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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on May 20, 2023 21:30:56 GMT -5
I was in a group for a while, but the DM couldn't run the game for a few weeks, and it just collapsed.
I would like to play again, but it isn't popular where I live and finding an in-person group is hard. And playing online is also tricky because of time differences.
It was a lot of fun when I did play it.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on May 20, 2023 21:41:03 GMT -5
Haven't played for a long time.
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Post by schma on May 20, 2023 21:48:04 GMT -5
I started playing D&D in I think the summer of 2004. It was 3.5. I had played a couple times in high school but there was always some asshat in the group that made the experience unbearable. In university I found a great group and we still play nearly 20 years later.
I've played 3.5, 4, PF1 and 5th. I have books for PF2 and would like to try it at some point. Haven't really had the opportunity to branch out beyond those systems.
I've had a lot of great times, but sadly with my work schedule I don't get a lot of chances to play these days. At the end of the day though, your group will make or break the experience as much as any system will.
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Post by schma on May 20, 2023 21:52:02 GMT -5
Actually listening to Critical Role's soundtracks and getting ready for tonight's session. Trying to wrap up out Pathfinder 1e Tyrant's Grasp adventure so we can move this group onto DnD. My eyes bleed every time I need to figure out grappling rules or look up special abilities of some creatures. I'll take opposing Athletic or acrobatic checks over these rules. There's a flowchart for grapples that helps. I don't know where to find it right at this moment but it will probably save you some headaches.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 20, 2023 22:09:59 GMT -5
Actually listening to Critical Role's soundtracks and getting ready for tonight's session. Trying to wrap up out Pathfinder 1e Tyrant's Grasp adventure so we can move this group onto DnD. My eyes bleed every time I need to figure out grappling rules or look up special abilities of some creatures. I'll take opposing Athletic or acrobatic checks over these rules. There's a flowchart for grapples that helps. I don't know where to find it right at this moment but it will probably save you some headaches. Oh I have them, but so much of Pathfinder's combat maneuver rules are just overly complicated.
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Post by schma on May 20, 2023 22:42:08 GMT -5
There's a flowchart for grapples that helps. I don't know where to find it right at this moment but it will probably save you some headaches. Oh I have them, but so much of Pathfinder's combat maneuver rules are just overly complicated. Yeah, as much I love that you can make just about any idea work in Pathfinder, it gets bogged down in itself a bit too much sometimes. It's partly why I'd love to try PF2e. 5e is fun but a bit too shallow. I feel like PF2 might be a nice balance.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on May 21, 2023 1:14:38 GMT -5
It’s been too long for me. I’ve thought about trying to join one of the local groups, but the most recent stuff I have is 3.5 edition. I know nothing about the last two editions. I’d played a few Star Wars RPGs and MechWarrior/BattleTech more recently.
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Post by schma on May 21, 2023 1:41:24 GMT -5
It’s been too long for me. I’ve thought about trying to join one of the local groups, but the most recent stuff I have is 3.5 edition. I know nothing about the last two editions. I’d played a few Star Wars RPGs and MechWarrior/BattleTech more recently. 5th edition is quite easy to pick up. A big part of the game design behind it was making it more accessible. Some folks don't like the more simplified streamlined rules, but it works. D&D is played by more people now than ever. For a lot of people 4th edition is basically the one they pretend never existed. 1st edition of Pathfinder was actually a refinement of the 3.5 system (often referred to informally as 3.75). That said, nowadays there are plenty of groups willing to take someone on who's been out of the game for a while.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 21, 2023 2:00:04 GMT -5
It’s been too long for me. I’ve thought about trying to join one of the local groups, but the most recent stuff I have is 3.5 edition. I know nothing about the last two editions. I’d played a few Star Wars RPGs and MechWarrior/BattleTech more recently. 5th edition is quite easy to pick up. A big part of the game design behind it was making it more accessible. Some folks don't like the more simplified streamlined rules, but it works. D&D is played by more people now than ever. For a lot of people 4th edition is basically the one they pretend never existed. 1st edition of Pathfinder was actually a refinement of the 3.5 system (often referred to informally as 3.75). That said, nowadays there are plenty of groups willing to take someone on who's been out of the game for a while. Yeah, 5e is a much more simplified version of 3.5. They cut as much of the fat off as possible... at times it does feel like they cut off a bit too much but D&D is more popular now than it ever has been so people have had an easier time getting into it so there is that. But it is absolutely the most pick up and play version of the game there has ever been. 4E is basically the edition that almost nobody liked. There are some that did... and there are some that like some of the weirder rules but didn't like the overall system... but the response to it was overwhelmingly negative. So much so that Paizo basically reprinted 3.5 as Pathfinder and it became more popular than 4e.
