So my local comic and game store opens at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, so I've got about 12 hours to go until I can pick up the starter set (and at a discount according to the store owner).
I'm really excited, and I'm also curios to see when the Basic PDF will drop tomorrow.
There isn't a store within a 100 miles of me that's selling them, so I'm more eager for the pdf countdown.
I'm off work tomorrow... but the wife will have the car! ALAS.
I will have to wait til at least 7pm. Oh spite, oh hell!
Anxiously awaiting tomorrow's Basic pdf, as well. I'll have to wait on my starter set (will arrive in a couple of weeks), but that won't stop me from starting a new, long awaited, campaign this weekend!
I'll be running the infamous "N4 Treasure Hunt" to get things rolling 
Any word on when or where the Basic download will be available?
It sucks that Wizards website says the one FLGS near me is a WPN store, but they just informed me they won't be selling it until the 15th. This blows, because if they had it 2 weeks earlier I would pay full retail price to them. If I am going to have to wait anyway, I'm going with my cheapest option.
However, I will be reading the hell out of the basic PDF ASAP.
Ramzour wrote:
Ramzour wrote:
It sucks being 9 hours ahead of PST. I have to wait longer than the rest of you lot!
pukunui wrote:
Ramzour wrote:
it might have made more sense to reset the forums after the pdf roll out, why try to do two big things at the same time?
Kiraya_TiDrekan wrote:
celtwarrior wrote:
I'm so looking forward to this. For me the long winter is ending., and the heady mix of anticipation and nostalgia has me thinking of little else.
CelticPaladin wrote:
I'm really excited about the PDF release. I'm not sure if I'll be picking up the Starter Set, if I'm correctly understanding its contents. Besides some pre-made adventures, does it have anything that an experienced player would need, that the PDF doesn't?
I just upgraded my shipping on Amazon.com so that it arrives quicker! (I'm in Australia, and having to wait 3 weeks for it to ship to me seemed like an eternity.
Just called my local game store and they set aside a starter set for me. Just looked into getting back into the game this month... what timing! A new edition to sink my teeth into! Looking forward to it.
CelticPaladin wrote:
9bit wrote:
seti wrote:
pukunui wrote:
Well, the starter has an adventure that is meant to introduce the players to 5E... it's the best product for us wanting to explore the new edition 
So it's got a lot of value. And it's got dice and characters ready for action!
seti wrote:
My FLGS opens at 1PM. I'll be able to pick it up, but then I'll have to go right to work and won't have the opportunity to even use it until the following week. Sadness.
@mikemearls : Just reviewed the Basic D&D PDF - it clocks in at over 100 pages. Combat, exploration, etc., all in there. #dnd
@Fiddleback : That's not what goes up on the 3rd, though, right? Just the character bits?
@mikemearls : Nope - that's what debuts on the 3rd.
@mikemearls : character creation + core rules. DM material in August.
The benefit of the Starter Set for those who are mostly just using the Basic pdf is that you have some monsters and magic items, which aren't yet in the Basic game. Otherwise you'll have to wait until August when the items and monsters are added.
Of course, you can always make characters and have them battle it out arena style...
Ok, so from what you are saying (pukunui), the free pdf won't be fully playable tomorrow...But will be fully playable in august. Oh well; that does make sense from WotC's business point of view. People want encounters, lol. You could make PCs and have a session or two where the PC's just wander around and talk to NPCs and roleplay, but most people want to fight, lol. Checking out the combat rules, moster stat blocks, and getting the new CR rules is really important, at least to me.
But really, though...If you want to roleplay PCs without any combat...Why do you even need any game rules? (aside from character creation)
Arena style! I didn't think of that...also I could just take the time to make an extra 'evil' party for my PCs to fight, lol. That'd work...and be quite challenging.
seti wrote:
I get off work at 0800. I am going to mow the lawn and get my house ready for the 4th of July. I should hopefully have used enough time at that point for my FLGS to be open where I can pick up the Starter Set.
Ramzour wrote:
ChrisCarlson wrote:
And shouldn't the author of this thread have to keep changing the title so it properly counts down with at least a modicum of accuracy?
ChrisCarlson wrote:
First thing in the morning, I'm calling around to find out which Toronto stores are going to have it in stock, then I'm going directly to the nearest one that has it, and dropping the cash. SO PUMPED!
wel I am on Central European time.
I will have to work the night on the night of the 3rd ( actualy already the 3rd here 3:30 am)
done with work at 1 AM on the 4th ( home at about 2 am)
So that should mean the PDF should be there when i get home from work as 1 AM ( on the 4th) for me is 4 PM (on the 3rd) at the wizards office.
And thay said they would be releasing it during office hours.
What PDF content will be available on WOTC website tomorrow?
RokBuck wrote:
RokBuck wrote:
edwin_su wrote:
alienux wrote:
folk keep saying [over and over] that the free pdf of basic rules will have character creation, core rules, combat, etc..., 
does that mean it will have character creation, core rules, combat, etc...? 
pukunui wrote:
Orethalion wrote:
Orethalion wrote:
pukunui wrote:
This thread title is what I tell my girlfriend.
Can't wait! My son and I have been looking forward to the release. We have it pre-ordered from our LGS and I will pick it up on the way home from work tomorrow.
4 hours and 34 minutes left to hit PDT July 3rd 00:00!
I'll start mashing http://www.dungeonsanddragons.com/ in a frenzy from then on...
