Yeah, I would think they would have stretched out the leveling up process to compensate for the frontloading of abilities, but who knows? Not a lot is not really known about 4th even now. Which is annoying the hell out of lots of publishers...
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
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CaBil - Apr 22, 2008 7:45:36 pm PDT #1473 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Laga - Apr 22, 2008 9:11:19 pm PDT #1474 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I heard they've been pushing the release date back. It might not come out in time for my GM's birthday.
CaBil - Apr 23, 2008 4:12:33 am PDT #1475 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
We'll know if that is true by the end of this week. The GAMA Trade Show is this week, and if they are going to delay it, announcing that delay after the Trade Show when they won't have to face the retailers, well, it would not be pretty...
SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 5:47:24 am PDT #1476 of 5059
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
my GM docks XP for not playing your character so that helps keep the meta-gaming to a minimum
I haven't played D&D in yonks (like, 25 years), but this sounds like it hasn't changed. The DM of the one game I was involved in for a while would do this. Which, for first time players was actually a good way to get them to play the game and not just themselves. Personally, I don't see the point of playing the game to be just yourself. It was a very good learning experience. I just never kept up with it after that.
Miracleman - Apr 23, 2008 6:04:00 am PDT #1477 of 5059
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
my GM docks XP for not playing your character so that helps keep the meta-gaming to a minimum
I toyed with this concept for a while, but found it usually ended up with the player heatedly justifying his behavior with wildly improbable "motivations".
So I resorted to arbitrary death.
Laga - Apr 23, 2008 9:49:47 am PDT #1478 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
So I resorted to arbitrary death.
I'll have to share that with my GM.
Laga - Apr 23, 2008 10:06:26 am PDT #1479 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
come to think about it, the last player who argued about being docked xp- shortly after that his character walked into a wandering portal and hasn't been since.
Miracleman - Apr 23, 2008 10:11:33 am PDT #1480 of 5059
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Well, one player in particulare was just outlandish. I don't recall the specifics, but it was on the order of "I shoot the Prime Minister in the face" while attending a state dinner.
"Why? There's no provocation."
"I think he's the bad guy."
"How...how would you even know there is a bad guy? We just started!"
"There's always a bad guy."
"Yes, in a game world! But your character doesn't think he lives in a game world! He thinks this is real life! In real life you don't shoot important people on the off chance that later he might turn out to be your enemy!"
"Well, my character has a particular view of reality that blah blah blah blah blah blah..."
"The Secret Service shoots you in the face."
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2008 4:45:22 am PDT #1481 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Okay, so DC's Countdown to Final Crisis, or whatever the official title is for the weekly title that just ended this week, was a giant WASTE of paper, ink, and my time and money.
OTOH, the best DC title that I hadn't been reading but am now? The current iteration of Blue Beetle. Good stuff, yo.
victor infante - Apr 25, 2008 7:30:14 am PDT #1482 of 5059
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Okay, so DC's Countdown to Final Crisis, or whatever the official title is for the weekly title that just ended this week, was a giant WASTE of paper, ink, and my time and money.
Yeah. DC's doing a fair amount good right now, but that wasn't it. That being said, "Booster Gold" is rocking hard, as is "Green Lantern." "The Atom" is suffering a bit without Gail Simone, but still in striking range of regaining its greatness.
Evidently, the way to survive the big two comic companies these days is to ignore the crossover bits completely.