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I had one GM that had no Magic Marts, in that world a Wiz slips to Tier 2 simply from lacking the tremendous flexibility they have by the availability of spell scrolls. That is not what happens. Wizards don't need anything that they don't come with. Even the standard issue headband of intellect, wh...

The player was playing a black & white paladin perfectly well, and thats partly because the black & white paladin follows the code by rote. Oh it can be played well, but you have to discard a lot of the crap thats the paladins code. By some readings of it, you can't try to redeem evildoers b...

I like to see complex characters in play, and I like to see the characters grow and change from the effects of the story. Sometimes complexity is just an excuse for angst, which I admit, but its the worst and not the best of the trope. Leto the II is a dark character, but certainly not an angsty one.

I don't agree with all of JaronK's designations in the Tiers, but I think the idea of tiers themself is pretty useful. I'd someone needs to be way better at passive-aggressive insults to make me censor my opinions :mrgreen: Yeah. The idea is useful. I think it could be improved first by not just lo...

Hmm, you know, better to demonstrate than talk. Who's up to writing a module for high level players?

You can't RP a crisis of conscience if you don't believe theres a crisis. Said player was a black and white girl. Gave some in game warnings from NPC clerics, and some out of game talks alignment. No dice. Sulre the paladin Fell after she tried to kill the villains daughter to prevent her from resur...

I was promised fallacies, not adjectives. Uggh, you want a classical argument. Alright, give me a bit though, writing a cogent analysis of Alignment will take awhile. Tzor, free will spoils the feasibility of keeping alignments square. Do A get B. Kill orcs, if good. But when exceptions to the rule...

My brain bleeds from your stupidity. Bleed way lad. Gets the clots out. Perhaps the meaning of facetious shall come to you :roll: People don't take JaronK's tier system very seriously over here, or at least I can only assume that's what Kaelik is talking about. Just a bit of history: http://www.tgd...

if you haven't concluded by the silence on the subject, most of us are KnotCutters, and we tend not to play modules. I played one module, Age of Worms for a few sessions, thats was it. It was okay *shrugs*. My games seem to be more enjoyable to my players. Part of it you need to be creative to roll ...

Draco_Argentum wrote:Anyone who can get a job writing rpg modules and do it well could just get a job that pays a lot better doing something else. Its no surprise that the best writers are not churning out modules.

I'd need to see some proof of that. Do you have any figures or facts to back that up?

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Gods_Trick wrote:Naa I like a variety of power levels. Though tier 6's are for some grimdark games.

My brain bleeds from your stupidity.

Bleed way lad. Gets the clots out. Perhaps the meaning of facetious shall come to you

By good do you mean plot, or resiliency in the face too-clever PCs?

I enjoyed Age of Worms but the conclusion is a bit weak.

Gods in D&D are an evil pile of steaming shite IMO, which is part of the problem. The nature of how Alignment works or how specifically BoED deals with it does nothing to address the carboard ethics versus, how did you put it, liberal feel good ethics. Personally I prefer to play LE sociopaths w...

Probably because the opinions you hold aren't the opinions I/we hold, but fair enough. And I agree, 4E does avoid caster supremacy. One of the reasons why I avoid it like herpes: casters were the only thing in 3E that sped up combat! so play Ars Magica. D&D at least pretends to be a party-based...

Actually, I think the fact that the fact that the professionals who designed the game can't make high level adventures work with the powers in the game is a pretty good indication that there are issues. If the level of system mastery required to properly DM high level adventures is "be better ...

My characters can live with the consequnces of wiping out an orc village or two. It means less enemies trying to avenge their parents later, even if the orcs wouldn't go all evil anywa,y worshipping their dark gods. In a world with monsters such as D&D, making sure your species survives is good...

Actually, I think the fact that the fact that the professionals who designed the game can't make high level adventures work with the powers in the game is a pretty good indication that there are issues. If the level of system mastery required to properly DM high level adventures is "be better ...

Probably because the opinions you hold aren't the opinions I/we hold, but fair enough.

And I agree, 4E does avoid caster supremacy. One of the reasons why I avoid it like herpes: casters were the only thing in 3E that sped up combat!

Pointing out 3E flaws in a thread devoted to 4E .... yeah, look into that man. Comparing them on this thread just makes you seem schizophrenic or as icyshadow says, turned on by the flaming.

Addendum: A module where Teleport doesn't ruin the game Swordslinger? Off the top of my head, a arfifact that has been shattered and the pieces randomly planeshift between several sites. You have one piece to start out and can use it to scry where the others are. Don't delay though, the pieces only ...

You have a poor GM if one KnotCut ends the game. Example given, Gandalf rides Giant Eagles to dump Ring. Seriously, I thought 10 seconds before coming up with 2 different in game challenges, and just refluffing some of the threats to be winged. Shorter game than standard since you skip the terrain h...

Most of it was about race in LotR. Wizards where embodied Maiar. High Elves were crazy powerful, up to mini-Maiar. The most impressive person there by the no special Race factor is Aragon, since he will-dueled Sauron with his Palintir and beat him, something that impressed Gandalf. And even thats a ...

Alright, retarded by standards of real world ethics. I demonstrate thusly: Is killing baby orcs Good or Evil? I'll bite, unprovoked killing and killing of defenceless sentient beings is evil. Reason : Because. Because what man? I'll tell you the cynical answer, because we fucking wouldn't want it t...

Dude, you hate 3.5. We get that. We hate PF & 4E.

So why are you flailing in a thread about hating 4E? Cause you know, we hate it?

Wizard =/= spellcasting in LotR. Wizards can cast 'spells', but it a fraction of their abilities. Apparentlywillpower staredowns and spiritual wrassling is part of the mojo. As is talking to animals, making friends elves and studying Hobbitology. JRR was a silly prat wasn't he? Thinking wizards shou...