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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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Benoist

#180
September 26, 2013, 12:34:45 PM
Quote from: Imp;694299You're spending an awful lot of effort responding to a creature whose capacity for basic written communication stops somewhere around "I can string words together if I have seen them in sequence enough times."
Granted. At the same time, I felt like it, and there are other readers on the forum.

Maybe that'll be useful for someone, anyone, who knows?

Sacrosanct

#181
September 26, 2013, 12:37:14 PM
Quote from: Benoist;694304Granted. At the same time, I felt like it, and there are other readers on the forum.

Maybe that'll be useful for someone, anyone, who knows?

I admit that unless I'm involved in the conversation that spirals into a big back and forth chain?  I skip anything more than a sentence or two long
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

Benoist

#182
September 26, 2013, 12:39:55 PM
Just sharing experiences. People are free to read, or not. It's not my choice to make.

In doubt, it might be best to share it. If only to keep it in mind.

Piestrio

#183
September 26, 2013, 01:15:44 PM
Quote from: Benoist;694304Granted. At the same time, I felt like it, and there are other readers on the forum.

Maybe that'll be useful for someone, anyone, who knows?

Nice post. I've had nearly the same experience, nearly universally among people I've introduced to TSRD&D whose only prior experience was with 3e or 4e.

It's just a damn fun way to play and nearly everyone I've played with recognizes it as so.
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Sacrosanct

#184
September 26, 2013, 01:18:07 PM
Quote from: Benoist;694308Just sharing experiences. People are free to read, or not. It's not my choice to make.

In doubt, it might be best to share it. If only to keep it in mind.

Oh, I wasn't trying to imply that it was a worthless post or anything, just that I often just skip by long posts if there's been a back and forth between posters going on.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

TristramEvans

#185
September 26, 2013, 01:41:07 PM
Quote from: Imp;694299You're spending an awful lot of effort responding to a creature whose capacity for basic written communication stops somewhere around "I can string words together if I have seen them in sequence enough times."

That seems to describe 90% of my interactions online in the last decade.

(sigh)

TristramEvans

#186
September 26, 2013, 01:42:24 PM
Quote from: Benoist;694308Just sharing experiences. People are free to read, or not. It's not my choice to make.

In doubt, it might be best to share it. If only to keep it in mind.

How often doesn't Planet Olgol do that sort of thing in Van?

Benoist

#187
September 26, 2013, 01:54:54 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;694341How often doesn't Planet Olgol do that sort of thing in Van?

It was regular when we did it, a year-and-a-half ago. You should message Blair (Planet Algol) about this. Planetalgol "at" gmail "dot" com.

TristramEvans

#188
September 26, 2013, 01:56:09 PM
Quote from: Benoist;694348It was regular when we did it, a year-and-a-half ago. You should message Blair (Planet Algol) about this. Planetalgol "at" gmail "dot" com.

Cool, thanks

Benoist

#189
September 26, 2013, 02:05:29 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;694350Cool, thanks

No problem. :)

Maybe we'll find ourselves at the same table some day. I promise not to be a dick. :D

TristramEvans

#190
September 26, 2013, 03:04:59 PM
That would be awesome:) If a bit surreal.

Bobloblah

#191
September 27, 2013, 01:29:46 PM
Quote from: Benoist;694308Just sharing experiences. People are free to read, or not. It's not my choice to make.

In doubt, it might be best to share it. If only to keep it in mind.
Read it, found it interesting. Far better to have a longer post with some interesting meat on it, than a two sentence auto-response in long chain of back and forth. I get the tl;dr thing, but without the longer posts the conversation is uselessly shallow. Kinda like Sommerjon, actually...
Best,
Bobloblah

Asking questions about the fictional game space and receiving feedback that directly guides the flow of play IS the game. - Exploderwizard

Mistwell

#192
September 27, 2013, 02:00:42 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;694259I don't think 4e was more char op than 3e.  Not even close, actually.

I agree, activity on the Char Op message board for 4e dropped significantly from activity on the 3e CharOp.  I don't know if that's because it was harder to do in 4e, or less fun, or the game was not as popular as 3e, or some combination of those and other factors.

Benoist

#193
September 27, 2013, 02:18:35 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;694403That would be awesome:) If a bit surreal.

Yeah, agreed! Hehe. :)

Quote from: Bobloblah;694633Read it, found it interesting. Far better to have a longer post with some interesting meat on it, than a two sentence auto-response in long chain of back and forth. I get the tl;dr thing, but without the longer posts the conversation is uselessly shallow. Kinda like Sommerjon, actually...

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the post.

RPGPundit

#194
September 29, 2013, 07:51:04 PM
Quote from: JRT;693152It seems that they're trying to make D&D a more robust toolkit rather than a one  fixed ruleset to rule them all.

Yeah, that's only what I've been saying for a year and a half now, fancy that..
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