OOC 1 - Clacking and Talk-Smacking Zone

[dmw71]

I have been as far as 3.5 but 4 was like meh and 5 no interest in it whatsoever after having tried it very shortly.

I have ZERO experience with 4e, but I'm definitely intrigued by it.

A lot of homebrewers borrow things from 4e (e.g. the concept of 'minions' is a popular one, and skill checks) and incorporate them into 5e (but could easily be customized for other editions as well).

[tarlyn]

I have been as far as 3.5 but 4 was like meh and 5 no interest in it whatsoever after having tried it very shortly.

I have ZERO experience with 4e, but I'm definitely intrigued by it.

A lot of homebrewers borrow things from 4e (e.g. the concept of 'minions' is a popular one, and skill checks) and incorporate them into 5e (but could easily be customized for other editions as well).

People have skills in 2e or proficiencies so that is nothing new to be honest

I just found 4 and 5 is good to attract new people to D&D, yes but D&D is not a board game and 4 is a lot like the Board Games taken after D&D like Castle Ravenloft, Dungeon of the Mad Mage etc.

[dmw71]

People have skills in 2e or proficiencies so that is nothing new to be honest

I think I misspoke.

It's not skill checks, but skill challenges.

[GreyWolfVT]

Yes I am not going to disagree there of all the newer editions since 2nd I actually like 5e the most compared to 3e, 3.5e & 4e. I'd even go so far as to say what some might take as fighting words and claim that I actually like 5e more than BD&D & OD&D. But then again... the only really big problem in my mind with those two editions is classifying races as classes unless you are a human. Thats only realy bumb in the road I have with them to be frank.

[Rex]

I have never played 3, 3.5 or 4e, I am in a 5e game my God Son runs and have played in several of Dave's 5e games and a couple of others on here. I have even run a couple of adventures in 5e. The core system is good, but it is to super heroish for me. Yes both 2e and 5e have lots of options but the options in 5e are far more powerful and game wrecking then the kits in 2e ever were. OD&D is my least favorite but I started out with Holmes Basic and it is still my favorite, even if no one else cares for it. I like the other Basic editions but the race as class never worked for me or anyone I played with so we always changed it anyways. 1e is where I played the most and am most comfortable with, but every table top game I ever played in or ran was heavily house ruled. I want to run a HarnWorld setting here but keep getting stuck on the system to use, HarnMaster is the best fit and I am very comfortable with the system but it is a very crunchie system and running combat with it in pbp seems very daunting. I could run some version of D&D, I started using HarnWorld in the 80's with 1e, but you need to house rule it hard to get the feel right. I did it on here with the BlueHolme rules (a Holmes Basic OSR) once before and it went well but it was house ruled and I had a hard time recruiting players so we ended up with a pretty small group, although they did complete the adventure. Still pondering how to run it for pbp.

[dmw71]

...5e. The core system is good, but it is to super heroish for me. Yes both 2e and 5e have lots of options but the options in 5e are far more powerful and game wrecking then the kits in 2e ever were.

Absolutely agree with this.

I am working to find a way to remove the "super heroism" without destroying balance because the actual gameplay mechanics (or the chassis), I think, works really well.

[Karaunios]

I've always run games for my friends and they've always been OD&D, BECMI and 2e. I've got the 1e books too, but I've only played here on these boards.

Since I left Spain I haven't played that much. We get to play with webcam from time to time, but too little.

I've played 5e for three years here in Germany but the combats were terribly slow and the DM was looking at rules all the time and was also too lenient. There was no way we could die I also don't trust my German that much to run games.

The edition/game is very important to me, but it's the DM and the flavor what at the end of the day make for a good game.

[Rex]

Agreed, the rules are the least important thing. DM, players, even the setting is more important to me.

[hedgeknight]

That said, a game being run using the 5e rules can be really awesome (and Gary's game in Baldur's Gate absolutely is!) even if no customizations or limitations are made to the rules.

Thanks Dave. That likely will prevent Oak from getting eaten in the "death" cave

[Lance]

Sorry about vanishing, I'm on vacation and don't have as much computer time as I hoped.

[Rex]

Enjoy!

[hedgeknight]

Sorry about vanishing, I'm on vacation and don't have as much computer time as I hoped.

All good, Lance.
Enjoy your vacation...which reminds me > I need to put in an "vacation" thread

[hedgeknight]

Will give this another day for others to post actions and then it's killing time!

[hedgeknight]

Anybody seen Darithe or Lance?

[GreyWolfVT]

Anybody seen Darithe or Lance?

Nope. Looks like Lance was last active 7 days ago doesn't actually say when Darithe was last active. Best I can find so far. Other than searching posts it looks like Darithe was last posting 6 days ago in another game.

[Rex]

Neither. I am in a game Lance runs and it has stalled. Hopefully he shows back up soon.

[Karaunios]

Neither. I am in a game Lance runs and it has stalled. Hopefully he shows back up soon.

Same.

[hedgeknight]

Good morning, folks!
I don't appreciate you guys beating up on my poor, defenseless, giantess

But thanks to some great dice rolls, we have a critical hit; something I haven't addressed in the rules. And actually, I don't recall them being addressed at all in the 1E DMG. Depending upon the edition, critical hits can mean just a good hit, lop off hands and arms, do an extra die of damage, or automatic double damage, or roll for another dice of damage, or....well, you know what I'm saying.

Unless there is outright mutiny, I would like to go forward with critical hits doing full damage of the weapon used. For example, Moan rolled a natural "20" and hit with his longsword; which, on a giant would be full damage, i.e. 12 pts (plus any modifiers). That way there are no extra die rolling to hold up the game. Are we cool we this?
Thoughts?

[GreyWolfVT]

Sounds good to me Gary.

[gurusql]

works for me