D&D 4E Am I crazy? I've just gotten a hankering to play 4e again...

[Garthanos]

Thanks for the 4e Discord link my son has taken to using discord a lot

 

[Neonchameleon]

4e server on Discord with almost 1000 people:

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.gg

I'm getting "Invalid invite" and that it may be expired when I click that link

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I often think about running a bit of 4E again, but with the DDI dead, my enthusiasm just dies again. 4E was a great game, but the DDI is what kept quite a large, complex game properly organised and accessible to the players, and as it got shut down permanently not so long ago, I just can't really face leafing through books trying to find stuff, not when the DDI was there in one form or another for most of the time we seriously played 4E. I have copies of most (not all, sadly, I couldn't log in during the free period near the end, it just wouldn't take my login) of the characters we played and actually I think all of the monsters I created/modified (as PDFs) but... I want that lovely online rules encyclopedia and so on.

I guess 5E will eventually see the same fate with Beyond and stuff, but I suspect it'll last a long time after any 6E.

 

[MwaO]

I'm getting "Invalid invite" and that it may be expired when I click that link

New invite:

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.gg

 

[Neonchameleon]

Thanks!

 

[Mistwell]

I often think about running a bit of 4E again, but with the DDI dead, my enthusiasm just dies again. 4E was a great game, but the DDI is what kept quite a large, complex game properly organised and accessible to the players, and as it got shut down permanently not so long ago, I just can't really face leafing through books trying to find stuff, not when the DDI was there in one form or another for most of the time we seriously played 4E. I have copies of most (not all, sadly, I couldn't log in during the free period near the end, it just wouldn't take my login) of the characters we played and actually I think all of the monsters I created/modified (as PDFs) but... I want that lovely online rules encyclopedia and so on.

I guess 5E will eventually see the same fate with Beyond and stuff, but I suspect it'll last a long time after any 6E.

It's really not as bad as you think, without DDI. We played a lot without it, and it's an adjustment, but not that bad. I've wanted to play Madness at Gardmore Abbey. I think it would go well on Roll20, even without the DDI. Once the players have their PCs entered into the Roll20 character sheet, there isn't much they'd need outside of their power descriptions, and there are online resources for those. And the DM will have the adventure in-hand, and the maps to upload can be found. In fact that same guy uploaded Assault On Nightwyrm Fortress Encounter Maps.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

It's really not as bad as you think, without DDI. We played a lot without it, and it's an adjustment, but not that bad. I've wanted to play Madness at Gardmore Abbey. I think it would go well on Roll20, even without the DDI. Once the players have their PCs entered into the Roll20 character sheet, there isn't much they'd need outside of their power descriptions, and there are online resources for those. And the DM will have the adventure in-hand, and the maps to upload can be found. In fact that same guy uploaded Assault On Nightwyrm Fortress Encounter Maps.

Hey, I was feeling same as @Ruin Explorer ; but you have given me hope that maybe R20 or FG supports 4e?

 

[Mistwell]

Hey, I was feeling same as @Ruin Explorer ; but you have given me hope that maybe R20 or FG supports 4e?

Yes there is a special 4e character sheet for Roll20. See here for example.

 

[Matchstick]

Hey, I was feeling same as @Ruin Explorer ; but you have given me hope that maybe R20 or FG supports 4e?

I have no idea what's in it, but Fantasy Grounds says it will let me create a campaign with a 4E ruleset.

 

[MwaO]

Hey, I was feeling same as @Ruin Explorer ; but you have given me hope that maybe R20 or FG supports 4e?

There's a big R20 Living 4e campaign with over 100 players in it. So 4e works in it.