Well you could try pregenerating some characters and letting the group choose from them. They havent played so the do not know what to do. Do not put a gunslinger in the pile. Let them play a few games then if one or more wants to create new characters now that the see how the game is played i...
This answer gave me a horrible idea. a party of D&D clerics who refused to adventure. The entire campaign becomes a RP game of Sim-Temple...how horrible would that be
Wow, you'd think that feral kitty would hate me after yesterday (it biting me, me moving it inside and bathing it) (s)he just spent 10 minutes rubbing h(er/is) face all over mine
@waxeagle I often do this. My phone's character cap is enough for a sentence or two or normal/decent size. After that it rolls into another message. It is not uncommon for me to end up sending it split amongst 3 or 4 messages
@waxeagle I'm a dog guy, so this is definitely an experience.
My lady has been bugging me for a cat since we moved in together. So she is thrilled that I relented to rescuing this poor thing. (Though, I couldn't just leave it there... I have a bleeding heart when it comes to animals of all kinds)
@GPierce exactly. Its begging for someone to come along and fill in the other half. Oh well, I am certain that someone who knows rituals well will come along and give it a proper answer. I don't have the time to sit down with the compendium (I also don't really have the know how)
Most of the time, monsters are Bloodied when they reach half their HP or so, and become Unconscious and Dying (forced to make death saving throws) when they reach 0 HP remaining. Unless, of course, the player declares non-lethal damage for the last hit, in which case they're just Unconscious.
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@GPierce I have a feeling our current L1 group partly evil group might just feed monsters healing potions so we can kill them again :). Our DM gave us 24 before we even did anything...
I also have my potions scale.. Because it sucks to be a fighter with a surge value of 13 and have to spend a surge to only regain 10 hp from a potion..
@GPierce ah, but thats part of the issue, its an action economy item, it costs money and hp to use for a fighter, givign up their standard which is more useful elsewhere. For a wizard they have other action options but they may regain more hp.
@GPierce I will say that now that our characters are L7 an HP is a terrible choice for my fighter. its just over half a surge value and I can almost always get healing from the cleric
@GPierce no you can't ours is a beam templar. I loved my warlord, but I gave him up when we got enough players that I didn't have to play 2 characters anymore
@waxeagle I have a love affair with both the Bard and the Warlord, I'll admit it. Though, I've found my preference for roles is Controller followed by Leader
@DForck42 New name for the old PHB1 Cleric
@DForck42 Because the Essentials-line Warpriest is technically a Cleric, too, and this way the Templar and Warpriest both fall under the Cleric umbrella. Nothing mechanical has really changed, just the name.
@DForck42 Instead of releasing a new book called "Class Compendium" they are releasing updates to all of the PHB1 classes in Dragon magazine. in addition they have renamed them in order to distinguish them more easily from the new Essentials classes
Fighter -> Weaponmaster (Essentials Slayer and knight)
We have decent coverage since the german games explosion, but anything started before that needs to be hugely popular (like Axis&Allies) to attract many questions
@waxeagle Our answer rate is very good, getting the questions is the hard part
a lot of the older games have really decent FAQ's already, so there isn't a huge need I guess
@waxeagle What's the difference between CCG and TCG? I know what they each stand for.. but are they not the same thing? You trade in CCGs and collect in TCGs... Are they not interchangable
@PatLudwig I played it once and had a blast. I got it last xmas and have yet to crack it open to run my own. The tome that is the rule book is both awesome and overwhelming
@GPierce I have all the expansions, and its become a bit much to play. I need to sit down and devise a better system to get the game up and running quicker. In some ways I miss only having the main set or a couple expansions!
@PatLudwig We played with 2 of the expansions and it was a little beyond my range at the time (first time playing it and having never read the rules) But it was still a blast. I'm hoping just the main game will go smoother
@GPierce The main game is significantly easier. The expansions add difficulty. It's better to play the main game at least a couple times to figure out how things go.
sometimes you still lose though. The Great Old Ones can be devious
@waxeagle I guess... I put the kitten up in the guest bath and let them out of the master bedroom and they attacked me with their noses and are now sniffing under the guest bath door
@waxeagle Well, heelers are herding/working dogs. They were bred with Dingos to make them more aggressive, actually. They make great guard/security dogs and are loyal to a tee. Somewhat high energy, but my 4 year old is just fine as long as we take him to the park once a week.
@CRoss Aussie Sheps are also herding/working dogs, so again potentially high energy. But the boxer mellows her out a little, I think. Then again, she is a puppy and puppy = high energy
@waxeagle Ha, the mutt is more prone to chase cars than he is. He's actually fairly docile unless he is at the park and then he tries to herd other dogs. It's hilarious.
@CRoss Ranger? If we are talking D&D classes I will take it, my Dwarven friend. (your words, not mine :) )
@GPierce that sounds like a trip. We had some kind of herding breed that hung around the college I worked at/went to, he constantly tried to herd cars, he ended up with a bum leg for a while...
@waxeagle That's sad about the bum leg. My heeler is easily the best dog I've ever had. Smartest too. The mutt.. well that's a different story. Mutts are very polarizing, very smart or very dumb. She's dumb. Sweet as sin, but dumb.
Alright gents, I'm off of here, too. I've got to play house-husband for a bit and try to convince the lady to go running this evening so I can run and "spend time with her"... Women...
@BrianBallsunStanton Yeah, I agree that'd be best. And there are a few ones I'm curious about in action. (Animal Master and Wizard's Apprentice for example)
I wish my internet would be more reliable tonight.. I hate my ISP
Sigh, I need to reset my router... for the 5th time today. Netflix just cut out on me. I'm getting off of here, I'll talk to you later buddy, good luck packing!
Well you could try pregenerating some characters and letting the group choose from them. They havent played so the do not know what to do. Do not put a gunslinger in the pile. Let them play a few games then if one or more wants to create new characters now that the see how the game is played i...
