Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.

'Shindig'


Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!

Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!

Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.


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...


Laga - Apr 22, 2008 7:13:43 pm PDT #1468 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

my GM docks XP for not playing your character so that helps keep the meta-gaming to a minimum.


CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 7:17:55 pm PDT #1469 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

Neat trick. I remember reading some OGL D20 variants, that if you played preset character traits, it would reset some of your abilities, allowing you to get around the fight, rest, explore, fight cycle...


Laga - Apr 22, 2008 7:26:14 pm PDT #1470 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Yeah we're lvl 2 trying to get around in the dungeon under Undermountain right now so we keep going down, having one battle and having to come back up to rest and heal. My nephew just joined the party with a bard so that should help.


CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 7:33:43 pm PDT #1471 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

That is one of things they are supposedly going to 'fix' in 4th, giving each class a "on command" ability, with clerics from what I've read being able to cast the equivalent of heal light wounds basically w/out limit...