A Eulogy for 3e

[Krieg]

You can always count on a gamer to want to search the corpses for loot.

Although in this case it's more like the Menendez boys killing their parents for the inheritence...

 

[Chronosome]

Eh...good riddance.

I'm playing Flowergardens and Flumphs these days, anyway. d13 system.

 

[Thorntangle]

Hmm... I'd like to think of 3.5 less as a child and more of a reincarnation. Luckily, we got a decent roll on the table. Else, we'd all be playing Flowergardens and Flumphs, and no one would like that.

Flowergardens and Flumphs. As soon as I read that a sudden sense of tranquility washed over me as that strong imagery took me away. When I came to my senses I found myself drinking a nice cup of herbal tea.

 

[Darrin Drader]

I'll have you know that Flowergardens and Flumphs is the definitive RPG... far superior to this short lived 3.0 something or other. Why when I was a wee lad and the others were playing 1.5, or 2.56, the real gamers were playing Flowergardens and Flumphs.

I miss the rosegardens and waterfalls.

 

[Mythtify]

The King is dead. Long Live The King! !

 

[Talaysen]

Being the comic geek that I am I see the transition between editions much like the evolution of the Iron Man armor.

In the beginning it was clunky and crude but over the years it evolved into a strong, stream-lined, powerful tool.

3rd Edition isn't dead or missing, it's just evolving like software. That's why it's 3.5 instead of 4th Edition.

~D

I see it more as a Microsoft revision myself: ironing out the old bugs, introducing NEW bugs, and making anyone who wants a "fix" pay a buttload for the privilege.

But then, Hasbro's always been closer to Microsoft's league than WotC's. Can't say I'm surprised. Wildly disappointed, more than a little angry, but not surprised.

I'm sorry. I just don't buy the "facelift" spiel. I can't even bring myself to believe my local game store owner when he says he's psyched about 3.5 and I would normally trust him implicitly. It hurts to think he's just aiming for my wallet this time around but I honestly feel that's all it is.

 

[Ranger REG]

A eulogy? I see this as a rite of passage for 3e, as if it is a coming of age.

Save it for later, when 4e is introduced.

 

[Belphanior]

(Although I support 3.5 and think the hobby is still going strong, this joke popped into my head.)


WotC trudges along with a big cart behind him, filled with RPG books. We can see glimpses of Alternity, and various other defunct TSR games.

WotC: "Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!"

Hasbro enters the view, carrying D&D 3.0

Hasbro: "Here's one."
WotC: "Ninepence."
D&D: "I'm not dead!"
WotC: "What?"
Hasbro: "Nothing. Here's your ninepence."
D&D: "I'm not dead!"
WotC: "Here! He says he's not dead!"
Hasbro: "Yes he is."
D&D: "I'm not!"
WotC: "He isn't?"
Hasbro: "Well.. he will be soon - he's very ill."
D&D: "I'm getting better!"
Hasbro: "No you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment."
WotC: "I can't take him like that! It's against regulations!"
D&D: "I don't want to go on the cart..."
Hasbro: "Oh don't be such a baby."
WotC: "I can't take him..."
D&D: "I feel fine!"
Hasbro: "Well, do us a favor."
WotC: "I can't!"
Hasbro: "Can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long..."
WotC: "No, gotta get to White Wolf's, they lost Wraith and Changeling today."
Habsro: "Well, when's your next round?"
WotC: "Thursday."
D&D: "I think I'll go for a walk...."
Hasbro: "You're not fooling anyone, you know-- Look, isn't there something you can do...?"

WotC looks around, and savagely beats D&D on the head with 3.5.
D&D slumps over dead.

 

[Dash Dannigan]

*chuckle* I liked that one.

But incidentally, consider 3.5 more like a butterfly that has spring from its 3.0 cocoon. It's just its wings are all gooey and doesn't fly straight, but it looks pretty! j/k

I'm actually a a 3.5 wolf in 3.0 sheeps clothing...

 

[Chronosome]

Although I support 3.5 and think the hobby is still going strong, this joke popped into my head....