Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News 350
Lord Aramil of Dreadwood writes "Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'"
Now that's what I call (Score:5, Funny)
The real question is... (Score:5, Funny)
(Said in jest, not out of ignorance)
Dungeons & Dragons... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Half-assed fixes (Score:5, Funny)
Ok... (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately I don't know whether to feel old or cool.
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
You've never played with my group of friends.
When we started out, it was cool...but gradually we introduced new people into our group and now all that's left when I play are a bunch of asian people who barely speak English who just want to stand in one spot in a dungeon I'm running and farm for gold. Some have even just resorted to sending a laptop with canned responses in their stead....so the last time I hosted a D&D group, it was me DMing and 5 laptops sitting around a table.
I think I'm going to give this up soon. But the laptops ARE pretty polite.
Re:Ok... (Score:2, Funny)
The final bit is just cleaning up some of the more ridiculous skills out there which nobody uses.
I use the 'use rope' skill all the time, it's useful. You never know when you'll have to tie knots on a ship, tie up a bounty, climb out of a well, rappel down the side of a castle wall ... if you don't carry around 50 ft. of silk rope all the time, you're just asking for trouble.
Re:The real question is... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ok... (Score:3, Funny)
Buahahahahaah! Cry. Scream. Cry. Aieeee! I can't believe you just said that.
LOOK AT YOUR SIG: Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
For those who don't get it, he's referring to a game system with a level 8 cap and "story arcs pacing" that keeps 6 or 7 levels of completely unused headroom clear of that cap. Of course he'd have no problem with gamemaster enforced campaign story arc pacing designed to keep people from hitting a system level cap LOL!
There's more than one way to prevent the problem of a character running into a game system level cap. One way is to eliminate the cap. Another way is to eliminate the character.
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Re:Now that's what I call (Score:4, Funny)
It worked for me: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=272173&cid=20
I'm thinking (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ok... (Score:2, Funny)
Had we known this craft pleases you, we could have taught you much.
Re:Ok... (Score:5, Funny)
You don't sound happy...
You are a happy citizen, aren't you?
Only commie mutant traitors are unhappy...
You're not a commie mutant traitor are you?
Neph-I-LIM
Re:The real question is... (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Hoping to God ... (Score:3, Funny)
"I hope to God clerics got toned back a bit..."
Whose God are you hoping to? The overpowered Cleric's, or yours?
Re:Now that's what I call (Score:5, Funny)
My favorite part is when the girl kills herself because her character died.
Re:Ok... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:WOTC Death Throes (Score:4, Funny)
Nonsense. I fondly remember many middle school afternoons playing D&D going into the forest and grinding against gradually larger and larger boars until I eventually hit level 20 and fought dragons.
Isn't that how everyone else played?
Re:Interesting (Score:3, Funny)
Buy a couple of Realdolls to sit by the laptops and you'll be gaming with the hottest gang of D&D players in no time!
Re:Now that's what I call (Score:2, Funny)
Four girls playing D&D?!
I'll believe it when I see it, Chick.
Re:Gamer (fanboy) Response (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mialee? (Score:3, Funny)