It is true. The youth such as myself have taken to communicating by forming words in Hangul with zergs while in game so we don't have to alt-tab to get to MSN. ^___^
In all seriousness,... smoke signals. They're the future.
I agree that this book does undermine the creative soul of tabletop gaming, but D20 isn't terrible. Without a fairly solid system, tabletop gaming becomes playing house with a group of sweaty guys.
I don't think it is worth it's cost. I've went through this book and opted out. At it's price point it certainly can't beat the effective utility of scores of existing netbooks with plot points, adventure hooks, and character concepts ready to roll with perhaps some tweaking for edition revision and suiting them to your own campaign. This book should be lower in priority than purchasing new monster manual books or even a campaign book that has much of the information the DMG II has but suited to a specific world. With the monster manual you can create endless possible organizations and societies and slowly introduce new elements by allowing monstrous races. It's ceiling is much higher than one offered by a DMG supplement. What I would find much more useful is better DM screens for groups of varied experience levels.
This is completely different from 3E -> 3.5E. My hesitation to convert was mostly monetary. Buying new books becomes very painful. For the money, an older book of plots and hooks are of greater value and utility. Besides, when you do digging like that, you have a greater chance of surprising a group of experienced players or bringing back feelings of nostalgia. A PC that reads the DMG II may not find the application of the things within the book as impactful as if one was to use old/net books that are distributed blisfully cheap-or-free. Besides... the internet is the best resource. WotC has a random tavern generator, there are a handful of random treasure/npc/town generators. I hope very much that this book doesn't do well. WotC is printing money every month. Accessory books for just about every class at $20+ price points seconds before pumping out new core books and rules is a slap in the face. This isn't a Pokemon card game that WotC is holding randsom, but it's fell into an enterprise structure that treats it like it is. New cards/rules/books = money for rehashing the same thing and enumerating possible ideas and elminating them from creativity. Thanks for CRAFTING a Ninja prestige class for a Medieval-fantasy game. I couldn't have possibly done it myself:|.
No offense, but now that you have gotten away with that and won't likely see any reprocussions to what you have done, do you honestly feel that you would have had the same opinion if you and your family were sued into the street when you were 14?
If it were Japanese pornographic content, their economy would collapse and hundreds of thousands of greasy teenage boys and overweight teenage girls across America will get a check in the mail or at the very least an I.O.U. for a consumer electronic product.
I still feel uncomfortable using winamp for video so I'm still personally bound to WMP. iTunes is an X-trick pony; I say this because I don't know all of its tricks. However, WinAmp is very comfortable to me and I suggest it to anyone I catch using iTunes.
Korea, for one, is full of cybercafes running legit copies of XP, SE is likely aimed at rural China. Keep in mind that this software might hit the spot for educational systems.
:|
Your recycled internet humor doesn't amuse me. This can go in the "In Communist Russia" bin with "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of".
I've personally never played Starcraft yet would bet that a large percentage of you (zerg rush commenters) have.
One more for the road:|
Heh, this is great to see. It tickles me that this article was consequently dug up from more than likely a nice metaphorical archive 'dungeon'.
I can't wait until D&D 3.5 Edition. Druids will change the most, but eh... Min/Max number crunchers will always find fun ways to make ridiculous characters. Thank god for (though intellectual) backwards compatibility.
D&D has really evolved. Some would say for the worst, but it has always been this great, cheap hobby that promotes the imagination, mathematics, and cameraderie. A lot of people misunderstand and look down on Dungeons and Dragons, and I guess it's really refreshing to think that in 1974 that it had gotten a fair review. Pen and paper tabletop games tend to be a great hobby, and I think TSR handing their brainchild to wizards of the coast was for the best.
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so, two koreans walk into a pc bang...
The exclamation point means it is funny!!
It is true. The youth such as myself have taken to communicating by forming words in Hangul with zergs while in game so we don't have to alt-tab to get to MSN. ^___^
In all seriousness, ... smoke signals. They're the future.
the d20 system helps prevent tabletop gaming from being playing house with sweaty dudes. :|
I agree that this book does undermine the creative soul of tabletop gaming, but D20 isn't terrible. Without a fairly solid system, tabletop gaming becomes playing house with a group of sweaty guys.
