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| Fingoldfin12-18-07, 02:08 PM | I've seen many people make the argument that new DMs will start to run Realms games because it will be less complicated. Many people say that they don't want to DM Realms games because they don't want to read 20 novels and 10 source books. The problem I see here is that the novels are still canon and no matter what WotC says now they will have multiple RSE before 5e comes out. The Realms time line advances at a steady pace and each new source book is set at a slightly different time than the other books. So each new source book has minor updates for each organization. This leads to information being scattered in many books. So if a DM wants to use an organization then the DM has to read many source books. All the RSE in novels further complicates the regions and forces DMs to read many novels. Eberron doesn't have this problem because the setting is static and the novels are not canon. WotC doesn't seem to have any intention of making the Realms static so I don't think they will ever be able to really solve this problem. Even if 4e goes great for the Realms the designers will eventually have to do another big reset because of the fracture nature of the lore. As long as the time line advances the lore for each group will be scattered like bird shot in 20 novels and 10 source books. The other problem I see for the Realms is commonsense. Fallow my logic for a second. WotC is trying to get people that don't want to read 20 novels and 10 sources books to play in the Realms. Many of the changes have alienated many people who do like to read all those novels and source books. Who will buy their next 20 novels when their target audience is people that don't want to read 20 novels? :confused: To the pro-4e people. Feel free to rip my argument apart, but to tell me I'm whining or that nothing is changing. :rolleyes: To the anti-4e people. Please be polite to the pro-4e crowd and don't say lots of nasty stuff about the designers. |
| kelcimer12-18-07, 02:39 PM | Or you pick what you like and ignore the rest. Easy. There's no rule that you have to follow everything, be aware of everything, or even follow things that you don't like. It's your world and you do whatever you feel like with it. If you want to slavishly follow the published realms then go ahead and do so, but realize that you don't have to. I am fortunate to have some players who still read forgotten realms novels. Occasionally I'll get a question about how the events of a given book affected my realms. The first question out of my mouth is "What happened?" and I usually decided one of several things. "It happened." "It didn't happen." or "It happened but it turned out slightly different." You don't need to know everything published about a given place or organization. You just need to know enough that you understand it and can run it. In the process you will make it your own. All those extra sourcebooks, supplimentals, and so forth is there if you want it, but you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Keep it large and rambling I say, and let DMs trim off what they will. |
| Lord Karsus12-18-07, 03:24 PM | -WotC has been saying that they want to use internet capabilities a lot more now, so, if we're lucky (Here's an awesome idea), asides for that "Faerūnian Newspaper" I've always been calling for, WotC might have a timeline, a la AGHotR that is update with relevant information as new sourcebooks and novels are released. |
| MerrikCale12-18-07, 03:28 PM | -WotC has been saying that they want to use internet capabilities a lot more now, so, if we're lucky (Here's an awesome idea), asides for that "Faerūnian Newspaper" I've always been calling for, WotC might have a timeline, a la AGHotR that is update with relevant information as new sourcebooks and novels are released. that would be terrific |
| Lord Karsus12-18-07, 03:51 PM | that would be terrific -Tell me about it. :cool: |
| Iakhovas12-18-07, 06:43 PM | I believe the official FR wiki will serve this purpose to a certain extent. |
| Bluenose12-19-07, 04:29 AM | That sounds like one of the best things that could happen. |
| MerrikCale12-19-07, 09:25 AM | I believe the official FR wiki will serve this purpose to a certain extent. its not the same though |
