(TFT) I knew this guy

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

    I knew this guy.  Robert Miles, my first DM ever.  He had been running 
a D&D campaign for a couple of years based on hear say when he finally got 
his hands on some books.  So I get a call from him.  'Come over.' he says.  
'I've got a new campaign.'  So I went for a solo adventure.
    He has me roll up some statistics and then tells me that I'm a human 
fighter.  I give him a name, choose chaotic good, and we start.  Robert 
pulls out a big poster board with a dozen circles drawn on it.  Each circle 
has a name.  'Which world do you want to visit first?'  He asks.  So I just 
pick one.
    'That's the planet of chaotic good.  Lucky for you.'  He pulls out his 
Monster Manual and starts from the first page.  He flips pages till he finds 
a suitable chaotic good creature.  'You encounter centaurs' he says, and 
then starts rolling some dice.  'They like you a lot.'  Rolls some more 
dice.  'You get married.'  Rolls some more dice.  'You have eleven kids.'  
Rolls some more dice.  'All in all you spend twenty seven years there.  He 
puts down the Monster Manual.  'O.K.  Pick another world.'
    I look at the poster board for a minute, and pick another planet.  His 
face lights up with glee.  'That's the planet of chaotic evil.'  He grabs 
his monster manual and starts from the begining.  I find myself in a fight 
with a centepeed.  I make my save vs. poison and quickly dispatch the 
crawlie.  I'm not so lucky on the next encounter.
    I never realized how early in the Monster Manual demons appear.  It was 
a short campaign, but my character lead a long full life.  Before he died.  
I'll never forget the experience.  It was about this time that I started 
wondering if random encounter tables of any kind were a good idea.  I was 
begining to think not.

   David Michael Grouchy II


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