Housepets, Dungeons, & Dragons, Oh My!
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:45 pm
(This little fan-fic takes place after the finishing of the first arc for HousepetZ so, yes, this is the spin-off )
Housepets, Dungeons, & Dragons, Oh My!
Prologue: A Tail Of Four Nerds
SCENE: [REDACTED]'s Room
--Day: After the posting of the epilogue of HousepetZ Year 1--
Characters: Narrator, Bino, Joey, and Kevin
*knocks*---Door's open!---"Hey guys!"---Hey, Joey...and Kevin? What are you doing here?---"Joey invited me, if that's OK"---Sure. You know Bino---"Sup?"---"Hey"---Now I got your email, Joey...what's the idea you want to do? For that matter, what's with the huge backpack?---"Well, with my normal squad busy and Kevin here wanting to join in on the fun...I was thinking how about doing a D&D session?"---Here?---"Me too?"---"Yep! Be a cool idea and, plus, you get a break from writing all the time!"---True---"And I ordered us some pizza and brought some drinks up"---"Same time, you got Pandora on your Xbox One so you can supply back ground music!"---...All I got are stations for power metal and 80's rock---"That's fine! So? What do you think?"---"Could be fun...who's the GM?"---"Me"---"Figures...well, I'm game, you?"---Never really played D&D...but I kinda wanted to after seeing a ProJared video so...ah why not...----"Great! Let me go grab the table"---GET THE FOLDING ONE AS THAT'LL FIT IN MY ROOM!---"OK!"---Meanwhile...Kevin, you can place the pizza on my bed and the drinks over here...actually grab those two trays over that and place the pizza and the other food on them as I don't want any grease on my bed---"Right...uh, where can I sit?"---You can plop on the bed if you want or there's a chair downstairs you can grab---"I'll do that when Joey...ah here he comes"---"Where should I put this?"---Right here...
*ASSEMBLED TABLE*
"There we go! Now I'll set up the game...what you watching?"---Kitchen Nightmares---"Ah cool. Oh, You start work on the second arc yet?"---Yeah, I finished the prologue and I'm working on Chapter 1 now. I did write down an outline for how I want this arc to go---"Smart"---"Hey, Joey, which edition of the ruleset are you using?"---"4th Edition"---"OK"---There's a difference?---"Well I was going to use 5th, but seeing as you never played, we'll go with 4th as it is a bit easier"---Alright---"Speaking of which, here. You guys need this: Player Handsheets"---Oooh...dear---"What?"---I'm getting flashbacks to Wasteland 2 and how I was lost reading half that stats and figuring this stuff out---"Well the game was more suited for PC as you could actually read the font compared to your TV hehe...same time it IS an old-school RPG"---True....well reading this I THINK I got an understanding...just make my own name?---"Yep! But you can't create a fake made-up class. You have to use the class provided by the rule book"---I kinda figured that---
"OK, I got a chair! Just place it here?"---Yeah, just watch the dresser behind you. Don't want my games and movies being knocked over---"Got it...DUDE you got Crimson Skies?!"---Yeah, why?---"MAN I've been looking for a copy for months! Can I play it later?"---Sure---"WOOHOO!"---"Heh...anyway, here's your sheet, Kevin, and yours Bino"---"Thanks"---"Now you three work on your characters while I set up the game and get the stuff out...*sniff sniff*...You got breadsticks and Cinnasticks?"---"Uh-huh. Was a bit more expensive but I figured we would get hungry"---"Good call. Anyway, make your characters guys!"--Hey, do we use 40 points or...---"No you roll three six-sided dies and put those number into your stats"---And each stat is?---"STR is Strength....CON is Constitution which is your HP...DEX is Dexterity which helps with hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes, and balance...INT or Intelligence is how well your dude learns stuff...WIS which is Wisdom and that helps with your character's common sense and how well they spot little details in the world and/or people...Finally, CHA or Charisma measures your guy's personality, persuasiveness, and leadership. Make sense?"---A bit but I can figure it out...
