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[DnD Next] Optional Modules: 4e Tact Combat; Storygame; Etc. Add-Ons

Started by Mistwell, September 23, 2013, 01:37:37 AM

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thecasualoblivion

#30
September 23, 2013, 09:52:26 AM
Quote from: TristramEvans;693150Considering the success of the playtests, all indications is that they haven't alienated their customer base, just a few extreme outlîers vocal on hobby forms.

And yeah, what do you mean by flavour of the month? Is that a reference to the Pixar-ish illustrations?

How has the playtest been a success. The "a more modern AD&D" people like it, but the 4E crowd wants to kill it with fire, the Pathfinder crowd is giving it a resounding 'meh', and the OSR crowd is cheering it for shitting on 4E but probably will never play it.
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TristramEvans

#31
September 23, 2013, 10:08:27 AM
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;693153How has the playtest been a success. The "a more modern AD&D" people like it, but the 4E crowd wants to kill it with fire, the Pathfinder crowd is giving it a resounding 'meh', and the OSR crowd is cheering it for shitting on 4E but probably will never play it.

Yeah, people who identify with extreme positions in online camps as I said.

Obeeron

#32
September 23, 2013, 10:11:24 AM
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;693144I had to dip in and take a look other places on the news of the tactical/story modules. I couldn't help it:



Same shit different day. As you were, gentlefolk...

(The Mearls' announcement sounds fair to me, increase the bodycount working on the project.)
Yeah, the attitude in that quote is exactly why I'm hanging out here (and other forums) more and barely post there anymore.  Hard to have an interesting discussion when the 4rries rule the roost.

Obeeron

#33
September 23, 2013, 10:13:23 AM
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;693153How has the playtest been a success. The "a more modern AD&D" people like it, but the 4E crowd wants to kill it with fire, the Pathfinder crowd is giving it a resounding 'meh', and the OSR crowd is cheering it for shitting on 4E but probably will never play it.
You are just a toxic person that, for whatever reason, wants Next to fail and nothing about it can ever sound good.  You are simply filled with a (perplexing) hate on for them.  So I'm going to go ahead and ignore you as on all the other forums.  As they used to say in times archaic:  plonk.

Exploderwizard

#34
September 23, 2013, 10:14:22 AM
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;693153How has the playtest been a success. The "a more modern AD&D" people like it, but the 4E crowd wants to kill it with fire, the Pathfinder crowd is giving it a resounding 'meh', and the OSR crowd is cheering it for shitting on 4E but probably will never play it.

"a more modern AD&D" = casual gamers

4E crowd= 4vengers

Pathfinder crowd= charop extremists

OSR crowd= OSR Taliban

What a surprise! The regular casual gamer group outnumbers all these fringe groups by a considerable margin. I lean towards the osr a bit myself but I haven't gone full retard. I'm not going to refuse to look at or play something I haven't seen yet.
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vytzka

#35
September 23, 2013, 10:18:09 AM
Quote from: Obeeron;693158You are just a toxic person that, for whatever reason, wants Next to fail and nothing about it can ever sound good.  You are simply filled with a (perplexing) hate on for them.  So I'm going to go ahead and ignore you as on all the other forums.  As they used to say in times archaic:  plonk.

I dunno what's perplexing about THO's reaction to Next, they killed his favorite game for it. Being pissed off is understandable, if not especially rational (not that us gamers are very rational people on average to begin with), although at some point you'd think he'd get over it already.

Quote from: Exploderwizard;693159"a more modern AD&D" = casual gamers

4E crowd= 4vengers

Pathfinder crowd= charop extremists

OSR crowd= OSR Taliban

What a surprise! The regular casual gamer group outnumbers all these fringe groups by a considerable margin. I lean towards the osr a bit myself but I haven't gone full retard. I'm not going to refuse to look at or play something I haven't seen yet.

Thank you for showing some sanity in these discussions.

Marleycat

#36
September 23, 2013, 10:18:34 AM Last Edit: September 23, 2013, 10:20:50 AM by Marleycat
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;693137It's gonna be sucks to be WotC when they end up alienating the majority of 4E and PF fans when this hits stores.

Incorrect. This is looking good. I am officially interested again....given I belong in the "More modern Dnd" crowd, ie. casual gamer.
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vytzka

#37
September 23, 2013, 10:24:20 AM
But you're a female gamer and you don't exist / are disgusted with the state of female armor in D&D illustrations / both!

JonWake

#38
September 23, 2013, 10:31:54 AM
'4rries'.

That shit is gold.

In all honesty, I wonder how many people over on certain other forums actually play RPGs. So much of the conversation is around these strange theoretical creatures that I've yet to actually meet in real life.  Like a nerdy bigfoot.

Bobloblah

#39
September 23, 2013, 10:33:04 AM
Sounds surprisingly promising.
Best,
Bobloblah

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Mistwell

#40
September 23, 2013, 10:33:43 AM
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;693135None of these options fix the broken core that is my soul.

FIFY

crkrueger

#41
September 23, 2013, 10:35:21 AM
Quote from: thecasualoblivion;693153How has the playtest been a success. The "a more modern AD&D" people like it, but the 4E crowd wants to kill it with fire, the Pathfinder crowd is giving it a resounding 'meh', and the OSR crowd is cheering it for shitting on 4E but probably will never play it.

and the 80% majority or so of D&D players are going to go right along and pick it up and play it the same way they did 4E.

They could give two shits about the latest internet forum flamefest, the local FLGS stocks 5e, the WotC events are 5e, the D&D Meetup groups are 5e, they're gonna play 5e.
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Obeeron

#42
September 23, 2013, 10:36:50 AM
Quote from: JonWake;693167'4rries'.

That shit is gold.

In all honesty, I wonder how many people over on certain other forums actually play RPGs. So much of the conversation is around these strange theoretical creatures that I've yet to actually meet in real life.  Like a nerdy bigfoot.
Actually, the final straw for me was when a couple of the biggest complainers about Next mentioned that they don't actually play RPGs because they "can't find anyone to play with".

Benoist

#43
September 23, 2013, 10:37:35 AM
Yeah I too was surprised, in a positive way.

crkrueger

#44
September 23, 2013, 10:38:12 AM
Quote from: vytzka;693162I dunno what's perplexing about THO's reaction to Next, they killed his favorite game for it. Being pissed off is understandable, if not especially rational (not that us gamers are very rational people on average to begin with), although at some point you'd think he'd get over it already.

Ben bring out the TCO troll quote would ya, think there's people here who haven't seen it.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans
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