The Gaming Den

FrankTrollman wrote:It's like how Bill O'Reilly reported on "All-lesbian street gangs."

Fixed. 8)

Tried running a 4th Edition combat against kobolds, with me as a player. Although I only have a limited grasp of the game, I prefer 3.X/Tome/True20 any day.

Why do we keep bitching about WotC's lack of game design when there are perfectly good D&D variants out there (like the Tomes, True20, etcetera)?
It's not like any of you are going to be forced to play 4th Edition.

I'm the "new" guy!

Compulsory voting is like forcing people to be free.

As red-blooded Americans, we should have the freedom to not choose our leader!

sigma999 wrote:No, no, no.. it's more like when you put hours of effort in to writing and it's either ignored or blasted.

Being on this board, you should be used to this stuff by now.

FrankTrollman wrote:So I'm unhappy with Unwired. I didn't want to be, but I am. Severely.

You don't generally seem like a happy guy

sigma999 wrote:Well, it's something I personally strive for.

Just don't get offended by what some goon says to you on Myspace/chat room/message board. That's all you need to do. That, and not care.

sigma999 wrote:As Frank described, the mechanics really do define how an RPG world works.

Unless it's a video game RPG.

Barret: "Cloud, why didn't you use a Phoenix Down on Aeris?"

Cloud: "Shh, it doesn't work unless it's part of the story!"

You're on a channel that encourages internet trolling and child pornography; these two things are indeed some of the darkest, sickest things about the Internet. I don't find trolling dark and sick so much as annoying; when you encounter a user named "suckmynutz," it's your fault if you ta...

Cielingcat wrote:Oblivion was fun until I got 100% Chameleon. Then that was fun for a while before being totally and permanently invisible became boring.

Do the Oberoni Fallacy and claim that it's not broken if you mod it to your tastes.

sigma999 wrote: Jerry: You fit right in quickly. I'm admire your Tough Internet Skin.

I don't think that not caring enough is something to be admired.

Koumei wrote: Jerry: I know we all get to pick on the new guy - and he started off just making meaningless posts and acting like Captain Bleach, but he seems to have turned into an honest-to-goodness member of the Den.

Pick on the new guy? Everybody picks on everyone else here, or so it seems.

The bizzare pricing is bizzare, but also true to some elements of real life. $140 million will get you the most expensive painting in the world, or 140 really really really expensive paintings for $1 million each, and unless you're an epic level art collector you won't be able to tell the differenc...

I may end up writing an overhaul to the Ends of the Matrix rules in response to my findings. Why? I thought that "The Ends of the Matrix" was good enough. If you're doing it just because a new book came out, then don't; you can't please everybody, and if one were to alter house rules ever...

Let me put it to you this way... in 3000 years or myth and legend and thousands of bad fantasy novels, comics and movies, point to a large guy who does something beyond 'big and strong'. Conan became a King and was able to decipher ancient languages. Superman was strong, but was also able to solve ...

PhoneLobster wrote:Remind me the single actual contribution in your twenty two hundred posts?

Why do you need to "contribute?" Is offering your opinions on this message board enough?

P.S. Sigma did the Feybook.

Leress wrote:As Zerus said, padded sumo has no place in shadowrun. 4e has long drawn out battles with dragons. In Shadowrun you run and literally grab a rocket launch and that is still a slim chance of working.

Not to mention that a rocket launcher may not get through reinforced vehicle armor on a tank.

I'm currently playing Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

It's a very fun game, and I love the wide amount of side quests; it's enough to keep me occupied for a long time.

What do you guys think of it?

Thanks, Caliborn! I'll look it over.

FrankTrollman wrote:Weird. Fallout 3 isn't out yet or finalized. So I'm not really sure how anyone could have strong opinions on it yet.

People still complain about "The End Times," which has yet to happen.

People find a reason, any reason, to bitch, whine, and moan.

Time to beat a dead horse: They used MMOs as a model. Arrgh, I don't play D&D for the same reason that I play WoW! At a 4th edition table: GM: Alright, guys, at 1st level, you are going to repeatedly slay rabbits for several real-time hours so you can hit level twenty-something to get that Grif...

What about Survival, Heal, Disable Device, UMD, and Open Lock? I decided to ditch the system (except for the Notice/Stealth part); however, I think that Know (Archit. & Eng.) should be combined with Disable Device and Open Lock. Those three skills should be called Engineer or something. As to B...

Somewhere, Frank defended "one skill", IIRC. I suppose you'll hear differently from others. I'm tempted to use Alchemy, Build and Craft. Any reasons why he suggested such? Personally, I'm all fort it; being an expert blacksmith/tailor isn't going to come up much, especially when you can u...

One more question: the Craft skill in a Tome game; discard it, combine all Craft skills into one skill (like someone suggested), or leave as is?