I don't think it is worth it's cost. I've went through this book and opted out. At it's price point it certainly can't beat the effective utility of scores of existing netbooks with plot points, adventure hooks, and character concepts ready to roll with perhaps some tweaking for edition revision and suiting them to your own campaign. This book should be lower in priority than purchasing new monster manual books or even a campaign book that has much of the information the DMG II has but suited to a specific world. With the monster manual you can create endless possible organizations and societies and slowly introduce new elements by allowing monstrous races. It's ceiling is much higher than one offered by a DMG supplement. What I would find much more useful is better DM screens for groups of varied experience levels.
This is completely different from 3E -> 3.5E. My hesitation to convert was mostly monetary. Buying new books becomes very painful. For the money, an older book of plots and hooks are of greater value and utility. Besides, when you do digging like that, you have a greater chance of surprising a group of experienced players or bringing back feelings of nostalgia. A PC that reads the DMG II may not find the application of the things within the book as impactful as if one was to use old/net books that are distributed blisfully cheap-or-free. Besides... the internet is the best resource. WotC has a random tavern generator, there are a handful of random treasure/npc/town generators. I hope very much that this book doesn't do well. WotC is printing money every month. Accessory books for just about every class at $20+ price points seconds before pumping out new core books and rules is a slap in the face. This isn't a Pokemon card game that WotC is holding randsom, but it's fell into an enterprise structure that treats it like it is. New cards/rules/books = money for rehashing the same thing and enumerating possible ideas and elminating them from creativity. Thanks for CRAFTING a Ninja prestige class for a Medieval-fantasy game. I couldn't have possibly done it myself :|.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/2001No offense, but now that you have gotten away with that and won't likely see any reprocussions to what you have done, do you honestly feel that you would have had the same opinion if you and your family were sued into the street when you were 14?
Brilliant! Recieve outsourced work to create Chinese pornography websites, and then report your employer! In Socialist China, Porno fucks you.
If it were Japanese pornographic content, their economy would collapse and hundreds of thousands of greasy teenage boys and overweight teenage girls across America will get a check in the mail or at the very least an I.O.U. for a consumer electronic product.
It involves 20 sided die, mountain dew, cheetos, and a bag of holding.
But you'd be surprised of the actual distribution of browsers on the getfirefox website! It is, for some reason, contradictory of these results!
sophisticated engineering from the fyoochore! next up: AT-AT, let's make them walk- why not?
When wanting a childhood retreat from the dryness of Bill Nye science, I found much joy in Beakman and his antics. Fact, he should have won.
I still feel uncomfortable using winamp for video so I'm still personally bound to WMP. iTunes is an X-trick pony; I say this because I don't know all of its tricks. However, WinAmp is very comfortable to me and I suggest it to anyone I catch using iTunes.
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that confused me at first, but i think it's asserting that 95 was replaced by office 97. word processors must have been very powerful then :o
get off my internet
Korea, for one, is full of cybercafes running legit copies of XP, SE is likely aimed at rural China. Keep in mind that this software might hit the spot for educational systems.
:| Your recycled internet humor doesn't amuse me. This can go in the "In Communist Russia" bin with "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of". I've personally never played Starcraft yet would bet that a large percentage of you (zerg rush commenters) have. One more for the road :|
heh, All Gollum has received thus-far is a 6 second blurb introduced by George of the Jungle. huzzah
umich = fat pipes. it's a reasonably small file about something that is of a very limited scope of interest.
Might I add,
Go Blue!
Heh, this is great to see. It tickles me that this article was consequently dug up from more than likely a nice metaphorical archive 'dungeon'. I can't wait until D&D 3.5 Edition. Druids will change the most, but eh... Min/Max number crunchers will always find fun ways to make ridiculous characters. Thank god for (though intellectual) backwards compatibility. D&D has really evolved. Some would say for the worst, but it has always been this great, cheap hobby that promotes the imagination, mathematics, and cameraderie. A lot of people misunderstand and look down on Dungeons and Dragons, and I guess it's really refreshing to think that in 1974 that it had gotten a fair review. Pen and paper tabletop games tend to be a great hobby, and I think TSR handing their brainchild to wizards of the coast was for the best.
Think Differe-- BIGGER FASTER BETTER, Must...Catch...Up...
This thing may be able to put in the same category as snood.. however... is, it, as, good? only time (mostly free) will tell.