| Lord Karsus12-19-07, 01:29 PM | I believe the official FR wiki will serve this purpose to a certain extent. -And, what is this? FR Wikipedia? Probably not the safest thing to listen to, unless there are "officers", or whatever, to make sure that it's all 'good' info. |
| Stigger12-19-07, 07:12 PM | Makes my head hurt at times... |
| The Ubbergeek12-19-07, 11:05 PM | -WotC has been saying that they want to use internet capabilities a lot more now, so, if we're lucky (Here's an awesome idea), asides for that "Faerūnian Newspaper" I've always been calling for, WotC might have a timeline, a la AGHotR that is update with relevant information as new sourcebooks and novels are released. An 'event of the year' booklet or something thingy would be good. This a great idea, a compromise fitting. |
| Lord Karsus12-20-07, 12:23 AM | An 'event of the year' booklet or something thingy would be good. This a great idea, a compromise fitting. -It were up to me, I'd be a quarterly thing, a...thirty, thirtyfive page PDF in the form of a newspaper. Perhaps the "Daily Trumpet", a newspaper in Waterdeep edited by the gruff workingman Triple J- Jerth Jaeld Jolphrapilm (Thank you Everchanging Book of Names!). It would have plothooks, plotseeds, stories, updates, interviews, and what not, but in the form of stories in the paper. -Yeah, that'd be cool...:cool: |
| AffableDoomwalker12-20-07, 06:20 AM | -It were up to me, I'd be a quarterly thing, a...thirty, thirtyfive page PDF in the form of a newspaper. Perhaps the "Daily Trumpet", a newspaper in Waterdeep edited by the gruff workingman Triple J- Jerth Jaeld Jolphrapilm (Thank you Everchanging Book of Names!). It would have plothooks, plotseeds, stories, updates, interviews, and what not, but in the form of stories in the paper. -Yeah, that'd be cool...:cool: I'm with you there, so long as they don't start including a "Future news" section. |
| Aldareth12-20-07, 06:26 AM | I'm with you there, so long as they don't start including a "Future news" section. why? if the make enough money the can hire a diviner and make more money with future news :D |
| AffableDoomwalker12-20-07, 06:31 AM | why? if the make enough money the can hire a diviner and make more money with future news :D touche... waitaminute... Wouldn't that mean Thay would have had advance warning about all... but... 100 years... Thay... Zulkir of Divination... casting spells as a level 40 wizard... Realms still fall to pieces? :weep: my head hurts |
| Stigger12-20-07, 06:58 AM | Erm, no... um... well, when Mystra died you see, it... uh.. blew up his head mid-divination even before she died... yeah... that's it... Whew, yet another high level NPC pruned. Clever WotC. :D |
| Alkasyn12-20-07, 02:07 PM | -WotC has been saying that they want to use internet capabilities a lot more now, so, if we're lucky (Here's an awesome idea), asides for that "Faerūnian Newspaper" I've always been calling for, WotC might have a timeline, a la AGHotR that is update with relevant information as new sourcebooks and novels are released. It's a good idea, but then it makes books like GHoTR obsolete - WoTC won't be able to sell stuff which is aviable for free on the net. Or will they?? |
| Lord Karsus12-20-07, 03:32 PM | I'm with you there, so long as they don't start including a "Future news" section. -Well, sure ther would be, but in the form of half-developed plothooks and campaign seeds, and all that. It's a good idea, but then it makes books like GHoTR obsolete - WoTC won't be able to sell stuff which is aviable for free on the net. Or will they?? -It wouldn't make AGHotR obsolete. It wouldn't even prevent WotC from producing more "Timeline" books. After sufficient amount of time, what's to stop from publishing these eNewspapers as a physical product? A lot of people prefer physical things in front of them to digital copies. |
| Stigger12-20-07, 06:30 PM | That would be me... given the choice I'll always go for the hardcopy. |
| Alkasyn12-21-07, 06:04 AM | -It wouldn't make AGHotR obsolete. It wouldn't even prevent WotC from producing more "Timeline" books. After sufficient amount of time, what's to stop from publishing these eNewspapers as a physical product? A lot of people prefer physical things in front of them to digital copies. I am one of those people for sure, but still, some of the potential customers would prefer to not pay for the product and just download patches of it for free off the web. |
| Lord Karsus12-21-07, 11:53 AM | I am one of those people for sure, but still, some of the potential customers would prefer to not pay for the product and just download patches of it for free off the web. -Understandable, but that still wouldn't make "timeline" books obsolete. |
