Essentials has me hyped about D&D again

[Nemesis Destiny]

Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck gaming.

I really wanted to give you XP for this post, but I have to spread it around first.

I really dig what you're doing with D&D as a learning tool. Excellent work. Truly inspiring.

Would someone cover him for me?

 

[Imaro]

Wizards have practically admitted that the lack of rare and common items breaks the essentials assumptions about the magic item system. So they have just actively said to use the old treasure parcel system.

For the record, I was so looking forward to the magic item book because a bunch of great, rare storied items was perfect to me.

It's great that they have admitted that their essentials magic system is borked without the items... the problem is that someone with the essentials books isn't going to have access to the old system since it wasn't reprinted anywhere in the essentials line.

 

[Tony Vargas]

It's great that they have admitted that their essentials magic system is borked without the items... the problem is that someone with the essentials books isn't going to have access to the old system since it wasn't reprinted anywhere in the essentials line.

Plus, it's not just the parcel system you have to go back to, but the item-daily-limit/milestone system. Otherwise some existing items become problematic... oh, except they're probably not in Essentials, either... hm. I guess it kinda takes care of itself.

 

[Dice4Hire]

[MENTION=86605]buddhafrog[/MENTION]

Thanks for the info. It sounds like it is working great for you and that is great.

 

[Aegeri]

Plus, it's not just the parcel system you have to go back to, but the item-daily-limit/milestone system. Otherwise some existing items become problematic... oh, except they're probably not in Essentials, either... hm. I guess it kinda takes care of itself.

This is before we consider some of the common/uncommon decisions were extremely random. There are some items that are not - in any manner - worth being uncommon and yet still are. I know it would be a big job to go through all the items and reclassify them, but frankly with the sheer lack of common/rare items it *should* be done.

And they should errata Ogre Gloves to be non-useless.

 

[buddhafrog]

How I learned to stop worrying and love Essentials?

I'm glad it's working well for you!

(... I only wished it hadn't killed what _I_ loved about 4e...)

Curious - what did you love about 4e that got killed by Essentials? <- Moderator note: probably don't want to derail the discussion with that here, better to search for old threads on that topic (there are plenty). Plane Sailing, ENworld admin

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Regarding the teaching: an Enworld member emailed me recently from South America. He's doing is master's thesis in using D&D in ESL education. I was real happy to hear that and hope it catches on. I'll tell you what - it sure beats planning for regular class lesson!

I also want to add that I had a 25 year absence from D&D and then immediately started DM'ing 4e. While I'm a teacher and good communicator/story-teller, I don't claim to be a great DM. But I'm improving a lot. I was able to do this, honestly, b/c of the help I received here through Enworld. I've said in many of my posts how thankful I am for this community - they really taught me how to DM and continually give me the answers/advice that I need. "Your" help has led to dozens (and growing) of Korean kids loving D&D. I find that cool. So yeah, thanks.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Quick question.

Are there D&D books in Korean?

There are 3.5 and 4E books in Japanese ,but the only essentials product in Japanese I have seen is the new red box.

 

[buddhafrog]

Quick question.

Are there D&D books in Korean?

There are 3.5 and 4E books in Japanese ,but the only essentials product in Japanese I have seen is the new red box.

As for as I know, D&D only exists in the homes of odd expats who live here. No books are produced in Korean and there is zero D&D representation at the very few gaming stores here. At least in Japan, you'll find the occasional gaming store with some D&D products. That's at least a start.

 

[Dice4Hire]

As for as I know, D&D only exists in the homes of odd expats who live here. No books are produced in Korean and there is zero D&D representation at the very few gaming stores here. At least in Japan, you'll find the occasional gaming store with some D&D products. That's at least a start.

Yeah, Yellow Submarine is the biggest and pretty much the only these days. There might be smaller ones I do not know about though.

 

[Mantra]

As for as I know, D&D only exists in the homes of odd expats who live here. No books are produced in Korean and there is zero D&D representation at the very few gaming stores here. At least in Japan, you'll find the occasional gaming store with some D&D products. That's at least a start.

I have seen the Red Box, written in Korean, in book shops and and once in a cafe. The last time I saw it was maybe 7 years ago. I am sure you can still find it if one looked hard enough...I myself haven't looked in some time.

There is also a few e-tailers in Korea that sell stuff as well..mostly 3._ stuff


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