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What is the best version of El? This poll is closed. |
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| Elminster |
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20 | 6.45% |
| Elmara |
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20 | 6.45% |
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13 | 4.19% |
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99 | 31.94% |
| El Kabong |
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153 | 49.35% |
| Elves |
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5 | 1.61% |
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Arivia posted:Isn't sebmojo a goon who's posted in TG? Looks like someone's an idiot. Haha, someone immediately links that idiot post by seebs where he rails against the "hatchet job" and everyone immediately starts jerkin' themselves off about how everything is being blown out of proportion and the truth is somewhere in the middle. Nerds are the loving worst.
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Aug 10, 2014 09:12
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Fuego Fish posted:Nerds are the loving worst. quote:it seems to me it's mostly 4E obsolescence backlash
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Aug 10, 2014 09:26
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sebmojo posted:As far as I can tell most of the brouhaha over Zak S comes from a single mod at rpg.net, Ettin, who was a regular on the Somethingawful D&D thread. So goony shitstirring is, if not a given, at least a possibility. IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG ETTIN
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Aug 10, 2014 09:50
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Was Ettin really a regular in the D&D thread? Like, Ettin's run a single 4E game that I'm aware of and that was on RPGnet. Beyond that I've never really gotten the impression that he gives that much of a poo poo about D&D in general.
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Aug 10, 2014 09:54
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Sebmojo apparently posts on rpgnet to whine about lovely sexists getting banned so I'm guessing that's what that's really about.
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Aug 10, 2014 09:57
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We are all Ettin.
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Aug 10, 2014 10:15
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You know what the funny thing is? Well, it's not that funny, but it's a thing that I'm sure absolutely nobody involved in defending Zak S from the slings and arrows of misfortune remembers or acknowledges...RPGnet gave Zak S way, way more slack than the mods at the time were inclined to give posters that thick-headed and lovely. At least twice moderators bent over backwards to write out explicit breakdowns of why Zak's posting was bad and why he was getting probated for it and how they wanted to see him change if he wanted to keep posting. That virtually never happens, ever. Frankly I was kind of amazed that much effort was being put into trying to rehabilitate someone who, to my eyes, was distinctly uninterested in having any sort of civil or constructive conversation where the other participants weren't constantly fellating his ego but the point is that Zak was extended far more courtesy than a lot of other lovely posters ever receive and at the end of it was utterly unwilling to make the slightest accommodation or acknowledge that maybe he was part of the problem after all. I have never seen someone less victimized more eager to cast himself as a victim before.
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Aug 10, 2014 10:20
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Whom should I talk to about becoming Ettin?
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Aug 10, 2014 10:22
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Bongo Bill posted:Whom should I talk to about becoming Ettin? My guess, Ettin.
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Aug 10, 2014 10:33
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Just publicly disagree with Zak, Pundit or GMS somewhere and you will be absorbed.
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Aug 10, 2014 12:03
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Saguaro PI posted:We are all Ettin. I thought we were all red_mage.
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Aug 10, 2014 13:08
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Kai Tave posted:Was Ettin really a regular in the D&D thread? Like, Ettin's run a single 4E game that I'm aware of and that was on RPGnet. Beyond that I've never really gotten the impression that he gives that much of a poo poo about D&D in general. D&D clearly isn't anime enough.
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Aug 10, 2014 13:09
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nah that was years ago
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Aug 10, 2014 13:09
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Ettin posted:D&D clearly isn't anime enough. i dunno, constantly escalating power levels? villains that are always stronger than the last? sounds anime to me
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Aug 10, 2014 13:10
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Ettin posted:D&D clearly isn't anime enough. That is what my homebrew is for.
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Aug 10, 2014 13:59
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Kai Tave posted:Was Ettin really a regular in the D&D thread? Like, Ettin's run a single 4E game that I'm aware of and that was on RPGnet. Beyond that I've never really gotten the impression that he gives that much of a poo poo about D&D in general.
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Aug 10, 2014 14:13
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Froghammer posted:I was in that game and I'm really sad it died because it was fuckin' great. I have thought about restarting it but I am not sure 4E is the best system to run a PBP of it, now. I was thinking of 13th Age just because the concept was "a magic item shop where your regular customers act suspiciously like the 13A Icons", but I haven't really settled on anything. Or thought about the game much, honestly. 
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Aug 10, 2014 14:40
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I still don't get how youall pbp normal tabletop games. You need a system suited to the medium, yo
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Aug 10, 2014 14:46
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A Catastrophe posted:I still don't get how youall pbp normal tabletop games. You need a system suited to the medium, yo Let me guess, you suggest PDQ.
