A single manly tear was shed.

Amen

It had his backstory and everything plus a really bad drawing. My dad was terrible at drawing.

I think I'll start a fighter that's his character's son.

You should play as your father's character.

Do him justice, son.

he's hanging with Kord right now drinking divine brew and making manly jokes

Now commence a manly tear thread.

>>12591701
Sad thing is, we had a conversation about a barbarian I made.

He was frustrated with a puzzle so instead of solving it like the gargoyle asked, I just pushed it over and broke it.

He said "Kromgol would be proud."

I thought he was humoring me.

>>12591701
Or make the quest about reviving him.

>>12591726
>dat movie

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU-

>>12591753
Good idea!

They were shed.

>>12591753
That's terrible and couldn't possibly end well.

Comon OP, post that character sheet.
We have to know just how good of a fighter your late father was.

POST THE SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

>>12591849
I don't have a scanner or anything.

I'll post his stats.

>>12591867

GET ON A SCANNER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE TAKE PICTURES WITH YOUR PHONE

DO IT

DO IT NOW

do you have a camera, maybe?

>>12591892

/tg/ also accepts video files

>>12591885
Use a camera of some sort then.

>He said "Kromgol would be proud."

Must. Hold. Back. Man. Tears.

Bumpan for Fighter glory.

>for Issisto

No, for Kromgol, stupid captcha.

Player name; Greg
Character name; Kromgol
Race; Half-Orc
Class; Fighter (Barbarian)
Alignment; Chaotic Good
Patron diety; None (Faithless)

Str- 19
Con- 16
dex- 14
wis- 9
int- 9
Cha- 9

AC; 19
Weapon in hand; Long sword
Off Hand; Large shield

Possessions; flint & tinder, tent, bedroll, hammer

Magic items; Ornate necklace

Wealth; 156gp, 2 rubies

Description;

With black hair and eyes looking in two directions Kromgol looks like an idiot. He is masculine and a bit hairy, and prefers to wear no armor if possible.

Will; I, Kromgol, do hereby leave my belongings to Melor who has helped me on several occasions, including writing this will.

Awaiting OPs delivery with baited breath!

>>12591962
this is funny for a couple of reasons

>>12591959

LOOK AT THIS MAN

NAUGHT BUT SOMETHING TO REST ON, SOMETHING TO START A FIRE AND A SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION TOOL

THIS IS THE BEST INVENTORY I HAVE EVER SEEN

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PHOTO IT

>>12591959
YOU MUST PROVIDE THE CHARACTER PORTRAIT AND BACKGROUND SOMEHOW!

OP there is at least 2 people who REALY want to see this thing.

Ask people around you, get any picture-creating device you can

for Kromgol.

>>12591993
Sorry my mom and I are in tears a bit. Let me hook up my scanner

>Will; I, Kromgol, do hereby leave my belongings to Melor who has helped me on several occasions, including writing this will.

Well shit, sorry OP but looks like you're going to have to hand it all over to this Melor feller.

Man, your dad had a nice sense of humor.

I say /tg/ should start work on making this man not just a simple Fighter, but A GOD...
Let us turn this fighter of old into a god that millions will worship and treasure, a man elevated to god hood, a god among men...

Totally pouring one out for Kromgol at my next game.

>Kromgol

>>12592003

Let it all out bro. We won't let this shit 404. No matter the cost.

Tell us about your dad. /tg/ is therapy for the poor and anti-social.

>>12592008
That would be amazing.

I would love /tg/ forever. I just hooked up my scanner, but it's having issues. Can you guys wait until tomorrow? I have to head to campus ad I'll scan it then.

>>12592008
You obviously do not know the way of Kromgol. He was a simple man. I doubt he wished for any sort of godhood or fame. He just wanted to smash a head or two.

>>12592008
Kromgol will now be a deity in all of my campaigns.

The god of battle, strength and honor.

>>12592025

Sure.

Grab a trip before you come back so we know it's you.

Maybe something like Son of Kromgol

>>12592008
>>12592008
>>12592028
>>12592030
.

Not a god. Someone to toast to? Absolutely. Let him have his well-deserved rest.

>>12591959
>patron deity: none

So your father's soul is languishing in torment in the Wall of the Faithless?

You know what you must do.

MR. AO, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

(I'm a little blurry on the various settings so I may have crossed a few over there).

Well where to start...

He was a really funny guy, a bit overweight, with an untrimmed goatee and bad eyes. I didn't know he used to play D&D until I was 16. I brought it up that I wanted to play and he explained most of it to me. I didn't know he played seriously though, so I never invited him to any games.

He used to pop in during my 40k games and MTG games and ask if I was winning. He was happy to host at our house, he would bring us chips and drinks while we played and never once complained about the noise.

I never got to spend a lot of time with him, my parents got divorced when I was young, and I didn't see him from when I was 16 until I was 20. I took the opportunity to move up to Washington with him, where he continued to let me host games. I told him about clerics I rolled and he told me about his exploits.

He hated spellcasters, "Complicated and scary." he would call them. "Now fighters, they're easy. Don't understand it? Hit it. Scared of it? Hit it. Diplomatic problems? Hit it. Anything can be solved with a well placed greathammer swing."

And Lo!

The mighty Kromgol came and he did look upon the world in two different directions for his were the eyes blessed by Herp and Derp, twin gods of perception.

And Kromgol did smite the enemies, for his was the hand that destroyed.

And it was good.

>>12592080

>Break down the Wall of the Faithless
>Lead the countless souls on a campaign to free those trapped in the Hells and the Abyss

>>12592097
that might be some of the funniest shit i've seen in a long time! :D

<He hated spellcasters, "Complicated and scary." he would call them. "Now fighters, they're easy. Don't understand it? Hit it. Scared of it? Hit it. Diplomatic problems? Hit it. Anything can be solved with a well placed greathammer swing."

Your dad was awesome.

>>12592080
In my current campaign, I plan on trying to take out Kelemvore..

