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  1. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    Rockstar has a 100 page guide available as an iphone/ipad app, but I haven't downloaded that to see how much info it contains.
  2. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    Lots of activities don't unlock until you get further into the game. I can't remember how the bikes worked. I'd imagine you could find some out in the park/wilderness areas. Morrus - Computervidoegames.com has video walkthroughs of lots of the missions. I'd look at one for the first heist to...
  3. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    The marker for Lester will show up for the planning session, but for the heist the markers will read "H". Once you do all of those, I think the heist just starts.
  4. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    Trevor is certifiable. He does some truly horrific things, but is also very funny at times. He'll be the most polarizing character in the game, absolutely. One common criticism of GTA games is that there is a disconnect between the supposed nature of the main characters, who are often...
  5. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    Hmmm... I would expect that to be the first thing to do. I'd expect that a specific police van would be rolling around, and that the game would notify you when its en route - that's what happened for me with the knockout gas. There was a pop-up notification, and then a mission marker showed...
  6. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    Which style did you pick, Morrus? Smart or Loud? I picked Smart, and then I had to do a couple of minor prep missions (the below isn't a spoiler if you've gotten through the briefing and picked the Smart style): I had to go get a pest exterminator van, and then steal a shipment of knockout...
  7. Kid Charlemagne

    So, that GTA V, huh?

    I'm loving it. I've played about 12 hours so far, and gotten to just after the first heist. The attraction to me is the richness of the world; there's just so much to see and do. To answer Olgar's question; it would be very difficult to not play as a criminal - but mostly because a lot of...
  8. Kid Charlemagne

    Show us your Rat Bastardry!

    Not at all... First off, I always treat the encounter buildings rules as more... guidelines [/Barbosa] than rules per se... And you can still trick and surprise people by using good tactics and unexpected foes - the tough part is doing it and having it still seem fair - anyone can just up the...
  9. Kid Charlemagne

    Experience Point: Pacing, Pacing, Pacing

    You know, the bit about letting the big bad get defeated at a dramatically appropriate time reminds me of a game i played in with a novice DM a while back - she set up a cool scenario and when we confronted the bad guy, we had an epic fight, and the DM pulled off a last minute escape...
  10. Kid Charlemagne

    This is mildly embarrassing...

    The ENWorld Black theme is the one true ENWorld theme. The White theme is just a pale imitation.
  11. Kid Charlemagne

    T Shirts?

    You need to make one that has that pic of baby Eric Noah on Gary Gygax's lap. Or is baby Gary Gygax on Eric Noah's lap? You could even offer to donate a portion of the proceeds to a Gygaxian-approved charity to clear any rights issues. Seriously, some ENWorld meme-focused t-shirts would...
  12. Kid Charlemagne

    WotC Seeks Unity with a New Edition

    I'm hearing lots of talk about Virtual Tables, but no one is talking about the flipside; using digital tools while sitting at the actual, physical table. I already have players using dice tools to roll damage in game, and I could easily see a point where we'd all have tablets with our character...
  13. Kid Charlemagne

    Off to see the Wizards: The day that WotC showed me D&D 5th Edition

    This was probably the most unusual/interesting piece for me - it implies a pretty high level of online support, since I'm sure they wouldn't use digital art of that sort in the books.
  14. Kid Charlemagne

    D&D 4E What's the point of playing 4e now?

    Because you're having fun? Heck, I'm finishing up a 3.5 E campaign in the next month or so; I wouldn't have switched editions in mid-campaign regardless of whether the game was in print or not. Who knows how long it will take for the new edition to come out? What will you do in the meantime?
  15. Kid Charlemagne

    4 Hours w/ RSD - Escapist Bonus Column

    I can provide a personal anecdote to illustrate this particualr point; one of my best friends runs a comic store that fits right into this mold; they don't stock games (tried, but they didn't sell) but do host a D&D Meetup on a monthly basis. They just recently started running Encounters...
  16. Kid Charlemagne

    The Escapist on D&D Past, Present, and Future

    New players don't need to drop $90, though. Most of the time they just need to drop $20 (which was the introductory price of the 3E PHB). If they do a starter set of some kind, the introductory price goes down as well - I was introduced via one of the D&D boxed sets which only went up to 3rd...
  17. Kid Charlemagne

    The Escapist on D&D Past, Present, and Future

    I think it's really the other way around; he's working in MMO's because he thinks that is the way of the future. Ryan has believed P&P gaming is dying for a long time now.
  18. Kid Charlemagne

    The Escapist on D&D Past, Present, and Future

    Agreed - I didn't realize the Atari deal was done with. That is huge, good news. I also like what I read from Mearls in this article; it sounds like they've taken the lessons they've learned to heart (and not just the 4E lessons).
  19. Kid Charlemagne

    Number Of GMs Per Group?

    8 players in my current game (well, one moved away a couple of months ago, but I'll include her for completeness sake). 4 guys, 4 girls in the gaming group. I DM regularly - probably every other week to 1/month since 1989 with a few breaks (I plan on taking a nice break after my current game...
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