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  1. TheUltramark

    Player Control, OR "How the game has changed over the years, and why I don't like it"

    how am I denigrating anyone? I am disagreeing, but I have said - again, a million times - if thats how you play and you have fun doing it, then 'keep rollin til the wheels fall off' yet 4 out of 5 (unofficial stat) posts seem to be denigrating my style of play, which -not that it's any of your...
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    When did WotC D&D "Jump the Shark"?

    but do you really think that IF Hasbro kills D&D that nobody will step up and make fantasy role playing products???? does the artist formerly known as TSR hold the fate of fantasy role playing in its hands???? Can guys like Mike Mearls, James Wyatt, Chris Perkins, and Andy Collins not either go...
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    Gaming Terms and Memes

    i've never even heard of memes me = save vs stupid
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    What fake gaming terminology does your group use?

    apparently math isn't the strong suit of many at our game. We ran 3.25 characters for such a long time near, at, and beyond epic it became common place to replace the full roll of attack with all modifiers to simply "over 20" which 95% of the time was good enough to hit whatever beastie was...
  5. TheUltramark

    Player Control, OR "How the game has changed over the years, and why I don't like it"

    for the umpteenth time: if your game adheres to the letter of the law when it comes to powers, and everyone at your table has fun doing it that way - then God bless ya man! I hope you keep having fun for the next 1000 years! I assure you, at the game I play at, we take a more imaginative...
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    P2 - Demon Queen's Enclave - so this is the best WotC module, really?!

    we just finished Slaying Stone and found it to be sort of "Dick and Jane" - ish...or remedial adventuring. We did all the adventures, because well, what else were gonna do, but after seeing the map and hearing some of the intel, it was clear where everything was and what was going on. Still...
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    Monster PCs

    I remember playing a pbp 3e game where all the pc's were evil. I forget the ultimate goal, but it was a hoot - and some really good role playing. We had a drow, a githyanki, a cambion, a minotaur, a vampire, and one or two other evil dudes. Knowing that player v player could be upon ya at any...
  8. TheUltramark

    When did WotC D&D "Jump the Shark"?

    I can't get my head around this so....if in 50 years there isnt a D&D 10th edition, people won't still be gaming? creative people won't still be publishing material related to gaming? Resources aimed at better gaming won't continue to be invented?
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    Running gags

    This could also fall under a thread titled "most embarassing thing you did as a dm" one of our core group guys was running from a giant (I did NOT think to describe the taint) and he wanted to climb a tree to escape the giantly gruesomeness, I really wanted him NOT to climb a tree, and in my...
  10. TheUltramark

    What is the #1 most important thing to remember about DMing?

    also occasionally the halfling's leaf may come into play...you gotta keep that under control too
  11. TheUltramark

    When did WotC D&D "Jump the Shark"?

    :confused: so your contention is that there is NOT enough role playing game material currently published - and that for the sake of my great grandchildren D&D needs to continue to operate?
  12. TheUltramark

    Actually, our opinion does matter.

    How many people have to complain about a car's side mirror placement before Ford (or gm or crystler) does a recall? Now, this is an apples to bowling balls comparison, I know, I understand that, please, don't bombard me with the obvious. But what should Hasbro do? A re-call (or in this...
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    Something, I think, Every GM/DM Should Read

    It is even common knowledge I am vulnerable to cleavage attacks...still....nothin!...they know there is favor to be curried, yet that club remains in the bag - :lol:
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    Monster PCs

    in 3.25 it was common practice to use monster pc's, both as a dm, and even the players. One of our beloved characters was a "rhinotaur" - an anthrimorphic rhinoceros. He made an awesome barbarian! one reoccurring villain was a evil wizard with his two henchmen an ogre and a quickling, both of...
  15. TheUltramark

    Player Control, OR "How the game has changed over the years, and why I don't like it"

    well, since my style of play and/or dm has been called -in this thread- wrong, unfair, and "the worst ever", let me just share a few items from the rules: page 277 of Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook clearly states: when prone you are lying on the ground...it is not some "mechanical...
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  17. TheUltramark

    When did WotC D&D "Jump the Shark"?

    Again, it is my opinion, and I guess it's a minority, that there is enough d&d product already published to keep me and my friends playing d&d for about 57.5 more years - and while it would be sad to see, if Hasbro decided to shut down their caostwizards product line, or even just the D&d...
  18. TheUltramark

    Player Control, OR "How the game has changed over the years, and why I don't like it"

    look, I am going to pull the chord on this one, I can't win. If at your table you follow the powers rules no matter what, and think there can be no exceptions, then more power to ya. It's a matter of personal taste. I just feel the rules are there to serve the game, not the other way around...
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    Player Control, OR "How the game has changed over the years, and why I don't like it"

    actually in the PHB (since the rules are the master of the game) on page 277 it states "You are lying on the ground" under if you are prone...now in some essential book, players handbook 16, or some random dragon magazine it might have changed, but I'm in the dark on that one. the running...
  20. TheUltramark

    Player Control, OR "How the game has changed over the years, and why I don't like it"

    so.... combat rules = abstract powers rules = not to be tinkered with if thats how your table plays, then more power to ya, as long as YOU have fun paying your way, God bless ya! Our table plays a little (or a lot) differently, and we have fun playing our way.
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