L4W Discussion Thread V

Velmont · Aug 9, 2010

renau1g said:
I use Maptools (as most of the DM's appear to use) - RPTools - Launch

Some use Virtual Battlemap (currently down, does this sometimes) - http://virtualbattlemat.com/

I've seen a few who use excel as well.

I'm unaware of anything that can print out largescale maps though, but I've never tried it.

Add ditzie. It's like an improved virual battlemap. The two great thing I see on it is A) All your map have a different URL, so you have a backup of each maps. B) You can add mouseover information on each token (great to show HP and defenses). I never use it yet, but I might do so.

renau1g · Aug 10, 2010

FYI I'll be heading out on training from this afternoon until Thursday evening. Normal posting resumes on Friday. I will be traveling via train though and should have the internet for a portion of the time.

Mal Malenkirk · Aug 10, 2010

Training to improve your Evil DM skills? Gosh, that's dedication.

evilbob · Aug 11, 2010

No no, see, he's training others. He has a natural instinct that makes additional training unnecessary.

H.M.Gimlord · Aug 12, 2010

Yeah. I've been taking notes from his lectures since day one :devil:

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renau1g · Aug 12, 2010

Ahhh... such a promising class this time around. I need to have a guest speaker come by though, perhaps I can convince the good Dr.stonegod to impart some words of wisdom? He was the first DM to successfully kill one of my PC's .... ever... in over 10 years of playing. industrygothica has also done it, more recently, as well. Giving credit to all those Evil DM's that inspire me and give me material to work with.

dimsdale · Aug 12, 2010

evilbob said:
No no, see, he's training others. He has a natural instinct that makes additional training unnecessary.

Evil DM's...all of you! An evil cult of DM's. Everyone! Run for your lives!

stonegod · Aug 12, 2010

renau1g said:
Perhaps I can convince the good Dr.stonegod to impart some words of wisdom? He was the first DM to successfully kill one of my PC's .... ever... in over 10 years of playing. industrygothica has also done it, more recently, as well. Giving credit to all those Evil DM's that inspire me and give me material to work with.

I killed my (then future's) wife's first ever D&D character in the first game she ever played. I'm amazed she still runs games for me know. :devil:

Velmont · Aug 12, 2010

In my first experience in DMing, I killed two of four characters. But that's very little compare to the number of characters I got killed. It has even became a running gag in my group that I am always the one to get killed.

I think the worst is my DM (Mal Malenkirk) did two assassinations attempt on my characters to start an adventure. Twice, we didn't played the adventure because the dices decided the assassination attempt would work, even if statistics would have given less than 1% chance to happen

Look now, I am so used that Gloom, one of my L4W character have as an objective to get killed in combat honorably so he can join his tribe who has been slaughtered.

TwoHeadsBarking · Aug 13, 2010

Despite DMing in one form or another since 4e's release, I have yet to kill a player, although not from lack of trying. What I have done, however, was accidentally put my players in a situation where they decided the best option was to try and kill each other, to various degrees of success. That was an exciting session.

Sadly, both of my DMs in RL are much too soft on their players for death to be a real threat. Luckily I was able to spice up our latest fight with some well-placed Blazing Starfalls. And by "spice up" I mean "nearly kill our fighter". And I do mean kill, not incapacitate. Although in my defense, if he didn't want me to kill him, he shouldn't have fallen unconscious right next to that kobold...