[QUOTE=Rents;40419452]Abandoned it.[/QUOTE]
Damn, I was kind of expecting that answer. Oh well, maybe it's time to learn how to GM myself?
[QUOTE=M.Ciaster;40429327]Damn, I was kind of expecting that answer. Oh well, maybe it's time to learn how to GM myself?[/QUOTE]
There's not really much to learn, just smoke some crack and try to remember what your name is.
[QUOTE=M.Ciaster;40429327]Damn, I was kind of expecting that answer. Oh well, maybe it's time to learn how to GM myself?[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I'm bad with stories, for this Pathfinder game I've talked a friend into being in charge of all the story stuff while I handle rules, combat, character progression, etc. :v:
[QUOTE=Rents;40430756]Sorry, I'm bad with stories, for this Pathfinder game I've talked a friend into being in charge of all the story stuff while I handle rules, combat, character progression, etc. :v:[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't worry about plot too much if I were you, nine times out of ten your players will completely blow it out of the water within minutes of starting anyway.
Especially when you play with people from FP.
Except maybe Disco.
[QUOTE=elowin;40431228]I wouldn't worry about plot too much if I were you, nine times out of ten your players will completely blow it out of the water within minutes of starting anyway.
Especially when you play with people from FP.
Except maybe Disco.[/QUOTE]
Love you too, Elly-Welly~
I managed to make a good enough roll that my GM let me punch down a wall during a Dark Heresy game. For context, we were at a house party hosted by a rich widowed heiress. One of our party members chatted up a woman and was with her in another part of the manor when a large contingent of a PMC turned up and started butchering guests. My characters logic was that he didn't want to let him die "happier than me." Considering I fumbled every other roll during that session, that felt good.
[QUOTE=Rents;40430756]Sorry, I'm bad with stories, for this Pathfinder game I've talked a friend into being in charge of all the story stuff while I handle rules, combat, character progression, etc. :v:[/QUOTE]
Sent a PM about joining, not sure if it actually sent because it didn't turn up in my sent items.
[QUOTE=snake eye;40431890]Sent a PM about joining, not sure if it actually sent because it didn't turn up in my sent items.[/QUOTE]
I didn't get it, so no, but all I really need to know is if you're free on sundays, european evenings/american afternoons, and if you know how to play Pathfinder or D&D 3.5
[QUOTE=Rents;40431926]I didn't get it, so no, but all I really need to know is if you're free on sundays, european evenings/american afternoons, and if you know how to play Pathfinder or D&D 3.5[/QUOTE]
I'm in England, and can definitely do Sunday evenings. I also do know Pathfinder, if you'll have me I'll start writing up my character whenever you need.
[QUOTE=snake eye;40432323]I'm in England, and can definitely do Sunday evenings. I also do know Pathfinder, if you'll have me I'll start writing up my character whenever you need.[/QUOTE]
I'm just seeing who's interested so far, but I've got plenty of interest so I'm going to be picking players over the weekend/monday and likely playing the first session next sunday.
Hopefully I'll be able to get into FP games when summer rolls around. I've actually ended up DM'ing more than I've actually played the game. Some one-off 3-4 hour games, and never had a game last more than 2 sessions (I believe), except for the one I'm currently DM'ing that I have posted about a handful of times.
[QUOTE=snake eye;40431890]I managed to make a good enough roll that my GM let me punch down a wall during a Dark Heresy game. For context, we were at a house party hosted by a rich widowed heiress. One of our party members chatted up a woman and was with her in another part of the manor when a large contingent of a PMC turned up and started butchering guests. My characters logic was that he didn't want to let him die "happier than me." Considering I fumbled every other roll during that session, that felt good.[/QUOTE]
Last Monday in my Warhammer game I managed to drop kick two guards in the chest so hard that they died instantly. For context, my character is 12 feet tall (mutant) and has 73 strength.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;40431555]Love you too, Elly-Welly~[/QUOTE]
You say the campaign was too silly and you were the one who has reading porn mags during combat.
[editline]26th April 2013[/editline]
In character
To all 3 of you that have played Eclipse Phase/know about it, they have the kickstarter for Transhuman, which is the player's guide.
[url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/507486226/transhuman-the-eclipse-phase-players-guide[/url]
[quote]Transhuman is a player's handbook for Eclipse Phase, full of optional and additional rules and advice. [B]Most importantly, It features two new alternative and simplified character generation systems for Eclipse Phase. One of these uses pre-created packages to build characters, and the other builds off that system but uses random elements to add twists. These systems are designed to make it quick and easy to create a new character or for gamemasters to whip up NPCs as needed.
