[QUOTE=NanoSquid;39882270]If anyone wants to DM that beginner campaign, PM me or add me on Steam.[/QUOTE]
Hope you manage to find one, not a lot of people want to/are capable of DMing.
Last week, in my quest to avoid playing Pathfinder/D&D-ish games for a while now, a friend of mine said he wanted to run a homebrew setting using Pathfinder rules. I mean this guy put a lot of effort into it: made some brilliantly-made maps, fleshed out quite a bit of NPCs, and had an overarching storyline while still not railroading the PCs.
I kinda fell for his dedication and expressed interest in playing. The next day, other players showed up.
Now before I go any further, let me tell you about a certain group of people at my college. They're nerds. Oh, not the "normal" nerds, as much as an oxymoron that is. The "normal" nerds are into geeky stuff like D&D, Magic, Warhammer while being at least somewhat socially active, yadda yadda you get the deal. These guys are basically savages who leave a disgusting mess in the Student Commons, are obnoxiously loud, and have incredibly dramatic and "LOL SO RANDUMB XD" loud discussions on current politics, and Harry Potter. Seriously, these fuckers talk about stuff that's obviously provocative like Sandy Hook, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, etc. at nearly the top of their voices so everyone can hear them.
I don't know how to explain what they are. Shunned by nerds and normal people alike. Most of everyone I know just calls them "Mongoloids".
Two of the other players were Mongoloids. One was playing as a catfolk paladin, and was a known furry who was really into the erotic shit. I wasn't particularly bothered by the furry part. I know a few awesome guys who draw that kinda stuff. But this guy had a...er, reputation. A well known one. Something involving looking at something in the computer lab during classes, I don't know the exact details.
Another was playing as a homosexual half-demon, half-dragon drow rogue. I really, really didn't care about the homosexual part. Whichever way you or your character swings, I don't care. But the fact that he [I]specifically pointed it out multiple times[/I] is what got me.
I tried to be polite. I really did. But the minute the half-whatever drow player started talking about how his "mutations in certain areas" let him be more of an expert at "certain stuff", I literally fucking lost it. Basically I told him how that was literally the worst character I ever heard and he's an awful person for thinking it up, and told my friend, "have fun with your game full of socially awkward savages", and stayed in the library for the rest of the day.
Now I really feel bad since my friend really wanted to show off all the hard work he put into the setting, especially to myself and another mutual friend of ours, who was similarly disgusted at the other two players. :(
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;39886081]Last week, in my quest to avoid playing Pathfinder/D&D-ish games for a while now, a friend of mine said he wanted to run a homebrew setting using Pathfinder rules. I mean this guy put a lot of effort into it: made some brilliantly-made maps, fleshed out quite a bit of NPCs, and had an overarching storyline while still not railroading the PCs.
I kinda fell for his dedication and expressed interest in playing. The next day, other players showed up.
Now before I go any further, let me tell you about a certain group of people at my college. They're nerds. Oh, not the "normal" nerds, as much as an oxymoron that is. The "normal" nerds are into geeky stuff like D&D, Magic, Warhammer while being at least somewhat socially active, yadda yadda you get the deal. These guys are basically savages who leave a disgusting mess in the Student Commons, are obnoxiously loud, and have incredibly dramatic and "LOL SO RANDUMB XD" loud discussions on current politics, and Harry Potter. Seriously, these fuckers talk about stuff that's obviously provocative like Sandy Hook, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, etc. at nearly the top of their voices so everyone can hear them.
I don't know how to explain what they are. Shunned by nerds and normal people alike. Most of everyone I know just calls them "Mongoloids".
Two of the other players were Mongoloids. One was playing as a catfolk paladin, and was a known furry who was really into the erotic shit. I wasn't particularly bothered by the furry part. I know a few awesome guys who draw that kinda stuff. But this guy had a...er, reputation. A well known one. Something involving looking at something in the computer lab during classes, I don't know the exact details.
Another was playing as a homosexual half-demon, half-dragon drow rogue. I really, really didn't care about the homosexual part. Whichever way you or your character swings, I don't care. But the fact that he [I]specifically pointed it out multiple times[/I] is what got me.
I tried to be polite. I really did. But the minute the half-whatever drow player started talking about how his "mutations in certain areas" let him be more of an expert at "certain stuff", I literally fucking lost it. Basically I told him how that was literally the worst character I ever heard and he's an awful person for thinking it up, and told my friend, "have fun with your game full of socially awkward savages", and stayed in the library for the rest of the day.
Now I really feel bad since my friend really wanted to show off all the hard work he put into the setting, especially to myself and another mutual friend of ours, who was similarly disgusted at the other two players. :([/QUOTE]
This is why I haven't attempted to get into a DnD group at my college. I know there are decent people who play, but I fear if I go out searching for players, the only people who will answer are those kind of people.
I know of one guy at my college that has a terrible neckbeard, wears a dress/skirt + shirt 2 sizes too large + bright red fedora almost every day. I know him and his similarly awkward group play.