| Alkasyn12-21-07, 04:32 PM | -Understandable, but that still wouldn't make "timeline" books obsolete. Well, maybe obsolete wasn't the best word that could've been used. Anyway, hope my point is clear now. |
| MarkusTay6312-22-07, 08:38 AM | -And, what is this? FR Wikipedia? Probably not the safest thing to listen to, unless there are "officers", or whatever, to make sure that it's all 'good' info.No, it is an OFFICIAL FR Wiki published by WotC, and NOT edittable by just anyone. Soon to come as part of the DI... It will not alleviate the need for the GHotR, but new timeline entries will function almost like an un-ending Web-enhancement for that Tome. Of course, as part of the DI, you'll be PAYING for it... :rolleyes: |
| Jedi_Master_Trobon12-22-07, 01:17 PM | I am one of those people for sure, but still, some of the potential customers would prefer to not pay for the product and just download patches of it for free off the web. Just incorporate it in the DDI package and wizards is all set with money. It won't be free for those who have DDI (as they are paying for it) and Wizards could still print a physical book for those who want one or dont have DDI |
| Lord Karsus12-22-07, 01:31 PM | Of course, as part of the DI, you'll be PAYING for it... :rolleyes: -Well, that mostly goes against the entire concept of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
| MarkusTay6312-27-07, 10:52 AM | I'm not positive about the 'pay' thing, but it stands to reason that everything past "Hello, this is the WotC website" will cost us money from now on. :rolleyes: I don't really think the NEW content is working out for them (they bit off WAY more then they can chew), so now they will just charge for what we've been getting all along, and calling it the DI. I don't know that for sure either, but I'd be wiling to bet money on it - the servers were acting 'wonky' again the other day. I really don't feel they have the technical skill to produce an inter-active website along the lines they imagined at Gencon. But I could very well be wrong..... |
| Alediran12-27-07, 11:25 AM | I'm not positive about the 'pay' thing, but it stands to reason that everything past "Hello, this is the WotC website" will cost us money from now on. :rolleyes: I don't really think the NEW content is working out for them (they bit off WAY more then they can chew), so now they will just charge for what we've been getting all along, and calling it the DI. I don't know that for sure either, but I'd be wiling to bet money on it - the servers were acting 'wonky' again the other day. I really don't feel they have the technical skill to produce an inter-active website along the lines they imagined at Gencon. But I could very well be wrong..... When it comes to web servers there is a simple rule: Buy the most expensive server network you can, then put Linux as OS. |
| GreenKnight12-27-07, 11:30 AM | -Well, that mostly goes against the entire concept of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fact checking also goes against the entire concept of Wikipedia, so it's understandable why they don't charge. |
| Lord Karsus12-27-07, 02:09 PM | I don't really think the NEW content is working out for them (they bit off WAY more then they can chew), so now they will just charge for what we've been getting all along, and calling it the DI. -I was reading a few other threads, and it's amazing, I think, how everything is suddenly coming with a price. Character generation, for instance. If you want to make up your character for their online D&D thingy, or if you just want the official WotC character generator to make up your character, it's going to cost you. It's only $1 - $3, but still, it's the principle. I don't know that for sure either, but I'd be wiling to bet money on it - the servers were acting 'wonky' again the other day. I really don't feel they have the technical skill to produce an inter-active website along the lines they imagined at Gencon. -Ever since "Gleemax" was unveiled over the summer, the messageboards have been acting up. Sure, we have a search function now, but things often lag to the extreme, and the boards "close" at 5 AM - 6 AM (EST). I don't think they did that before. Fact checking also goes against the entire concept of Wikipedia, so it's understandable why they don't charge. -That's why "we're" around. To fact check. |
