The Gaming Den

Caliborn wrote:What you fail to understand is that LotR is low level, like level 5 at the most. LotR fanboys want warriors at all levels to fight like a level 5 warrior does. Perhaps you see the problem now?

I understand.

Because they're grognards, LotR fanboys, or WOTC sycophants. If what you meant is why do so many people hate Bo9S, well that's simple, it's a trap. LotR had some kickass melee combat. You didn't see Gandalf saying to Aragorn and Legolas "oh, an Orc army? No worries, I'll just invoke 'battlefie...

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But to a fanboi the rules are perfect. Fixing them is clearly impossible. Those four words are an assault on their beliefs, hence the insane resistance to changes that won't change how they play the game one bit. I don't really see the point in trying to correct them, right or wrong. If they enjoy ...

That really doesn't apply to the thread about adding four bloody words to a document to help remove abuse of the rule. Sacred Cows are more on the line of removing certain conventions of the game (Vancian casting, etc) Sorry, I misinterpreted the conversation. I meant to say that they don't like th...

Flavor can't be made wrong the way mechanics can. The only way you're going to get your work insulted is if it's purely retarded or completely lacks verisimilitude. And that's why I'm an amateur writer and not a game designer. More on Midnight: Life Sucks, and so does the afterlife With the setting...

Leress wrote: I never could understand why they complain when someone points something like that out? It's like getting mad at the minesweeper for checking for mines and warning where the mines are before you send you people through the field.

Say it with me: Sacred Cows

By being Good and getting an Evil ending, the cosmic forces realign you to make you Neutral. Such is possible in the context of alignment logic!

This assumes that the source material you're talking about is the Howard stories and not the Schwarzenegger movies or movie-inspired comics. Thankfully, I'm talking about the books, not the movies. Are you talking about this RPG? http://www.sorcerer-rpg.com/brochure.php/sorcerer-intro.html I ask be...

I'll pick "Insane," because it takes out some (under-used) character concepts : Gnome inventor, mad alchemist, forge master that makes kewl swords, etc.

I'm certain that with Socialism, Capitalism, etcetera, no matter what, you can't prevent large numbers of ignorant and stupid humans from being dicks to each other. And a sucker's born every minute.

I don't think that you're going to convince them. Many D&D designers and groups do not give a rat's ass about game balance, only if the concept looks "kewl" on paper. Not to mention that all but the most rules-intensive of players consistently play-test material. Many gaming groups tha...

I have noticed that there is a d20 Conan the Barbarian RPG out there, but I want to know if it matches the feel of the source material. I heard that the magic system is different, but I'm still hoping for no wish/shapechange cheese. I was thinking of The Riddle of Steel (which was inspired by Conan)...

What, no criticisms so far? Come on, guys, if I wanted unadulterated praise, I'd join the WotC boards! Lay on the heat!

P.S. Midnight SRD URL:
http://darknessfalls.leaderdesslok.com/

Now, don't expect to see any game "rules." I'm adopting Frank and K's "crunch" into the "fluff" of other games. Elves: Arrogant Pricks In Midnight, the Elves are little missus and mister perfects; only the borders are besieged by Izrador's goons, the elves are slowly lo...

FrankTrollman wrote:Of course, Yoda is a Buddhist, but yeah.

-Username17

Yoda's a Jedi!

Jedi are inspired by Buddhism and Christianity (I think).

Shadowrun models the kind of thing that Frank is talking about. Supernatural power takes a far back seat to gunships and tactical strike teams, but in WoD you really can just have the entire SWAT Team as your personal guard. Shadowrun has only limited mind control, BS shapeshifting, and implicit as...

I think that the Tome series are spot on, and I'm planning on bringing them over to the fluff of the various campaign settings. As the Tomes cover Planescape and Greyhawk quite well, I'm going to start with some of my favorite settings: 1.) Midnight 2.) Freeport: City of Adventure 3.) Kingdoms of Ka...

shirak wrote:Jerry, I'm curious about something. You say we take the game too seriously and complain too much about rules. So why do YOU come here?

Alright, I'll start contributing in my own way. I just needed to get "the feel" of this place first.

Who say we like 3.P? I prefer to think that we dislike it (but not hate it, because I tend to reserve that for Nazis and Scientologists), but that it at least qualifies for our ire, whereas 4E has done a complete faceplant and we stopped caring. Whereas we like 3.5 enough to make changes to the bad...

Talisman wrote:He was basically a mouthpiece for Goodkind's philosophical opinions.

That anybody who disagrees with you is wrong and evil?

Leress wrote:

Caliborn wrote:Har har, that's certainly something we've never heard before.

*coughCaptainBleachcough*

LOL. But unlike him, I don't really take much said here seriously.

I have a strange feeling that the atrocities Richard commits will cause him to become the next Darkan Rahl. I'd be surprised if Goodkind did not intend for that to happen.

For a game that you guys supposedly like, you sure complain about the rules a lot.

If you use Planar Binding on an Efreet, then the spell is Lawful Evil. The monster's subtypes that you summon become the subtypes of the spell (Binding an angel makes the spell Good, binding a demon makes it Chaotic, Evil). Thus, blackmailing an angel to do your services is Good. Now, I couldn't fin...