[/B]
Transhuman covers different types of Eclipse Phase characters in detail: AGIs, asyncs, infomorphs, uplifts, infugees, and indentures. In addition to roleplaying advice and optional rules for these specific character types, other elements of the game that affect characters such as insanity, death and memory loss, psychosurgery, nanofabrication, and reputation are explored.
The final section goes in depth on morphs. It starts with rules for creating your own morphs and then goes on to cover some brand new morphs to Eclipse Phase. It closes with a section on exotic and specialized morphs, such as flexbots, swarmanoids, aquatic morphs, and using bots, vehicles, habitats, and other non-traditional constructs as morphs.[/quote]
YES. Finally the monstrosity that is Eclipse Phase character generation will be liberated! Maybe then I can make an actual effort to get the Facepunch Eclipse Phase game going again
you do know we have a decently sized EP game that's about to start this sunday
:x
[editline]26th April 2013[/editline]
BUT either way the handbook looks really neato, i've come to love the horrifying mess that is EP's char gen though. You just need to set aside an hour with a pen and paper and bam, you've got a nice hot character, right outta the oven
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;40435351]you do know we have a decently sized EP game that's about to start this sunday
:x[/quote]
I wonder if any of those players say they came from another Facepunch Eclipse Phase game that crashed and burned. I wonder
wonder
wonder
Seriously though, fuck in a seashell. Lemme in on that game if a player drops out, I'd like to either play my Jovian soldier dude or my Consortium Oversight character
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;40435546]I wonder if any of those players say they came from another Facepunch Eclipse Phase game that crashed and burned. I wonder
wonder
wonder
Seriously though, fuck in a seashell. Lemme in on that game if a player drops out, I'd like to either play my Jovian soldier dude or my Consortium Oversight character[/QUOTE]
ok
Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get started with D&D?
I've been a fan of RPG's since childhood, had an uncle who played D&D around my age too, but I somehow never got into it myself, and I'd love to learn how. It sounds like a great way to kill some time with friends.
[QUOTE=elevate;40437348]Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get started with D&D?
I've been a fan of RPG's since childhood, had an uncle who played D&D around my age too, but I somehow never got into it myself, and I'd love to learn how. It sounds like a great way to kill some time with friends.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTk4s8TcRAmSvZtbwmfsQwE0islYJ5u2VufncnEJdBJhjx7D8CI[/img]
[quote]In some subcultures, dueling has been a popular fad for almost a decade. Swords, knives, and pistols firing single-shot soft lead bullets are all popular choices, because none of these weapons poses any threat to a cortical stack and most do not instantly kill someone hit by them. However, there are other more exotic options, including aerial duels with microlights fitted with blades on their wings.[/quote]
Eclipse Phase confirmed for most radical system
wait sword duels are an actual thing that exist popularly?
I think I'll put that as my second occupation, duelist.
Well, I have like ten people wanting to play in this PF game :v:
Way more than I was expecting, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to figure out who I'll disappoint over the weekend. Going to keep a note of people who wanted to play though, if someone can't make games, loses interest or turns out to be a cunt I'll be asking the people I didn't pick before looking for anyone else.
The campaign that I've been making those recap posts about has ended. We got to the bottom of a dungeon and the DM accidentally threw monsters at us that were a wee bit too powerful. Not that it mattered to him, it was announced that it was going to be his last session as DM.
There was an orc shaman trying to do a ritual, and we deemed him a bigger threat than the two orcs guarding him. Me and and ally tanked the two enemies, and the rest of the team ruined the shaman's day. Apparently the DM was planning on the entirety of the story for that night being planned on that shaman finishing his ritual. His allies began attacking with the intent to kill us. I summoned a plant wall to give everyone cover, and our warlock crit missed a bolt of lightning and zapped one of the plants, setting the cover on fire. While this was going down, one of them had moved away and oneshot our wizard, and then both of them turned their attention to our dwarven druid. Our druid knew he had no chance to get away, so he consumed the rest of his alcohol and tried to tackle one of the enemies into the fire. He rolled a 1 and stumbled past the enemy and flopped into the fire, and all the built up alcohol and gas in him made him combust from the inside.
3 of us escaped, but our new DM (who was a player with us in the last one, he survived it along with our warlock and I) is making us reroll our characters.
