A Merc's Life [OOC 01]

[renau1g]

for someone who's gone you maintain a pretty active net presence

As an aside, the main reason I love the character builder from WOTC as it allows me to have all the rules in one consolidated location. With a multitiude of books released already (2 PHB's, 3 power source books, 2 setting player guides, and a few dozen issues of dungeon/dragon) that's a lot of books to consult when making a new PC. This was part of my problem with 3e, the game got too bloated with sourcebooks. I was worried this would happen with 4e (and it has), but I always have them in one location so it's less of an issue. Anyways, thanks Mowgli!

*phew long-winded post, sorry*

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Yeah, we were all set to leave yesterday evening (car packed and everything) when the air conditioner broke. We got the guy to come fix it, but it was too late to leave. Soon as the wife gets up and around this AM we're outta here.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

That plethora of books is actually one of my biggest frustrations with both 3.5 and 4e. I just can't keep up. In that regard, I have to say the WotC Character Builder is fantastic!

But as far as game preference - I'm in two 4E games now, and while I'm having a great deal of fun in both I can't seem to generate the love for it that I have for 3.5/PF. It just feels more like an exercise in tactics and strategy than a role playing experience. To be fair, that may be because I haven't ever played it table-top, but I can't seem to work past it.

I've got a healthy collection of the 4E books, and I've got the character builder, but when they raised the price on DDI after less than a year I chose to let my subscription lapse when my current time is up. So I'll be falling farther and farther behind the curve as far as new character options. And really, I wouldn't be able to keep up anyway. How many freaking books have they put out this past year anyway?! And no signs of slowing down.

 

[renau1g]

They're pumping out a book each month or so...yeah a ton.

I've found that I like the rules portion of the game better as I am a fan of tactical games (Final Fantasy Tactics and Shining Force 1 & 2 (sega genesis) are amongst my favourite games of all time. That being said we spent our entire session on Tuesday roleplaying the aftermath of the goblin raid on the PC's hometown. They helped organize a defense (even though by then it was too late), set a variety of traps to alarm them if the enemies tried to sneak in some other way. They went to city council and demanded to know what was going to be done to protect them (2 of them owned property in the city). Like you said, tabletops are great for RP'ing, and the group of people here and in Leif's wizard's game (oh wait, we're all the same aren't we ) do a great job of RP'ing back and forth even though the format isn't ideal.

 

[renau1g]

Oh one other question Mowgli. Are we currently playing the Howl of the Carrion King adventure? Just curious as it won the EnNie for best adventure this year.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

We are indeed playing Howl of the Carrion King - it's the first of six installments in the Legacy of Fire Adventure Path, and (though my GMing of it doesn't do it justice) the EnNie is well deserved!

 

[Leif]

DeWar, I expect you've already seen this thread that I'm about to link to, but have the rest of you?

Pathfinder RPG Discussion - EN World D&D / RPG News

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Yup - been following it pretty closely.

 

[Leif]

"And what have you learned, Grasshopper?" asked the Tumblebug.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

A chance comment caused me to look further into the question of Elves and secret doors. There is no mention of passively detecting secret doors under the racial description of elves. The only reference I found is on pg 414 of the PDF, where it says:

"Elves have a chance to detect a secret door just by casually looking at an area."

That's enough for me to house-rule an ability that's been a staple of the class race blush: thanks, Leif ) since the game was written . . .