@waxeagle @besw need some mentor advice, should i post a question related to 5e that I had and then later answered for myself through study?

That sounds like an excellent use of the Answer your own question ticky box.

Right

I figured and its there

and I figure it will def be a question neophytes to rpgs who pick up 5e or just anyone who glosses over the rules to fast might not immediately see

@waxeagle @gmnoob Im probably going to post a 5e question about whether two weapon fighting fighter or great weapon fighter (with a maul or greatsword) deals more damage aboud would love for one of you to answer with all the dicey math you did for me to help answer that question in chat (Unrelated to this other question I am discussing above)

@besw thank you for your advice

@TheOracle @JoshuaAslanSmith So, are they sending you three copies of the core books?

lol dem tags

I was like "Oh noes! 5E is a meaningless term here!"

hahaha

I dont know why it did that but it did

@grubermensch myself and the two others have our own pre-starter kit mini raffle to decide which of us gets a copy of the PHB seperate from the other PHB raffle

the 4th bullet point

the 2 of us who dont get that copy of PHB can compete for the general PHB raffle copy

cant wait to get my starter kit and launch in.

Yeah I saw that. So what is it that our benevolent overlords have gotten advance copies of for you then?

the starter kit

Ah. So, quasi-advance then.

I think the raffle makes sense given how expensive the books will be though I do think getting the DMG or MM without having the other books is problematic

yeah mine came yesterday to my parents house (my address is not a safe site to ship packages) and I just havent gotten out to pick it up

@JoshuaAslanSmith PHB is kind of a must-have, so I don't think this is that much of a problem.

@waxeagle @gmnoob for next wednesday's article what do you gents think about an overview of potential Campaign Settings from previous editions we hope/think/dare-to-dream will be released for 5e

I do find it a little weird that the raffle chances are awarded for asking questions and not for answering.

But that's probably just because I'm an answerer, not an asker.

the goal is for we as a community to have enough questions that when people search for answers they are getting rpg.se vs WOTC forums or GITPG forums

by asking questions we have from basic and the starter kit ahead of time we're laying the foundation for users coming here

obviously answering any questions that come up is important as well but I think they are trying to generate a legitimate body of questions as a foundation/spine for the rest of the 5e questions to grow out of.

though I am not Grace or one of RPG.SE's mods so I cant comment on that for certain

Yeah I see that motivation.

also having those questions already in existence by skilled current users will help avoid a slew of low quality questions on the same topic or at least have a dupe to point to to close for

this reminds me I need to make a signup sheet for the 5e starter kit game on roll20 I promised

@JoshuaAslanSmith This is a good point that I had not considered.

and now I must cook dinner

talk to you later

@JoshuaAslanSmith Well said.

So, I've never made or run a true Cthulhu Mythos adventure before.

Plenty of Mythos inspiration went into my 4e campaign, but... any system-agnostic suggestions/tips/pointers/links for Cthulhu Mythos adventures?

@BESW make sure your PCs start with at least some mythos knowledge, hooks are harder to comeby if they don't...the one game we ran was...frustrating, inexperienced DM plus lack of system knowledge...I don't know if it would be something you're interested in, but D20monkey's Insmouth Garden Society arcs are worth a look

I'm running a one-shot.... tomorrow, using Cthulhu Dark.

I'm reading Mxy's essay on horror in role-playing.

I'd welcome any discussion about it.

In other news, typhooooon.

Well, tropical depression.

@DampeS8N Randomly came across this. Have you considered listing TBC on Meetup.com?

Nvm.

@Metool The Bronze Coin is @DampeS8N's gamer guild. It occured to me he might attract more people by listing it.

@Metool Take a gander at the Not A Bar.

I'm good.

No, I mean this, which is unrelated to other topics.

Yesssssss.