| Karsus the Mad12-27-07, 03:17 PM | I'm not positive about the 'pay' thing, but it stands to reason that everything past "Hello, this is the WotC website" will cost us money from now on. Heh...When gleemax came up and I had to transfer my account, I was thinking "I hope they don't ask for a credit card number...". It seemed reasonable to expect such. -Ever since "Gleemax" was unveiled over the summer, the messageboards have been acting up. Sure, we have a search function now, but things often lag to the extreme, and the boards "close" at 5 AM - 6 AM (EST). I don't think they did that before. They did that before as well. At least whenever I pop in around my 12pm-1pm, I've always gotten the *Boards are down for daily maintenance* message. |
| Lord Karsus12-27-07, 03:28 PM | -Alediran, I had a strange dream last night, and in it, I was arm wrestling you at some point. Strange. |
| Karsus the Mad12-27-07, 03:39 PM | That may have been a sending:shifty: |
| Alediran12-27-07, 04:29 PM | I'm a generalist wizard but I'm usually loaded with Evocations, Abjurations, Transmutations and Conjurations. If it was a sending the one responsible would've been Kaede, one of Alediran's friends (he has a ring of sending) |
| Stigger12-27-07, 07:08 PM | I'm gonna go with blaming burritos... KtM strikes again! And yes, they always did that daily maintainance thing. I seem to recall it lasting two hours before Gleemax though. The thing that really bothers me about the current setup is the relog every 2 weeks thing. Irritates me to an almost irrational degree for some reason. |
| Karsus the Mad12-27-07, 09:11 PM | I'm gonna go with blaming burritos... KtM strikes again! I'm guilt-free mofo! My yummy burritos are the source of yummy happiness! If it was a sending the one responsible would've been Kaede, one of Alediran's friends (he has a ring of sending) Check him. I won't risk LK. I prolly insulted every official that exists....damn drunkard I am....Lord Karsus put me up to it! |
| Lord Karsus12-27-07, 11:23 PM | -Well, I did win that arm wrestling match, so it's all good. I also somehow got my car parked on a roof. |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 12:37 AM | Roof parking is a good sign. |
| Lord Karsus12-28-07, 12:42 AM | -It is. I need to find a book of what dreams mean, and see if I can identify what's going on in my subconscious. |
| Mr_Miscellany12-28-07, 03:30 AM | I don't think FR will still be complicated to DM in. I think it'll be fun and challenging. |
| Lord Karsus12-28-07, 03:38 AM | I don't think FR will still be complicated to DM in. :: Shrug :: -It's not complicated to DM in now, either. Know the rules, pick up the FRCS, and off you go. |
| Stigger12-28-07, 07:02 AM | DMing in any setting is only as hard as you allow it to be... and even if your players are being pricks about it, a solution should only be a single b*tch slap away. ;) |
| Lord Karsus12-28-07, 07:15 AM | DMing in any setting is only as hard as you allow it to be... and even if your players are being pricks about it, a solution should only be a single b*tch slap away. ;) -A slap delivered in the form of cursed items, secretly penalized experience, NPCs giving him/her a hard time, less treasure, etc. :cool: |
| Alediran12-28-07, 08:16 AM | -Well, I did win that arm wrestling match, so it's all good. I also somehow got my car parked on a roof. I'm rusty, it's been a while since I practised my Karate. :D |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 01:06 PM | DMing in any setting is only as hard as you allow it to be... and even if your players are being pricks about it, a solution should only be a single b*tch slap away. ;) Reminds me of my tin foil mace I made to whack players in the head when they're showing their stupidity. |
| Lord Karsus12-28-07, 01:15 PM | Reminds me of my tin foil mace I made to whack players in the head when they're showing their stupidity. -Say, that's a good idea. I'm happy I thought of it! |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 01:28 PM | -Say, that's a good idea. I'm happy I thought of it! If you want it, I can have my pappy ship it to you:P It's prolly still sitting in my game room back in Ft. Wayne. It's a pretty nice speciman. Machine pressed foil inside of a thick cardboard tube with gold paint saying "dumb bane" in Thorass. |
