Search results

Emphasis added. That's right. You play a "character" ..that is what makes it roleplaying. The thing you play in the game is called a "character" not a tank, not rock, not a plant. It has nothing to do with playing a persona. It's the literal use of the word "character" that gives rise...

And this misses the point entirely and has nothing to do with why I used the word "gamepiece."

I can't help it if you have reading comprehension problems ...I really can't. The fact that you're talking about lead pieces on the battlemat says you're pretty much lost in this discussion.

Incorrect. I first suggested that the "role" referred to a functional role...then I realized it was more about being a character in a story. I have not changed my position on the latter. What has happened is that we have gotten on a tangent about importance of personality versus class in...

I have confused the issue by talking about the logistics nightmare for the DM. But when I said DM, I meant for the game itself. Sek says he's been DMing for what 10 years? So the concern isn't on his side, but on the players. The players are the ones who are can potentially become confused and...

Ignoring that you just wrote a treatise on how to deal with it...and same damn fine suggestions I might add...you kind of proved my point. ;) It certainly sounds like some DM's have a better handle on large squad combat than others, but my point is not whether the DM can handle it, but will...

I've been doing that in the last bit of posts. If you aren't interested in reading them, I'm not going to waste more time repeating it.

No. Insofar as you believe "roleplaying" referred to having a character being "colorful and interesting" to use your exact words...I did not agree. As I already stated, your rationale seemed to based on this idea that you're "acting" and that's what makes it roleplaying. It's role playing...

Scroll back about six or seven posts where I realized it's called a roleplaying game mainly because you play a "character" in a story, as opposed to a vehicle or an inanimate object in a story. Ask yourself, Is "Myst" a roleplaying game...and if not...why? Don't you play a character in a story?

This is exactly why you don't want six PC's fighting 12-20 creatures in a battle. Logistics. Considering you aren't going to be appearing on Orange County Choppers anytime soon, you probably won't be availiing yourself of sheetmetal solutions. You know what's far worse than the Barbarian doing...

You'll hear me talk about this like a broken record, but IMO, the most important thing everyone needs is purpose. Here are some suggestions along those lines. 1) Elminate Multiclassing Multiclassing creates a number of problems in campaigns...and this is even more true with inexperienced...

First, to the OP...balance is an illusion. Balance suggests a empircal comparison which is nigh impossible in a PnP RPG. The best you can talk about is "fairness" and that is subjective. D&D 1e was never meant to be "balanced." The DM was supposed to make balance irrelevant. As D&D has evolved...

As I've mentioned several times...In 1e, the specific class chosen is not important so far as some class is chosen. A good DM will create an adventure that is suited to the class choices made by the players. But in 1e, characters have to choose a class...no exceptions. Even in 3.5, the...

I don't infer anything offenive in your post. It's the nature of posting that sometimes one adopts a tone that seems more pointed than one would be in a normal conversation. Whether we have different views or not, you're inferring something that I never implied nor stated. You're also...

I'm very curious how this affected the enjoyment of the game for those involved. Was the campaign easier to DM and more fun for the players compared to RPG's where people played more traditional roles?

I guess the distinction is more clear to me when you consider computer RPG's. What is the real difference between a 1st person shooter and an RPG? The extent to which the story is developed and the character makes life path altering decisions. The difference is not really achieved or expresesed...

1. You're missing the forest while looking at the trees. I'm talking about all the roles that constiute what one does in the game. Killing, opening locks, healing people who got hurt fighting or opening locks/traps. I just uses Fighting as a repesentative of those things. Are you watching...

Jimlock, you are smart enough to know you can't win a BB argument by being correct or accurate. It's all about how many friends you have who instinctively want to dogpile on anyone who disagrees with you. I think a better word for what happened in 1e and 2e was politicking. I think we all...

When our circle decided to try D&D as opposed to random board games...I originally wanted to makea hybrid between 1e and 3.5. In the end it was too much work so we just went with full 3.5.

Boy, this nails a lot of how I feel on the head...except I came from AD&D 1e and went to 3.5. I specifically empathize with your statements about min/maxing. It's one aspect of the game that I feel has undermined the flavor of what D&D was. People have lost sight of exactly what you...