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Ok, time has passed. The Myriad eventually gets repaired and tidied up enough to launch. The Myriad sails smoothly through the aether for nearly 3 days, its crew vigilant as they chase the tail of a comet. Jomal, Mishur, Vando, and Xavier stand on deck, their eyes fixed on the celestial body...

Finally I had to think of a way to get our 4th team member aboard- the shifty merchant (actually a fighter) Xavier. So the scene begins on the bustling docks of Slorgh, where The Myriad is moored, its owl-like form casting a grand shadow over the wooden planks. Ive decided that Xavier is on the...

Note: One thing that occurs to me is that I may not even need the other PCs (Vando the frontiersman and Xavier the merchant) to make major appearances. We have kind of a cool relationship between these two characters- the charismatic magic user Mishur and the more Saturnine Jomal. Mishur and...

The second scene is the opulent audience chamber of Duchess Laloo, adorned with relics of Slorgh's seafaring past and the banners of the Duchy. Jomal is unsuccessful in convincing the Duchess to part with a better ship, so the version he gets is the Myriad, which is cantankerous and full of...

As our story begins, Mishur starts at the tower of High Astronomer Nurnubo. He has just observed a comet whose path defies all prediction. It moves as if with purpose, and doesn’t seem to follow the predicted paths that the astronomers have been taught. So he approaches the high astronomer with...

Mishur of Okeanos L1 Magic User Concept: Astronomer Physical Description: Mishur's skin has a bluish tint, a common trait among the natives of the oceanic world of Okeanos. His eyes are a deep sea-green, reflective and as fathomless as the depths of his home planet's waters. He is of average...

Hi all. Here's a quick intro. I HAVENT BEEN HERE IN YEARS, but I used to hang out back around 2000 when D&D 3 had just come out. But anyhow, I have been in the progress of selling off some of my old D&D stuff and I had this sudden urge to play again. Unfortunately.. uhh.. no real players...

"Retracted" section removed by moderator. But lets put that aside. I retract it (I know this will get moderated to pieces, but I do retracxt it), because, as I said, it's an unfair argument., and it's not good manners to just keep on about your own inability to get what other people get. Mod...

Are you sure? Spoiler alert: It's a bunch of caves with trolls in them. Here, have a look: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/excerpts/P1_Trollhaunt.pdf

I don't think that's the reason.

In the end, everyone is free to be as unhappy and resentful as they like. I just wish they picked some other place to do it, really. Because here the conversation about gaming will always be trumped by this conversation we have here about resentment, and there's just no answer for it.

I've gone to every Gen Con since 2000 except 2002 and the very first one in Indiana. So this will be my 9th. D&D is a huge part of why I go because I DM for almost the entire show (usually 4-7 slots) and play in as many slots as I can manage. Most, but not all RPGA. Just to counterpoint...

Maybe someone will make a D&D retro-clone and put it upon the internet for free one day. I just don't think this happens very often. The history of the hobby is interesting, but in the end, it's still history.

I'm not calling anyone names. I'm just tired of all of the negativity.. aren't you? It's been constant for nearly three years now. If the evidence of being marginalized amounts to "they stopped selling a certain thing" then yes, it's a fantasy. If the evidence is that they ran insulting ads...

Nobody has been marginalized. The edition warrior idea that "I've been marginalized!" is a paranoid fantasy and then it gets turned around and used as the justification for constant negativity. Because once you've been marginalized, of course any response is justified. I'm saying, no, it's not...