| Lord Karsus12-28-07, 01:35 PM | If you want it, I can have my pappy ship it to you:P It's prolly still sitting in my game room back in Ft. Wayne. It's a pretty nice speciman. Machine pressed foil inside of a thick cardboard tube with gold paint saying "dumb bane" in Thorass. -I think I should forge my own. Just better not put a portion of my soul in a darned item. I learned my lesson. |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 01:39 PM | -I think I should forge my own. Just better not put a portion of my soul in a darned item. I learned my lesson. What sort of mace? this kind http://home.att.net/~licata.knives/mace.jpg or this kind http://www.rabittooth.com/800x600StarWarsWallpapers2/MaceWinduWallpaperV2.jpg The first one allows you to have all the fun, but the second one does all the work for you. |
| Lord Karsus12-28-07, 02:04 PM | -I was leaning towards the second, actually. |
| Stigger12-28-07, 02:25 PM | I was actually more thinking of just reaching over the table and using the trusty backhand, more than an in-game penalty... |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 04:04 PM | I was actually more thinking of just reaching over the table and using the trusty backhand, more than an in-game penalty... At least use brass knuckles. It's just not the same if their skull doesn't ring. |
| Stigger12-28-07, 05:21 PM | I prefer lead weighted gloves actually... distributes the ouch a bit better I find. |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 07:19 PM | I prefer lead weighted gloves actually... distributes the ouch a bit better I find. But lead powder doesn't give the "ding" on contact:D :D |
| Stigger12-28-07, 07:35 PM | Feh, you can pull that off with a few hollow metal tubes on the fingers... get a nice ringing effect if you hit them just right too. |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 07:48 PM | Bah....you don't want your fingers to go ding, you want their skull to go ding!:cool: The skull makes such a satisfying thump..... |
| Stigger12-28-07, 07:51 PM | Having been hit a time or two with a hollow metal tube, I'd say it was enough to make the head ding and give a satisfying thump at the same time... |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 07:55 PM | Having been hit a time or two with a hollow metal tube, I'd say it was enough to make the head ding and give a satisfying thump at the same time... Well, true. Metal pipes to the head do hurt. I'm just trying to help you make the suffering of a stupid person more enjoyable and fun:D |
| Stigger12-28-07, 07:59 PM | It's especially fun when you follow up the slap with a steel-toed boot stomp to the bridge of the foot... if you're lucky you can watch them crack their just slapped skull into the table on the way down to clutch their foot. :D |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 08:02 PM | It's especially fun when you follow up the slap with a steel-toed boot stomp to the bridge of the foot... if you're lucky you can watch them crack their just slapped skull into the table on the way down to clutch their foot. :D You're.......cruel. Huh...no wonder why I like you. You're the kind of person I'd like to sit down, pop a few beers, and watch a car accident with. |
| Stigger12-28-07, 08:06 PM | I do try. :D |
| Karsus the Mad12-28-07, 08:12 PM | I do try. :D Well, the next time I'm in the area, I'll give you a ring and we can go out and get kicked out of some strip joints, drunkenly slash some tires, illegally run some old folks off the road to see how many times, and how far, they bounce, and generally raise hell on earth. After we send your player to the ER by beating him with lead filled gloves and tin foil maces of course. |
| Lord Karsus12-29-07, 01:18 AM | -See, we still need to squabble about how to beat up our players. 4e seems complicated to me! |
| Stigger12-29-07, 02:13 AM | Maybe we should try to convince Rich Baker to craft us up some razor edged adamantine dice to hurl at hapless players, that could go a long way to restoring my faith in him... |
| Lord Karsus12-29-07, 04:05 AM | Maybe we should try to convince Rich Baker to craft us up some razor edged adamantine dice to hurl at hapless players, that could go a long way to restoring my faith in him... -Yuuzhan Vong razor bugs! |
| Stigger12-29-07, 06:04 AM | I don't like anything with the word 'bug' in it, particularly from those creepy buggers... |
| Lord Karsus12-29-07, 06:12 AM | I don't like anything with the word 'bug' in it, particularly from those creepy buggers... -Alright, how about those animated spider shruiken that Liriel Baenre used? |
