We had an interesting conversation at game night tonight. Two of our regular players are planning to buy D & D 4.0 as soon as it comes out. The more I hear about it the more I want to go back to playing 1st edition. Would anyone like to discuss?
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
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Laga - Apr 22, 2008 12:00:03 am PDT #1458 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 2:47:30 am PDT #1459 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
On the industry, there is a lot of debate about how many will emigrate to 4.0. There seems to be a lot of noise that a lot of people are thinking they will not be happy with 4.0, but there are two concerns. One is that of course the complainers will sound like they are more than they actually are, simply because they are the only ones talking. The other is very similar noises was made before 3.0, and something like 90% of the gamer population ended up making the switch anyways.
BTW, have you tried Castles and Crusades? It's an OGL/d20 pushed towards replicating the 1st edition experience...
Hayden - Apr 22, 2008 9:19:08 am PDT #1460 of 5059
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There's an awful lot of Superman in this, but the main thing I got out of it was SEAGUY 2!: [link]
Laga - Apr 22, 2008 11:15:51 am PDT #1461 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
have you tried Castles and Crusades?
This is the first I've heard of it. I'll have to bring it up at the next game night. We were joking about playing 1st edition but we do have a lot of the books and it might be fun making a character from straight stats again. We were just messing around last night and ended up with some pretty decent numbers just rolling 3d6.
CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 11:55:48 am PDT #1462 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
The company that puts it out is Troll Lord Games, and they have fairly decent array of material available...
Laga - Apr 22, 2008 2:04:58 pm PDT #1463 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just found out Monks will be eliminated. My first 9th level character was a monk. My gaming buddy just shrugs and says, "monks were broken."
Consuela - Apr 22, 2008 6:32:14 pm PDT #1464 of 5059
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
it was someone of showrunner importance to the show
Let it be Ricky, let it be Ricky, let it be Ricky.
Ricky Manning is the writer of the best of the last season episodes, the guy who came up with Scorpius, and the writer of "Won't Get Fooled Again". He's the Tim Minear of the Farscape universe, and it would be awesome if they use him. He's an antidote to Kemper and O'Bannon's sentimentality.
CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 6:59:48 pm PDT #1465 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Hell, everything has been broken at one time or another in D&D. Maybe it suffered from the not being video game enough...
Laga - Apr 22, 2008 7:01:27 pm PDT #1466 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I hear my playmates say "oh that's broken" quite a bit but I usually don't get what they mean. I also don't understand meta-gaming. Why go to all the trouble of creating a character if you're not going to approach situations from your character's point of view?
CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 7:11:19 pm PDT #1467 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Ah, because then you may not win. And winning is the most important thing, is it not?
At least according to one of the main psychological classifications of gamers. There are whole discussions about metagaming over in the Indie-Rpgs, goal orientation of players and how to design to maximize and/or minimize player trends, and the like. Or even how to design a Rpg to maximize character creation and interaction, and allow the metagame to melt away...