>>12592086
He wasn't above listening to Johnny Cash at full blast, even though I kept trying to overpower it with my Tool. He let me stay at his house through my college career, and even got me a job at his work. He rode a Honda Goldwing, and ironically asked for a skullcap for his birthday one year. So as a joke I got him one with 20 sided dice on it. He cried when he saw it.

He met all my girlfriends, and harmlessly flirted with them all. He could play the violin, saxophone and piano. He had done theater for 22 years, and helped me get a role in a small film.

>>12592086

>He hated spellcasters, "Complicated and scary." he would call them. "Now fighters, they're easy. Don't understand it? Hit it. Scared of it? Hit it. Diplomatic problems? Hit it. Anything can be solved with a well placed greathammer swing."

I wish I could have gamed with him.

A man who understands.

Bumpin' for those scans.

Your father is a god among men.

>>12592134
He was telling me once he got a TPK because he hit something.

Kromgol came into a room and there was this apparatus that had trapped his party. In true Kromgol fashion, he tried to smash it and got a critical failure. He rolled for intensity and another critical failure.

He went to smash the arm holders on the thief, and crushed the theif. The shrapnel hit him in the eye, and being pissed because he was blind, he started swinging violently.

this caused the alchemic shit on the table to react and burst into a deadly gas filling the room and killing them all.

They weren't even level 2.

>He hated spellcasters, "Complicated and scary." he would call them. "Now fighters, they're easy. Don't understand it? Hit it. Scared of it? Hit it. Diplomatic problems? Hit it. Anything can be solved with a well placed greathammer swing."

Your dad's character is now a diety in my campaigns. May he live on forever. Hail Kromgol!

>>12592191
No, Kromgol is now a deity of /tg/.

>>12592203
Hell, I nominate Kromgol as mascot of /tg/.

my spider senses tell me that the bro-blood boils high tonight, and that forevermore shall this thread be archived....

>>12592203
I need a drawfag to draw him for me.

May he live on.

>>12592218
SO MOTE IT BE
>>12592214
Agreed.

>>12592220
But first we need the original. Then we can drawfag it.

>>12592220
You know, I may draw up Kromgol at some point... thank you for this thread, OP.

You guys have my mom laughing now.

She has tears going down her face and is holding her sides laughing.

I love you /tg/

KROMGOL SMASHHHH

Tordek vs Kromgol. No spells, no magical items, final destination.

Who wins?

>>12592231
I'll provide a drawing of him tomorrow along with the scans. I'll post them around the same time, 2-3.

>>12592250
They join up and fight crime.

>>12592250

Tordek and Kromgol go to the pub to get wenches, beer and brawls.

Archive this thread.
OP, I cry for nothing, and this made me shed a single tear.
I hope you will be as good a Kromgol to your own children someday.

>>12592250

You know they'd team up and campaign together.

>>12592252
That will help.

>>12591959
Either this was heavily, heavily houseruled OD&D or it's not the OP picture he was playing.
CG, Off-hand and I think Half-Orcs (?) where not introduced back then.
Ascending AC surely wasn't but that could easily be a houserule.

>>12592266
My children will sleep to the tales of Kromgol and his adventures. They will dream of him slaying the great Emerald Dragon and braving the plane of hate.

And, when they come of age, they too will create a character of their own.

>>12592269
>heavily, heavily houseruled OD&D
Like there's another kind.

>>12592269
AD&D?
My rulebook has AC in it, aswell as half orcs.

But I don't know the difference between OD&D and AD&D

>>12592269
Op obviously had to go find a picture of something to use, because he doesn't have a scanner to show us what he really has. Been discussed about the character sheet already.

>>12592269
He played in a real where there were also half-dragons. All they did were house rules.

This is quite possibly the best thread.

I salute you /tg/, I salute you Kromgol, I salute you Son of Kromgol.

Kromgol is now forever a part of my setting.

I await scans with great expectations. I hope I won't miss it. I hope it will be on easymodo.

Thread has been archived on suptg.
Vote it up, that all may learn of Kromgol's humble glory.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12591647/

>>12592262
Tordek and Kromgol, forever with the bitches.

no god, but a hero of old.
all of my melee-based characters shall carry his name in their heart.

He has AD&D, the expert and Companion books.

>>12592278
May it forever be passed down the family line.

>>12592333
So basic and some AD&D. Sounds much more likely.
It just didn't jive with OD&D, even as heavily houseruled as that used to be, so I was a bit skeptical.
PRAISE BE TO KROMGOL. HERO-DEITY OF SMASHING.

>>12592364
I will now go legally change my name to Kromgol.

Potential drawfag here. What hairstyle did Kromgol have?

Captcha: Take runnite.
Do I want to?

Kromgol is high tier.

This reminds me of an old ex-girlfriend's dad. He was a classy bastard. Was one of the guys who played with Gygax and Arneson back in the day, and still had all his old books. There were some great stories of some of the old games, and he would go on and on about old sessions and games that he ran at GenCon.

After a few months, she cheated on me and dumped me. Worst week of my life. Then, I get a call from her number. It's her dad.

"So, I heard my daughter was a bitch. Let's play some goddamn D&D."

He was a fuckin' hero.

I haven't gotten such ridiculously good vibes from a thread on 4chan in a looooooong time.
May your hard-won gold buy much ale and many whores, Son of Kromgol.

>>12592401
yeah, /tg/ has been like that lately for some reason. i'm really liking it

>>12592392
From this it just looks unruly. He's kinda in an action pose though. It's shoulder length and nasty looking.

>>12592400
fucking brilliant

>>12592428
Perfect! This is gonna be fun.

>>12592417
It's bro season. Besides who can not shed at least a manly tear for Kromgol the Manliest Half-Orc Brobarian to exist.

>>12592437
BROBAIRAN!

I god I lol'd

OP, give me a story he did. Give us an adventure he may have shared with you.

