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| Getting Out of Character; A modern fantasy. Casting Closed until Part II | |
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| Third Time | August 22, 2010, 4:27 am Post #26 |
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Coolio. Once Tox wanders her way to Room 6, we'll get down to it. |
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| Jester | August 22, 2010, 7:39 am Post #27 |
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Fo SHO! well, we do still need Rem |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Jester | August 22, 2010, 7:47 am Post #28 |
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wwwaaaaaaaaiiiiittttttt........is this actually planned to be a 'tournament' D&D game? >.> That'll alter James attitude towards it. And silver, I think you have a slightly skewed understanding on something. As far as I know....D&D doesn't have any national rankings, or really any rankings at all seeing as it's performed with a group and isn't really that kind of game. Though Our own DM here might be having it be like that, but that would kind of change a major part of the concept of D&D I think. >.> Edited by Jester, August 22, 2010, 7:52 am.
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Third Time | August 22, 2010, 3:15 pm Post #29 |
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No, Open Gaming is basically pick-up groups and freestyle. No tournament. I think the closest there is to national rankings is the RPGA. Standardized adventures with strict character creation and adventure tracking rules, and a set amount of "in world" game time per character each year. My old group played in the Bandit Kingdoms, and had people convinced we were cheating until we made a DM cry at a convention. A half orc fighter/barbarian, half orc barbarian, dwarf fighter, and a dwarf fighter/barbarian. We should not have been able to survive the adventure, and then beat it in five minutes. |
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Ask me something here, or read my blog, Yelling about Everything. See my duel with out resident Greek Hero here. And never forget, Timekeeper is way more awesome than you will ever be. | |
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| Jester | August 22, 2010, 3:24 pm Post #30 |
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...>.>... I would have destroyed a party like that If I was DM, but when I dm I don't do short adventures, I run campaigns that run over a long period of time. |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Jester | August 22, 2010, 3:39 pm Post #31 |
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I actually have a question for you, is this con game known to be based off of 3E, 3.5, or Pathfinder? Or is it going to be that bastardization that they tried to pull off on bing D&D known as 4E? |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Third Time | August 22, 2010, 3:43 pm Post #32 |
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Well, the RPGA uses standardized adventure packages that the DM's run, and don't modify. It's the only way to put the entire RPGA on an even footing. Otherwise, one group with a generous DM would dominate at conventions just because their DM throws artifacts and mountains of cash at them. The adventure called for us to go into town, trip over the plot hook, investigate, get ambushed, perform a daring last-second rescue, learn the big bad guy is hiding in the ruins outside of town, go to the ruins, find a magical barrier over the only way in, go back to town to hire a wizard to tear it down, wizard goes home, group fights the bad guy. The guy who made the adventure had a timeline on how long it took the bad guy to prepare, so groups that took their time would face a tougher fight. This is what actually happened. We walked towards town, and Nognar Ironbreaker, Dwarven Fighter extraordinaire, points to the ruins and says "Hey. Ruins. Let's check 'em out." At this point, the bad guy has the magic barrier up, and a few minions, and that's it. So we find the barrier, and the DM thinks we're gonna give up and go into town. Instead, we moved 20ft farther along the wall, all cranked Power Attack to the max, and hammered the wall down. So the bad guy should be able to beat us. He's a cleric, and if he focuses on spells that target Will Saves, he might win. Until Jorkun, the half-orc barbarian, finally finds a use for all the Alchemist's Fire he's been stockpiling. He throws a bag containing 40 lbs of Alchemist Fire at the boss. The DM looks at Jorkun's inventory, looks at damage per vial, and bangs his head against the table. We melted the cleric. I'm playing Gashnak Axedragger, the half-orc fighter/barbarian. I rage and bullrush the warrior minion into the giant pool of fire. The dwarves work a beautiful plan. The dwarf fighter/barbarian gets a few squares behind the wizard minion, rages, and readies an attack. He has Combat reflexes. Remember that in a few seconds. Nognar bull-rushes the wizard past the other dwarf. I forget his name. Whatshisface gets two attacks of opportunity, and his readied attack. With power attack, rage, and a greataxe, he drops the wizard. Then I make sure the fighter minion stays in the fire, and we win. |
