podcast: 4th edition combat too long

[Harr]

Well, from where I'm sitting--which is, consequently, where I watched the podcast--it was quite clear that cycling through initiatives more rapidly did not in fact generate nail-biting electric tension. People just locked into a rut of mashing their hotkey. They were grinding against monsters whose defenses far exceeded the players' damage output.

Actually, you have a point, I've ran into the 'mash the hotkey' thing in my own games as well to a certain extent, and I'm currently brainstorming about how it get around it.

It also didn't help that the room/board was literally a solid gray square =/ Or at least that's what came across on the screen, I know there were some kind of water channels and stairways or something, but oh well.

Also, I think this was indeed recorded some time ago and meant to come out a lot sooner since the DM at the beginning makes a comment about how they luckily have some early-release PHBs or something. Not so early release unless this all took place a good while ago!

 

[wedgeski]

I certainly hope so.

Let's see it then. Let's see everyone in this thread who has picked apart this latest podcast post a video blog of their next session, so we can all bask in the radiance of their D&D godliness.

How many people will take up that challenge?

 

[jasin]

As it happens, I've just listened to about 15 minutes of a recording of a session I ran the day before yesterday (audio only).

Man, did we sound like inarticulate dorks.

 

[hong]

As it happens, I've just listened to about 15 minutes of a recording of a session I ran the day before yesterday (audio only).

Man, did we sound like inarticulate dorks.

Postpixplskthx

 

[jasin]

And at least one person in there was clearly forced to be there to fill out the group.

Who would that be?

 

[jasin]

Postpixplskthx

Well, audio only, as I've said.

There's this, however, from some previous session: our DM (from the Eberron game) and me.

 

[Kwalish Kid]

I'd love to see a session or two of Shelly's Confessions... group at play. Just sneak a webcam into a corner of the conference room unannounced, with microphones stashed under the table or something, then get them to sign whatever waivers after the fact...

I would be interested, too. Of course, that book is a fictionalized account, not an account meant to capture the actual events of play or the actual personalities at the table.

 

[Xorn]

Noonan cracked me up. Were there some serious tactical errors? Sure. But I enjoyed watching it. Only thing I disliked was the terrible editing where they redid stuff.

But to be clear, I think it looked like they were having fun, so successful game, if you ask me.

"I declare him to be my prey." Best line.

 

[hong]

There's this, however, from some previous session: our DM (from the Eberron game)

Hey, she's cute!

and me.

You look a bit like RangerWickett, though.

 

[Cirex]

Well, audio only, as I've said.

There's this, however, from some previous session: our DM (from the Eberron game) and me.

You are the "Follonero"!
A character from a Spanish show.