I hate change...switching to 4e
Posted 6th March 2009 at 02:35 AM by HardcoreDandDGirl
So who am I and why am i writing this. Well I am Tabitha and I have been playing D&D for years...just about 14 years to be exact. Most of that time has been playing 2e.
I first found out about D&D when my first boyfriend (ok well maybe not but I called him that) took me to his house were his dad was running a basic D&D game. It was Basic D&D with some 2e and 1e rules thrown in. I was hooked right away.
In the beginning I enjoyed playing, but I found out that it was a little odd as I grew up. I hit puberty at 12 and was one of the first girls in the school to develop. Some of my friends and co players just could not deal with it.
I spent the years between 1999 and 2005 in a very odd place. I was odd girl out everywhere. I had guys break up with me for being a geek, and most gamers i knew acted like I was made of kryptonite. I bounced from game to game, mostly larping.
Senior year of high school I finally meet a group that I could join and not feel weird in. The problem was that being 2005 they were playing 3e. I had never played 3e before, but I learned quick. Heck Dave (My new fav DM) ran some 2e games too.
then came the announcement, 4e was announced at gen con, and as fate would have it, we had just finished a 2e/3e cross over game (Great time travel story). So I figured how bad could it be...we could do it through 2-4e now right.
Well I didn't follow the news about 4e at all, I just kept playing 3.5. Then came game day. I was floored. It was nothing like D&D, the fighter had spells, the wizard and fighter had the same number of powers. I just could not get it. It just didn't feel right. So I took the PHB and put it on the shelf and tried to forget it.
It didn't work. Everyone was talking about converting. It seamed like 3.5 games are dropping left and right. I got invited to a Pathfinder game and went once. It seamed like a great game, but one player wouldn't stop staring at me, and the DM must of thought I was brain dead...he kept asking if I got it...I have been rping for years.
so over the years I have had problems finding games, and now here I am. What do I do? Well I am giving 4e another shot.
Dave (My fav DM) is running a game, and he said that the players and the DM make the feel not the system. SO here I am giving it a shot.
so I asked here and at the wizards site what to play. We have a rather odd group. I will tell more after game night tomorrow when we make the characters.
We are running Keep on the Shadowfell, but a house campaign setting that it is being fit into...
so here I go...I am making a Swordmage. I played a ½ drow ½ high elf bladesinger back a few years ago, so I am starting with that concept. I think she will be one of these new races Shadar Kai.
I first found out about D&D when my first boyfriend (ok well maybe not but I called him that) took me to his house were his dad was running a basic D&D game. It was Basic D&D with some 2e and 1e rules thrown in. I was hooked right away.
In the beginning I enjoyed playing, but I found out that it was a little odd as I grew up. I hit puberty at 12 and was one of the first girls in the school to develop. Some of my friends and co players just could not deal with it.
I spent the years between 1999 and 2005 in a very odd place. I was odd girl out everywhere. I had guys break up with me for being a geek, and most gamers i knew acted like I was made of kryptonite. I bounced from game to game, mostly larping.
Senior year of high school I finally meet a group that I could join and not feel weird in. The problem was that being 2005 they were playing 3e. I had never played 3e before, but I learned quick. Heck Dave (My new fav DM) ran some 2e games too.
then came the announcement, 4e was announced at gen con, and as fate would have it, we had just finished a 2e/3e cross over game (Great time travel story). So I figured how bad could it be...we could do it through 2-4e now right.
Well I didn't follow the news about 4e at all, I just kept playing 3.5. Then came game day. I was floored. It was nothing like D&D, the fighter had spells, the wizard and fighter had the same number of powers. I just could not get it. It just didn't feel right. So I took the PHB and put it on the shelf and tried to forget it.
It didn't work. Everyone was talking about converting. It seamed like 3.5 games are dropping left and right. I got invited to a Pathfinder game and went once. It seamed like a great game, but one player wouldn't stop staring at me, and the DM must of thought I was brain dead...he kept asking if I got it...I have been rping for years.
so over the years I have had problems finding games, and now here I am. What do I do? Well I am giving 4e another shot.
Dave (My fav DM) is running a game, and he said that the players and the DM make the feel not the system. SO here I am giving it a shot.
so I asked here and at the wizards site what to play. We have a rather odd group. I will tell more after game night tomorrow when we make the characters.
We are running Keep on the Shadowfell, but a house campaign setting that it is being fit into...
so here I go...I am making a Swordmage. I played a ½ drow ½ high elf bladesinger back a few years ago, so I am starting with that concept. I think she will be one of these new races Shadar Kai.
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