves. The moon elves typically are much more paler and have silver hair and eyes. Caelyn is a ranger class which means she is a specialist with long-range weaponry. Rangers are very efficient hunters that protect border lines with speed. They can use all sorts of long-range weapons like bows, guns, javelins, boomerangs, etc.
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Dante is a paladin fighting for justice and will fight until his dream is realized or death personally claims him‌ Dante is a half-elf which means he was born with the best qualities of elves and the human races. They have strong curiosity, inventiveness, ambition, refined senses, love of nature, and artistic taste of elves. However, they cannot fit into ether society. Humans age much quicker than them, but they live short lives compared to elves. Paladins live by oath to uphold justice and righteousness and to stand with good things in the world against darkness. They are strong fighters that master many forms of fighting but also learn to heal and help other with magic.
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You use magic to pick up Freya’s books and clean them. The impressed wizard invites you to join her at the wizardry school‌ Freya is a very rare and unique race called a changeling. Changelings can alter the look of their appearance to match anyone and everyone. Their natural form can be scary and unsettling because of their features. They are very pale and slender and have white eyes with no pupils. Other creature seek out changelings because they have been stereotyped at assassins or thieves. Freya is a wizard class. Wizards use chants, gestures, and alchemic materials to alter reality and cast spells and magic. They live and die by their spells, anything else is secondary to them. They grow their collections of spells through other wizards and from finding ancient tomes. +160
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The two of you plot to throw the fight and spilt the reward money. Newl becomes a loyal friend‌ Newl is a regular human. Humans are the youngest beings on this earth and the shortest lived compared to elves, dwarfs, and dragons. However, because their lives are much shorter they strive to achieve more and expand their empires through their conquests. A fighter class is someone who has master almost every form of fighting and weaponry. They know all fighting styles proficiently and can use almost any weapon. They tend to be able to use improvised weaponry from objects around them.
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You report Ingram to local authorities for piracy but end up locked up too. You both become great cell mates… Ingram’s race is an orc. Orcs are a mysterious race that are not native to lands and their origins are unknown. They treat battle scars as tokens of pride and ornamental scars as things of beauty. However, there are other scars that signify a former slave or disgraced exile. Ingram’s class is a custom called gunslinger. With being a pirate, Ingram has gained a great proficiency over firearms. Ingram carries multiple types of guns on him at all times so he can use the right weapon for the right job. Gunslingers can dual wield their guns to increase damage and attack speed.
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You run over to stop Motrek but end up being stabbed. You become possessed by an evil entity‌ Motrek is a dwarf class. Dwarf are strong, skilled, and can craft almost anything. They live for a long time without losing memory which lengthens their grudges. They can get a better perspective on the world that shorter-lived races such as humans and halflings lack. They are strong and enduring like mountains, but loyal and devoted. Wizards are all lured to the pursuit for knowledge and power calls even the most unadventurous wizards out of the safety of their libraries and laboratories into crumbling ruins and lost cities. They believe ancient ancestors transcribed the secrets of powers and magic and their purpose it to discover these secrets. +168
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Ceti grants your request, she teaches you about herself and her people... Ceti is part of the Teifling race. Tieflings were humans that were planetouched; humans infused with the touch of the fiendish planes, most often through descent from fiends, demons, Yugoloths, devils, evil deities, and others who had bred with humans. Ceti’s class is a rogue so her personality is cold, harsh, calculated and only in it for the money. She refers to herself as a bitch sometimes but is a strong asset to her team of thieves.
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You thank Riffon for his good deeds. He asks you to join him on his quest to take down the monarchy‌ Riffon is a human raised to protect and to fight for others. Humans are the most adaptable and ambitions people among the common races. They live fully in the present—making them well suited to the adventuring life—but also plan for the future, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Riffon devotes his life to the life of a paladin. Every paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against evil. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil.
