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Fantasy Flight picks it up and D&D 6th Edition has a bunch of specialty dice, cards for special abilities and just all the Eurotrash trappings. And it will be gloriously playable.
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Quadratic_Wizard posted:What happens when/if Hasbro gives it up? Paizo comes in and saves the day, releases the new, true DnD we've always wanted? Would that even be a bad thing? Paizo at least has their poo poo together.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Fantasy Flight picks it up and D&D 6th Edition has a bunch of specialty dice, cards for special abilities and just all the Eurotrash trappings. All the FFG rpgs I've ever played have been hilariously unbalanced too though? Note: I haven't tried Dark Heresy 2 or Warhams 3
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Yaagh... just when I thought it was safe to totally ignore this edition, I hear they are using it for an upcoming rpg similar to Neverwinter Nights
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What I've seen from Sword Coast Adventures is that the actual game mechanics don't really adhere to the TG ruleset at all, so it's probably not going to be as 'bad' as 5th Edition tabletop is.
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Aug 3, 2015 18:08
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The video game appears to have basically nothing in common with the books. Someone mentioned that rogues get special attacks and stuff that is absolutely not supported and more closely resembles 4E. Because of course it does: 4E is WoWbabby FUKKEN GARBAGE
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Aug 3, 2015 18:09
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fool_of_sound posted:All the FFG rpgs I've ever played have been hilariously unbalanced too though? Did you try the FFG Star Wars game? Because I'm pretty sure that's what was mainly being referenced.
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Dick Burglar posted:The video game appears to have basically nothing in common with the books. Someone mentioned that rogues get special attacks and stuff that is absolutely not supported and more closely resembles 4E. Because of course it does: 4E is WoWbabby FUKKEN GARBAGE
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Aug 3, 2015 18:14
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Warhammer Fantasy 3 was a shitpile. Anyone want to buy my copy?
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fool_of_sound posted:All the FFG rpgs I've ever played have been hilariously unbalanced too though? FFG Star Wars is really good and well balanced. edit: which is weird for a Star Wars game.
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New Unearthed Arcana: Modern Magic http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/UA_ModernMagic.pdf A "City" domain for the Cleric A "Ghost in the Machine" Patron for the Warlock A "Technomancer" archetype for the Wizard And a bunch of new modern-themed spells. Any bets on how much of this is just lifted from d20 Modern? Re: Sword Coast Adventures, this was from April this year: quote:Okay, so I did a bit more digging around watched some gameplay videos gradenko_2000 fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Aug 3, 2015 18:19
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Great news, everybody! More stuff for spellcasters (... in a modern campaign) http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/modern-magic
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Find Vehicle is really cool
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Quadratic_Wizard posted:What happens when/if Hasbro gives it up? Paizo comes in and saves the day, releases the new, true DnD we've always wanted? I think it's up to WotC as to what to do with it, not necessarily Hasbro. As for who might pick it up if dropped, it could probably be anyone. Paizo and Fantasy Flight are obvious choices (and I'd lean towards Fantasy Flight since I think they're the bigger company), but a smaller company like WizKids or AEG or Green Ronin might swoop in and snatch it for the right deal. On the other hand, a larger company with deeper pockets like Disney or Time Warner by way of Marvel or WB via DC Comics respectively might take it for the intellectual property assets.
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mastershakeman posted:I'm actually surprised there isn't a fairly standard alcohol/drug withdrawal side effect chart and table to use in D&D, you'd think that would have been around since the early 80s at the least. 1E had tables for intoxication and recovery in the DMG. (Being "greatly intoxicated" gave you +3 HP -- as Murphy's Rules pointed out, that means it would be a bad idea for an assassin to get his victim drunk.)
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There's a movie on the way, I guess. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/dungeons-dragons-legal-settlement-paves-812674
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ritorix posted:There's a movie on the way, I guess. The best d&d movies will always be f&f 5-7
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ritorix posted:There's a movie on the way, I guess. Hopefully they can get Marlon Wayans to reprise his role as Snails for the new movie. Since 5e is all about reprising previous editions, this would be the perfect way to bridge the old and the new!
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I'm cautiously optimistic based on the producer. Less so based on the writer. Overall, I really want a D&D movie to be basically the Raid but with orcs and a likeable 4-person cast. Or like Guardians of the Galaxy. I can bet it won't be though; it'll wind up incredibly staid and mechanical and buzzword/rules-reference quoting.
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A movie that's just straight up The Red Hand of Doom would be pretty bad-rear end.
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djw175 posted:Did you try the FFG Star Wars game? Because I'm pretty sure that's what was mainly being referenced. alg posted:FFG Star Wars is really good and well balanced. edit: which is weird for a Star Wars game. I did try it, in fact I was in a PbP game with you, djw. It's actually really poorly balanced in a lot of ways: character creation that encourages players to spend 100% in stats, most characters are forced to take extra Obligation for more starting money just to have their basic equipment, extremely easy to customize weapons to turn the game into rocket tag, strongly asymmetrical recommendations for what Advantages, Threats, Triumphs and Despairs did on any given skill, force mechanics that encourage force-sensitive players to burn party resources at a high rate, ect. It's got good bones, but has the same problem I've had with every FFG tabletop; it feels like the writers of various sections didn't have enough contact with each other, and because of that the can break down when they interact. fool of sound fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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ritorix posted:There's a movie on the way, I guess. Well, that blew my theory out of the water. Looks like Hasbro will be hanging on to the IP a little longer. Not to say we won't see more outsourcing in the future, but Hasbro has already had a taste of that international box office money so I can't imagine them getting rid of an in house department completely. And Forgotten Realms no less. Really going for that brand synergy with this edition. I hope it's a Drizzt movie.
