tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2166723637818545171..comments2024-03-19T07:56:00.031-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: First CharacterJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90400372790440103042012-08-20T19:18:10.172-04:002012-08-20T19:18:10.172-04:00I was 17 (back in 1980) when I first played AD&...I was 17 (back in 1980) when I first played AD&D (1st Ed). We played the module A1 "Scourge of the Slave Lords", and I played the 1/2ling Thief named 'Blodgett'. I did however end up taking control of the NPC 'Ogre' a Human Fighter for our DM. My characters were the only survivors of the series of the 3 different games it took us to play the module, and actually my 1/2ling became a MONK of all things. My deity had answered my prayers and I had to serve for 2 years (1 year of game time) in a monastery.<br />What I consider 'my first' character was "Alexius Marcellus" a Human Fighter of greek-like origins who was of minor nobility. He soon enrolled in a gladiator arena then became a slave for a short time. After two games of fighting as a slave and my 'friends' making quite a bit off of my victories, the party tried to buy my freedom. The pit boss decided not to sell me and with my fellow adventurers help I escaped. Alexius made it to 19th level and with 'guidance' from my DM he became the Emperor of the Alecian Empire. This was to be my own campaign world to develop. One of Alexius' high points was defeating the Demon Prince, Demogorgon.<br />Uh ahhh, those were the days.Alexius_1980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90291906255291244122010-06-17T11:45:06.445-04:002010-06-17T11:45:06.445-04:00Sadly, my first experience was D&D 3.5 in 2006...Sadly, my first experience was D&D 3.5 in 2006 with a co-worker and friend from high-school. My character was a 1st level Druid name Dalamon WolfMage (named after a character in one of my books I tried writing during high school). He couldn't use a wolf yet so he had a badger I believe. The co-worker was DMing and ran the module, The Burning Plague. My friend ran a 1st level sorceror. That was all our party consisted of, so the first trap in the dungeon killed both of us. That spiked trap was deadly!Dalamon WolfMagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279564222536496940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75732176997802858232010-06-16T10:56:06.550-04:002010-06-16T10:56:06.550-04:00My first character was a 2nd edition AD&D 1st-...My first character was a 2nd edition AD&D 1st-level human wizard nicknamed Dangerous (whose real name was unknown). I created Dangerous back in 1996, and I still have his character sheet. I have really fond memories of those times, and I still play with people from that group.<br /><br />Dangerous and his comrades tried to save the world from Goram, god of fire & death. To accomplish that, they traveled back through time to stop Goram's cultists from releasing him from his prison, but they also helped the good people of Selidor to rebel against their tyrants. After all his contemporary friends died, Dangerous was the sole survivor of his time, stuck in the past.<br /><br />Sadly, we never completed the adventure, something we always regret.jdebetolazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268415411507646640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59914666810176860362010-06-14T19:23:26.897-04:002010-06-14T19:23:26.897-04:00My first character was an elf made for the Holmes ...My first character was an elf made for the Holmes basic set. I no longer remember his name, but I do remember being terribly excited that I had rolled a 13 for one of his abilities. The rest ranged from 6 to 11 or thereabouts.<br />My second character was a dwarf named Re Oxeneecle (don't ask), whose claim to fame was that not once in his entire career did he fail his roll to open doors. We imagined this as him wearing a horned helmet and the rest of the party using him as a battering ram.Cord the Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768966473685556824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45620986121960020442010-06-12T13:27:49.855-04:002010-06-12T13:27:49.855-04:00My first game was AD&D 1st ED in the adventure...My first game was AD&D 1st ED in the adventure from the back of the rulebook mixed up with bits from In Search of the Unknown. I played a human fighter named Brannaur. He got reduced to 1 hp, changed into a female by a magic statue, then made permanently drunk before a wish turned him back to normal.<br /><br />The game was with a bunch of fellow High school students and the only volunteer for gaming location was the student who lived on the wrong side of town. Quite an adventure getting home that night as well.<br /><br />tegeusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48878153534477846152010-06-12T10:21:43.573-04:002010-06-12T10:21:43.573-04:00The first character I made was for BECMI redbox: a...The first character I made was for BECMI redbox: a thief. I can't remember his name.Simon D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17788037479958489349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87399136945910868412010-06-12T05:47:44.371-04:002010-06-12T05:47:44.371-04:00I can't remember the inspiration, but it was a...I can't remember the inspiration, but it was a red-haired female cleric named Genevieve, and she was pretty good at both combat and magic casting.