Greetings, friends. This is part one of the tale of e, the woefully inept (but learning!) padawan of D&D. I have always harbored a curiosity about D&D, but never had the opportunity to play it until recently. As you know, I’m dating a wonderful pale geeky redhead who happens to game regularly on Sundays with some friends. When I visited, they were playing a Star Wars d20 campaign, and the DM was gracious enough to roll me up a character to play. Even tho it was the Star Wars universe, I wanted to be Inara from Firefly. (So shoot me if she’s not from Star Wars, she’s awesome!!) I settled for a Noble class with Inara-like abilities and in the end, saved the day by convincing a ship full of refugees that they wanted to go to a planet that none of them really wanted to go to in the first place.
I had so much fun that I decided to find a local D&D group. Off to the internet I went, where I ended up finding some folks on meetup.com who happened to be looking for a girl to join their group. (Nobody likes a sausage fest!) We agreed to meet at Denny’s to talk about the game and see if people got along. Now, I’m a bit of a shy geek in new situations. I’m not one to walk into a restaurant confidently seeking out a table of people I’ve never met. But you know it’s the D&D table when you find the guys wearing…
- Thundercats t-shirt
- dragon t-shirt
- Batman t-shirt
- Thor’s hammer necklace
Ah, my people. Excellent. Sadly enough, two of the original people at that table are no longer with us, but that’s another story entirely. Fast forward a bit and we have our current lineup:
DM
Eko – Gnoll (sooner or later some sort of druid/tank?)
Frank – Half-Giant Cleric
Hakim – Halfling Scout
Name (pronounced NA-may.. hahahha!) – Shifter/Tank
and me, Mar’Kessa the Drow Scout
Next post… more about Mar’Kessa!
About e
its nice to know there are other geek girls out there! i’m currently a deva invoker named mariska and i’m pissed off that i cant do anything, “wait until 11th level” they say. i’m married to a fellow gamer who has 16 yrs experience in all genres. i’m having a hard time getting the guys to accept me, prob b/c jeremy is there. hella frustrating. anyway, nice site!
Hey, its so nice to know of other girls who are hooked on D&D!
I was introduced by my brother about 4 years ago and now i cant get enough, never really been the rpg type until i started and now i seriously love it! xD
I love my DM, he’s an actual legend and comes up with the best ideas! The best thing about him is he doesnt just lift things from idea books or map books he creates them all himself with his amazing imagination! The only bad thing is that currently i am the only girl with a bunch of my brother’s friend. They are great and all but it can get a little weird when they forget i’m a girl and start treating me like one of the guys!
I’m currently playing a mage/fighter/cleric called Phoenix and i love her so much and it’s a good thing she has an amazing protection ring as i would be very upset if she died!!!