D&D/Pathfinder Thread

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drtoboggan

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So we have a bunch of tabletop RPG players here. I decided to make a D&D thread. Talk edition preferences, modifications, campaign settings, whatever. Even 4e isn't off limits.
 
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I always wanted to join one of the RPGs here with their marines attitude (:jace:) but they all seem full. I like what I see when they happen, as due to the nature of the forum they can get pretty wacky.
 
4e isn't bad as a standalone tabletop, but as a D&D edition it's terrible. It really should've been its own game rather than slapping the D&D brand on it.
 
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That's a big reason why I like Pathfinder. 4e just wasn't D&D to me. The setting and art are also very nice.
 
Hope it's ok to dig up this thread instead of posting a new one.

That said, has anyone here looked into 5th edition yet? I bought the PHB, Monster Manual, and the starter set and I'm honestly pretty impressed with it so far. Eagerly awaiting the release of the DM's Guide next month. Just curious what others think of it.
 
Cotton Pudding said:
Hope it's ok to dig up this thread instead of posting a new one.

That said, has anyone here looked into 5th edition yet? I bought the PHB, Monster Manual, and the starter set and I'm honestly pretty impressed with it so far. Eagerly awaiting the release of the DM's Guide next month. Just curious what others think of it.
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Go for it. I'm wanting to know how it plays. I can't afford it and stick to Pathfinder anyway, but I'm still curious.
 
To be honest, I've yet to get a game going, but from everything I've read it comes off as well thought out and easy for new players to pick up and play.

They seemed to focus on making the game not as rules heavy so that you can focus on having fun instead of cracking the book open constantly and holding the game up.

For example: A cleric attempts to turn undead.

3.5 - Open the book and look it up because nobody remembers how it works. Roll to determine the HD of undead you can turn, roll turning damage, and help the DM figure out if your turning did anything.

If it worked, awesome. If not, you feel bad for pausing the game.

5th - Here's my Holy symbol... Boom! Undead make a will save.

Another thing I like is the revamped spell system. In 3rd you could take metamagic feats to empower lower level spells, now you can simply prepare lower level spells in higher level spots and they're more powerful.

They've also focused a lot more on Roleplaying and just having fun. The character classes look fun and unlike 4E don't all feel the same.
 
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drtoboggan said:
That sounds great, actually.
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Yeah, I'm actually really excited to game a game going soon. The starter set is a pretty good adventure.

It comes with a fairly long adventure, a complete set of dice, a mini DM's guide, an five pre made characters with fun backgrounds that all come into play as well as a sheet that shows how to level each character up for beginners. All in all, not a bad set.

Also, I really love the Monster Manual. Many monsters get unique abilities and the nasties ones can actively control the playing field to make some memorable battles.

Also, they brought back the flumph. :lol:
 
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Hell yeah. Flumphs are back.
That reminds me, my next character is going to look like Mr. T.
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I once made a monk based off of Samuel L. Jackson named Brother Sam. He was dedicated to St. Cuthbert and roamed the land preaching his word and kicking ass.

Think of a combination of Mace Windu and Jules from Pulp Fiction.

Good times.
 
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Anybody else have some memorable characters or stories to share? I'd love to hear them.
 
Cotton Pudding said:
Anybody else have some memorable characters or stories to share? I'd love to hear them.
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I've been playing D&D since first edition. Our second edition games in high school were mostly weed/booze-fueled insane clusterfucks.

(laughs) Where to start? We've had a were-coathanger (based on a wire golem) PC, a Scatomancer PC, a island of tribal Pikachu clones with bows & arrow- "The Shootatchus"- that worshiped a Kraken squid-god the PC's inadvertently blew up by interrupting 30 red wizards of Thay while the lot of them were mind-linked and casting the Meteor Storm spell as a Level 600 entity. A campaign where the PC's ended up on a cracker floating in Mel Torme's stomach (REALLY long story). A REALLY bad run in with the Dragon of Athas that ended up with the dragon getting blown to fuck by a PC putting a Bag of Holding in a Portable Hole. The time with the gully dwarf berserker (kept in a box with "this side towards enemy!) on it. Many, many, many retributive strikes due to broken magical artifacts, and more oddball items than I can remember: A sheep of holding, a pubic gate, Amulet of crotch-kicking +10 (not as useful as you think), a assorted other craziness.

But If I had to pick one story, it's be the campaign I ran where the PC's had to recover all of the parts of The archmage Vecna, after his run in with his vampire lieutenant Kas, and they discovered The Left Ass-Cheek of Vecna. A supremely powerful artifact that not only held a portion of the evil archmages' power, but his evil sense of humor as well.
 
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But If I had to pick one story, it's be the campaign I ran where the PC's had to recover all of the parts of The archmage Vecna, after his run in with his vampire lieutenant Kas, and they discovered The Left Ass-Cheek of Vecna. A supremely powerful artifact that not only held a portion of the evil archmages' power, but his evil sense of humor as well.
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Only in D&D.
 
The Knife's Husbando said:
But If I had to pick one story, it's be the campaign I ran where the PC's had to recover all of the parts of The archmage Vecna, after his run in with his vampire lieutenant Kas, and they discovered The Left Ass-Cheek of Vecna. A supremely powerful artifact that not only held a portion of the evil archmages' power, but his evil sense of humor as well.
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Only in D&D.
 
Surtur said:
Only in D&D.
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(lol) Not necessarily. We ran a Star Wars RPG for a while where we had 'droid that was made from a refurbished cappuccino machine, a Rasta Wookie COVERED in dreadlocks, A dark Sith dominatrix that fought with two lightsabers & a light.....attachment from her pelvic armor, and we all were after a rejected clone warrior-turned-bounty-hunter that ran around the galaxy in a duct-taped together ship- "Bubba Fett".
 
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