aren't there elves and orcs and shit in shadowrun though? To where a D&D char might not be horribly out of place
The wine thing is pretty bad in a hilarious way, but all in all you sound pretty That Guy
to be fair when you invite elowin to your game there's a certain level of retardation that you have to expect
I understand (well no I don't but I could accept) favouring a slapstick style of play, but it sounds more like his tomfoolery is to prove something, to maintain a reputation for it at the expense of anything but a very silly campaign
But I've not played with him so what do I know
[QUOTE=Burning_Gray;46070245]So I drew my party, can you guys guess what game we're playing?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/UNSliPT.png[/t][/QUOTE]
Call of Cthulhu? My only guess.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;46071938]aren't there elves and orcs and shit in shadowrun though? To where a D&D char might not be horribly out of place
The wine thing is pretty bad in a hilarious way, but all in all you sound pretty That Guy[/QUOTE]
Having an elf or an orc character is completely standard.
Having a character from an entirely different world, magically turning up in a abandoned wine cellar, in the slums of Seattle, for no discernible reason, in a fucking block of ice, that somehow is completely fine despite spending I don't even know how long in this block of ice, is incredibly, utterly silly.
Doesn't help that some random guy somehow, magically knew that he was there, and decided to hire an entire team of Shadowrunners just to go pick him up, without even telling the team that picking up the guy frozen in a damn block of ice was their job. And again, this is some random ass abandoned building. He could literally just have walked down there and broken the damn block of ice himself, no problem.
And this is happening in a, supposedly, serious game. Like, what.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;46071959]I understand (well no I don't but I could accept) favouring a slapstick style of play, but it sounds more like his tomfoolery is to prove something, to maintain a reputation for it at the expense of anything but a very silly campaign
But I've not played with him so what do I know[/QUOTE]
Exactly. He has a reputation for it. Inviting Elowin to your game and expecting him to act serious when everybody knows he's a goofball is wishful thinking.
Before Elowin came to the campaign I personally had no idea he was a jokester, so it was rather jarring when his solution to all our problems was to ram them with an APC.
I suppose you should preface your attempts to join groups with, "I don't take games very seriously" - probably would've solved a lot of problems.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;46071959]I understand (well no I don't but I could accept) favouring a slapstick style of play, but it sounds more like his tomfoolery is to prove something, to maintain a reputation for it at the expense of anything but a very silly campaign
But I've not played with him so what do I know[/QUOTE]
Nah, I just don't think being serious all the time is any fun. I can be relatively serious in character, but only if the OOC banter is not serious in the slightest.
I try to avoid serious games whenever I can. I just don't find them fun, and I really don't want to just ruin the game for the rest of the group.
And of course, my reputation usually makes people avoid inviting me to more serious games, but, well, not always.
How do you guys play D&D? It's been something I've been wanting to try out for years, but it's so hard to get people I know together to try it out, esp. when we're all total noobs. Do you guys skype it in or something?
[QUOTE=Maloof?;46072064]How do you guys play D&D? It's been something I've been wanting to try out for years, but it's so hard to get people I know together to try it out, esp. when we're all total noobs. Do you guys skype it in or something?[/QUOTE]
Our group uses mumble for voicecoms and Roll20 for dice rolling/IC stuff
It's p. convenient for basically everything except splitting the party/private stuff where it's a bit clunky but why would you ever do that
[QUOTE=Maloof?;46072064]How do you guys play D&D? It's been something I've been wanting to try out for years, but it's so hard to get people I know together to try it out, esp. when we're all total noobs. Do you guys skype it in or something?[/QUOTE]
For starters? Stay the hell away from this thread, it's for your own good.
But yeah, my group uses Skype + Roll20 + Myth weavers
Oh my god that huge post Elowin made I'm dying.
Someone is obviously mad.
The rest of the group enjoyed the short lived Shadowrun campaign and we had a few laughs out of it after you left, it massively improved once we got rid of the Elf running around with weird coloured hair and face paint who only wanted to ram things.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;46072064]How do you guys play D&D? It's been something I've been wanting to try out for years, but it's so hard to get people I know together to try it out, esp. when we're all total noobs. Do you guys skype it in or something?[/QUOTE]
My main method is face to face with my pals, whether playing at the college, over at a friend's house, or playing organized play at a gaming store, but I've always been curious on playing in an extended game online.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;46072103]My main method is face to face with my pals, whether playing at the college, over at a friend's house, or playing organized play at a gaming store, but I've always been curious on playing in an extended game online.[/QUOTE]
Playing face to face is fun, just wish I had enough people IRL who were into DnD.
I did once join a group in a Fanboy 3 store but they were literally all neckbeards apart from the GM.
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;46072071]It's p. convenient for basically everything except splitting the party/private stuff where it's a bit clunky but why would you ever do that[/QUOTE]
As a DM on roll20, if you click and drag someone's name from the bottom left of the screen onto a 'page' in the page tool bar, you can move them (and only them) to that specific page. To have them 'rejoin the group' click and drag their avatar from that page onto the 'Players' bookmark on the pages tool bar.