-[REDACTED]-
Name: Hawk Nightshade
Class: Fighter
Alignment: Lawful Good
Str - 15
Con - 13
Dex - 12
Int - 12
Wis - 14
Cha - 7
-Bino-
Name: Luther Nightbreaker
Class: Paladin
Alignment: Good
Str - 11
Con - 8
Dex - 11
Int - 11
Wis - 17
Cha - 14
-Kevin-
Name: Strider Tolken
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Unaligned
Str - 7
Con - 6
Dex - 12
Int - 11
Wis - 9
Cha - 11
"Everyone set?"---Yep---"Ready!"---"One sec...OK I'm good!"---"Good! So what name and class did you guys choose?"---"I went with a Paladin named Luther Nightbreaker"---"Strider Tolken: Ranger"---Hawk Nightshade The Fighter---"Awesome"---Strider? Lord Of The Rings?---"Had trouble thinking of a good name so I...went with that"---Hey I ain't complaining. I like the books and enjoyed the films, even The Hobbit trilogy---"Really?"---Yeah, saw all three Hobbit films in theaters and enjoyed all three---"Neat"---"Now, before we begin, are there any questions?"---So, we are treating the adventure like Skyrim? Like we just explore before we find a quest?---"Sort of, I have a huge quest planned for you guys but I figured you can cut your teeth on a few easy ones"---"Are we allowed breaks?"---"Yeah, I'm not going to force you guys to stay sitting down for hours on end"---"OK"---"Any other questions?"---"Nope"---"I'm good"---I'll probably have one much later but I'm good for now---"OK! Now then...actually, Kevin? Could you pass me a slice of Pizza?"---"Sure. You want the Supreme, Meat Lovers, or Cheese?"---"I'll take a slice of Meat Lovers"---Oh, hand me a Supreme!---"I'm getting a slice myself so I'll hand you one"---Well since I'm on drink duty, what do you guys want?---"Birch Beer"---"Pepsi"---"Birch Beer, as well"---Alright!---"Everyone got what they want? OK...Let's begin the adventure! Oh and neither of you guys have to worry: I'm not like Lester when it comes to D&D"--That a good thing or...?---"It's good, trust me"
Housepets, Dungeons, & Dragons, Oh My!
Prologue: A Tail Of Four Nerds
SCENE: [REDACTED]'s Room
--Day: After the posting of the epilogue of HousepetZ Year 1--
Characters: Narrator, Bino, Joey, and Kevin
*knocks*---Door's open!---"Hey guys!"---Hey, Joey...and Kevin? What are you doing here?---"Joey invited me, if that's OK"---Sure. You know Bino---"Sup?"---"Hey"---Now I got your email, Joey...what's the idea you want to do? For that matter, what's with the huge backpack?---"Well, with my normal squad busy and Kevin here wanting to join in on the fun...I was thinking how about doing a D&D session?"---Here?---"Me too?"---"Yep! Be a cool idea and, plus, you get a break from writing all the time!"---True---"And I ordered us some pizza and brought some drinks up"---"Same time, you got Pandora on your Xbox One so you can supply back ground music!"---...All I got are stations for power metal and 80's rock---"That's fine! So? What do you think?"---"Could be fun...who's the GM?"---"Me"---"Figures...well, I'm game, you?"---Never really played D&D...but I kinda wanted to after seeing a ProJared video so...ah why not...----"Great! Let me go grab the table"---GET THE FOLDING ONE AS THAT'LL FIT IN MY ROOM!---"OK!"---Meanwhile...Kevin, you can place the pizza on my bed and the drinks over here...actually grab those two trays over that and place the pizza and the other food on them as I don't want any grease on my bed---"Right...uh, where can I sit?"---You can plop on the bed if you want or there's a chair downstairs you can grab---"I'll do that when Joey...ah here he comes"---"Where should I put this?"---Right here...
