Tragedy at Silvergard OOC Thread

[Yttermayn]

Nice my centaur job hunting friend!

Yeah, you never know how people are going to react. The look of shock, the stammering, then it sinks in that they still have to consider you for employment, regardless of sex, race, creed, or how many hooves you have. "Reasonable accommodation" is a fun one too.

 

[Helfdan]

Yay! I am now gainfully employed again, at a higher rate than I was at, and with a raise coming up in a couple months!

Congratulations!

 

[Yttermayn]

Valen Sablewood
Will seek a campsite with shelter. Does he find any usable arrows?

Maybe you could pull one or two out of Alaric?

 

[Helfdan]

Maybe you could pull one or two out of Alaric?

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Friday update comes forth!

So, what does everyone think of 4th edition, now that we're seeing some details coming out of D&D XP?

 

[Yttermayn]

I'm intrigued by several things in it, but I won't really know or worry too much about it until I have the book in my hands...

 

[Arkhandus]

Friday update comes forth!

So, what does everyone think of 4th edition, now that we're seeing some details coming out of D&D XP?

Same as before. Still no way in sweet, sweet Ba'ator that I'll be converting to the blasphemous mongrel that will soon be 4th Edition.

I like my D&D the way I've played it over the past few editions, thanks, settings and tropes reasonably intact. My list of grievances with 4E, Gleemax, and the DDI are legion.


That said, I'll be around for the Tragedy at Silvergard campaign, however long it lasts. So long as it doesn't get changed mid-campaign into a 4e game. And so long as it doesn't get thrown onto Gleemax instead of EN World.

If the universe experiences planar flux and becomes a 4E universe before then, Alaric's head explodes in the confusion from sudden realization of Dread Cthulhu.


Much as I may like your campaign and all, I'll never accept the DDI and 4th Edition. 3.5e was a bad enough money-grab and haphazard array of changes that they deigned to mislabel as a 'revision', but at least it was reasonably backwards-compatible.

Maybe 5th Edition will get back to looking like D&D, even though it'll be played with virtual avatars on the Matrix, and make this silly 3.5e/4e obsession with grid-maps and cube-shaped creatures obsolete (besides the venerable and mighty Gelatinous Cube!).


.....and that there is the only mention I'll make of 4e hereabouts. No further rants or mini-rants on my obstinate preference for 3.0 D&D will be forthcoming, don't worry.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Well, you'll be happy to know the following tidbits.

While I am very pro-Gleemax/DDI/4th (I am the editorial moderator of the Gleemax forums these days after all), my Paths of Legend setting is remaining 3.5...sort of.

The story elements that Silvergard is building to tie in to the stories of the PbPs and tabletop games I've been running on Gleemax and at home which eventually leads to PoL 4th Edition. However, the "cosmic reshuffling" will keep a "3.5 version" of the setting around to play in.

When Silvergard ends, you guys will have the choice of taking your characters to the Convergence PbP (which is on Gleemax), the 1152 Azgundi Tournaments (which will run concurrently here and on Gleemax), or continue on with the Adventurer's Guild (in a game run exclusively here).

In other words, I'm not converting to 4th. I'm going to run both and will continue to do so as long as there is demand for 3.5.

 

[Helfdan]

Well, the one 4e preview I do like so far is (from book of 9 swords and SW saga) the per/encounter ability use, instead of per/day... I think this is an improvement. I also think that its kinda neat that they're ripping off their default settings (points of light and all) from Iron Heroes, my favorite d20 variant.

Overall, I have few complaints about d20. My favorite systems have been Iron Heroes (you dont depend 100% on your gear to kick ass) and Mutants and Masterminds (1st edition for superheroes, 2nd edition for espionage/modern gaming).

So you can count on me for both editions.

 

[Amaury]

sorry, been away on holidays.

hope the 4th edition is not another 3rd to3.5 money-grabbing scheme.. when i think that i started playing with an unofficial copy of the very first edition a long time ago...