Having done enough as a tank, I am now going to reroll as a Bard Changeling, our old druid is coming back as a Half-Orc Monk, and our Warlock is coming back as a Warforged Paladin (who he is going to play as a trickster). Our new dm hasn't told us what his rerolled character is going to be, and our old DM as well as our wizard dropped from the group until further notice, since their schedule conflicted with us regularly because we are on opposite coasts.
[QUOTE=elevate;40437348]Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get started with D&D?
I've been a fan of RPG's since childhood, had an uncle who played D&D around my age too, but I somehow never got into it myself, and I'd love to learn how. It sounds like a great way to kill some time with friends.[/QUOTE]
Well, assuming that you both A: Don't have any friends who would actually be interested in trying this with you, and B: Are not willing to shell out a bunch of money on books, your best bet would be to find a group online, and get familiar with the rules for either D&D 3.5e, or Pathfinder, as they both have all the rules for free completely legally [url=http://www.d20srd.org/]here[/url] and [url=www.d20pfsrd.com/]here[/url] respectively.
Really, the big problem is finding a group to play with, even on the internet it's difficult to find a good one, ofcourse you could try to see if you could get into one of the games that are run by people here on FP, but generally they get filled up pretty damn fast.
Ofcourse, if you do actually know some people who would be interested in playing with you, that's not a problem.
And if you are willing to shell out the big bucks for the books... I would still reccommend getting either 3.5e or Pathfinder, older editions are nearly impossible to find players for, and I have a personal bias against 4e.
By the way, Pathfinder is sort of like an upgraded version of 3.5e, and really you should just use Pathfinder.
[url]http://www.d20pfsrd.com/[/url]
That's the proper link for the free rules on Pathfinder.
[QUOTE=Rats808;40438393][url]http://www.d20pfsrd.com/[/url]
That's the proper link for the free rules on Pathfinder.[/QUOTE]
woops I linked the same page twice.
thanks for pointing that out.
fixed it now.
[QUOTE=elowin;40438005]Well, assuming that you both A: Don't have any friends who would actually be interested in trying this with you, and B: Are not willing to shell out a bunch of money on books, your best bet would be to find a group online, and get familiar with the rules for either D&D 3.5e, or Pathfinder, as they both have all the rules for free completely legally [url=http://www.d20srd.org/]here[/url] and [url=www.d20pfsrd.com/]here[/url] respectively.
Really, the big problem is finding a group to play with, even on the internet it's difficult to find a good one, ofcourse you could try to see if you could get into one of the games that are run by people here on FP, but generally they get filled up pretty damn fast.
Ofcourse, if you do actually know some people who would be interested in playing with you, that's not a problem.
And if you are willing to shell out the big bucks for the books... I would still reccommend getting either 3.5e or Pathfinder, older editions are nearly impossible to find players for, and I have a personal bias against 4e.
By the way, Pathfinder is sort of like an upgraded version of 3.5e, and really you should just use Pathfinder.[/QUOTE]
if 3.5 is LOTR, Pathfinder is Witcher
I consider pathfinder to be D&D 3.75
[editline]27th April 2013[/editline]
In a good way
[QUOTE=elevate;40437348]Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get started with D&D?
I've been a fan of RPG's since childhood, had an uncle who played D&D around my age too, but I somehow never got into it myself, and I'd love to learn how. It sounds like a great way to kill some time with friends.[/QUOTE]
Since's no one is going to bother trying to make a case for heretical 4e, I guess I better try
Pathfinder and 3.5 definitely have an edge in that they have SRDs, whereas with 4e you either have to buy the books or pirate them. But 4e is also what got many people into D&D in general, including myself. It's very easy to run as a DM and equally easy as a player. Some people like to argue that 4e somehow hinders roleplaying, or that you can't play an open world sandbox game, which is a crock of demon shit because I ran a Neverwinter game that was completely sandbox and was based on political intrigue rather than hack and slash, and it went just fine.
And if you do have some money to spare, say 10 bucks a month, then D&D Insider actually does give some pretty good support, especially the Character Creator. Whipping up a character, or looking up a monster, magical item or rule doesn't take that long at all. Just prowl around for some pirated 4e books and you'll be set.
I've never liked 3.5, and while I think Pathfinder is a solid system with even more solid support from Paizo (freakin' love the adventure paths), it can be intimidating to get into. Creating a character takes time, but thanks to the excellent support of the SRD you have a lot of stuff to choose from and have virtually the entire Pathfinder material at your fingertips.