Kromgol will be like the barbaric Buddha in my campaigns from now on. He lived a life of simplicity.

Want no more food than can keep you alive
Want no more drink than can slake your thirst
Want no more battle than what confronts you
Want no more in life than what you are given

That is the way of Kromgol

Kromgol shouldn't be a deity; rather, he should be a mighty hero from a greater age, a mythic and legendary figure anchored by a few grains of truth at the eye of the storm. Kromgol, a figure whom only the most ancient and powerful mortals can claim to have existed alongside of, but whom all warriors and bards know the songs, stories, and poems of.

>>12592437
brobarian... i now want to play this character concept more than anything!

I wish Kromgol was my dad. He wouldn't cast charm on my mom like what her boyfriend, Melor does. If Kromgol was my Dad things would be differernt around here.

>>12592451
YESSSSSSSSS
my bard Brandr shall forever sing the praises of Kromgol in the great drinking songs in the tavern halls of the greatest kings!

My dad used to play DnD back in the day, and never mentioned it until I brought it up with some of my friends.

He played a dwarven paladin named Darvon. Made a cast in pewter for this character and painted it, with a big red "D" as the crest of his shield.

I've included the character of Darvon in some of my campaigns so far, but I'd really like to get a game going with my dad for old time's sake.

>among whamons

>>12592451
Sword and shield? I have never herd if a barbarian ever using those.

>>12592445
Ha ha, okay lemme think of a good one.

Okay well one time, he was with this Chaotic good wizard, who of course frightened the humble Kromgol. Well in order to sate his fear, the wizard would create small creatures for Kromgol to pet without having to worry about crushing them, because he would just make another.

Well Kromgol was petting this kitty, and they suddenly got into combat. Kromgol, fearing the cat would be hurt (Not realizing it wouldn't actually DIE) refused to put it down. So he fought the entire battle with a cat in his off hand, decapitating his enemies in his main hand.

Also, later the wizard came back briefly at the end of the campaign, and gave Kromgol a piece of sugar as a treat for helping him. Kromgol tried it and it was too sweet and hurt his teeth, so he cut off his own tongue.

He had to get a wizard to grow it back for him.

>>12592481

He's a Brobarian, he lives to protect his bros aswell as smash foes.

>>12592481
Kromgol does.

>>12592400

I tear'd up a little bit.

That man is a fucking bro.

I will start a blackened-thrash metal band called Kromgor in honor of this thread. Let it be known.

>>12592481
Some people call it a shield. Kromgol calls it a metal plate of smashing.

>>12592470

I was eating a cookie. Now it's all over my screen.

>>12592501
Truly a saint of savages ;_;

>>12592447
Want to hit only what should be hit.

>>12592513
Then a buckler... but it needs to be a Kromgol worthy buckler.

>>12592500
Kromgol

Epic Hero, a standard of Barbarian values everywhere, and a lover of cats.

>>12591647
I'm gonna make Kromgol an NPC in my campaign. Thanks for sharing dude!

>>12592400
Oh my god, what an amazing person... keep in touch with that dude forever, fuck the daughter (literally and figuratively).

>>12592481
Barbarians were basically a prestige class back then, his character was still a fighter at the time, aspiring to be a barbarian. But a greater fighter, there is none.

This reminds me of the time when my brother and I, like all nerds, decided we wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons.

It's near Christmas, so my brother and I both put a couple of the 2nd Edition books on our lists, hoping that it wouldn't be too 'Satanic' (really Catholic family).

On Christmas morning, we get the books we asked for, along with a few older ones. And a few other items.

You see, my parents met through Dungeons and Dragons. They were both interning at the same hospital, and needed something to unwind when they were on break. One of the residents was a DM, and while it was fairly irregular, it was how they played.

They still had their character sheets, and showed us them.

Lorrick, Paladin of Kyrin and Belesha, Druidess of the White Woods.

Thus began a great family tradition.

>>12592289
Not that guy, but AC didn't become a "higher number is better" thing until 3rd edition.

10 AC was default in AD&D.

19 would mean literally anyone could hit him. Anyone. An old man with no legs could roll and have a 50% chance to do damage. It's... well, it's not good.

I hate to rain on everyone's parade, but how did he get a 19 in STR, anyway? Pointbuy was also something that started in 3rd edition. He rolled 3d6 and magically got three 9s and a 19?

Without some scans, I'm not buying this.

>>12592536
I say draw him with the cat in the off-hand.

>>12592572
I don't make the rules, this is what the scans say.

I'll provide them tomorrow

>>12592577
I say you are a genius, good sir.

>>12592447
In coming to understand Kromgol's teachings we learn we were practicing Kromgol's beliefs all along.

In wanting food, we come to understand how much we need and require, not only for ourselves but for the beasts in the woods as well.
In wanting thirst, we come to understand how much we need, not only for ourselves but for the plants in the valleys as well.
In wanting battle, we come to understand who is the strongest and who is deserving of life.
In wanting more, we come to understand our desires and thus ourselves.

>>12592577
I would lol my ass off.

BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE RISE OF GYGAX
AND WHEN WOTC CONSUMED TSR
THERE WAS A TIME UNDREAMED OF

My dad used to play D&D way the fuck back in the day, but kept very little of his stuff. One of the only things he kept were his set of dice. He gave me his d20 when I first started playing D&D when I was like 11 or 12. I use my own dice these days, but I've had the d20 placed in a metal coil on a cord, where I keep it near me like a good-luck talisman.

Pic related, it's my dad's old-ass d20. And my hand, I guess.

>>12592565
Daughter is currently married to some jackass from a small town near where I grew up, dropped out of college, and two abortions into this marriage. I severed all connections to my hometown and visit there less than once a year. I'm still in touch with her dad, though. He is epic bro-tier.

He is also a hardass AD&D DM. The kind of guy who runs "The Tomb of Horrors" and expects us to somehow manage to survive. Gamed with him a decent amount when I was still in high school, but it was always a bit awkward going to my ex's house to hang out with her dad. We got along like nothing else, though.

