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Kuros posted:How dare you call me out!? There’s no call out there my fellow discerning gentleman. Also, where do I start with this Critical Role I’ve been hearing so much about?
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Dr Christmas posted:There’s no call out there my fellow discerning gentleman. YouTube and have several hundred hours to spare
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Dr Christmas posted:There’s no call out there my fellow discerning gentleman. They've made it available in podcast form now too. The first campaign has a lot of very bad melodrama, especially towards the end when they started developing inter party romances. But at the same time it was really cool to see them go through some actual heroic level d&d, fighting elder dragons and poo poo. Thus far the second campaign has been much lighter on the melodrama but it was a bit slow to start since they all began at level 2. E: in case it's not clear I recommend starting with the second campaign. I think the only reason I actually made it through the first one is because I'd been watching it since 2012 when they started and was invested enough to overlook the bad bits voiceless anal fricative has a new favorite as of 20:18 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Phlegmish posted:I'd like to play a game one of these days. One thing that kind of puts me off is, doesn't it take a really long time to calculate the effect of rolls and such? I'm used to D&D-based video games where the computer does that for you. As others have said, not usually, if you've got a good DM and can do really basic math in your head. On a players side you say " I swing my sword to attack the goblin" and roll a die. Then you add any bonuses that count. The DM then compares the number you say against a page full of numbers. If your number is higher, you hit the goblin with your sword - if not, you miss. If you hit, roll again to see how much damage you do. Repeat for every player. It doesn't take very long. In a real game, there's more nuance and the numbers are a little more complicated, but that's the basics.
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RFC2324 posted:Without people like you who were strong enough to do it, people like me have had a chance to even discover ourselves Wow thank you it really does mean a lot to me to hear that.
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MageMage posted:Wow thank you it really does mean a lot to me to hear that. shut up bitch (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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Phlegmish posted:I'd like to play a game one of these days. One thing that kind of puts me off is, doesn't it take a really long time to calculate the effect of rolls and such? I'm used to D&D-based video games where the computer does that for you. Worth noting that there are RPGs other than D&D which are considerably lighter on the math and easier to pick up in a lot of ways.
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Potato Salad posted:5e has no math 
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Whybird posted:Worth noting that there are RPGs other than D&D which are considerably lighter on the math and easier to pick up in a lot of ways.
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Like HERO
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Whybird posted:Worth noting that there are RPGs other than D&D which are considerably lighter on the math and easier to pick up in a lot of ways. yes, like FATAL
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:yes, like FATAL my halfling's anal circumference is wide enough to be used as a hat
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Phlegmish posted:I'd like to play a game one of these days. One thing that kind of puts me off is, doesn't it take a really long time to calculate the effect of rolls and such? I'm used to D&D-based video games where the computer does that for you. Fights tend to be pretty quick, really, especially if you have a couple powerhouses on your team. Combat is also usually a pretty small part of most campaigns and you’ll spend far more time chatting with NPCs, investigating problems, and arguing with your party about how best to solve this problem that you also caused. I had a session earlier today and we spent about five minutes killing two bugbears and then 2 hours asking their goblin slave questions and pretending he was our Dragonborn’s daughter after befriending him and taking him into town Also our bard turned one of the bugbear’s scrotums into a hat
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Whybird posted:Worth noting that there are RPGs other than D&D which are considerably lighter on the math and easier to pick up in a lot of ways. WoW is very easy to get into. Too bad it's poop from a butt.
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DiggityDoink posted:WoW is very easy to get into. Too bad it's poop from a butt. MMORPGs are not RPGs 
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I used to play 2nd edition and I'm like the third stupidest person I know, so if 5th edition is even simpler than that you all have nothing to worry about.
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Azhais posted:Like HERO Hang on, let me break out my graphing calculator to figure out if my flying superhero can make this corner without smashing through the wall like the koolaid man. Oops, came in too fast, now i'm in somebodys kitchen. Should've taken that Enhanced Turning Radius Flight Modifier. Now to roll 14d6 and count it two separate ways to find out how much damage i took from the impact. ... i love hero system...
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On dnd chat, I had a group of 7 I was in who played together for like 3 and a half years and every week I made dinner (Sunday night was the only one that worked for every one) and charged 10bux a head. Usually I would make it so that the food costs actually ran close to that, and would often do something on my smoker or bbq for the ease of prep. I did make some p ridiculous feasts though, like korean fried chicken and korean style nacho dirty fries
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I love me some Powered by the Apocalypse; if you're really not into math but super into post-punk post-apocalyptic weirdness with super strong characterisation, Apocalypse World is real good. One of the feats for the Gunlugger character is "NOT TO BE hosed WITH!!", which makes them count as a small gang in combat. Not multiple rolls, they just are so good at fighting that, on their own, they "outnumber" groups of less than 4 people. I also think it's kinda un-meme-able because it's so enthusiastically genuine about how silly it is.
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McSpergin posted:On dnd chat, I had a group of 7 I was in who played together for like 3 and a half years and every week I made dinner (Sunday night was the only one that worked for every one) and charged 10bux a head. Usually I would make it so that the food costs actually ran close to that, and would often do something on my smoker or bbq for the ease of prep. I did make some p ridiculous feasts though, like korean fried chicken and korean style nacho dirty fries That sounds like an amazing time and makes me wish my own group hadn't imploded due to the DM being kind of unpleasant. 
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Screaming Idiot posted:That sounds like an amazing time and makes me wish my own group hadn't imploded due to the DM being kind of unpleasant. The hardest and most complicated part of D&D is wrangling the players.
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bob dobbs is dead posted:Also making sure the players are, like, not terrible human beings Nothing like "how come you're fine with me murdering people but not with sexual assault?!" to make a session get really lovely really quick
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I'm in a D&D group that ostensibly plays weekly and in practice plays about once every four months which is the entire D&D experience. Also the D&D memes are real good, only thing I could like more is if they branched out into Baldur's Gate.
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Collapsing Farts posted:Someone call the dorksterminator Here I am..now let me roll for initiative
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Gokuweed420 posted:shut up bitch You're an rear end in a top hat and it's not even ironically funny. It really does mean a lot to me to hear that the things I've done for other people has made a difference.
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Screaming Idiot posted:That sounds like an amazing time and makes me wish my own group hadn't imploded due to the DM being kind of unpleasant. We swapped DM every time we swapped campaign, so we played a few 40k ones and then 3.5e, 5e and pathfinder. It was good, I worked with a few of them and the rest were their friends
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I got a regular dnd group going with friends and it owns. I DMed a beyond the wall mini campagn and a buddy is now doing a dnd starter campaign. So thanks for the million dnd memes, I've been spamming my group chat for days with em.
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I had to stop playing d&d because my wife hates it. So gently caress you, nerds. I miss d&d. 
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Brewmaster posted:I had to stop playing d&d because my wife hates it. So gently caress you, nerds. So play without her
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