Damn you guys have it hard, thankfully we don't have any kind of retards like that around here, all the people that play D&D are pretty cool guys, may be because I'm in a Videogame Design course, so we're all kind of "nerds" while still being socially active, it's a great combination having the best of both worlds in you.
[QUOTE=DeanWinchester;39882283]There's only 2 ways a 4 sided dice could work, because it's basically a 3-sided pyramid:
1. A number on each face, the face that lies down is the result.
2. 3 numbers on each face:
- Face 1: Has numbers 2, 3 and 4
- Face 2: Has numbers 1, 3 and 4
- Face 3: Has numbers 1, 2 and 4
- Face 4: Has numbers 1, 2 and 3
With each number adjacent to its respective face. Say you're looking at face 1, to it's right you have face 2, to it's left you have face 3 and under it you have face 4, meaning no matter how it lands, the number facing up on that face will be the same on all the exposed faces, and that's the number you want. This just takes out the inconvenience of having to lift the dice to look at what number ended up facing down (or look at the others and figure out which one is missing).[/QUOTE]
...I still don't get it.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;39888676]...I still don't get it.[/QUOTE]
the numbers that are on the top tip of the pyramid is the answer you get.
if you look at the vertical sides where the top point is you'll see the number.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;39888676]...I still don't get it.[/QUOTE]
The number that's the right side up is the result of the roll.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;39888676]...I still don't get it.[/QUOTE]
If your die is like this
[t]http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/JumboD4.gif[/t]
Then the top number, 4 in this case, is what it landed on.
If it's like this
[t]http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server4800/70184/products/728/images/663/d4_op_bl__21542.1341801044.1280.1280.jpg[/t]
Then the bottom number, 3 in this case, is what it landed on.
I've only ever seen dice where it's the bottom number but yeah, the nubmer with the right side up counts.
I guess I went a little overboard with my explanations, but yeah, to put it simply if you don't have a dice that only has a single number on each face (in which case it's the side facing the table, the one it landed on) then it's the number that isn't rotated, which will be the same in all faces because it refers to the face that it landed on.
[QUOTE=Newbienice99;39886338]This is why I haven't attempted to get into a DnD group at my college. I know there are decent people who play, but I fear if I go out searching for players, the only people who will answer are those kind of people.
I know of one guy at my college that has a terrible neckbeard, wears a dress/skirt + shirt 2 sizes too large + bright red fedora almost every day. I know him and his similarly awkward group play.[/QUOTE]
I'm afraid of actively searching for players at college for the same reason, too. Some of my friends keep recommending I setup a reddit ad for D&D on our college reddit page, but it's really the last thing I want to do since sometimes you get some really odd people out of the woodwork.
I think the best thing to do is try to teach your interested friends. Unfortunately, that sometimes means they're half-hearted about playing. But if they get into it, it's a real blast and they'll keep coming back to play.
[editline]12th March 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;39886081]
Now I really feel bad since my friend really wanted to show off all the hard work he put into the setting, especially to myself and another mutual friend of ours, who was similarly disgusted at the other two players. :([/QUOTE]
You should apologize to him and tell him you really appreciate all of the hard work, but you just cannot stand the rest of the players.
Either way, he'll probably understand and appreciate your interest. But you did the right thing, and you have a much stronger mental will than I do :v:. If someone even mentions furries, I'm about ready to bolt out of the room.
Ohh, I see what you're saying now. Thanks for trying several times to explain it.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;39886081][b][i]half-demon, half-dragon drow[/b][/i][/QUOTE]
how
[QUOTE=elowin;39889758]how[/QUOTE]
By the power of Mary-Sue
[QUOTE=Reimu;39884274]After successfully killing Corbitt with his .32 revolver, Electrical Consultant Philip Chandler Brown proceeded to angrily confront the Landlord about the house's flesh-bound books, rat issue, bloody mess, and magical happenings.
When the police proceeded to arrest him, he started firing, while our other PC, Ted, escaped from the hospital (despite his infected injuries from Corbitt), stole an ambulance with his 99% disguise skill, rammed it into the local bar, and joined Philip in the shootout.
By the time everything was finished, they needed a full police force just to run the two investigators down to the Asylum.[/QUOTE]
Call of Cthulhu isn't about winning, it's about how spectacularly you lose.
[QUOTE=Reimu;39889564]I'm afraid of actively searching for players at college for the same reason, too. Some of my friends keep recommending I setup a reddit ad for D&D on our college reddit page, but it's really the last thing I want to do since sometimes you get some really odd people out of the woodwork.
I think the best thing to do is try to teach your interested friends. Unfortunately, that sometimes means they're half-hearted about playing. But if they get into it, it's a real blast and they'll keep coming back to play.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm just hesitant about being DM for a game I have never played before.
But I do know that within 7 weeks time, I will have at least played it. My "Interactive Storytelling" class actually requires you to play at least one 5 hour session of Pathfinder as homework. So I'll end up playing with some classmates that are also new (except the DM), and might/might not be that into it. Maybe if they end up liking it too, I will have some people to play regularly with.
