Comments | the_never: A Farewell to 3rd Edition

the_never

A Farewell to 3rd Edition

Jan 21, 2009 14:54

I liked 3E fine ( Read more... )

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the_never January 22 2009, 20:59:09 UTC

SHUT UP

gospog January 21 2009, 20:59:11 UTC

"...but I'm getting ready to launch a real campaign again soon."

What's it gonna be? Homebrew or established setting? I don't like to build rules-based things but I seem to enjoy building worlds.

So, what have you got cooking?

the_never January 22 2009, 21:00:49 UTC

Homebrew, well, I have an established world I like to use, and it has recurrent elements, but the maps change nearly everytime I run a new campaign.

It's very lazy as far as world-building goes. I start with a town and a dungeon type deal and expand outwards.

rlorentz January 22 2009, 02:32:31 UTC

That sounds fun, all of my friends that WOULD or WERE into d&d ..
A) weren't interested in a char for any reason at all except damage/healing
B) cannot 'handle' pen and paper because mmo's have ruined their lives and attention span

It's frustrating, I thought the whole concept was to create a fantasy world/scenario for the sake of imagination and fun! If I want to simply roll dice against the DM I will go to atlantic city ! hah

Interested about 4E though, if it's easier to DM.. I have been DM'ing to my wife and sometimes the rules become very complex.. even though I've spent a lot of time getting smart on it

the_never January 22 2009, 21:01:28 UTC

4E is much easier to DM. I never figured you for one of polyhedral brotherhood. Haha. ;)

rlorentz January 25 2009, 17:24:26 UTC

Yeah! I don't ROLL THEM 20'S TOO HARD but I really enjoy it all. Have never had any kind of stable group or whatever, the closest I've ever gotten was fairly recently playing with like 5 IRL friends online using skype for voice chat and some software for DM'ing... after like 3 2-hour sessions everybody quit except for my wife and I because we were "taking it too seriously" since we wanted to roll play characters instead of like just board-gaming it or something. It was really lame, we totally weren't even nerding out or anything either ( ... )

the_never January 25 2009, 22:13:07 UTC

The easiest no stress way to play would be to go go to an RPGA event. Just have to bring your character.

Join (yahoo groups) LFRNEUSA or DC-RPGA (aren't you close to DC?) Vic Morales kinda runs the DC group and he is very cool.

dethstryke January 22 2009, 03:24:53 UTC

I'm wondering when you're going to follow through with that promise of Mutants and Masterminds... ;)

I'm STILL being badgered by at least five other people lamenting that I even mentioned it was possible. :(

the_never January 22 2009, 21:02:15 UTC

Hey now, if you have 5 people you don't need me at all..!

I'm telling you, I'm overwhelmed. I'm going to have to cut it back a little just so I can get my own campaign launched.

dethstryke January 22 2009, 21:51:14 UTC

six people who want to *play*, since you lamented so publicly that you wanted to *run* but couldn't ever find people who wanted to *play*. ;)

It's no problem, just shakin' your tree. :)

losrpg January 23 2009, 23:57:15 UTC

There was a lot I liked about 3E, and a fair bit I didn't, as well. I played tons of LG, and a couple of short home campaigns. I've moved on as well, for now. I've played almost no D&D in the last year and a half (lots of other games, though). I've done a few quick sessions of 4E recently. There's a few things I love, but even more things I hate. Pretty much all of the latter are things that were done so that the whole of the game fits on a battle mat. I intend to play a few more sessions of 4E to see if the hatred wears off (as it sometimes does), or gets worse. After that, I'd like to start a campaign that has the feel of 1E, the character customization that 3E offers (toned down a bit, though), and a few select bits of 4E. I'm not yet sure how to accomplish all that, but I have some ideas.