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"Class undisclosed" is an actual thing we do around here with games expected to dissolve into intra-party combat on purpose. It is not, however, suited to a publicity event. That makes sense to me on both accounts. I'm just about 7 minutes into the video and Mearl's exposition/monologue a...

"A dwarf in a steel top hat and steel tuxedo called MC Killzalot, the most famous dwarven rapper who's on the skids after a disastrous attempt at a prog rock album. Oh, his class is Fighter." ~Mike Mearls, head designer of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition introducing his character. Next gu...

Is there a short (a few sentences) summary of what 4E did with FR, or is it an overall agglomeration of stupid? Mystara caught the idiot ball and turned around so her bitterest enemies could shank her to death causing the spellweave to blow up and crash a parallel plane known as Abeir into the Real...

An Adventurer looks like it'd be the most cost-effective sapper in the history of D'n'D. Put a nice amount of Strength behind it and go kick down castle walls.

((We did not, but we could probably just roll with late afternoon.)) Turning to face the direction of the arrowhead before it disappears into dust, Therion takes a glance at the Oarsman and sets out towards it at a casual pace before calling over his shoulder, "Fafnir, Sparrow, I believe drinks...

Why magical information gathering specifically, and why does it only matter for 6 levels in the middle? In the case of that, I think Radiant was getting at less "It works in this level range" and more "If you don't have it by this point you're going to not be very useful since now ev...

Therion looks over the guards and the Inspector, sizing up his chances of getting through a fight with them, possibly including Sparrow and Fafnir, without dying and quickly makes up his mind, "It seems we're going rat hunting." [Casting: Guidance Rote : 2d6 + 2 = 14 ] At that Therion hold...

I seen the book for this on my last trip to B&N and when I was reaching for it I was suddenly overcome with a great sense of dread and loathing that led me to leave it nestled between a copy of the 3.5 DMG and Dark Heresy. Now I read this example of play and suddenly feel like I avoided a very u...

First campaign to cover 3.5E, 4E. and 5E is to be called "The Sundering. Theme-naming a-go-go, baby! That aside, I'm pretty sure the baby's already too far out the window with bath water to recover it when it comes to 3.5E for WotC. 4th was a clusterfuck *before* the Heroes of Places product r...

"Clearly those were not dwarves. No dwarf I have ever tossed or seen tossed has ever exhibited abilities like that. Clearly they were psionically-adept Owlbears in the disguised to look like dwarves. Or maybe not. I believe I need to lie down."

Sounds like a bit of a spin off ofKinnikuman.

I dunno about 4e's AOEs doing significant damage. Wasn't the fireball basically incapable of killing a goblin? If you want to get into it, you can min-max around making Fireball *pretty* potent if you're willing to run a Genasi Wizard. You'd need the racial feat to add your Strength Mod to your spe...

Wow, and here I thought 4E was killed by pants-on-head stupid design decisions combined with equally pants-on-head stupid marketing decisions.

I see I may have been wrong with my initial impressions.

TheFlatline wrote:Isn't he an author and not a game designer?

Yep, it's Bryan Salvatore that's the game designer. R.A. Salvatore seems involved primarily with writing the setting the and name-dropping for funding purposes.

Therion ends the spell powering his magical weapon, his arm and warhammer shedding their obsidian pseudo-skin much the way a snake would, the remains disappearing in a little wisp of hazy black smoke. "To you, Thelema, I commend this soul," he intones quietly before idly fingering the hole...

But the second party (sammy+mage+rocker) do NOT need to find useful skillsets for the rocker if youre running a sandbox, because he (the rocker) will shine naturally on the out-of-mission parts. It's great and all that the Rocker has a niche to fill, but, well, what exactly would his player be doin...

quick question for those that know more about 4th.... this whole inspiration roleplaying mechanic thing... isn't it prtty much the same as a "milestone" or whatever in 4th? you do something and get a minor bonus or reroll of a dice after the thing, for a short period, be it encounter or d...

In my experience, Cobalt is popular for pretty much anything having to do with ice magic in quite a few games.

Saaay, do they happen to have specs/info on buying a Skipray Blastboat for gallivanting around the galaxy in? That's my favorite ship too. Congratulation on your good taste fellow handsome genius. It's hard not to appreciate such a versatile platform. First encountered it in the first EGtV&V, a...

Grek wrote:Not sure who's more coherent, JE or the spambot.

Maybe they're both drunk posting?

I wish they'd made it do kung fu. Missed opportunity there. It would have been a bit weird given that GD's a giant Mazinger expy. That said, had they not Worf'd Cherno Alpha and... uh... the 3-Armed Zaku expy, the latter would have been a perfect fit for the Kung Fu action. Striker Eureka could hav...

I updated my character sheet with XP* and to reflect the current state of my spells and health. *6/8, 1 for proving the superiority of church through violence, 1 for the Bearded Devil, 1 for learning that Eriksheim's smuggling problem is likely far more complicated than your typical drugs and sentie...

Hmm, gonna have to go with "just about every fight scene with Gypsy Danger in Pacific Rim" rocked me. Special mention goes to the throw down in Hong Kong, though.

Saaay, do they happen to have specs/info on buying a Skipray Blastboat for gallivanting around the galaxy in?

wotmaniac wrote: Okay, at what point do you stop calling it a game, and actually start calling it a manifesto/call-to-arms that just so happens to be cloaked as a game (presumably to allow for greater circulation)?

Just sayin'.

By the end of the first paragraph.