Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Books "I have a gnoll warlock named Gnarla, her nickname is Bayonce Gnoll"
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Butt Magazine has an interview with a group of gay men from Washington D.C. who regularly get together and play Dungeons & Dragons.
Now do you guys have gay characters in the game?Sean C: My character is gay in the game, it doesn’t come up a lot-
Jim: I tend to play tough women. I don’t know why, but they always tend to be strong women.
Sean W: I haven’t really thought that far out, it’s still too new a game. All of our characters are young and exploring ourselves.
Brian: But we have had a lot of gay characters in previous campaigns. Most of our characters like men, whether they’re male or female.
It's a really interesting interview (and in case the name Butt Magazine has you worried, it's totally Safe For Work, although the website is a bright, garish pink).
(Via The Awl, which might get bought by AOL. Which would be a huge mistake in my opinion, but then nobody at The Awl is asking me.)
(Rainbow 20-sided dice from Eclipse Ball.)
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I made a terrible bbeyonce gnolls joke on my twitter like 5 days ago. Damn the gays kiping my ideas all the time. First anal now this.
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uh, maybe that interview is SFW but BUTT Magazine is not...I wouldn't wander around that site too much at work...
and, BUTT is the best gay mag out there...
and, BUTT is the best gay mag out there...
3
I readily admit I'm a nerd. The critters the level-one characters are fighting are kobolds, not cobalts as the article reports.
But good for them.
But good for them.
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Possibly, Will, but cobalt isn't that pretty. Maybe they're hunting special Pyrex?
I know a guy whose D&D group has been playing together since the first edition. One of the guys in the group died several years ago, but his character lives on as an NPC.
I know a guy whose D&D group has been playing together since the first edition. One of the guys in the group died several years ago, but his character lives on as an NPC.
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Cobalt (the mineral) got its name from kobolds (the critter).
Evidently, early miners attributed the presence of mineral veins to the legendary creatures.
True. Not making that up. I read it on the internet somewhere, so you know it must be true..
Back to the D20 discussion...
Evidently, early miners attributed the presence of mineral veins to the legendary creatures.
True. Not making that up. I read it on the internet somewhere, so you know it must be true..
Back to the D20 discussion...
8
I'm playing a gnoll in a friends campaign right now.
I should totally throw in some Beyonce references.
Paul should totally play with us.
I should totally throw in some Beyonce references.
Paul should totally play with us.
9
i played in seattle with a group of mostly gay men. we had plenty of fun, but we didn't quite have anything as creative as 'bayonce gnoll'.
11
Where on earth do these D&D loving gay dudes hang out? I am seriously so intrigued. And friendly and can throw a mean D20, I might add.
12
If you like it then you should have put a +3 ring on it....
Now, THAT, Joh, is stealing from you.
Now, THAT, Joh, is stealing from you.
13
I'm a girl gamer and for the past ten years in San Francisco I've been playing D&D with a group of gay men. They are great players, smart and funny but also very focused, great for delving into theme- and character-driven stories. I ran a campaign from 1st to 20th level for them; it was a wonderful experience and everybody got really into their characters and the story I was telling. It was great. Now one of the others is up at bat (I'm a wizard, 16th level "going on seventeen") and we're looking forward to the Paizo 3.75 rules expansion -- as an open-source geek I've vetoed the WOTC 4.0 ruleset as a betrayal of the OGL.
Also, of course, nobody hits on me, or thinks it's particularly weird that a girl loves D&D. I love my big gay gaming group.
They're all totally hot guys too. Some of them are single -- SF gay geeks, post a dating application and I'll see if you're worth introducing to my friends. I'm happily married so, straight geeks, don't bother.
Also, of course, nobody hits on me, or thinks it's particularly weird that a girl loves D&D. I love my big gay gaming group.
They're all totally hot guys too. Some of them are single -- SF gay geeks, post a dating application and I'll see if you're worth introducing to my friends. I'm happily married so, straight geeks, don't bother.
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Straight guy here.
When I was playing AD&D regularly, I used to play women and men characters and some of them were gay some not... It sorta depended on class. All my fighters were always straight (gay paladins just don't seem to fit in). But with bards, clerics, and magic-users, I sorta tended to focus more on charisma score rather than sex. All my thieves were bisexual.
I guess AD&D for me, at least, was just more about getting experience points rather than getting tail.
When I was playing AD&D regularly, I used to play women and men characters and some of them were gay some not... It sorta depended on class. All my fighters were always straight (gay paladins just don't seem to fit in). But with bards, clerics, and magic-users, I sorta tended to focus more on charisma score rather than sex. All my thieves were bisexual.
I guess AD&D for me, at least, was just more about getting experience points rather than getting tail.
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There's a cliche of straight dudes playing lesbian characters, usually bad-ass fighter chicks, although I've never been in a group that's done it. Sex doesn't come up a lot in the games I've played - it's just a little uncomfortable for most straight guys to roleplay seduction with your DM. Maybe that's why those who want to do it use a female character as an intermediary, and it's usually played out in the broadest, most jokey terms.
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