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Lord Aramil of Dreadwood writes "Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'"
News for Nerds.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Will it be a DX10/Vista only title?
(Said in jest, not out of ignorance)
Contributing to the prevention of teen pregnancy since 1974! (and not through any fault of the girls either)
The Banjo Players Must Die!
Property is theft.
"Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'
Unfortunately I don't know whether to feel old or cool.
Then it occurred to me, at least with D&D you're actually interacting with real, identifiable people. No griefing, no gold farming, no bots,
You've never played with my group of friends.
When we started out, it was cool...but gradually we introduced new people into our group and now all that's left when I play are a bunch of asian people who barely speak English who just want to stand in one spot in a dungeon I'm running and farm for gold. Some have even just resorted to sending a laptop with canned responses in their stead....so the last time I hosted a D&D group, it was me DMing and 5 laptops sitting around a table.
I think I'm going to give this up soon. But the laptops ARE pretty polite.
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
my scout/assassin, Ropeman the Forger, is going to need a little work.
No Longer a Menace to Society.
Alexandria Morrigan born 2/22/01 l. 20.5in wt. 7 lbs. 5 oz.
Brilliant joke, sir.
"I hope to God clerics got toned back a bit..."
Whose God are you hoping to? The overpowered Cleric's, or yours?
My first Journal Entry ever, in 8 years! http://slashdot.org/journal/365947/aphelion-scifi-fantasy-horror-poetry-webzine
Nonsense. I fondly remember many middle school afternoons playing D&D going into the forest and grinding against gradually larger and larger boars until I eventually hit level 20 and fought dragons.
Isn't that how everyone else played?
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I think I'm going to give this up soon. But the laptops ARE pretty polite.
Buy a couple of Realdolls to sit by the laptops and you'll be gaming with the hottest gang of D&D players in no time!
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
--I'm so big, my sig has its own sig.
-- See?
I agree, out of all the D&D iconic characters, why pick on Mialee? Personally, I get a kick out of the picture on page 85 of the PHB of Lidda holding what looks like a massive joint in her hand looking like she just took a toke off the thing that completely blew her mind.