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You keep Molva locked away and use his power for your own personal gain‌ Molva is part of the most widespread race of fiends, demons. They are usually chaotic evil entities that have no rules or laws. Molva was a chaotic demon that was entrapped within a flute, and who ever plays the flute will be able to use his abyssal powers. Molva is also an assassin class. They are extremely deadly specialist in sneak attacks and far more powerful than rogues and thieves. They prefer to take out targets from the distance with poisons and darts, however, they always have a plan to trap fleeing targets and are skilled in up close combat.
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You kick the demon back into the pit, but as he falls he grabs your foot, pulling you into the inferno‌ Belial is one of seven demon kings that rule hell. He used to reside over the dominion of wrath in hell until an unknown assailant overthrew the seven kings and banished them from their thrones. Belial is a short tempered violent demon that is in search of the backstabbing traitor that ruined his domain. The class dark knight is a custom class that allows a strong fighter to use dark magic. The dark knight is very skilled with swords and close range combat and can infuse his weaponry with dark forces. He can also cast dark spells that can be extremely damaging to light /holy based characters.
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Welcome traveler to the Tavern! You’re not from around here are you? Tell me more about yourself and your purpose...
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HUMAN
Bold and hardy, dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal.
Humans are the most adaptable and ambitious people among the common races. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds.
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The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring that, avoiding offense.
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Genasi carry the power of the elemental planes of air, earth, fire, and water in their blood.
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Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace, living in the world but not entirely part of it. Includes High Elfs, Drows, and Wood Elfs.
A gnome’s energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of his or her tiny body. There are two types: Forest Gnome + Rock Gnome.
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Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder.
To be greeted with stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling.
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Half-orcs’ grayish pigmentation, sloping foreheads, jutting jaws, prominent teeth, and towering builds make their orcish heritage plain for all to see.
Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder.
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A fierce warrior of primitive background who can enter a rage when in combat.
An inspiring magician whose power echoes through their musical instruments.
A priestly champion who wields divine magic in service of a religious higher power.
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A priest of the Old Faith, wielding the powers of nature and transforming animal forms.
A master of martial combat, skilled with a variety of weapons and armor types.
A master of martial arts, harnessing the power of the body in pursuit of physical and spiritual perfection.
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A scoundrel who uses stealth and trickery to overcome obstacles and enemies.
A holy warrior bound to a sacred oath and fights for morals and justice.
A spellcaster who draws on inherent magic from a gift or bloodline trait.
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A warrior who combats threats on the edges of civilization using their firearms and bows.
A scholarly magic-user capable of manipulating the structures of reality all around them.
A wielder of magic that is derived from a bargain with an extraplanar entity.
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CREATE BACKSTORY Where is your character from? What is their personality? What are they searching for? What / who do they fight for? Are they good or evil? What is their past? What language do they speak?
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You are accompanied by a group of…
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+ A mythological beast + A warlord + A God + A new home + A friend + A stone + A weapon + Peace
+ Warriors + Thief’s + Villagers + Wolves + Fairies + Vampires + Crabs
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Your on a quest in search for…
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+ A demon + A King + A Temple + A Forest + A large snake + A blob monster + A cavern + Witches
+ Space + Mythology + Apocalypse + Real life + Horror + Movies + Books
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Explore and continue your adventure, expanding your ideas into various new stories.
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On the way you are confronted by‌
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Go get some friends together and play some D&D! You can find guide books all over I various stores. If you don’t have anyone to play with check around your local area for D&D events. More than likely there is a local community of Dungeon and Dragons players that meet up at a local area to play. Join their group or observe how the game is played. If you find the stories and socialization exciting check out popular YouTube channels or podcasts of D&D games. Dungeons & Dragons is hilarious, weird, creative, and fun.
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The tavern is closing for the night buddy. You better leave before the barbarian dragonborn bar keeper forces you out. The prophets can tell you where to go next with your travels or go listen to what the god have to say at the temple.
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The Temple
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The World Map
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Golden Caves
The Prophets
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Dungeon Master (DM)
Initiative
Nat (Natural)
A DM is someone out of the group of players that acts as the story teller. They progress players through the campaign, create additional characters, set up combat, and keep the player immersed in the game.
