And all by itself so it might actually arrive on September 7th.
I am also thinking of reserving a second copy at my FLGS. Just so I can have that truly old-school feeling of buying a D&D boxed set at a gaming store.
I can't wait to open it up and play it with my Residents (I'll be an RA this year)!
I preordered a copy at my friendly local book store, so it should arrive on the 7th.
I can't wait to open it up and play it with my Residents (I'll be an RA this year)!
I hope you handle either a science/tech hall or artsy/creative types.
'Cuz it might be hard to get the jock types to play D&D...
Although I guess college students are generally the guys who were called "nerds" in high school, huh?
By the way -- does anyone know whether or not _Heroes of the Fallen Lands_ will contain all of the crunch content from the Starter Kit?
Character class and character creation wise, while we don't KNOW, it seems HIGHLY likely.
I would imagine the non-character creation rules of the game included in the Starter Set are probably spread out between the Dungeon Master's Kit, the Rules Compendium, and the Monster Vault.
I preordered a copy at my friendly local book store, so it should arrive on the 7th.
I can't wait to open it up and play it with my Residents (I'll be an RA this year)!
I hope you handle either a science/tech hall or artsy/creative types.
'Cuz it might be hard to get the jock types to play D&D...
Although I guess college students are generally the guys who were called "nerds" in high school, huh?
My college doesn't have any sports teams. We compete in the National Tobogganing Championship. We play Cricket and Soccer on the field, and we go hiking, biking, canoing, kayaking, sailing, swiming, jogging, etc. We're basically in a National Park. We're a hippy school. My dorm is bound to have geeky guys and gals into this sort of thing. It has every year previously, at least.
By the way -- does anyone know whether or not _Heroes of the Fallen Lands_ will contain all of the crunch content from the Starter Kit?
Character class and character creation wise, while we don't KNOW, it seems HIGHLY likely.
I would imagine the non-character creation rules of the game included in the Starter Set are probably spread out between the Dungeon Master's Kit, the Rules Compendium, and the Monster Vault.
Actually, I doubt it. Red Box does Character Creation through an initial Goblin-attack encounter. I think Heroes of the Fallen Lands will have just a regular character creation page.
My college doesn't have any sports teams. We compete in the National Tobogganing Championship. We play Cricket and Soccer on the field, and we go hiking, biking, canoing, kayaking, sailing, swiming, jogging, etc. We're basically in a National Park. We're a hippy school. My dorm is bound to have geeky guys and gals into this sort of thing. It has every year previously, at least.
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Actually, I doubt it. Red Box does Character Creation through an initial Goblin-attack encounter. I think Heroes of the Fallen Lands will have just a regular character creation page.
Sounds like a cool college. I'm kinda jealous (although it's been YEARS since I was a student...).
I know that you can build a character through the adventure, but I suspect there might be ordinary character creation rules as well. Although even if they don't, and the format's totally different, the rules are technically duplicative. I don't really think that's a bad thing, but I just thought that, for completeness, I should point it out.
The Starter Set supposedly supports characters for a couple (or three? seems to still be speculative...) levels. So clearly it's got something more than just what's in the intro adventure. From the TRS preview, it seemed like the solo adventure in all its glory took up, what, 8-10 pages? Since according to the product catalog, the Player's Book is 32(!) pages, that still leaves enough room for basic character creation and adventuring guidelines, class and race descriptions, and equipment lists.
I'm not saying that standard character creation rules will be there, just that they could be. I mean, you only need one ability chart...
That video of the Red Box made it seem like depending on your class, your ability scores were already chosen for you, and evething is made out just so that it's easy for you to get rearing to go. I don't think the Starter Set will have standard character creation rules in it, but it MIGHT.
Fair. But that was also the starter/intro adventure. I freely grant it might be the only way to create a character in the Starter Set, but it doesn't have to be.
The only ability we had an example of in the video was a rogue's dex score. And, come on, the default array is: 16, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10. Which means that like 90% of people who can get a stat boost (in the case of Dex: humans, elves and halflings) will choose to get an 18 in their class's primary stat. So they pre-choose that, which is hardly surprising.
Still, i'm glad they made it.
However, I have high hopes for 4E Essentials. I love its Classic "feel," and I do love that Fighters don't suck anymore. I confess that I miss the variety of armour types and the greater degree of verisimilitude that was present in good old 1st Edition, though...
I already have and play it, it called 1st edition D&D and yes it is far superior to 4e.
I already have and play it, it called 1st edition D&D and yes it is far superior to 4e.
Unless you're a fighter.
I loved 1e back in the day, but from a game balance standpoint, it's almost laughable.