>>12592617
It's... Beautiful.

You know, I might reference Kromgol in a personal project of mine.

Feels like the 1980s Conan craze in here.

I'm liking it.

FOR KROMGOL!!!

Just so everyone knows, the capital of Fantasy Scotland in my setting is now called Brobairn and the patron saint of Brobairn is St. Kromgal.

It even fits with the faithlessness of my fantasy Scotland IT'S ALL SO BEAUTIFUL

THIS THREAD IS PURE LOVE

>>12592646
What project?

Also, I have to leave for work in about 20 min.

But tomorrow I'll post the scans. Thank you brothers, you elegen/tg/entlemen, you made his passing that much easier.

>>12592690
At the risk of looking like a douche/bringing everybody down, how did your father die?

.... This thread is full of righteous tears.

sniff.
kinda wish my manly tears story was more elagent.

and so the legend begins.... *ominous music*

I have a manly tears story.

My dad was an avid D&D player. 2nd edition mostly. He died of pancreatic cancer when I was ten. I was rummaging through his things one day a few years back and found all of his books, die, sheets, etc.

I kept them all in the backpack he did. Read them, cherished them. They were the only thing of his I had.

One day, my uncle decided to rummage through my stuff. He throws the backpack out into the hallway and the dog gets ahold of it, destroying all of the books and sheets in the process.

All that was left was the 2nd edition DM guide. I keep that book hidden now, but I take it out every so often and read it. On the inside over is written "Joey Meyer - Hammerstone the Dwarf" His name and his character's name.

;___;

>>12592705
He had a genetic eye disease that I have as well, and it causes him to have poor eyesight at times. Well being a pilot Boeing paid for him to get his eyes fixed, and on the way home from surgery an SUV swerved into his lane and he jumped the median.

He was on his motorcycle, he didn't stand a chance.

>>12592690
A surreal Lovecraftian/Tolkien fantasy thing. The best part is, the main character I had planned was already a chaotic-good wizard.

>>12592705
We don't need to know. We should just assume it was at the hands of an unstoppable horde--that he stopped, before succumbing to his wounds.

>>12592731

>>12592705

Prepare your handkerchiefs bros.

>>12592737
/tg/ shall remember him fondly.

>>12592737
Man, that really blows. I was hoping for "old-ass age". Still, he died on a motorcycle, the mount of a true modern brobarian. My and all of /tg/'s condolences go with you.

>>12592500
epic

>>12592737

>>12592755
What pisses me off is I asked to drive him there and back...

But no he HAD to ride his bike...

>>12592737

He died riding a motorcycle after surgery?

Now I'm really fucking close to tears. This fucking guy.

Just so you know man, you had a father I'd change mine for. I'd exchange the memory of your dad for my live father.

Goddamn.

>>12592782
Damn... I don't even know how to respond to that.

>>12592737
>On his way home from eye surgery
>Someone else swerves and smashes into him

Wow, that's bullshit of so much magnitude. Now I'm depressed. Life can be quite cruel...

>>12592737

Woah. My sympathies, dude. I don't know what else to say.

>>12592812
No, he was so amazingly godlike, God himself felt threatened.

>>12592782
>Died riding a motorcycle back from surgery
"Man, that really su-"
>I asked to drive him there and back
ALL OF MY SADNESS.
ALL OF IT.

There is no sufficient image macro.

man... what you guys have you don't even know...

>>12592787
I never realized how much he did for me.

He never held anything against me, not once.

I remember once, we had this big argument and I stormed out in the rain. He came out in his pajamas looking for me with no shoes on. he found me at the nearby park and we got to talking. I was super depressed at the time, and told him that I hate faking a smile, I hate pretending to be happy.

"We all have to sometimes, such is life."

I told him that the last time I could remember being genuinely happy was when we had this cat named Henry. Henry died by drinking antifreeze when I was about 12.

"So, before the divorce?" and after those words all he did was hug me. We sat in the pouring rain with him in his pajamas at almost midnight, hugging it out.

I never cried so hard.

>>12592737
>Eye disease
Fuck it fly planes.
>Surgery
Fuck it, ride a bike.
You can see why the gods had to throw a fucking car at the guy to take him out. They were afraid of what would happen when your dad reached epic levels.

>>12592850
...
I... seem to have gotten something in my eye.

>>12592869

If you told me now he ate iron and shat nukes., I wouldn't find that implausible.

Stand aside Tordek. It is now the age of Kromgol.

This...fucking...thread...

;_;

>>12592850
Oh

It's raining

>>12592850
Major manly tears. If it's any condolence, your dad sounds like an amazing person.

>>12592900
everyone on this board needs to promise that this won't go and get abused like so many other /tg/ things.

>>12592917
Seriously, he sounds like an absolutely genuine bro, and a great father.

I raise my mug to Kromgol.

>>12592850

Gentlemen, I'm tossing one back. Join me. FOR KROMGOL!

>>12592924
You got my promise. I'll never bring this up again unless it's a suitably awesome occasion.

This thread. This fucking thread. This is why I love you /tg/, so goddamn much.

OP, your dad was amazing, and in all our hearts he will become a legend. If I can be even a fracture of such a father to my kids, I'll die happy.

>>12592912
wait... are you a Seattlefag?

>>12592917
He was.

I'm glad a part of him lives on in Kromgol, and now, in all of you.

He was a modern sage, a venerable modern-day Merlin. His words were always warm and his eyes always shone. When he laughed, it was a deep cheerful, belly laugh.

I took him for granted.

Manly tears.
You have my condolences OP.
I salute your father.

>>12592940
Good man... who else?

10 fucking dollars for a book from you dads era? fuck that is expensive.

>>12592924

I vouch never to defile this. NEVER.

>>12592943
No

But it's definitely raining

>>12592964
That is a good allegory to ho it feels.

If Kamina was your dad.

