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- Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:44 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Jumping into Shadowrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4964
Shadowrun 4A is not really an improvement on Shadowrun 4. It's... wordier. . . . the only actual advantage of the book is that it puts some expansion material into the core book. But they don't even bother fixing real problems like the unplayable cyberlimbs. And if you have access to Street Magic a...
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:19 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Jumping into Shadowrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4964
Thanks for everyone's replies so far. For the record, I own 4A and that edition's core supplements, and will happily base my game on that edition when we actually start playing. I've always found 4A very wordy and wondered if a Wiki (or readers guide) exists that shortcuts the learning curve. Also, ...
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:40 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: OSSR: Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords
- Replies: 149
- Views: 35975
Re: OSSR: Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords
The Tome of Battle is a shovelware project nominally written for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 and released in August of 2006. It contains 3 character classes and a single newish resource mechanic, all compiled into a sprawling piece of text bloat used to fill up a 158 page hardback. But despite the f...
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:32 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Jumping into Shadowrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4964
Jumping into Shadowrun
Hi everyone, First of all - a belated Happy holidays! Hope you're all having a great time. Earlier today, I lucked out and bought cheap copies of two SR supplements: Seattle (1st edition) and Grimoire (2nd edition). Which basic ruleset would you recommend me to pick up, to go alongside these supplem...
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:51 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Election 2016
- Replies: 3238
- Views: 341434
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:48 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Election 2016
- Replies: 3238
- Views: 341434
As another foreign national, albeit one who now resides and works (legitimately, I probably should add in the 'new climate' we're facing) in the US, my impressions largely mirror PhoneLobster's above. I remained pretty neutral (as a non-voter, hey) throughout the election, though my wife (who's a US...
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:04 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 404782
One thing that strikes me about the comparative sales of PHB is that the context of the product line has changed - completely. Back in 2007, I was one of two players, in a group of seven, who had a PHB. The others had nothing, or at most one other book - and that book was not the PHB. The edition wa...
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 6:54 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Election 2016
- Replies: 3238
- Views: 341434
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:14 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 404782
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:27 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Zauberharfen und Runenschwerter (1980s MC fuckery)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11113
The Fur of the Cat King of Vilnam A robe lined with black cat fur and adorned with four cat paws. Yes, really. ... Shemari's Cats Paws The text quickly informs us that these aren't severed body parts of a dead cat king. That brings to mind Black Adder, Season 3 (from minute 24:00): https://www.yout...
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:15 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Table Top Industry Defeatism
- Replies: 153
- Views: 33868
And it reflects in the posts of people getting into the game [SR5] just now. The number one concern among them isn't how to get a grip on the mess that is SR5 mechanics (although bringing back priority chargen to appease the retro crowd sure as hell doesn't help), it's that people who get into this...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:20 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Table Top Industry Defeatism
- Replies: 153
- Views: 33868
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:08 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Table Top Industry Defeatism
- Replies: 153
- Views: 33868
On prince points for entry products: Agreed with 5e being the deep end of that regression. However, in the German market, you can currently buy a softcover version of the Player's Handbook for - Shadowrun 5 - Earthdawn 4 - Call of Cthulu 4 with some of them in full colour and clocking in at 400 page...
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:57 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Review: D&D 5E Dungeon Master's Guide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 39890
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:00 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Converting ACKS Domains to 3e
- Replies: 158
- Views: 51835
Secondly, I think it's a no-brainer that a level based system that has a kingdom management minigame should give people abilities that are relevant to the kingdom management minigame at certain levels. [...] abilities that make you better at conquering, patrolling, defending, developing, and extrac...
- Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Review: D&D 5E Dungeon Master's Guide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 39890
As for your old RPGsite post, I would point out that you were only scratching the surface when you noted that 4e sold like herpes hotpockets in Germany. We no know that it sold poorly everywhere . We don't have to look at peculiarities of German culture as to why they rejected 4e, because everyone ...
- Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:40 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Review: D&D 5E Dungeon Master's Guide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 39890
Also, it definitely looks like 5e hexes are even dumber than Old school hexes, which are sort of dumb on first principles, in the fact that they are old school. Sure. You can define 'hex fetishism' as the deliberate choice to reduce hexes to an ornamental device stripped of all their core functions...
- Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:10 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Review: D&D 5E Dungeon Master's Guide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 39890
I have no idea what people were supposed to use for overland maps in earlier editions, I know in 3e there is no standard, and there was no standard in 2e games I played. You just drew a map and went places on the map using the map, and you didn't worry about whether the overland map was in hexes or...
- Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:59 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Review: D&D 5E Dungeon Master's Guide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 39890
- Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:32 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Angry Sober Review: 5e PHB
- Replies: 75
- Views: 36361
@Vaegrim: well done. I honestly don't care about the details of whether 'lurking' is well defined or used colloquially et al, sc. the details that now inform a rather secondary (and predictable) argument on some pedantic side show to demonstrate the important issue of who's got the longer legalese. ...
- Thu May 28, 2015 9:00 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: LGBT NPCs in APs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8602
Paizo's adventure paths regularly feature information about NPCs' sexual orientation because every AP is supposed to come with a sufficient stock of romantic interests for PCs of all walks of life, and that information is crucial for that side of campaigning. Liza Stevens and James Jacobs are on rec...
- Thu May 21, 2015 2:02 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 404782
Back to 5e and its staff.* As of May 21, Rodney Thompson has left WotC - of his own volition, apparently. He announced it online, rationalizing it as a choice in favour of greener (if unspecified) pastures and prospects elsewhere. There was a short tweet in response by Mearls saying, 'I wish Rodney ...
- Thu May 14, 2015 5:51 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 404782
- Sun May 10, 2015 8:13 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 404782
So let's break that down: you're an Avenger of Erathis. Divine Power is a book that is nominally about your character, and your character is pretty much not playable without it. You probably use about 3 of the powers in this book, two of the feats, and a total of 3 paragraphs of world building text...
- Fri May 08, 2015 8:23 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 404782