[URL="https://wiki.roll20.net/Page_Toolbar#Split_the_Party"]https://wiki.roll20.net/Page_Toolbar#Split_the_Party[/URL]
As for private stuff, you could always whisper to the person / they can whisper to you those things. For added security, whisper to them that you've sent them a PM where you can discuss whatever is happening in secret with little risk of the other players finding out, on accident.
[QUOTE=TrannyAlert;46072090]Oh my god that huge post Elowin made I'm dying.
Someone is obviously mad.
The rest of the group enjoyed the short lived Shadowrun campaign and we had a few laughs out of it after you left, it massively improved once we got rid of the Elf running around with weird coloured hair and face paint who only wanted to ram things.[/QUOTE]
someone is obviously mad alright
[QUOTE=Joekirk;46072112]As a DM on roll20, if you click and drag someone's name from the bottom left of the screen onto a 'page' in the page tool bar, you can move them (and only them) to that specific page. To have them 'rejoin the group' click and drag their avatar from that page onto the 'Players' bookmark on the pages tool bar.
[URL="https://wiki.roll20.net/Page_Toolbar#Split_the_Party"]https://wiki.roll20.net/Page_Toolbar#Split_the_Party[/URL]
As for private stuff, you could always whisper to the person / they can whisper to you those things. For added security, whisper to them that you've sent them a PM where you can discuss whatever is happening in secret with little risk of the other players finding out, on accident.[/QUOTE]
Yea I know you can do it, I just think it's clunky
besides, again, you shouldn't split the party
[QUOTE=Baggerbean;46072053]Before Elowin came to the campaign I personally had no idea he was a jokester, so it was rather jarring when his solution to all our problems was to ram them with an APC.
I suppose you should preface your attempts to join groups with, "I don't take games very seriously" - probably would've solved a lot of problems.[/QUOTE]
I thought it was made very clear that I wasn't exactly a very serious guy in the Skype chats we had after I joined the game. And you guys all definitely didn't act like a serious crowd either. Neither before the game, nor during it.
[QUOTE=Twistshock;46072081]For starters? Stay the hell away from this thread, it's for your own good[/QUOTE]
wow
this is extremely subjective
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[QUOTE=TrannyAlert;46072090]Oh my god that huge post Elowin made I'm dying.
Someone is obviously mad.
The rest of the group enjoyed the short lived Shadowrun campaign and we had a few laughs out of it after you left, it massively improved once we got rid of the Elf running around with weird coloured hair and face paint who only wanted to ram things.[/QUOTE]
lol yeah i'm so mad
even though im not even the guy who brought it up in the first place
Hey guys, long time no see. What's going on in this threa-
Oh.
well this shit just went full on drama bomb
my campaigns are always filled with blowjobs and shit, is shadowrun good for that?
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need response
[QUOTE=Te Great Skeeve;46072324]my campaigns are always filled with blowjobs and shit, is shadowrun good for that?
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yes
[QUOTE=M.Ciaster;46072288]well this shit just went full on drama bomb[/QUOTE]
It ain't DnD General if there isn't any drama
[QUOTE=Maloof?;46072064]How do you guys play D&D? It's been something I've been wanting to try out for years, but it's so hard to get people I know together to try it out, esp. when we're all total noobs. Do you guys skype it in or something?[/QUOTE]
Ahoy Maloof, funny seeing you here
Lots of games happen out of this thread, but I have to warn you that it's bloody difficult to get into any in timezones like ours. We should both play in some campaign at some point, make creative work gags, would go famously
what would happen if you snorted the ashes of a pheonix before it reformed
[QUOTE=CQRPSE;46072449]what would happen if you snorted the ashes of a pheonix before it reformed[/QUOTE]
mythologically, it won't rebirth if you separate the ashes, alternatively, you lay an egg
[QUOTE=Te Great Skeeve;46072510]mythologically, it won't rebirth if you separate the ashes, alternatively, you lay an egg[/QUOTE]
Note to self: Do not touch phoenix leftovers around a /d/M.
wtf I need to do this
[quote=wikipedia]using a non-combat spell that creates a temporary mount, several dozen feet above an enemy; hiring several thousand commoners to form a line and use a rule that allows characters pass items to each other immediately to propel objects at railgun speeds.[/quote]
I'm actually in suspense as to what system Burning_gray is playing.
[editline]25th September 2014[/editline]
Also that art rocks, man. Commission?
[editline]25th September 2014[/editline]
Rate me bad reading I just saw you drew it yourself
[QUOTE=Burning_Gray;46070245]So I drew my party, can you guys guess what game we're playing?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/UNSliPT.png[/t][/QUOTE]
FATAL, definitely.
[QUOTE=Te Great Skeeve;46072324]my campaigns are always filled with blowjobs and shit, is shadowrun good for that?
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need response[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it could, slum areas are full of brothels and shit, and you can two kinds of mind fucking with astral and cyber space (there is a VR version of Second Life, it's canon), but the game assumes player characters are either professional or power driven and wouldn't have too much of an interest in things other than making money.
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