| Stigger12-29-07, 06:32 AM | Hate spiders too actually... |
| Karsus the Mad12-29-07, 06:57 AM | Maybe we should try to convince Rich Baker to craft us up some razor edged adamantine dice to hurl at hapless players, that could go a long way to restoring my faith in him... That's a good idea actually. DM hands player the dice. Player begins jiggling dice, hoping for a natural 20....... Player's fingers fall on the table. Dice flops to the floor....it's a 1. |
| GothicDan12-29-07, 10:30 AM | Karsus, you need a non-Shade face. |
| Lord Karsus12-29-07, 10:36 AM | Karsus, you need a non-Shade face. -I'd give him mine, but I don't have one. Seriously, look at that. It's a huge CHA penalty. :( |
| GothicDan12-29-07, 10:47 AM | Stop casting Invisibility so much. |
| Lord Karsus12-29-07, 12:06 PM | Stop casting Invisibility so much. -It's not Invisibility, actually. You see, it all started that time when I was hanging out with those nine Nśmenórean guys at the bar. Next thing I know...Well, look at me! |
| MarkusTay6312-29-07, 12:32 PM | Thats what happens when you listen to The Promise of the Witch-King. ;) |
| Lord Karsus12-29-07, 01:07 PM | Thats what happens when you listen to The Promise of the Witch-King. ;) -I've learned my lesson. |
| Stigger12-29-07, 02:27 PM | That's a good idea actually. DM hands player the dice. Player begins jiggling dice, hoping for a natural 20....... Player's fingers fall on the table. Dice flops to the floor....it's a 1. I'd pay quite a bit to see something like that happen to some poor schmuck... |
| Karsus the Mad12-30-07, 02:27 AM | Karsus, you need a non-Shade face. Yeah, I know. It was the only picture tho' that's known to be a Netherese arcanist. Well, there's Aumvor, but he's a large, bloated rotten blob. I'll search through again to see if there's anything new tho', just for you:) |
| Stigger12-30-07, 06:12 AM | Not a bad choice for the new one... I'm half tempted to change mine too, but I can't quite bring myself to. :D |
| Lord Karsus12-30-07, 07:54 AM | -I'd never change my avatar. I've had it since the beginning, and that's that. -Don't even know what it is, either (Some Magic card). |
| Karsus the Mad12-30-07, 09:57 AM | Not a bad choice for the new one... I'm half tempted to change mine too, but I can't quite bring myself to. :D I was tempted to use a picture of a clown wearing a rediculous blue sombreo:blink: -I'd never change my avatar. I've had it since the beginning, and that's that. -Don't even know what it is, either (Some Magic card). It's an apprentice necromancer I think. |
| Lord Karsus12-30-07, 10:02 AM | I was tempted to use a picture of a clown wearing a rediculous blue sombreo:blink: -There, that accurately describes you! :D It's an apprentice necromancer I think. -Well, either way, I like it. |
| Karsus the Mad12-30-07, 12:09 PM | With my deep love of anything burrito related, yeah:) |
| Lord Karsus12-30-07, 12:26 PM | -Yup. :embarrass -While burritos are alright, tacos are better. |
| Karsus the Mad12-30-07, 05:55 PM | Nah. Hard shell tacos hurt the roof of my mouth. Soft tacos are just the diet version of burritos:D |
| GothicDan12-30-07, 11:31 PM | I love flour tortillas, over corn. Mmmm. |
| Lord Karsus12-31-07, 12:32 AM | -Of the four major Mexican Food Groups (Tacos, Burritos, Quesodillas and Fajitas), I like Fajitas the most. |
| Karsus the Mad12-31-07, 01:24 AM | :drool: Must...resist temptation....to eat yummy Mexican food... Must be able to fit into my leathers tonight afterall:pint: |
| Stigger12-31-07, 02:12 AM | Hardly the major Mexican food groups unless you only eat at Chevy's or something... :P Chile Colorado FTW! |
| Lord Karsus12-31-07, 02:14 AM | Hardly the major Mexican food groups unless you only eat at Chevy's or something... :P -You mean, there are other places to eat Mexican food from? -In my world, there are only two: Chevy's, and Yummy Taco, a Mexican sotre near my cousin's house that is owned by a bunch of Chinese people. While the food isn't amazing or anything, I find the irony enough to make me a returning customer when I'm in his neighborhood. |
| Stigger12-31-07, 02:25 AM | Tons... oh, wait, East Coast... right... you only have Puerto Ricans and Cubans over there really, who are way different food wise from Mexicans. Gotta hit the West Coast and Southwest for the really good stuff. ;) :P @ Sol/Ody/Whateveryoucallyourselftoday :D |