>>12592949
>Dad plays D&D.
>Dad rides a motorcycle.
>Everyone refers to my Dad as Merlin.
>Parents are divorced
Man, that is downright weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHP-qgzUVLM

Yes it's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching for love in every way
It's a long hard fight
But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love

Do it for love, OP. I'm fucking crying right now.

>>12592970
I see. It's starting to rain here, so I thought just maybe...

>>12592957
AND MY AXE!

>>12592985
Horry shit...

>>12592957
Aye

>>12592957

You have my word.

Brothers, I must away. For work beckons me.

I will be back in a short while, if this thread is still here, I will be pleasantly surprised.

The scans will be here tomorrow.

I love all of you enegan/tg/entlemen.

>>12592999
>>12593007
>>12593009
Excellent, I am proud of you /tg/.

>>12592975
Know then, and take solace, that in the hereafter you will game together until the end of days.

Gods will sit at that table.

All will know joy.

>>12593020
Take it easy, and keep the strength of Kromgol with you.

>>12592924
Those things held close to your heart, should be displayed as often as your heart.

Though time will pass, and details grow faint, the memory of a good man shall live on.

>>12592957
I will, for I fear that I will be struck down by brobarian rage if I defile his image.

>>12593030
You are now aware that the afterlife doesn't exist, that OP's father is gone forever, and that you will never know him.
You are now aware that this is the most depressing thread you've read in weeks.

this thread
is eternal

>>12593052
You are now aware that you are the worst poster in this thread.

>>12592617
>>12592617
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/jewelry/7ae3/

>>12592960
About $40, adjusted for inflation. So about the same as game manuals now days.

>>12592957
And my word too.

I-If it doesn't Hurt, I-It doesn't count...

>>12593064
That's the one. GF got it for me for some holiday or another, and I figured it was the perfect receptacle for my father's die.

>>12593052
You are now aware that you are a prick. You are also aware that this is the most inspiring thing ever posted on /tg/.

>>12593064
The die is removable.

My god. OP, a DND descussion without edition wars, or flaming, or general dickishness? /tg/ coming together as one? You dad is hero among our people, there is no denying that. My bard will write songs about your father and tell his tales until his last breath.

> Ensign Laccouss

Set a course...for my heart.

>>12592957
I swear by my dice, I will not speak of this inappropriately.

>>12593052
>the afterlife doesn't exist and OP's father is gone forever
all the more reason to preserve his memory in Kromgol.

>you will never know him.
but we're learning of him- of his adventures and exploits, and of all the great and glorious things he's accomplished and done. A humble man, with a capacity for kindness matched only by his ability to be so awe-inspiring. More than a man, a true legend. OP's father and Kromgol are one and the same. And they will live on. Forever.
>Only relics
No, captcha, you naive fool. These treasures the OP has are more than relics, they are epic artifacts, the glorious remains of Kromgol the hero.

>>12593086
>>12593060
What did I say? I'm not saying that "DURR HURR OP'S DAD IS DED", I'm saying that none of us will ever meet this man, and that's a fucking tragedy.
This thread is inspiring because of /tg/ being there for one another, but at its core it's depressing as FUCK.

>>12592939

You won't be the only one taking a shot.

For Kromgol, and all the others in this thread.

>>12593104
HEAR HEAR

I still have my dad's first edition. He was a regular gm back in the day, he and my mother met at a gaming convention even.

I'm so proud.

>This thread
>Goddamnit I love you /tg/

>>12593108

We have met this man.

He lives on in his son.

>>12593108
Sorry, you looked to me like the most sadistic troll ever. Glad to hear otherwise.

OP your dad sounds like he was an amazing person. Its natural to miss someone like him, but you should always be thankful for the time he was with you.

>>12593120
Truly a son Kromgol can be proud of. Remember this Son of Kromgol. Wherever you go and whatever you may do, your father's memory is always watching. Do him proud and live up to the name of Kromgol!

>>12593133
I'm sorry, welcome to /tg/. We're HUMAN BEINGS here.
Doesn't make anything I said less true. This thread is a downer and a half, starting right around us learning how Kromgol died, and hitting bottom with the rain story.

>>12592618
>The kind of guy who runs "The Tomb of Horrors" and expects us to somehow manage to survive.
Not that unusual. You just gotta play smart and not get into fights and stuff. First time around it was soloed by an evil Fighter.

>>12593162
It is somewhat depressing, but consider the fact that he will live on in /tg/, through his son and his character.

.>>12593108
Through OP, and through this thread, we have met him.

Despite being gone, the world is a better place because of him.

Despite being dead, the good he did will live on.

For it is not a person's death that is important, but his life.

And while we grieve for what we have lost, let us celebrate that he existed.

>>12592737
though anon can brutal and uncaring, we can muster the same amount of passion for love as we can for hate. remember always, that your father will be remembered by anon, and with each of us that thinks of him with a smile and a tear, the memory of him grows brighter and brighter. With each anon that feels inspired to be a better man, become a father worthy of his legacy, we will discover that his memory shall shine forever.

OP you said your dad lived in Seattle and you moved up here to live with him? Where around Seattle?

Kent/Covington fag here.

>>12593207
Here here.

OP, I'm a writefag who does 40k shit for fun. I'm normally sticking with Anonymous for a name here because my writefaggotry isn't cause for celebration.

Introductions aside, I wanted to ask you if it would be alright to dedicate the next chapter in my Tau writefaggotry to your father, in honor of his memory.

Your call, Son of Kromgol.

Son of Kromgol, I want you to know a manly tear was shed for your bro of a father. And in his memory, I raised a glass of the finest alcohol I had available and drank to his memory- Crystal Head vodka.

Because the only way to pay tribute to one such as he is to drink booze from a fucking skull

This thread still here? Good.

Sorry OP. This was the best I could do on such short notice. I wanted to bang this out before the thread disappeared. I hope a better drawfag will come along soon and do better justice.