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| Jester | August 22, 2010, 3:57 pm Post #33 |
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yeah, I can't stand modules. =_= I don't think I've ever run a module game, but as I've said, I play with friends, not RPGA. So which edition was this Game supposed to be? (I assume the players were informed.) |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Third Time | August 22, 2010, 4:21 pm Post #34 |
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3.5 edition. It's the one I know best, and it doesn't lock each class into a role like 4th. I swear to god, 4th is pen and paper WoW. If I wanted to play a MMORPG, I would just play the friggin MMORPG. |
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| Jester | August 22, 2010, 4:25 pm Post #35 |
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Thank you!!! I don't accept 4E as being D&D. I mean yes, the game has changed a good bit with each edition and change (not so much with 3 to 3.5 but that's why it's just 3.5) but they've destroyed it in the last attempt. |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Remliel Xel Zender | August 22, 2010, 5:26 pm Post #36 |
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Well I posted. |
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| toxias | August 23, 2010, 2:23 am Post #37 |
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Lol, I feel like such a airhead. I only started playing DnD the beginning of this summer. I've got the basics, but I play with such an adhd group we never get anything done. We went through one encounter in like five hours
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| Jester | August 23, 2010, 4:22 am Post #38 |
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games can run like that some times. It makes it rather tough on the DM. |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Third Time | August 28, 2010, 1:26 pm Post #39 |
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Once everyone is settled in around the game table in Room 6, we can get to the cool stuff. |
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Ask me something here, or read my blog, Yelling about Everything. See my duel with out resident Greek Hero here. And never forget, Timekeeper is way more awesome than you will ever be. | |
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| Third Time | August 30, 2010, 11:27 pm Post #40 |
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Sorry about the delay. Hectic week. I'm working on the next post now. |
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Ask me something here, or read my blog, Yelling about Everything. See my duel with out resident Greek Hero here. And never forget, Timekeeper is way more awesome than you will ever be. | |
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| Jester | August 30, 2010, 11:59 pm Post #41 |
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Gah! Must not metagame! >w< Alright, I'll post after a wile, got some stuff I have to do round the house. |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Third Time | September 4, 2010, 2:10 am Post #42 |
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SIGN THE FREAKIN' BOOK. |
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| Jester | September 4, 2010, 2:11 am Post #43 |
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GAH!!!! I was wanting to see if someone else would post before me for once but I guess not. I DON;T KNOW ALL MY LETTERS YET THOUGH!!! |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| toxias | September 4, 2010, 1:19 pm Post #44 |
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xD Apologies apologies I've been drowning in school work. I'll get a post up in a few moments. |
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| Jester | September 4, 2010, 3:30 pm Post #45 |
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Yep, I did it. I'm'a be 'That guy'
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Jester | September 16, 2010, 1:52 am Post #46 |
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....has it still a pulse? >.> |
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| Everlasting Nirvana | September 16, 2010, 1:55 am Post #47 |
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I think Remmy died. |
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| toxias | September 17, 2010, 10:06 pm Post #48 |
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I'm here, but I dunno what Mei is supposed to do. Sign the book again? xD |
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| Jester | September 17, 2010, 10:57 pm Post #49 |
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YES! YOU VILL SIGN IT AGAIN UNT AGAIN UNT AGAIN UNTILL I AM SATISFIED!!!
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The Laughing Gnome I'm a little tea pot short and stout Here is my handle and here is my....other....handle...?![]() Oh bother I'm a sugar bowl Ravins of a Mind | |
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| toxias | September 18, 2010, 4:33 pm Post #50 |
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Eeep! Meanwhile, Mei scribbles all over the page xD |
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