<br /><br />This was D&D 3.5. I am not nearly as old-school as most here.Yog Sothothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02104602393018428099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5481811877814685162010-06-12T00:05:49.811-04:002010-06-12T00:05:49.811-04:00Gobbo Pepperthorn, Basic D&D Halfling, August ...Gobbo Pepperthorn, Basic D&D Halfling, August 25th, 1977.<br /><br />http://barkingalien.blogspot.com/2010/05/secret-origins-part-ii.html<br /><br />Ah, the memories...Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35876557954327666722010-06-11T23:26:47.497-04:002010-06-11T23:26:47.497-04:00Werr the Arcane, elf F/MU from Holmes D&D who ...Werr the Arcane, elf F/MU from Holmes D&D who was later reworked for AD&D. Name stolen from a Martian story by Ray Bradbury. Still have a doodle of him I did in math class. Had a pseudodragon familiar, and way too many magic items. I remember him fondly.Tom O'Bedlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821487402927475042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8175330039496380692010-06-11T23:03:29.057-04:002010-06-11T23:03:29.057-04:00It would have been the Moldvay edition of D&D,...It would have been the Moldvay edition of D&D, but no, I don't remember!Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82492389920910116102010-06-11T21:12:43.154-04:002010-06-11T21:12:43.154-04:00Richard M. Nixon, a thief in OD&D in the summe...Richard M. Nixon, a thief in OD&D in the summer of 1976. He didn't get as much as he thought he deserved, so he stole a magic gem from the party's fighter. Turns out the gem would cause the user to grow giant porcupine quills, so a subsequent character was planned called Spiny Norman.Fred C. Dobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448272049359240466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89618906491839731572010-06-11T20:55:42.871-04:002010-06-11T20:55:42.871-04:00Holmes edition Elf F-MU-T named Elector. One of t...Holmes edition Elf F-MU-T named Elector. One of two PCs from original group to survive until retired. He became a patron (and sometimes a protector) for later characters in the gaming group.PatrickWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083947433803227063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66275637726462461882010-06-11T19:32:01.674-04:002010-06-11T19:32:01.674-04:00"Berserker" a fighter in Moldvay Basic. ..."Berserker" a fighter in Moldvay Basic. I was inspired by Dunstan the Berserker from Brian Daley's Coramonde novels. Didn't have stats at all, just HP, AC and weapons. Got straight into the dungeon.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158916950442942918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5930361213112499092010-06-11T18:48:02.852-04:002010-06-11T18:48:02.852-04:00Racoop the Red
(obnoxious DM: "Racoop the Pur...Racoop the Red<br />(obnoxious DM: "Racoop the Purple")<br />Based not directly not Gandalf but on my LARP alter ego-- the "daggers only" rule really cramped his style and so instead of spells, he had weapons that he controlled with his magic.<br />Even after we started following the rules, he was more like a fighter in robes (red robes, yeah?) with a thing for increasingly-powerful magic daggers (thanks to later DM whose obnoxiousness ran in my favor.)<br /><br />Racoop built a tower and had a lot of apprentices, including one special, female apprentice.<br /><br />And that's enough embarassment for one day.Brian (brian_cooper at hotmail d o t com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805168206752602148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57255537492677712382010-06-11T17:15:22.428-04:002010-06-11T17:15:22.428-04:00Noven the wanderer. Made for OD&D back longer ...Noven the wanderer. Made for OD&D back longer then I can remember. Then after being introduced to AD&D, It was Ugly John the half orc fighter and his thieving dwarf companion Phill Grumplestone, <br /><br />As I recall, Ugly John was killed by some octopus creature found in the Fiend Folio. The dwarf received a "hot shot" from a trapped treasure chest via a poisoned needle and his con dropped to a single digit and retired him. Noven I think I only played three or four times before his character sheets " wandered" out of my possession from a cross country trip with my parents.crowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066821931343968827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65595196627122690342010-06-11T17:08:51.073-04:002010-06-11T17:08:51.073-04:00Either a Black Numenorean Ranger in MERP or a Huma...Either a Black Numenorean Ranger in MERP or a Human Merc in D6 Star Wars. I know those were my first two characters, I just can't remember which came first. I do know both existed for a while, we played at Boy Scout meetings and campouts.masquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421644393539292803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12056127030060577542010-06-11T16:57:49.004-04:002010-06-11T16:57:49.004-04:00My first character was an elf named Pimur, made fo...My first character was an elf named Pimur, made for the Cook/Moldvay iteration of D&D.