This seems like the right thread for this story.
When I was in high school all the guys I played DnD with were in my grade except one, Travis. Travis was two grades below all of us but hung out with us because he had no friends in his own grade. He looked up to us like we were his older brothers.
Both in game and out of game he would do anything for us. I remember at the end of a campaign my cleric was lying on the ground bleeding to death. Everyone was fighting the vampire, but Travis' fighter, Lorn broke away from the fight to shove a potion down my cleric's throat. A few rounds later my cleric turned the fuck out of that vampire. When I asked him why he did it, he said "That's what my character would do."
Travis was my brother in bond, if not in blood.
After high school i joined the army and did two tours in Iraq. When I got back a few months ago I saw Travis. We started a campaign with some of our old high school buddies.
Travis was stabbed to death last Sunday. He saw a man getting mugged by three other guys. They stabbed Travis to death but the guy who was getting mugged got away.
I miss you Travis.

>>12593236
>>12593020

>Brothers, I must away. For work beckons me.

>I will be back in a short while, if this thread is still here, I will be pleasantly surprised.

>>12593235
COVTOWN??? WHO ARE YOU?

>>12593253
>>12593235
oh shit, there's three of us
(maple valley-fag here)

how am I not surprised?

>>12593251

This stuff will be here for him when he returns.

>>12593240

Drinking Kraken Rum here.

>>12593248
;...;

Anyway... you never know. There might be an afterlife - maybe there is, maybe there isn't. The thing is that it is at present outside the realm of science and thus unknowable.

>>12593248

He was not a fighter.

He was a Paladin.

>>12593283
Keep that debate club shit out of this thread.

>>12593283
One thing's for sure: If there is such a thing as Valhalla, Kromgol is there.

>>12593248
thats fucking terrible...he went down a true man though, he did what was right no matter the cost. Few of us could ever aspire to such honor and character. Glory to our fathers, and to Travis. All anon should raise a glass to them.

>>12593266
Make it Four of us.
BlackDiamondFag

>>12593315
Are you... Patrick L.?

Just dropped by to say, OP, that's a pretty fucking awesome thing to find.

Your dad was awesome. The blood of the fa/tg/uy runs in your veins, going all the way back to Gygaxian times.

This is your fathers gift to you... his legacy. Carry the torch high, fa/tg/uy, and never forget who lit it before you.

>>12593319
Nope sorry.

>>12593301
*drinks to that*

may Valkyries pleasure him in the halls of Odin,
may his horn be ever full the the best Seattle micro-brew
may the rain on the fields of Valhalla always fall lightly upon his brow
may kromgol be forever remembered in campaign and story

>>12593308
Damn right. I lack a beer at the moment, but a true fa/tg/uy's drink is Mt. Dew.

>>12593331
ACH what other gamers do I know in Black Diamond...

We need a drawfag to make a picture of Kromgol and Travis' fighter giving each other the bro-fist

Draining the last of my grey goose tonight in honor of those we've lost. My respects, gentlemen. Let their memories endure.

>The Irish wake, in the sense of celebrating at a death, originated with the ancient Celts. In their belief system, once someone died in this world they moved on to the afterlife, which was a better world, and thus cause for celebration...Though many of these customs have faded away in modern Ireland, some are still practised, particularly the laying out of the body in the house before burial. This is rare, however, in the main cities and towns and a declining practice in many rural areas. Generally, the wake is seen as the celebratory gathering after the funeral ceremony, where people might share stories of the deceased over food and drink, but most importantly, to give the people a day to remember the person and to show their love of them.


Let us celebrate, then.

;_;

>>12593361

Fuck it's 2 am here but if I can get a brief description of Travis' fighter I'll try and give it a shot...

Somebody please archive this. For Kromgol.

>>12593388
It's been done a while back.

>>12593388
Someone's one step ahead of you already.

>>12593399
Forgive my ignorance. I searched and could not find.

Good. I'd be heartbroken if this just disappeared into the aether.

i rarely visit /tg/ but you have my word that kromgol will go be a name and a tale that goes down in history.

shit im starting a fantasy novel next month and im including him in it. he will be recorded as one of the old ones who started the brobarian race.

in their mythology he will be the wise alpha who will rise again at the end times to assume the role of omega.

>>12593388

I did, about twenty minutes ago.

Kromgol is in a better place, sharing drinks with Gygax himself.

I was having a shitty day, today, but you, Son of Kromgol, and you, brothers /tg/ have lifted my spirits with the nobility of this thread.

I raise my glass to you all, and to Kromgol, may he drink forever in the halls of the Gods, where ale flows like wine, and beautiful women lounge on satin pillows.

>>12593418

A toast. To Kromgol, Travis, and fallen gamers everywhere. Let us lament their passing, celebrate their lives, and drink to their families health. They will live on forever in our memory, our stories, and our dice.

>>12593108

As long as /tg/ remembers him, Kromgol and his player will not be dead.

Fists in the air, brothers.

>>12593386
I don't have the character sheet but from what I remember the character's name was Hoss, he was a big bulky guy. He had no facial hair and had short I don't know what color my guess would be brown hair, Travis had brown hair. I don't remember what his eye color was. The character fought in full plate with a shield and hammer because the character was either a carpenter or a shipwright's son. That's all I can remember.

>>12593416
You are a gentleman and a scholar, noble sir.
I'm also preserving Kromgol's memory how I can, giving him an entire city in my settings, as well as many epic tales of his heroism.

>>12593434
Weird... it's about 5:20 here.

I think from now on, every setting I make will have a Kromgol reference. Whether the God of War, a lowly peasant, or somewhere in between, he will be there.

>>12593308

well hell... cant help but join in this toast.

I give my sincerest sympathies... but honestly this thread has made me realize that I'm a heartless bastard with no soul...


I feel nothing. Your dad was awesome, though.

>>12593495
Just please, for the love of all that is holy, don't abuse it.

Another glass in the air, for Kromgol.

>>12593505
No never. Just a wink and a nod or an offhanded reference. Just to pay tribute.

