This HIVE is delicious, you must eat it!

[hafrogman]

Without starting an edition war, what are your thoughts about 4e? I have a gift cert. that I am considering using on a 4e book instead of Dungeon tiles or figures. I'm kinda a sworn 3.5 Eberron guy.

Well, it wasn't a question for me, but I figure I'll share with you my view anyways.

When I first got my hands on the 4e books and started looking through them, I was very disappointed. There's a lot of stuff that seems hardwired in that I don't like. A lot of ideas that seem very simple that just don't work.

When I looked a little closer, I started finding stuff that worked in 4e that never would have worked in 3e. Interesting character concepts and builds that are now viable. This was enough to get me to start playing it, and enjoying it.

However, I still have all my 3.5 books. I think that 3.5 is a good game, and I think that 4e is a good game, but 4e is not a replacement for 3.5, nor vice versa. In a perfect world, you'd have both. But I wouldn't recommend trying to replace 3.5 with 4e, and you seem to have a lot more invested in 3.5 than I ever did.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I have done two quasi- homebrew world (s).

Strikeforce: Morituri which was a Storyhour that asked "What would happen if Crisis of infinite earths happened in the DnD fantasy world". It combined DnD, Superheroes, superspys and an end of the multiverse feel to it with 18+ level charcaters. I had a blast doing it, especially with my 2000 AD superspy mixed in with magic using fantasy world. The elven clerics freaked when watching him perform CPR on an electricuted PC. "Your gods are strange and use stranger magic but it works"


and Dragon Hoard which was X-Crawl on a much bigger planar scale. Used it first in Strikeforce then tried a PbP with it but half of the players got caught up in summer stuff.

Sounds fun!

 

[hafrogman]

Actually, I never changed my mind. It's what I was after the whole time. I was typing one thing while meaning to type the other.

Sorry.

Well, as I said: If you find a form you like, I'll fill it for you, but I wouldn't know where to begin with finding one. From my red box on, I've used the forms that showed up in the Player's Handbooks.

 

[megamania]

Save your money for 3.5 Mega. Buy the Collected BOXM at Paizo. You'll be thankful you did.

Not much for 3.5 left for me to buy that I want. I have 95% of WoTC, 75% of White Wolf / Necro and various other books.

I was getting figures but with no active group at this point it seems redundant to do.

Lots of ideas but no time or group. Kinda sucks. I really want to do another Darksun campaign but I can't even get into my "Under a Darksun" Storyhour. It kinda fizzled once Bodach was completed.

 

[Desert Hare]

However, I still have all my 3.5 books. I think that 3.5 is a good game, and I think that 4e is a good game, but 4e is not a replacement for 3.5, nor vice versa. In a perfect world, you'd have both. But I wouldn't recommend trying to replace 3.5 with 4e, and you seem to have a lot more invested in 3.5 than I ever did.

Me too. Close to $3000.

Also bought the dowloadable version of D20SRD.ORG earlier today. That's another $10.

 

[megamania]

Desert Hare-

You once asked about my storyhours. This is how they originated-


Based on DM vs Players
Creation Schema (guys ages 25-35) Eberron, Find the six pieces of the Creation Schema. Many people want the pieces. But what does the completed thing do?
Khyber Crawler (Me vs my kids) Eberron, they are to protect adventurers as they use the Khyber Crawler to travel underground from cavern to cavern.

"Me, Myself and I"
Based on my Ideas with rolled up characters with set personalities that I "play" out

Under a Darksun Darksun, someone is destinied to defeat a Dragonking but is he good or bad and will his actions be just or begin a new war?

Strikeforce: Morituri already mentioned

Siberys Seven Eberron 7 "heroes" all with very different secrets and agendas get caught up in a war that will forever change Eberron. A paladin made of positive energy, a 1/2 vampire, a mage that has visions of death & destruction, a barbarian seeking clues to the rersurrection of Orcus, a cleric living in the shadow of her grandfather whom is/was richest man on Eberron, Vander uptight warrior with a secret and Incarnum a warforge with no idea of what he is or why.

 

[megamania]

Me too. Close to $3000.

Also bought the dowloadable version of D20SRD.ORG earlier today. That's another $10.

I'm not far from that in books alone. DDM is over that and metal figures if you include 40K is over that.


I used to think my Comics were expensive....

 

[Desert Hare]

Desert Hare-

You once asked about my storyhours. This is how they originated-

<snip>

Very interesting and very cool.

But I was more curious to know if these were based on games played or complete works of fiction. Either way they're some fun reads.

 

[Desert Hare]

I'm not far from that in books alone. DDM is over that and metal figures if you include 40K is over that.


I used to think my Comics were expensive....

I don't buy any minis. I'm the groups book buyer. My GM (known as Superfreak here) is a Core Rules and minis kind of person, but will allow supplemental material after purviweing it.

He's got multiple copies of all the 3E minis produced. All neatly organized too; which comes in handy at the game table.

 

[megamania]

Well, as I said: If you find a form you like, I'll fill it for you, but I wouldn't know where to begin with finding one. From my red box on, I've used the forms that showed up in the Player's Handbooks.

That was me except for 3/3.5

Some bonuses stack and some don't. I needed a way to list those so that I could figure it out easier.

Skill point system forced me into creating a full page sheet dedicated to class and bonuses with totals. Overwhelming to look at but easy once you become used to it.

I found it helped most when creating PC/NPCs over 18th level.


I never could have done Face of the False Moon with out the sheet. If you wonder who / what he is check out S7 Glossary thread. well over 20+ CR mega villian.