Players will roll for initiative, which determines their order of attack in combat. Enemies also roll for initiative.
Nat means natural. When someone rolls a 20 its a nat 20 however, somone can roll a lower number and with their modifiers still get a 20 but it is not the same at a nat / crit.
Critical (Crit)
Race
Modifier
Rolling a crit is when you roll a 20 on your dice. This means you not only succeeded in your action but you went above and beyond.
Race is the type of race the character is. In D&D there are many knids like Demon, Elf, Drow, Dwarf, Human, Teifling, Etc.
Modifiers are character stats that are added to specific traits. Depending on what you are rolling for these numbers can be added to your rolled number to increase your overall score.
Critical Fail
Class
Character Sheet
A critical fail is when you roll a 1. This means you failed to perform your action and in doing so, you ether injured yourself or a teammate.
Class is the fighting style of the character. Classes have different play styles and systems. There Mages, Rouges, Bards, Druids, Paladins, Etc.
A detailed sheet of stats, items, skills, attacks, weapons, etc. that represent the character.
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Amber Goebbel - Ceti
Jesse Hamby - Riffon
Paul Darocy - Motreck
Age: 22 Race: Teifling Class: Rogue # of Dice: 5 sets Years Played: 6 Years
Age: 23 Race: Human Class: Paladin # of Dice: 8 sets Years Played: 4 Years
Age: 22 Race: Dwarf Class: Wizard # of Dice: 4 sets Years Played: 2 Years
Amy Aubert - Freya
John Fay - Nrevi
Sean Carbary - Belial
Age: 23 Race: Changeling Class: Wizard # of Dice: 30+ sets Years Played: 2 Years
Age: 22 Race: Edeal Class: Druid # of Dice: 2 sets Years Played: 2 Years
Age: 22 Race: Demon Class: Dark Knight # of Dice: 2 sets Years Played: 1 Years
Darian Wolfe - Aeryis
Jordan K. - Dante
Tito K. - Ingram
Age: 23 Race: High Elf Class: Rogue # of Dice: 6 sets Years Played: 7 Years
Age: 21 Race: Half-Elf Class: Paladin # of Dice: 20 sets Years Played: 4 Years
Age: 22 Race: Orc Class: Gunslinger # of Dice: 3.5 sets Years Played: 7 Years
Dylan L. - Molva
Madi Philips - Caelyn
Age: 23 Race: Demon Class: Assassin # of Dice: 1 sets Years Played: 7 Years
Age: 22 Race: High Moon Elf Class: Ranger # of Dice: 3 sets Years Played: 2 Years
Emily House - Sage
Marc Gillmore - Newl
Age: 21 Race: Wood Elf Class: Druid # of Dice: 4 sets Years Played: 2 Years
Age: 22 Race: Human Class: Fighter # of Dice: 8 sets Years Played: 4 Years
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Author Sean Carbary
Abramovitch, Seth. Behind Hollywood’s Closed Doors, A-List Stars Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons. Hollywood Reporter, 2016.
Editor Sean Carbary Chad Reicher Design Sean Carbary
D&D Beyond, Character Race & Classes, 2018
Photography Nikon D600 + Macro lens Type Modesto Condensed Modesto Text, Light, Light Italic, Bold Handwriting Amber Goebbel Sean Carbary
Ley, David J. Ph D., Dungeons & Dragons, Satan, and Psychology. Psychology Today, 2014. Poniewozik, James. How D&D Changed the Culture. Time, 2008.
Paper Mohawk Paper 100T 12x18 Superfine Eggshell Ultrawhite 80C 12x18 Via Vellum Black Printed College for Creative Studies 2018 Imaging Center Binding Sean Carbary
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Gilsdof, Ethan. How playing Dungeons & Dragons has helped me be more connected, creative, and compassionate. Ideas.TED.com, 2018.
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Riggs, Ben. The Story of D&D Parts One, Two, and Three. Geek & Sundry, 2017.
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