>>12593513
Just making sure.

My setting now includes Saint Travis patron of Martyrs and Defender of the Oppressed, and Kromgol a legendary half-orc barbarian who once defeated a demon lord in single combat.

>>12593535
With a kitten in one hand.

I have a hip-flask of whiskey I haven't touched in years, but I will toast regardless. To Kromgol. May I never forget.

>>12593418
Actually, I did, hours ago. I'm not sure why you would even claim that. But the point is that it's archived, and Kromgol will live on in the internets, if not in flesh.

>>12593206
And through it, Kromgol and the OP's dad will become immortal, for their tale will be spoken on every lip, heard by all ears and live on in the hearts of all who live to know the tale of Kromgol and his son.

Yes, this thread may be sad but from sorrow, so to can come joy.

>>12593509
yep, i'm going to raise a second glass. i think i will raise several glasses tonight. but all the while i shall contemplate what it means to be a man, and a bro, until i am overcome with drunken unconsciousness.

>>12593548

Nice try. Go check suptg.

0/10

Will biting into an apple work?

It's what I've got to toast. No soda or beer or water, or anything.

>>12593582
It is not the substance, but the act, my friend.

>>12593582
Sure, why not. I guess.

>>12593582

It will work.

Later, distill yourself some hard cider or applejack.

This Kromgol motherfucker...

You can take lessons from DnD, if you look past the usual minmaxing, feats, talents, and natural ones. Your characters might face beguilers and vourgilles and beholders, but they overcome them. How? By not giving up. Life? If you give up, it's over. OP, your dad? You'll see him again. And then you can have the best game of DnD anyone could ever have.

May this thread be voted ever upward in the archives. Ascending to its rightful place on the throne of /tg/.
May Travis' sacrifice be remembered, an example for all who follow the path of righteousness.
May Kromgol be forever toasted in the mead halls, his heroism always celebrated.

It's threads like these that remind me why /tg/ and role playing are great.

I like the idea of Kromgol as an ancient figure within a setting. Bro-tier, but nothing fantastic or super special about him, except that men later in history look to him as a symbol. Unknowingly, his influence decades later leads to a hateful, inward-fighting nation casting aside steel and embracing brotherhood in his name, even if just for a little while.

>>12593610
All part of great epic that is /tg/.

>>12593602
/thread

>>12593574
>check suptg
Oh look, the description I wrote for this thread. How'd that get there. Oh wait, it must have been from
>>12592299
where I fucking talked about archiving it.
Seriously, what are you playing at?

>>12593640

This is not a thread for anger. Let us be happy as we remember Kromgol.

>>12593640

Don't shit up this thread, man. It's the last thing it needs.

>>12593670
I'm sorry; I must be coming off as a bit of a dick.
I just don't understand why someone would claim credit for something they didn't do. Especially on an anonymous image board. It doesn't make any sense to me, and it gets right the fuck under my skin.

I didn't mean to spoil the mood or anything. I hope OP comes back before the thread 404's, so he can join us in getting shitfaced in his father's honor.

>This thread

Oh so bittersweet, the sun is shining outside but the rain is pouring.

Like literally, spring showers are weird.

>>12593694

>I hope OP comes back before the thread 404's, so he can join us in getting shitfaced in his father's honor.

Seconded. I can't get drunk tonight, but I plan to make up for it tomorrow when he brings scans.

>>12593640
continuing to argue about this is a disgrace to OP's father, Travis, and /tg/.

take the big dick contest elsewhere.

>>12592572
People have been houseruling point buy way before 3rd Edition. Learn some history, Kromgol would want it that way.

>>12593715
Bro, calm down. I already apologized and everything.
The Kromgol memorial Gin got me a little hotheaded is all.

No words... there are no words to describe this.
Even things like "this is legendary" or "perfection in its purest form" can't come close.
This... it's not anything.

It just is.

That is awesome, OP. The kind of thing that should be handed down through generations, maybe. I mean, how much does the traditional pocket watch tell about a person? Very little. But a D&D character....

I call BS on this story. Acending AC, 19 Str, Riding a motorcycle AFTER eye surgery.

>>12592869
I manly tear'd/laughed righteously.

>>12593776
The door's over there. Get out.

>>12593737
understood. i've had a week of rage, and i suppose i'm a little hot-headed myself. My father is very sick, not quite sure when he will begin that final downward spiral. so op's story has moved me considerably.

>>12593776
>Acending
>Ascending
>A fucking asshole

The king of Faggotland called. He's naming you his successor.

I play a Half Orc Inquisitor in my gaming groups' current Pathfinder game.

I shall now add into my backstory legends of Kormgol, the greatest Half Orc that ever lived, in honor of OP's father. He is the half orc all half orc aspire to be.

Holy shit, dude. Tonight, I don't drink because of my slut of an ex-girlfriend or any of my other problems because those problems are lame and not at all significant in the scheme of things.

No, tonight, I drink... for KROMGOL!

>>12593818
Understandable. My grandfather died around this time last year, and it was tough on a lot of people.

Sorry to hear about your dad, man. Hang in there, and treasure the time you have left.

>>12593888
thanks bro. i'll raise a glass to your grandfather too.

nice triples btw, three 8's will surely bring good luck.

>>12591959
I wonder if Kromgol knew what his will said? It strikes me as suspicious that the author of the will of an illiterate barbarian is also its sole beneficiary.

I just got here. This thread is epic! I just found an original full page advertisement for OPs version of D&D today in a Isaac Asimov magazine from 1971.

Long live Kromgol.

>>12593951
That did strike me as a little odd, but if Melor was ripping him off he hardly would have admitted he wrote it, right?

Point Buy and Ascending AC are house rules my group has used since 1982.

In my setting there is now a half-orc warrior sitting at Odin's table in Vahalla. Few know his name, and fewer know the breadth of his his deeds. But all know he is the most deserving man feasting along side the Allfather.

