3.5 has caused me physical harm!
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Ezrael
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Uhm, I haven't been injured by the new books at all, but they did try and charge me $106,000.00 at the Wizards store in Southcenter for them.
My girlfriend and I were in the area when she asked me if I wanted to go pick up the DMG and MM at the local Wizards store (my FNGS being totally out of stock or just staffed by people who didn't want my money, it seems.) Anyway, we made our way to the store where I caught site of the display with the new D&D books. Admittedly, I did sort of beeline for them...I think both cashiers commented on just how single minded I was, and several people were concerned enough to inform me that I had missed the PHB. Cairine by my side, we popped down the books, made small-talk with the agreeable Australian cashier, and then just as he rung the books up and asked for the debit card, Cairine looked at the cash register and said Isn't that a bit much for two books?
The total, staring at us in green letters and numbers, was $106,465.17 and we all three just stared for a second. The cashier, Rob according to his name tag, spoke first. Good Gawd , almost dragging God's name out into two syllables, his eyes as large as a character from BESM. Believe me, I wish we had pictures of this. He seemed more freaked out than we were, especially when his co-worker looked over and said Did it ring up that much? I did that!
I'm pretty sure my credit card would have been declined. It may not have been physically damaging, but that total felt like a punch in the nether regions.
After resolving that while I wanted the books I did not want them sufficently to pay for the equivalent of more than 30,000 copies of them, we left the store $65.17 shorter of cash and laughing to ourselves. It's almost anticlimactic to read the books now, honestly.
My girlfriend and I were in the area when she asked me if I wanted to go pick up the DMG and MM at the local Wizards store (my FNGS being totally out of stock or just staffed by people who didn't want my money, it seems.) Anyway, we made our way to the store where I caught site of the display with the new D&D books. Admittedly, I did sort of beeline for them...I think both cashiers commented on just how single minded I was, and several people were concerned enough to inform me that I had missed the PHB. Cairine by my side, we popped down the books, made small-talk with the agreeable Australian cashier, and then just as he rung the books up and asked for the debit card, Cairine looked at the cash register and said Isn't that a bit much for two books?
The total, staring at us in green letters and numbers, was $106,465.17 and we all three just stared for a second. The cashier, Rob according to his name tag, spoke first. Good Gawd , almost dragging God's name out into two syllables, his eyes as large as a character from BESM. Believe me, I wish we had pictures of this. He seemed more freaked out than we were, especially when his co-worker looked over and said Did it ring up that much? I did that!
I'm pretty sure my credit card would have been declined. It may not have been physically damaging, but that total felt like a punch in the nether regions.
After resolving that while I wanted the books I did not want them sufficently to pay for the equivalent of more than 30,000 copies of them, we left the store $65.17 shorter of cash and laughing to ourselves. It's almost anticlimactic to read the books now, honestly.
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Argus Decimus Mokira
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... I got better.
-Matt
PowerWordDumb
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Branduil said:
Nawwww, they're just bigtime adopters of the "Ghostwalk" rules.
Darrin Drader
Explorer
Arc said:
Could someone please post the link to that site? I need to add it to my favorites.
Spiteful Dwarf
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I went downtown to get my 3.5e copies, and the FLGS that I deal with gave me all three books in one, white paper bag. Carrying it scrunched up and clutched under my arm, a slight sheen of sweat on my flushed face from the gleaming sun, I quickly darted from city block to block... The whole thing must have weighed about ten pounds (which is nothing to a bodybuilding dwarf like myself...) but trying to carry it in one paper bag was like trying to carry an anvil in a roll of tinfoil.
I'm just glad it didn't rain...
I'm just glad it didn't rain...
evileeyore
Mrrrph
Wow, I was like reading this thread, and the thread flipped out and killed everyone in the room!!!
That just shows how super-sweet the 3.5e books really are.
TTFN
EvilE
Super Sweet Ninjas:the first site I think...
Other ninja stuff I found today while looking for the other site:
Ninja stories
Watch out for Kirby Mr Ninja
That just shows how super-sweet the 3.5e books really are.
TTFN
EvilE
Super Sweet Ninjas:the first site I think...
Other ninja stuff I found today while looking for the other site:
Ninja stories
Watch out for Kirby Mr Ninja
Taren Seeker
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