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D&D Shadow Over Mystara

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntqBsj_h4u4

Anyone played this? I've heard of it years ago but never bothered to look it up until now.

I think I'll skip straight to Dragon's Crown.
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I bought it; there's a Chronicles of Mystara which combines the two games.

Dragon's crown reminds me a lot of it. The Mystara games were surprisingly deep; everyone had a moveset (like you can power attack by pressing forward + attack).

They have branching paths, the second game has special lootable equipment (like a cursed sword. If a cleric tries to pick it up 8 times, he breaks the curse and it becomes a Paladin's sword and automagically slays most undead).

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Re: D&D Shadow Over Mystara

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sigma999 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntqBsj_h4u4

Anyone played this? I've heard of it years ago but never bothered to look it up until now.

I think I'll skip straight to Dragon's Crown.
Get both, both are fun.

Shadow over Mystara is easier to get into as there's no character point building like Dragon's Crown.
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They're both fun games, aye, but the second one has a whole lot of 2E "DM Dick Extension characters railroading you in the ass", which results in a wonderful divide of great gameplay and a terrible, terrible shit-ass story.
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