My local area doesn't have a thriving 'nerd' community, no offline games for me. :(
[QUOTE=Newbienice99;39890148]Yeah, I'm just hesitant about being DM for a game I have never played before.
But I do know that within 7 weeks time, I will have at least played it. My "Interactive Storytelling" class actually requires you to play at least one 5 hour session of Pathfinder as homework. So I'll end up playing with some classmates that are also new (except the DM), and might/might not be that into it. Maybe if they end up liking it too, I will have some people to play regularly with.[/QUOTE]
that's the coolest fucking class, wow.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;39886081]half-demon, half-dragon drow rogue[/QUOTE]
Half Demon
Half Dragon
All Cheese
[editline]12th March 2013[/editline]
Hope he was using a spiked-chain. Gotta do it right.
[QUOTE=Rents;39890064]Call of Cthulhu isn't about winning, it's about how spectacularly you lose.[/QUOTE]
Oddly enough, I actually wanted to keep the investigators alive when they were facing Corbitt, since there were only two and one of them pretty much fell unconscious the moment the battle started (that said, one of my first moves after nearly killing Ted was to use dominate on Philip. Phil got really lucky that the dice rolled in his favor, haha).
That said, the way the campaign ultimately ended was perfect. I thought they were just dicking around, but I realized afterwards that, in that situation, that's EXACTLY how Philip would've acted. He was already losing his shit by the time he found the flesh-bound book, and he lost pretty much 1/7 of his sanity by the time the game had ended. Regardless of the fact that the landlord was a good-natured and friendly fellow, he nearly got both of the investigators killed, and he probably would've been shot to death if either of them went any more insane.
[QUOTE=Newbienice99;39890148]Yeah, I'm just hesitant about being DM for a game I have never played before.
But I do know that within 7 weeks time, I will have at least played it. My "Interactive Storytelling" class actually requires you to play at least one 5 hour session of Pathfinder as homework. So I'll end up playing with some classmates that are also new (except the DM), and might/might not be that into it. Maybe if they end up liking it too, I will have some people to play regularly with.[/QUOTE]
That's okay. I did that with D&D and CoC, and while it's hard to manage the flow with constantly referencing the rules, it comes together pretty fast. New players don't really mind if you have to keep looking up the rules, since they're usually just as clueless as you :v:.
Also, that's really cool! I wish I had that at my school, haha. I might actually recommend it to my 21st Cent Lit professor - the same one I played Fallout 3 for. However, as in my experience with "teaching" my friends to play Fallout 3 for lecture, sometimes kids just want to rush through the experience for the grade/in-class discussion. So forced RPing is either a blast or embarrassingly frustrating to teach.
Just posting again to say we're still looking for a DM to handle a 5-PC game of online Pathfinder. Mostly beginners to PnP games but we have a couple who have played before and we've all got flexible schedules. Thanks in advance if anyone's interested!
[QUOTE=elowin;39889758]how[/QUOTE]
Extra chromosones.
Huzzah, I just found out that one of my good friends plays DnD, so I have a group to play with next time they start a campaign. I don't have to worry about creepy people!
I just got an extra modifier point on my intelligence, so I have 10 extra skillpoints. (Fighter 6 / Cleric 2 dwarf).
Now, the one important question is, should I spend my skillpoints on:
1. Jump, Balance, Climb, Swim, etc that I have problems doing in heavy armor
2. 10 points in Perform (Comedy)
[QUOTE=NotAName;39921806]I just got an extra modifier point on my intelligence, so I have 10 extra skillpoints. (Fighter 6 / Cleric 2 dwarf).
Now, the one important question is, should I spend my skillpoints on:
1. Jump, Balance, Climb, Swim, etc that I have problems doing in heavy armor
2. 10 points in Perform (Comedy)[/QUOTE]
Put all your points ever into comedy, shit's OP as fuck
Was google searching 'comedy dnd', and it brought me to this video
[url]http://vimeo.com/39114507[/url]
When I link it between video tags it starts playing the audio when the page is loaded.
[QUOTE=NanoSquid;39902942]Just posting again to say we're still looking for a DM to handle a 5-PC game of online Pathfinder. Mostly beginners to PnP games but we have a couple who have played before and we've all got flexible schedules. Thanks in advance if anyone's interested![/QUOTE]
What time you planning on playing?
[QUOTE=elowin;39923938]What time you planning on playing?[/QUOTE]
Man, if this game is even HALF as good as your famous Mutants & Masterminds, those players are in for a treat.
[QUOTE=elowin;39923938]What time you planning on playing?[/QUOTE]
We already found a DM, and we're playing on Sundays
[sp]but personally I'd be up to play another game with you too <3[/sp]
[QUOTE=NanoSquid;39925901]We already found a DM, and we're playing on Sundays
[sp]but personally I'd be up to play another game with you too <3[/sp][/QUOTE]
I don't think so, i'm a pretty shite DM to be honest.
Really I was just hoping to play with you guys, but I guess 5 players is already a lot.
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