And finally, this one's probably the most heretical thing any D&D player can say, but I never liked the alignment system and how much it restricts you in Pathfinder. In 4e, the number of alignments has fallen, and it doesn't really have an effect on gameplay anymore, which I think is good. I really hate having to have endless debates with people about whether this action or that action was neutral evil or chaotic neutral, etc. etc. I could really give less of a damn
In a nutshell: don't just look at 3.5 and Pathfinder, look at 4e as well. Also look at D&D Next, the playtest materials are free and while other people might object to this, I personally like the direction that Next is going.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;40441595]Since's no one is going to bother trying to make a case for heretical 4e, I guess I better try
Pathfinder and 3.5 definitely have an edge in that they have SRDs, whereas with 4e you either have to buy the books or pirate them. But 4e is also what got many people into D&D in general, including myself. It's very easy to run as a DM and equally easy as a player. Some people like to argue that 4e somehow hinders roleplaying, or that you can't play an open world sandbox game, which is a crock of demon shit because I ran a Neverwinter game that was completely sandbox and was based on political intrigue rather than hack and slash, and it went just fine.
And if you do have some money to spare, say 10 bucks a month, then D&D Insider actually does give some pretty good support, especially the Character Creator. Whipping up a character, or looking up a monster, magical item or rule doesn't take that long at all. Just prowl around for some pirated 4e books and you'll be set.
I've never liked 3.5, and while I think Pathfinder is a solid system with even more solid support from Paizo (freakin' love the adventure paths), it can be intimidating to get into. Creating a character takes time, but thanks to the excellent support of the SRD you have a lot of stuff to choose from and have virtually the entire Pathfinder material at your fingertips.
And finally, this one's probably the most heretical thing any D&D player can say, but I never liked the alignment system and how much it restricts you in Pathfinder. In 4e, the number of alignments has fallen, and it doesn't really have an effect on gameplay anymore, which I think is good. I really hate having to have endless debates with people about whether this action or that action was neutral evil or chaotic neutral, etc. etc. I could really give less of a damn
In a nutshell: don't just look at 3.5 and Pathfinder, look at 4e as well. Also look at D&D Next, the playtest materials are free and while other people might object to this, I personally like the direction that Next is going.[/QUOTE]
to add to this a bit as another 4e player: D&D insider is really awesome but the current character builder is online only, which is slightly sucky because with the older offline builder you can actually mod in homebrew content if you want to
and yeah, while the rules might not specifically encourage roleplaying as much as other editions it's still 100% up to the DM to dictate how much of their game will be based around roleplaying (check out any youtube videos you find of chris perkins DMing, he's a great example of a DM that encourages roleplaying in 4e)
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;40441595]Since's no one is going to bother trying to make a case for heretical 4e, I guess I better try
Pathfinder and 3.5 definitely have an edge in that they have SRDs, whereas with 4e you either have to buy the books or pirate them. But 4e is also what got many people into D&D in general, including myself. It's very easy to run as a DM and equally easy as a player. Some people like to argue that 4e somehow hinders roleplaying, or that you can't play an open world sandbox game, which is a crock of demon shit because I ran a Neverwinter game that was completely sandbox and was based on political intrigue rather than hack and slash, and it went just fine.
And if you do have some money to spare, say 10 bucks a month, then D&D Insider actually does give some pretty good support, especially the Character Creator. Whipping up a character, or looking up a monster, magical item or rule doesn't take that long at all. Just prowl around for some pirated 4e books and you'll be set.
I've never liked 3.5, and while I think Pathfinder is a solid system with even more solid support from Paizo (freakin' love the adventure paths), it can be intimidating to get into. Creating a character takes time, but thanks to the excellent support of the SRD you have a lot of stuff to choose from and have virtually the entire Pathfinder material at your fingertips.
And finally, this one's probably the most heretical thing any D&D player can say, but I never liked the alignment system and how much it restricts you in Pathfinder. In 4e, the number of alignments has fallen, and it doesn't really have an effect on gameplay anymore, which I think is good. I really hate having to have endless debates with people about whether this action or that action was neutral evil or chaotic neutral, etc. etc. I could really give less of a damn
In a nutshell: don't just look at 3.5 and Pathfinder, look at 4e as well. Also look at D&D Next, the playtest materials are free and while other people might object to this, I personally like the direction that Next is going.[/QUOTE]
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