>>12593939
Hey, do you have an entire folder of Teddy Roosevelts just lying around for this reason? If so, you are amazing.

>>12591729

Manly tears. I wish my dad had a hobby we could share. He just drinks bad beer and rages at ESPN all the time.

Kromgol lives on in the legends of his people. A drink for Kromgol!

I toast to Kromgol, the Half-Orc Barbarian, legendary warrior, defender of cats, terror of wizards, and ultimately the greatest amongst us warriors.

I toast to Travis, the fallen brother of mine, his sacrifice was not in vain. His life shall be remembered always, his death shall be the salvation of another.

A shrine is befitting these two, set upon the highest of mountains where men and women travel to see the tales of these two magnificent warriors played out. Bards shall sing their songs until time ends, children shall be "Kromgol and Travis" and fight the hordes of evil and wizardry.

Drinks. All around. (Yeah. The Paladin's drinking to their memory.)

KROMGOL IS ANGERED BY THIS TERRIBLE SHITSCRIBBLE

this thread has got me thinking, goddamn I do not appreciate my father enough.

He never played dnd with me, and he was always so goddamn busy working that I only remember a handful of occasions where we did anything as father and son.

Yet whenever I needed advice, or cheering up or fuck, just a good goddamn yarn he was there.

Instead of wasting the best years of his life like I am he traveled around the world by hitchhiking or stealing rides on trains, brawling with angry Muslims/miners/natives and impregnating Arab princesses (I was never sure if he was pulling my leg with that one)

Kromgol, and Son of Kromgol; had I enough money to buy some liqueur I would have a glass raised in your honour.

For all the times your father was there for you, for the fact that Kromgol is my barbarian ideal, and for his sudden loss. I raise my god damned tit-stein and drink in your honour. (even if it is only orange juice)

OP, when you return with those scans, I shall drink to the health of KROMGOL.
Bellevuebro here, good to see that Seattle brethren still exist.

Here among my mountains wild,
I have serenely smiled,
When armies and empires against me were hurled,
Firm as my native rock,
I have withstood the shock of Mind Flayers, Bandits, of Dragons, of the World.
Deepeyed in gore o'er Kromgol's tartan waves,
Victorious in battlefield, Kromgol the brave
Bold hearts and nodding plumes wave o'er his bloody tomb
Victorious in battlefield, Kromgol the brave
Victorious in battlefield, Kromgooooool the braaaaaaaaaaaaaaave

Here's to you Kromgol, my Hobgoblin Barbarian is going to be toasting to you every night from now on.

>>12594014
T.R. was a true man and bro. and yes i have a Teddy folder, for when threads of this nature arise.

<<< Teddy brofist

My father says RPGs are a waste of time.
You kill things and acquire wealth for what? None of it matters, he says.

HAIL KROMGOL!

My best friend's dad just died. Even though he was a stereotypical salt-of-the-earth Irishman, he had a fantasy gamer side hidden deep down. I know this because of his massive collection of pulp fantasy, and when I was a kid he would never let us touch his copy of Wizardry V for the Super NES. Perhaps he too had a character the likes of Kromgol, lost now to the ages.

/tg/, this thread is amazing. Kromgol shall never be forgotten. Manly tears were shed, and throughout the entire thread this song played in my head. You're a lucky man, OP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecCGZZBs9mI&p

>>12593992
Depends on what kind of party they're with. If other people read the will and told Kromgol that Melor's trying to rip him off, maybe Kromgol still believed Melor when he said they were lying. Or maybe he kept it sealed until time of death.

>>12594187

I choose to believe that Kromgol knew full well what was in his will, and was affording his children the same chance he had: To cut their OWN swath of glory through the world of men and tell their own epic saga.

Somewhere, around the great gaming table in the sky. God, Gygax, Arneson, Kromgol, and Travis are playing the greatest game of DnD ever. Ever.

>>12594215
>>12594187
>>12593992
I feel like Kromgor had little need for material wealth, and knew full well he was giving up his material possessions to his brother in arms Melor, who probably saved his life more than once.

>>12594181
Oh god, Manowar's Father. Low blow, man.
>*cries like a little bitch*

>>12594261

I was more thinking Defender.

>>12594261
THOSE ARE NOT BITCH TEARS
THOSE ARE MANLY TEARS
SHED FOR A FALLEN BROTHER

Tacoma-fag here. Son of Kromgol, your father will live on in the hearts of /tg/ anon for ages. Tonight I drink to his memory, and feel lucky that my dad is even a fraction of the bro yours was.

To Kromgol!

>>12594305

I feel obligated to draw my own character toasting Kromgol. In fact, I think we all should drawfag that and compose a bardic epic.

>>12594232
>KromgoR

A challenger appears.

>>12594325
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

>>12594325

Not even close.

To Kromgol. Cheers.

a toast indeed, mates. to Kromgol, the greatest her(br)o i've ever heard of. YOu'll live on in our hearts and minds, great one.

Autosage already? Wow.

Never forget anon.

Never forget the glory of Kromgol, /tg/. This thread shall not 404.

This is by far the best thread I have ever come across on 4chan. Many manly tears were shed.

To Kromgol!

This thread shall never 404. It has been decreed.

I approve of this entire thread; Fact or fiction, it served to bring /tg/ together.

Kromgol, false or true, will be well-remembered

All I can say is that this thread and the memory of the Brobarian Kromgrol has made shed tears so manly that they could turn a troop of Girl Scouts into Navy SEALs

>>12594628
>>12594687
>>12594779

Fuck yeah. I'm raising another glass if any of you anon's are still getting shitfaced.

>>12594856
I ain't got booze on me, but hell I'll raise a powerthirst to him!

I WILL NOT LET THIS 404
KROMGOL WILL LIVE ON
KROMGOL IS ETERNAL
KROMGOL IS GLORY
KROMGOL IS PERFECTION

>>12594856
Hot headed gin drinker here, drinking more delicious gin. All hail Kromgol, and may this thread never die.