What age should we stop playing Ravenloft

[Corrupted_Loremaster]

Definatly a she? Strange, I thought I'd heard references in both directions. Anyway, they might not be the easiest to run, but war and death would likely be a the most fun to watch. Well...maybe a little less so than fertility and revelry, but they'd be a little more likely to have an actual goal.

[Walden]

Wiccy...your session with the gods is starting to sound a like a Terry Pratchett novel...

(I'm pretty sure I heard Morgan/Morrigan's gender tended to vary between cultures... you know, Welsh vs. Irish, etc. Of course, I'm no expert on Celtic mythology.)

[Wiccy of the Fraternity]

Morgan is the name that evolved to Morrigan, both are celtic names given to women. The name Merlin is born from the Celtic name Myrddin, also a woman''s name Which destroys any theory of Merlin from the Arthurian Legends being a man

As for the Pratchett address, I plead guitly to having read The Colour of Magic when I was 8 (in 1983) and being a Pratchett fan ever since

[Dr Bloodworth]

Merlin was probably made into a man by Malory when he wrote La Morte; I think he had, ahem, issues with women... hence why just about every woman in that version of the tale is less than desirable in some way. I've also heard that Merlin was possibly drawn from the Scottish Lailoken, a wild man. And Taliesin, though I don't know that the two are really that similar.

Part of what could account for any perceived Morrigan gender confusion is the whole thing about the Celts having like 15,000 gods of war...

[Wiccy of the Fraternity]

Prior to outside influence, it is believed tha tthe Celts had 12 deities, 13 if you include Mawr's half-human son. The Irish deities are based on those of the Britons, as the island was settled by those Celts who went to the land from Britain, so a little adaptation is possible over the years.

[MadStepDad]

Show some pride man! GEEK POWER!!!!

Speak for yourself! (and congratulations on the g/f)

No reason you can't be buried with a twenty-sider if that's the way things gotta go down. Remember, this is Ravenloft for life. And yeah - NWN is cool (I suppose) but table top is the real deal. That's like, the whole point in playin RPGs in my opinion. And there's no reason you can't go on gaming forever. You know, you got boyz night where you drink a few beers, play poker or watch the game or whatever. No reason that D&D session can't be the weekly cribbage game, ya dig?

For me, it's just a definite way of keeping in touch with friends that have busy schedules. That one day a week where we KNOW we're gonna get up and hang out. So I vote "NEVER" cuz the game will never die. This is Ravenloft for life, suckers! Remember that!

peace,

MSD

[Snake]

After looking at many of the pictures of the people on this board, I have to say that age doesn't appear to be a reason to stop playing DnD.

[Wiccy of the Fraternity]

After looking at many of the pictures of the people on this board, I have to say that age doesn't appear to be a reason to stop playing DnD.

Just to satisfy my curiousity, what other reasons can you think of to stop playing Ravenloft?

[maraudar]

There's reasons to stop?! Hmmm when someone figures them let me know. I wont listen ubut at least I'll know what they are.


Maraudar

[Jason of the Fraternity]

Just to satisfy my curiousity, what other reasons can you think of to stop playing Ravenloft?

While I certainly cannot answer for Snake, other responsibilities would the reason(s) I can think of for not playing Ravenloft anymore. Something along the lines of what alhoon suggested for the age of 25. You don't need to stop role-playing when you get married or have start a full-time job, but it definitely becomes much more difficult to keep doing both. As long as you don't sacrifice your marriage or career for the game, I don't see it being a necessity. However, there are some people where this might be the case.

Overall, I don't view it as being a matter of age so much as being a matter of balancing different aspects of your life.

[Snake]

Just to satisfy my curiousity, what other reasons can you think of to stop playing Ravenloft?

Sometimes the tasks in life don't allow fun things like DnD. This is why I went about six months without posting on this board at one point.

[Wiccy of the Fraternity]

Over the last couple of years I think I have sat down with a group to play D&D (let alone Ravenloft) about 3 or 4 times, not good at all Just no interest for it in my area it seems, or the groups I have tried to meet up with never seem to be able to find a time to get together (curse them and their social lives).

Shame my sister and brother-in-law don't live around here, I could get a game running with them very easily, but it is a bit difficult with them living in Seatle these days

[Gemathustra]

After looking at many of the pictures of the people on this board, I have to say that age doesn't appear to be a reason to stop playing DnD.

Just to satisfy my curiousity, what other reasons can you think of to stop playing Ravenloft?

No one to play with.
They weren't kidding when they sang "One is the loneliest number..."

[MadStepDad]

No one to play with.

We've already discussed this, Stanton. You need to grab some schmucks around the throat and MAKE them RL players. It's the only way.

[Corrupted_Loremaster]

Hmmph, that's easy for you to say MSD. At least back when I kicked about in Montreal, there was a decent number of people to work with. Now that I temporarly confined to a town sometimes refered to as Ozarks North, I'm quite possibly the only one in an hours drive who even knows what a d20 looks like.