The Dungeon Masters' Foundation Mk.II

[LilMissKittyn]

*pats BoD on the back*
You know, it'll be funny in a few years....

I have a story of my own, actually. I work at a fast-food place, and I've got a manager there that doesn't much like me (I'm not particularly good at what I do). I was talking about my new character last night and he came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder. I turn around, dreading being chewed out, and the first thing he says is, "What edition do you play?"
It turns out this guy played from 2e through 3e, as he was growing up. We talked about the differences in the editions and stuff he'd done in his campaigns and general DM stuff for, oh, the last three hours.
It was cool. I went in today and he greeted me like I was his best friend.
Ah, gaming...

 

[Dyne]

What the heck happened to the DMF Campaign?

 

[Nightcloak]

A very good question.

What the heck happened to the DMF Campaign?

Same question.

 

[Nightcloak]

I now hate goblins more than any other race.
Why you might ask? I just had my gaming meeting. We were defending a town from a goblin attack. Some of these goblins were the same level as us (3rd). It's down to the last enemy, everyone else is a little ways away from me, so they don't see whats happening, and they're all on mop-up. I close to melee with the last goblin, who was just a standard goblin. I miss on my attack. He attacks me, gets a 20. Oh well, he probably won't get a critical. He rolls for the crit, gets another 20. Oh well, even against a crit, I have plenty of HP left. Goblin rolls to check if he gets an insta-kill. NATURAL 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was frickin' insta-killed by a GOBLIN!!!!!!!

Ouch.

LMK is right, you'll be laughing about it in a couple of years. Of course, that is in a couple of years, right now is another story.

Our group doesn't use that rule, not that it matters much, considering the fact someone has only rolled three 20's in a row two whole times in 5 years of 3E.

Now if you want to talk about the old critical charts in Dragon Magazine back in 1E. Whoa! Those things caused a lot of bloodshed (and missing limbs, decapitation, criticals to allies, inst-death...)

 

[Blade of Desecration]

It's already funny. After the stunned silence, we all burst out laughing. I'm three thousand XP behind the rest of the party since they had to raise me. Oh well, it was funny as hell. This is in my "Bloodlines" campaign by the way, and this happened to my human bard DMPC. The other funny thing is that the general reaction was "DMPCs aren't supposed to get insta-killed by goblins!" (And yes, I do use a DMPC, and I don't god-mod or cheat with him anymore than I would to one of the normal PCs. Its not actually that hard to play and DM at the same time, especially since we're DMing in shifts.)

 

[derbacher]

Originally Posted by Nightcloak
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyne
What the heck happened to the DMF Campaign?


Same question.

Add a third to this question.

 

[themind]

Now if you want to talk about the old critical charts in Dragon Magazine back in 1E. Whoa! Those things caused a lot of bloodshed (and missing limbs, decapitation, criticals to allies, inst-death...)

Before I started my eberron campaign with the group I play with on Sunday's, a rookie DM was running through CotSQ, which started shortly after I joined the group. Despite her lack of experiance DMing, she did a good job. Unfortunetly, she used a Critical Fail table, that was used by the DM she used to play with, who took it from the DM he used to play with. In a way, she learned their habits of DMing.

There were things like hitting yourself, hitting an friend and such. You could do up to 5 times the damage you roll. 2 of my characters in the game died because of that darn Critical fail table. I got nailed for 94 points of damage by the other fighter in the group, leaving me at 11 hp, and then got beaten to death by the Drow we were fighting.

It didnt make any sense to me. I mean how could you deal 5 times normal damage to yourself, WITH A BOW, than you could to an enemy.

 

[LilMissKittyn]

@DMF Campaign People:
[sblock] I really don't know anything for sure, but I guess I get to be the spokesperson. CE has been going through a very tough time for various reasons, and probably has spent a lot more time with family than usual lately as part of that.
(@CE)
[sblock](I'm sorry if I'm violating privacy, CE, you have full permission to kill me or hate me or whatever but since I've only been watching I know very little and therefore can tell equally little.) [/sblock]
My guess is, he hasn't checked the boards in a while and may be pretty much inactive or just not have time for it, but it's just speculation. Or he may just be getting bored with it, but again, I don't know. I'll find out what's going on in terms of the DMF/campaign and his plans for himself on Monday (it's our Spring Break).
IM me at PetraArkanian405 (I'm usually invisible) if you'd like personal updates when I get them. I may or may not post them here. [/sblock]

 

[Mordmorgan the Mad]

It didnt make any sense to me. I mean how could you deal 5 times normal damage to yourself, WITH A BOW, than you could to an enemy.

Maybe you pointed the arrow backwards?

2e had a similar system (on 2 DM-like screens). I managed to get one of the first ones that had accidentally switched the Piercing and Slashing tables, enabling you to sever a head with an arrow, while restricting a longsword to a severe stab-wound.

If they ever came out with anything that seemed useful like that for 3e (and by "they" I mean WotC), I'd at least check it out.

Speaking of checking things out, have any of you heard about the D&D for Dummies book? Looks like it might be worth buying for a new player or DM (or one of the aforementioned with new gamer friends).

 

[BSF]

I think WotC is unlikely to investigate critical ground for a while. Torn Asunder from Bastion does a pretty good job bringing that stuff to the table for D20 stuff if you are inclined to check it out.