IIRC Mike Mearls said on twitter Basic D&D would likely release during business hours (pacific time) to make sure staff are on site in case anything happen.
Orethalion wrote:
Blackdog2k wrote:
Speaking of which, when does business hours start over there? 8, or 9?
Nesian42Ryukaiel wrote:
Can someone hack into Merls' alarm clock, change the time and have it go off early so we can trick him into thinking that the time is now? All we will need after he gets up is a spot light pointed at a painted replica of the exact scene as it appears outside his window in the day, and some cardboard cut outs of everyone in the WoTC staff to be placed in their offices for when he arrives. Also, find a way to convince him it is day time on his way to work.
Sands666 wrote:
Someone posted a sneak peek of some of the spells in the Starter Set rulebook over at EN World. Clicky.
I'm pretty happy to see Cure Wounds nerfed a bit. 1d8+mod seems decent enough for a level 1 heal, whereas I found 2d8+2 to be a bit of overkill... overcure... whatev. I imagine most will be healing for 1d8+3 at level 1. I have mixed feelings on Burning Hands still dealing 3d6 though. I'm I the only one who would have been happy with 2d6 for a level 1 AoE?
Devilbass wrote:
Devilbass wrote:
I like that cure wounds has been reduced from the playtest, because it makes the life domain bonus to cure wounds spells actually feel like a bonus, rather than just being a "safety net" for really bad rolls not managing to full-heal the target.
As for damaging wizard spells - since they don't add an ability modifier by default, I think it is important to give the ones that cost limited resources a few extra dice so that casting them, as opposed to saving all your spell slots for defense and buff spells, doesn't feel like a bad idea to the guy playing the wizard.
ChrisCarlson wrote:
DSZ wrote:
ugh why couldnt they have basic.pdf set it up to have it upload to their servers at midnight? Im just being a brat since i cant wait lol
Cobblestein wrote:
CelticPaladin wrote:
Noon wrote:
Torg_Smith wrote:
Is it today yet? 
So where will the PDF be? Is everyone else just waiting for a sign from wiz, or does anyone know where to look already?
Edit: Oops, some info above. Excuse the enthusiasm!
Nicodaudel wrote:
It'll be July 4th in less than half an hour here.
BoldItalic wrote:
seti wrote:
Where ever you go there you are. Now where's that PDF is the question ! Lol
Alynn wrote:
Blackdog2k wrote:
Cobblestein wrote:
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
FFSAA wrote:
FFSAA wrote:
Orethalion wrote:
Will Basic be released at the same time everywhere?
Your going to have to be pretty lucky to 1-shot a party with burning hands.
They all have to be clumped up, they all have to fail their save, and you have to roll better then average to kill the high HP classes.
Assuming a party of 5, 50% save chance, and 2 high HP targets....
.5 * .5 * .5 * .25 * .25 = 0.0078125
1 in 128.
Edit: Woops, forgot "win inititive". Since a 2d6+3 weapon attack will kill the wizard in 1 shot as well.
1 in 256
Now, if you had 2 wizards.... 
Theobromine wrote:
Orethalion wrote:
mellored wrote:
in the last play test the party [lv 4] sacrificed my NPC to save their own butts. so i indroduced a new NPC lv 1 cleric / lv3 mage elf with heavy armor feat and i gave her a dancing sword. and just to see what could be done under ideal circumstances i pitted her against the party and beat them. she did some prep work, summoned a bat familar, gave a bunch of caltrop/ball bearings mix to an invisible servant then she jumped on the party and cast darkness. seeing through the bats eyes and attacking from a distance with the sword and spells the party was at her mercy. it just shows that no matter what the rules or options are DMs can find a way. by the way it was very easy to run combat using roll20.net where i could see but they chould not
I'm envisioning some WotC employee, at some point within the next hour, sitting a keyboard, with a finger hovering over a button.
"And here...we...go!"
Orethalion wrote:
I wonder how many times http://www.dungeonsanddragons.com has been hit in that last 4 hours. 
...It doesn't budge! Well, maybe an hour later, then? It just hit 4th of July here where I live, by the way.
SwampDog wrote:
This is so grueling I'm going to base an NPC on it.
Steerpike84 wrote:
Its like playing D&D with a roulette wheel instead of dice.
FFSAA wrote:
Paraxis wrote:
Any 1st level character can die in 1 hit from any other 1st level character.
Best not PvP.
mellored wrote:
Torg_Smith wrote:
I think this might be big. ENWorld is having problems with the load. 
It's 01:25 here where I live. With my abysmal Constitution score, I'm barely making my saving throws to stay awake! 
Nesian42Ryukaiel wrote:
Torg_Smith wrote:
Oh no. Here they come! 
And now for the crickets as people read.
Tghe rules are out
So I finally have it. I got back about 30 minutes ago from the game store with my Starter Set, and by the time I got done salivating over the contents after opening it, Basic was up!
At work... My boss just left for an early lunch to pick up two starters, one for him and one for myself. Really cant wait. It's been forever since I have been giddy for a tabletop release. looking forward to the pdf as well.
Just got a call from my FLGS... My copy is waiting for me. I'll be heading down there after work!
WelkerJ wrote:
Starter kit in display taller than me at my stores
Good news: Sales were deemed good.
Bad news: The stack was still taller than me when I left. Nor was there a crowd [or anybody] around it. Very early of course, but it's looking like 5e will be one of the dwarves, unlike 2e or 3e, which were Snow White.