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Post by Starshine on May 21, 2023 6:44:42 GMT -5
Yup, had my game on today. We're actually doing a travelling pro wrestling show sort of thing.
I'm also planning on running my own Blades in the Dark and Scum and Villainy campaigns in the near future as well.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 21, 2023 6:54:58 GMT -5
Pathfinder Master Race checking in. been playing since I was a kid.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 21, 2023 11:22:47 GMT -5
Pathfinder Master Race checking in. been playing since I was a kid. thanks you just made me feel ancient >_> dang kids and their music.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 21, 2023 12:18:36 GMT -5
Pathfinder Master Race checking in. been playing since I was a kid. thanks you just made me feel ancient >_> dang kids and their music. Oh no. No no no no. I meant I'd been playing D&D since I was a kid, started with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons when I was 11 or 12 🤣
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Post by darbus alan on May 21, 2023 12:42:06 GMT -5
I saw some clips of Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) playing D&D for the first time yesterday with fellow Picard cast and crew including DM Todd Stashwick, Mica Burton, and showrunner Terry Matalas. They were playing in Todd's "nerd lair." That thing was insane and Todd seems like an amazing DM.
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Post by FinalGwen on May 21, 2023 12:55:10 GMT -5
Been going through a Strixhaven campaign gradually with three friends, and it's been a ton of fun so far. My DM knows us all really well and so is able to tailor the frameworks the book offers into really fun sessions and also go off the rails sometimes as well. We're about halfway through the third year of the storyline so far, and can't wait to see where it goes. Currently playing as a really fun eladrin-turned-dhampir warlock, with the 'Dean Of The Vein' Valentin as her undead patron. Having the patron as an actual character who she can see frequently in the setting adds a really fun dimension to the role, especially when they come into conflict. Also been gradually chipping away at designing my own setting, which is a lot of work but really rewarding. The central concept has a continent with some traditional D&D creatures and elements appearing over mid-90s Earth escaping an apocalypse in a parallel reality, and how that changes the world. Took two friends through a first contact scenario with their characters exploring the continent, which went really well, and soon gonna be doing another run with a few more players jumping 30 years after that point. Actually very interested in running the Strixhaven setting one day. Currently running the Call of the Nether Deep adventure but my fiance has been nudging me to run Strixhaven one day. Being a forever DM can be very exhausting when trying to accommodate everyone's desires lol Seems like Strixhaven has got a lot of flack from the community at large for not having as much depth in the campaign sourcebook in terms of directing each session, but it's one of those things that really thrives from being able to improvise with a group and see where it takes you, so how much people click with it probably depends on what kind of play they prefer. Hope it works out for you! And yeah, my friend Manny who runs that campaign does a lot of DMing for various groups so I'm always quite glad to run things so he can actually be in the regular party for once.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 21, 2023 13:09:32 GMT -5
I saw some clips of Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) playing D&D for the first time yesterday with fellow Picard cast and crew including DM Todd Stashwick, Mica Burton, and showrunner Terry Matalas. They were playing in Todd's "nerd lair." That thing was insane and Todd seems like an amazing DM. I saw those! Todd's set up is amazing. I long to have a set up half as good one day. Hell, the table with the digital screen for the map is on my bucket list.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 21, 2023 15:03:14 GMT -5
thanks you just made me feel ancient >_> dang kids and their music. Oh no. No no no no. I meant I'd been playing D&D since I was a kid, started with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons when I was 11 or 12 🤣 Ok thats different I read it as pathfinder since you were a kid... And I'm sure someone has that which oof
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 21, 2023 16:00:21 GMT -5
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Post by peaches1 on May 21, 2023 16:44:18 GMT -5
My friends and I played the Holmes Basic set and 1st edition AD&D. We moved onto other genres and games (Marvel Superheroes, Cyberpunk, and BattleTech/Mechwarrior being the most commonly used). By college we had given up the hobby. Tried getting into 5e a couple years back online without much success.
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Post by ippondropkick on May 23, 2023 23:20:05 GMT -5
I started playing D&D in I think the summer of 2004. It was 3.5. I had played a couple times in high school but there was always some asshat in the group that made the experience unbearable. In university I found a great group and we still play nearly 20 years later. I've played 3.5, 4, PF1 and 5th. I have books for PF2 and would like to try it at some point. Haven't really had the opportunity to branch out beyond those systems. I've had a lot of great times, but sadly with my work schedule I don't get a lot of chances to play these days. At the end of the day though, your group will make or break the experience as much as any system will. I miss 3.5. Still, to me, the best edition of the game. You could build ANYTHING. Was it crunchy? Absolutely. You could spend a lot of time on numbers. But my god, you could get up to some nonsense in that game. High level gameplay was absolutely insane. 5th edition is great, but it feels like the whole game falls apart around level 12.
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