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Aug 10, 2014 14:49
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A Catastrophe posted:I still don't get how youall pbp normal tabletop games. You need a system suited to the medium, yo It's not that hard. There are plenty of resources for GM's to display everything the players need, even with very discreet systems like 4E. Is the format perfect? No, but it's not impossible.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:12
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Hey Ettin, update your EP PbP.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:13
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Okay, dumb question time... Why do really old forum games have numbers at the top of the posts?
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Aug 10, 2014 15:21
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Zurui posted:Okay, dumb question time... It was a dark, dark time.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:31
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Zurui posted:Okay, dumb question time... It was the old posting convention; it actually sort of helped with pacing and such for some games. DanSTC made not using it probatable because that was weird, and it sort of hung on for awhile after that. I found it useful for organizing large games or for games that had like, a time lapse requirement for recharging abilities or whatever.
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Aug 10, 2014 16:17
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A Catastrophe posted:I still don't get how you all pbp normal tabletop games. You need a system suited to the medium, yo Given the lack of well-known* pbp-specific systems, D&D is pretty okay for PBP. Combat** turns are relatively long and there are relatively little back-and-forth between different players. More back-and-forth the higher the version numbers go, but I ran D&D 4E okay with some conditions on triggering powers***. *) I'm sure there are some I've never heard of. **) The part that's resolved with mechanics and thus different from other systems. ***) Almost said "moves". AW causes brain damage.
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Aug 10, 2014 17:07
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ManMythLegend posted:It's not that hard. There are plenty of resources for GM's to display everything the players need, even with very discreet systems like 4E. Know anything for a hexcrawl? I got a rad idea that might be cool to run on here.
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Aug 10, 2014 17:19
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Lightning Lord posted:Know anything for a hexcrawl? I got a rad idea that might be cool to run on here. I used the VTT Maptools, and exported pics to waffleimages/imgur. It supported grid and hex overlays as well as icons for tracking statuses on tokens. It was a little cumbersome, but I thought it worked really well overall. It was a lot more clear then the cludged together in MS Paint solution. I've been out of the game, so to speak, for a while. I'm sure there are probably better options these days. I know there were a few Kickstarters for website based VTT's that would be easier to use, but I'm not sure if any of them turned out OK or not.
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Aug 10, 2014 17:26
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Darth Various posted:***) Almost said "moves". AW causes brain damage. Sure, but it's the good kind of brain damage.
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Aug 10, 2014 18:09
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Pretty much any other system these days seems so self-hampering and pedestrian after playing a few *World campaigns. Initiative orders! Writing up detailed stat blocks for NPCs! Rolls that result in "well, you don't persuade her, and nothing happens"!
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Aug 10, 2014 18:14
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Android Blues posted:Pretty much any other system these days seems so self-hampering and pedestrian after playing a few *World campaigns. Initiative orders! Writing up detailed stat blocks for NPCs! Rolls that result in "well, you don't persuade her, and nothing happens"! 
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Aug 10, 2014 18:23
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Tollymain posted:i dunno, constantly escalating power levels? villains that are always stronger than the last? sounds anime to me Don't forget single fights that can last the entire
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Aug 10, 2014 18:46
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Don't forget single fights that can last the entire Just introduce a houserule that says characters have to give a little speech every time they use a daily, and shout the name of their encounter powers out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecbTsBMeBy8 Lemon-Lime fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Aug 10, 2014 |
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Aug 10, 2014 20:15
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There are people who don't do that? 
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Aug 10, 2014 20:32
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So, I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy last night. Are there any PbtA games that could run basically what I watched? Because I want that in my life.
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Aug 10, 2014 22:00
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TheSoundNinja posted:So, I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy last night. Are there any PbtA games that could run basically what I watched? rogue trader
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Aug 10, 2014 22:09
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TheSoundNinja posted:So, I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy last night. Are there any PbtA games that could run basically what I watched? Dungeon Planet, or just straight up AW with minor tweeks.
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Aug 10, 2014 22:10
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Run It In GURPS
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Aug 10, 2014 22:17
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i don't care what you run it in as long as it wipes off its feet before it comes in my house
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Aug 10, 2014 22:19
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What does PbtA stand for?
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Aug 10, 2014 22:19
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Literally The Worst posted:What does PbtA stand for? Powered by the Apocalypse, so anything based off the Apocalypse World rules.
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