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822329729334123989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35888284455980997192010-06-11T16:44:36.888-04:002010-06-11T16:44:36.888-04:00My first character was actually two characters: a ...My first character was actually two characters: a fighter named The Earl of McGee (named after our high school's football coach at the time) and a Magic-User named Crazy Eddy, rolled up for whitebox D&D in 1975 for my friend Aaron's dungeon. (We didn't do "campaigns" then... it was just "the dungeon.")<br /><br />As I recall, McGee and Eddy did a lot of running away from things. I don't think either one got past 1st level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10073266587843102492010-06-11T16:40:29.946-04:002010-06-11T16:40:29.946-04:00My first character was a fighter named "Dar&q...My first character was a fighter named "Dar" (And this was before I saw Beastmaster!). We were playing red box basic D&D. Dar wouldn't wear armor and would only use a shield as I thought it didn't fit in with the barbaric image I had of him. Needless to say he got hit a lot. I think he might have been loosely based on Thundarr the Barbarian. He never did get a sun sword and I don't remember what happened to him.Eugene Jaworskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324959177959567355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27568288016013511462010-06-11T16:31:56.054-04:002010-06-11T16:31:56.054-04:00My first ever RPG character was a fighter named &q...My first ever RPG character was a fighter named "Lancer" in a game of Dragonraid, GM'd by my older brother. He had never played an RPG before, and he hardly ever played after, but my younger brother and I who played in that Dragonraid game are still significantly into gaming in all of its forms (sans gambling).Aaron W. Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265357352225836802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79936414014501759862010-06-11T15:27:47.510-04:002010-06-11T15:27:47.510-04:00Mine was a grey elf fighter-magic user named Amen....Mine was a grey elf fighter-magic user named Amen. Captured by orcs and died of amnesia (I couldn't remember where I left my character sheet)<br /><br />Here it is now! http://frothyfriar.blogspot.com/2010/05/100th-post.htmlThe Frothy Friarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239287980636452197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41678953025456921102010-06-11T14:20:35.186-04:002010-06-11T14:20:35.186-04:00My first character was rolled up for AD&D, alt...My first character was rolled up for AD&D, although it was really a mash up of AD&D, house rules and whatever version of "Basic" D&D was current at the time. <br /><br />But I was a character, I didn't need to know the rules, the DM did that stuff! <br /><br />He was named Casca Rufio Longinus, who, despite the name, was not a fighter but a thief. Rolling 3d6 in order gave him 15 dex and nothing else higher than 10. He retired at 8th level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68609352537074984912010-06-11T13:55:59.754-04:002010-06-11T13:55:59.754-04:00Marvel SH, aged 5. I don't recall much other ...Marvel SH, aged 5. I don't recall much other than I wanted my character to have a flamethrower (being the most dangerous thing I could think of at that time), but he ended up with no means to control the fire. My much older cousins brought the game down when they spent a summer with us. I think we played once or twice before they got frustrated with a little kid running around screaming, but it led me down this darkest of paths. They ended up introducing me to HPL/CoC, and D&D that summer as well...Jesse Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737072478903535244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27619722218848553632010-06-11T13:48:36.467-04:002010-06-11T13:48:36.467-04:00Arcturus Grimm, a ranger who, despite being rolled...Arcturus Grimm, a ranger who, despite being rolled on 3d6 in order in front of 2 other people, ended up with an 18 strenght, two 17's, and the rest no less than 14. My first rolls of all time were the best. A year or so later I would have him as my first NPC in my new gameworld. Arcturus still pops up from time to time (and ex-king of rangers), and even has his hands in the current campaign a bit (an important NPC is his youngest daughter).Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34085062654264436252010-06-11T13:05:28.452-04:002010-06-11T13:05:28.452-04:00Tharadyne, a Troll Swordmaster for FASA's Eart...Tharadyne, a Troll Swordmaster for FASA's Earthdawn.nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988753905326172273noreply@blogger.com