*ASSEMBLED TABLE*
"There we go! Now I'll set up the game...what you watching?"---Kitchen Nightmares---"Ah cool. Oh, You start work on the second arc yet?"---Yeah, I finished the prologue and I'm working on Chapter 1 now. I did write down an outline for how I want this arc to go---"Smart"---"Hey, Joey, which edition of the ruleset are you using?"---"4th Edition"---"OK"---There's a difference?---"Well I was going to use 5th, but seeing as you never played, we'll go with 4th as it is a bit easier"---Alright---"Speaking of which, here. You guys need this: Player Handsheets"---Oooh...dear---"What?"---I'm getting flashbacks to Wasteland 2 and how I was lost reading half that stats and figuring this stuff out---"Well the game was more suited for PC as you could actually read the font compared to your TV hehe...same time it IS an old-school RPG"---True....well reading this I THINK I got an understanding...just make my own name?---"Yep! But you can't create a fake made-up class. You have to use the class provided by the rule book"---I kinda figured that---
"OK, I got a chair! Just place it here?"---Yeah, just watch the dresser behind you. Don't want my games and movies being knocked over---"Got it...DUDE you got Crimson Skies?!"---Yeah, why?---"MAN I've been looking for a copy for months! Can I play it later?"---Sure---"WOOHOO!"---"Heh...anyway, here's your sheet, Kevin, and yours Bino"---"Thanks"---"Now you three work on your characters while I set up the game and get the stuff out...*sniff sniff*...You got breadsticks and Cinnasticks?"---"Uh-huh. Was a bit more expensive but I figured we would get hungry"---"Good call. Anyway, make your characters guys!"--Hey, do we use 40 points or...---"No you roll three six-sided dies and put those number into your stats"---And each stat is?---"STR is Strength....CON is Constitution which is your HP...DEX is Dexterity which helps with hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes, and balance...INT or Intelligence is how well your dude learns stuff...WIS which is Wisdom and that helps with your character's common sense and how well they spot little details in the world and/or people...Finally, CHA or Charisma measures your guy's personality, persuasiveness, and leadership. Make sense?"---A bit but I can figure it out...
-[REDACTED]-
Name: Hawk Nightshade
Class: Fighter
Alignment: Lawful Good
Str - 15
Con - 13
Dex - 12
Int - 12
Wis - 14
Cha - 7
-Bino-
Name: Luther Nightbreaker
Class: Paladin
Alignment: Good
Str - 11
Con - 8
Dex - 11
Int - 11
Wis - 17
Cha - 14
-Kevin-
Name: Strider Tolken
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Unaligned
Str - 7
Con - 6
Dex - 12
Int - 11
Wis - 9
Cha - 11
"Everyone set?"---Yep---"Ready!"---"One sec...OK I'm good!"---"Good! So what name and class did you guys choose?"---"I went with a Paladin named Luther Nightbreaker"---"Strider Tolken: Ranger"---Hawk Nightshade The Fighter---"Awesome"---Strider? Lord Of The Rings?---"Had trouble thinking of a good name so I...went with that"---Hey I ain't complaining. I like the books and enjoyed the films, even The Hobbit trilogy---"Really?"---Yeah, saw all three Hobbit films in theaters and enjoyed all three---"Neat"---"Now, before we begin, are there any questions?"---So, we are treating the adventure like Skyrim? Like we just explore before we find a quest?---"Sort of, I have a huge quest planned for you guys but I figured you can cut your teeth on a few easy ones"---"Are we allowed breaks?"---"Yeah, I'm not going to force you guys to stay sitting down for hours on end"---"OK"---"Any other questions?"---"Nope"---"I'm good"---I'll probably have one much later but I'm good for now---"OK! Now then...actually, Kevin? Could you pass me a slice of Pizza?"---"Sure. You want the Supreme, Meat Lovers, or Cheese?"---"I'll take a slice of Meat Lovers"---Oh, hand me a Supreme!---"I'm getting a slice myself so I'll hand you one"---Well since I'm on drink duty, what do you guys want?---"Birch Beer"---"Pepsi"---"Birch Beer, as well"---Alright!---"Everyone got what they want? OK...Let's begin the adventure! Oh and neither of you guys have to worry: I'm not like Lester when it comes to D&D"--That a good thing or...?---"It's good, trust me"