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quote:This is far and away the most well-known brand in fantasy
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My Lovely Horse posted:That's a big statement in the age of Game of Thrones. Or Lord of the Rings. Or Harry Potter.
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Just remake Willow and call it a DnD movie.
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Kai Tave posted:Or Lord of the Rings. Or World of Warcraft. Possibly Conan too, thanks to the Schwarzenegger movies. I wouldn't be surprised if the Elder Scrolls games (ok, fine, just Skyrim) also aren't better known. Edit: Strictly speaking, I think the Smurfs count as fantasy... Sage Genesis fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Aug 3, 2015 20:47
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STAR WARS is fantasy and nobody can tell me otherwise.
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Saying that "Dungeons and Dragons" is a well-known fantasy brand is probably true; most people would be familiar with the name even if they didn't know exactly what it was. But of those people, if more than maybe one in a hundred had heard of "the Forgotten Realms" or "Elminster" or "Drizzt", I'd be really loving surprised.
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Esser-Z posted:STAR WARS is fantasy and nobody can tell me otherwise. Star Wars is pretty much archetypally space opera, which is a mix of fantasy and soft scifi. And of course, the line between fantasy and soft scifi is REALLY bloody blurry anyway.
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Night10194 posted:BoVD is the book with the minor bonus for having had sex with undead. Minor bonus? It made undead automatically friendly to you, that's an amazing bonus.
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Payndz posted:Saying that "Dungeons and Dragons" is a well-known fantasy brand is probably true; most people would be familiar with the name even if they didn't know exactly what it was. I bet more people have read a Drizz't book than played D&D. They just probably didn't know that the book was set in a D&D setting.
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gradenko_2000 posted:New Unearthed Arcana: Modern Magic Based on my recollection, most of the Technomancy stuff is pretty much lifted straight from Urban Arcana. As are most of the spells, including at least Synchronicity. The Arcane Gunslinger archetype for the Warlock is basically a 5e'd version of Urban Arcana's Spellslinger prestige class (released, to my recollection, in a free online supplement). But still, gently caress, I actually sort of like the idea of D&D in a modern setting. Like, not Urban Arcana's "It's the real world but there's D&D creatures around but the mundies can't see them" angle, but honest to god D&D setting advanced to the modern age with cool technomagic and poo poo.
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ProfessorCirno posted:No, he thinks they did a bad job branding the fighter. He has no issues with the mechanics. I asked that question and didn't catch until after that it was a dodge. I've followed up with wizards to get him to clarify if he meant mechanics or not there and if he's willing to comment on mechanics. I do not have high hopes for a good response.
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gradenko_2000 posted:To their credit, they changed the aberrant sexual behavior entry to a powerful delusion instead. Holy RIFTS flashbacks, Batman.  Save Vs. Pedophilia.
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gradenko_2000 posted:New Unearthed Arcana: Modern Magic This stuff is actually pretty cool, flavor-wise. I could totally see using the City domain to build a wise, mysterious homeless man who goes where he's needed, dispenses pithy bits of homespun advice liberally spiced with earthy mannerisms, and then when he's done gets on a motorcycle that looks like it's built out of junk (but somehow feels realer than real, and wait, was that there earlier?) and drives off, singing bits of weird songs while the lights somehow manage to turn green in front of him. These are all things you can do! Also: give people mysterious sodas in unmarked glass bottles that somehow make them feel better about life, fry the iPhone of the businessman who tossed you a bottlecap, turn on TVs in store windows with a snap of your fingers in order to coincidentally display news programs that provide just the right information for the moment, be mysteriously bulletproof. Quorum fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Fun flavor stuff in there, it was certainly something to read the description of "fiendish SUV". Also, I'm impressed they managed to go a whole year before giving the wizard a mechanic that circumvents Concentration (or maybe does nothing at all?).
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chaos rhames posted:Rules for a gun would be nice.
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LightWarden posted:Fun flavor stuff in there, it was certainly something to read the description of "fiendish SUV". Now picture a biker cleric of Baphomet on a fiendish Harley vs. a nun on a celestial Yamaha, drag racing for the soul of a Hong Kong street orphan.
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ritorix posted:There's a movie on the way, I guess. The one comment is  , at leastquote:Absolutely no excitement here....I'm sure they will hire writers, actors and a director whose only knowledge of AD&D is the ten minutes that they spent skimming through one rulebook. They chose one of the weaker campaign worlds as a setting and no doubt will concentrate on the weakest races and classes. We will also see more leather 'bondage' gear and the occasional "I will cast a FIREBALL spell!"-quoted straight from one book or another. Is anyone willing to drop $10-15 dollars for a ticket to see more of this crap?
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