friend is trying to explain it to me and it sounds lamer than i ever expected

Dude no. You have no idea.

wait, pen and paper D&D?

brad likes the gaps filled...

"my character got drunk and had to sit out the rest of the game because i couldn't speak gnomish"

WTF SHIT IS THAT!?

yeah, apparently pen and paper.

Well, did you learn Gnomish?

did you roll for it?

haha, do you have to roll three sixes for that?

do you learn a language just like that?

one of my coworkers was gonna give me the books so i could learn to play, then i saw the size of the books.....

Lol. It's called roleplay, bradley...

yeah, i still dont get it. how do you even find monsters? does the gm just throw them at you? or those "random" pits? same deal?

"a meteor falls from the sky. you are dead."

It's all about the dice, bradley!

"wait! I HAVE ANTI GRAVITY BOOTS. I KICK TOWARDS THE SKY TO THWART THE IMPACT"

"roll greater than 3 to escape"

that's totally how i picture this

Yes, that works.

and then i cant see how that's not a drinking game

BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS RULES.

It is a drinking game.

im told otherwise.i asked if that counted even if i brought it in a stein or goblet. i was declined.

I lol at your nerdnders find some cool ones.

funny story - apparently said friend got called a nerd when he started talking about tech stuff.

"pot calling the kettle black, eh?" was all i could say to that one

must have been of those shiny silver pots

rofl.

or an electric kettle