D&D 5E D&D Next with R&D - The Lich-Queen's Beloved Part 1

[the Jester]

Mearls character is what is wrong with dungeons and dragons and to see this kind of pure stupidity from the lead designer is just horrible. It was not funny just juvenile and pathetic.

BADWRONGFUN ALERT!!

I was meaning as it currently is being developed/tested ie NEXT, not the hobby as a whole. When the lead designer doesn't take a video of a demo game that is supposed to encourage people to purchase the product seriously what does he consider important. Showing up to something like this not prepared and then turning it into a joke and basically being a tool that wants to show off how he can "roleplay" a joke character.

We don't need rules to have immature players, ill prepared players, comic-relief is not something dependent on mechanics. As the face of D&D NEXT and the head of it's design I was greatly disappointed.

Sorry you feel that way, but you appear to be in the minority on this. I thought MC Killzalot was awesome and hilarious, and I have far less interest in watching a solemn demo than I do a funny, entertaining, fun-looking playtest.

Very true at our games as consumers. Not true when it is a video designed to spur interest in a game and show off in house playtesting. I said all along Mearls was a very poor choice to lead this thing and now it seems I am being proven right. It is like he doesn't care about the game or his job.

If by "being proven right" you mean "maintaining my opinion". I think Mearls was a great choice and is doing a very fine job. And as far as caring about the game or his job, have you ever listened to the man talk about it? He very clearly cares, it's obvious and he doesn't do anything to hide it. He loves the game. If he didn't, I'd be worried.

Just because the playtesters aren't solemn when performing for the camera doesn't mean the process is terrible. It means that they want the game to be fun.

 

[Rhenny]

BADWRONGFUN ALERT!!



Sorry you feel that way, but you appear to be in the minority on this. I thought MC Killzalot was awesome and hilarious, and I have far less interest in watching a solemn demo than I do a funny, entertaining, fun-looking playtest.



If by "being proven right" you mean "maintaining my opinion". I think Mearls was a great choice and is doing a very fine job. And as far as caring about the game or his job, have you ever listened to the man talk about it? He very clearly cares, it's obvious and he doesn't do anything to hide it. He loves the game. If he didn't, I'd be worried.

Just because the playtesters aren't solemn when performing for the camera doesn't mean the process is terrible. It means that they want the game to be fun.

+1 You bet.

 

[VinylTap]

Well this post certainly didn't go as well as I planned.

 

[Trickster Spirit]

Statler: That MC Killzalot sure is a great rapper!
Waldorf: Well so am I, Statler!
Statler: What?!
Waldorf: Sure! Hey, you wanna hear me rap?
Statler: Only if you sing tenor.
Waldorf: Tenor?
Statler: Ten or eleven miles away! HA HA HA HA HA!

 

[YRUSirius]

-"Oh, that MC Killzalot seems like a funny character. Those designers seem to have fun. Hm, maybe I could have the same fun at the table. "

-"No! This is serious business! This is D&D! :-[ "

-YRUSirius

 

[Iosue]

-"Oh, that MC Killzalot seems like a funny character. Those designers seem to have fun. Hm, maybe I could have the same fun at the table. "

-"No! This is serious business! This is D&D! :-[ "

-YRUSirius

I'm imagining MC Killzalot adventuring with Kanye the Giant.

 

[YRUSirius]

Or this:

[video=youtube;ep65rr-9qjQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep65rr-9qjQ[/video]

-YRUSirius

 

[I'm A Banana]

I was playing dwarf rappers before it became all mainstream.

 

[dd.stevenson]

Mearls wasn't actually playing a joke character IMO. He was playing a standard NE dwarf with a joke name and background slapped on. Once play started, there was little or no mention of his character's background.

I'm really glad they decided to start posting these playtests: that was a smart move all around.

 

[Desh-Rae-Halra]

I was annoyed by Mearls so much that I quit watching after the 10 minute mark.
It reminds me of a player in Vampire: The Masquerade who made a Brujah Pizza Delivery Boy who could frenzy if he didnt get a big enough tip. I'm ok with weird concepts, and I play them from time to time, but Mearls was just annoying