D&D

Dungeons and Dragons at Coreflex

One of the new activities offered at Fergus High School is Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Andrew Coolidge was the one who suggested that it should be offered. D&D is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Players go on adventures in a fantasy world completing quests, slaying monsters, and exploring dungeons. Everything comes from players imagination. All you need is paper, and dice. There are books with preset adventures in them, and those may be used as well. Mr. Brandon, a teacher at Fergus High School who also plays D&D with the students said he enjoys D&D because it makes people interact and use their imagination. Players also create the characters they want to be in this world. There are a lot of things to think about when creating a character.

Your class decides what your character is good at; for example, barbarians are strong and good at things requiring strength while bards are very charismatic and good at things like persuasion and deception. Your race is what your character looks like, but it also gives bonuses to certain things. The humans, for example, are very good at a lot of things because they are widespread throughout the world. Next is your ability scores; they determine how well you can do things. Strength is how strong you are; this would come into play, for example, if you were trying to lift something heavy. So barbarians would want strength as their highest score. Dexterity is how agile you are; if you were trying to sneak around, this would determine if you can. Constitution is how healthy you are; if you were eating something poisonous, constitution would determine what happens. Intelligence is book smart. Wisdom is street smart. Finally there is charisma, which determines how well you can persuade and intimidate. Bards would want charisma as their highest score.

Your background determines what your character did before they started adventuring. For example, if your background was entertainer, you would be good at performing because of the time you spent performing for people. A bard would typically choose this background. Alignment is your character’s moral beliefs. Your alignment can range from good to neutral to evil. There are subcategories to these, but those three are much easier to understand. After this your character is basically done, you just need to determine what equipment your character starts with, and if you’re a magic class, such as a wizard, this is when you would determine what spells you know.