| Lord Karsus12-31-07, 03:20 AM | Tons... oh, wait, East Coast... right... you only have Puerto Ricans and Cubans over there really, who are way different food wise from Mexicans. Gotta hit the West Coast and Southwest for the really good stuff. ;) -We got lots of Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Dominicans up here. :P @ Sol/Ody/Whateveryoucallyourselftoday :D -He didn't even post...:looloo: |
| Stigger12-31-07, 04:01 AM | He's Puerto Rican I think... possibly Cuban, but I don't think so. |
| Lord Karsus12-31-07, 04:42 AM | -Oh, gotcha, gotcha. |
| GothicDan12-31-07, 10:00 AM | Technically, I'm Puerto Rican. I just hide it under all the German. |
| Lord Karsus12-31-07, 10:20 AM | -Technically, we're all African. So, hey. |
| Alediran12-31-07, 10:36 AM | -Technically, we're all African. So, hey. Technically we are all atoms. For quantum physics (GD correct me if I'm wrong) everything is a single unity. |
| Lord Karsus12-31-07, 10:39 AM | Technically we are all atoms. For quantum physics (GD correct me if I'm wrong) everything is a single unity. -Atoms/quanta don't reflect a geographic origin. :P |
| Karsus the Mad12-31-07, 10:52 AM | Energy, actually. |
| 18DELTA12-31-07, 11:01 AM | Energy, actually. :rimshot: |
| NilartPax02-01-08, 03:54 AM | -WotC has been saying that they want to use internet capabilities a lot more now, so, if we're lucky (Here's an awesome idea), asides for that "Faerūnian Newspaper" I've always been calling for, WotC might have a timeline, a la AGHotR that is update with relevant information as new sourcebooks and novels are released. I really hope they do this. |
| JaiaDrottsingr02-01-08, 08:08 PM | I've never considered it difficult to campaign in or DM a group in. That's probably I see no reason to check out every single piece of canon. I don't even exactly use them as guidelines, but more of a basis in which we can campaign. I've ripped apart so many pieces of canon as a player and DM, that, quite frankly, I don't care anymore. I use them as ideas, or suggestions. The only things which remain constant in my campaigns are the setting, time, and technology. But I still hate paladins and shall thus be largely ignored by the veteran members of this forum for that fact. |
| Lord Karsus02-03-08, 02:09 AM | But I still hate paladins and shall thus be largely ignored by the veteran members of this forum for that fact. -You're not Pro-Orc (Are you? :mage:), so you're alright by me. Plus, believe it or not, you kinda are one of the veteran members of these parts. |
| JaiaDrottsingr02-03-08, 02:50 PM | -You're not Pro-Orc (Are you? :mage:)Half Orcs got screwed over in their stats. WotC apparently thinks that STR is better than the rest of the attributes (They have a negative modifier for almost each other attribute), and they should be more commonly used. They're not cool anymore. , so you're alright by me. Plus, believe it or not, you kinda are one of the veteran members of these parts.The beginnings of 4e kinda killed my participation in these forums. And in DND Races. And, actually, in the RR. But I'm still as active as ever in the D20FG forum. So, while I would be one if I stayed, to the younger members of this forum, I am but a strange guy that argues about drow. And the Hells. |
| Lord Karsus02-03-08, 02:53 PM | So, while I would be one if I stayed, to the younger members of this forum, I am but a strange guy that argues about drow. And the Hells. -You mean, "the Hess'". See, you're probably the only other person here who gets that, and thinks it mildly funny. |
| MarkusTay6302-03-08, 03:12 PM | -You're not Pro-Orc (Are you? :mage:)...And what's wrong with that? :ahem: ;) :P |
| JaiaDrottsingr02-03-08, 04:05 PM | -You mean, "the Hess'". See, you're probably the only other person here who gets that, and thinks it mildly funny. I remember when Cli' used to frequent these forums. He definitely does. |
| JaiaDrottsingr02-03-08, 04:25 PM | And what's wrong with that? :ahem: ;) :P I think he's implying that you can be one or the other, but not both. I think orcs are ridiculously cliche and underpowered. I far prefer gnolls. No offense to any individual or group here. |
| Lord Karsus02-04-08, 12:23 AM | I remember when Cli' used to frequent these forums. He definitely does. -I haven't seen Cli' at this section for a while now. |
| JaiaDrottsingr02-04-08, 05:24 PM | -I haven't seen Cli' at this section for a while now. That's what I meant. These sub-forums. |