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theironjef posted:Wait, you've heard of Magic? My obscure CCG reference wasn't obscure enough! Seriously, your drat dead-rear end great--grandma had heard of D&D. I'm mad at this comic. I can’t wait til “Intelligent Life” starts making D&D references and we get to meet another tracing of a Family Guy character as the GM.
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Covok posted:What? So one of the systems used by said GM for his nominally 5e game was a DCC style Funnel. Everything from race to occupation was rolled randomly on a bunch of tables, so I figured “I’ll flip a coin to randomly determine gender as well for my four characters.” I got 3 men and 1 woman. The woman was the only survivor of the funnel so she became my 1st level paladin character. She was the only female character in the group (I’m male). Right out the gate when the GM realizes this, he starts commanding “I don’t want to see *any* romantic subplots in my games!” (Nobody was asking for any). His in-game behavior towards both my character and I became incredibly passive-aggressive, to the point that by session 2 I just stopped going. Blows my mind that someone can provide 20 options for playing a fantasy creature, but try to play a “woman” and grogs lose their poo poo.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Order of the Stick? OotS is probably the best anti-3.5 cautionary tale ever written.
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Halloween Jack posted:Yeah, STR as D&D defines it is actually this very weird specific facet of overall strength that doesn't correspond to how muscles work in real life. It wasn't a conspiracy against fighters, either, it was just an accident brought about by cargo-culting D&D's mechanics. In old-school D&D, STR is important for melee fighting, lifting and carrying heavy things, and forcing doors open. That makes it really valuable in the context of D&D and not so much in a ton of other games in different genres. Imagine what gaming could have been if Gygax had a gym membership.
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xiw posted:I think OOTS is still pretty charming. Not sure where the vehement criticism's coming from - is it reacting to the GITP forums being a 3.5 charop hellhole? The strip's certainly no Goblins. OotS’ decline began when it fully embraced the idea of “3.5 rules as the physics engine of a fantasy world” as a serious idea instead of a punchline. Ex., Burlew has to come up with various plot contrivances for Vaarsuvius or Durkon to split from the party; that’s because high-level 3.5 casters completely trivialize any kind of conflict that leads to a meaningful story.
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Bar Crow posted:Kids are taught, intentionally or not, to find people to throw under the bus. There's a few winner spots and lots of loser spots so kids cling to the same bullshit reasons to declare people losers before the game is supposed to have started. It’s surprising where it can appear. I played in a Pathfinder game once where I played a trans woman PC among a group of mostly cis gay men. I was honestly surprised by how quickly the “tranny” and “drag queen” slurs started getting thrown around. It’s all good. I’m running UA3 for a group of awesome players now and we’re having a blast.
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I’m critical of OotS’s writing, but there’s a reason the comic is called “Order of the Stick” and not “Order Of the Highly Detailed Anatomy and Chiaroscuro Shading.” Creating a highly-detailed comic in the style of K6BD isn’t what Burlew ever set out to do. The drawings are based off of stick-figure counters he made for his own D&D games, and to his fans that low-res DIY feel is part of the charm. It’s not always my thing, but I can’t criticize his intent. (Though I don’t read it because he’s just pandering to his audience at this point.) Also it’s well know that he’s got some serious chronic health problems, which may limit his technical proficiency.
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Dec 18, 2017 05:27
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Running a World of Dungeons Xmas game where the PC’s loot the Tomb of Santa.
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Dec 20, 2017 23:27
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Fuego Fish posted:
I’ve been on a “find my higher power” kick lately and this is not just good game advice, it touches on a lot of the personal moral questions I’ve made about myself lately. An excellent post; thank you!
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Dec 20, 2017 23:56
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Star Man posted:My FLGS owner might be the dumbest mother fucker on the planet. I have no idea how this mother fucker's been in business still after four years. I’m guessing he’s one of those owners who clearly only set up the store as an excuse to get paid for playing games with his buddies all day? (Much in the way that most lovely dive bars exist because the owner though “owning a bar” meant “my buddies and I drink free forever”)
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Dec 27, 2017 08:36
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So Steve Jackson Games is re-releasing The Fantasy Trip again? I’m asking only because a lot of elfgame nerds seem real excited about it and I have no idea what it is. Anyone play it?
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Blockhouse posted:so list of games with cool archers: Godbound. Word of the Bow. “That guy I don’t like in the next country over?” *fires bow in the air* “Yeah, he’s dead now.”
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