@waxeagle i totally forgot the family Easter event this weekend, but the post should be up tonight! I'm also presenting the design for Meta, so it's taking a bit longer
In D&D 4th edition most official adventures have encounters that come with lists of treasure items and their values.
Example (not a great one but you get the idea):
Polished Ruby (250gp)
My question is how do the players now much something is worth, are they just generally familiar with ...
thank you for your helpful suggestions in the design brainstorming post.
I am very excited to present to the community the design I've been working on. The overall look and feel I'm going after is a warm and welcoming theme that reflects tabletop RPG gaming. It should capture the visual element...
In the name of Greater Good my Lawful Good character sacrificed an Avoral Guardinal. This happened in Occipitus -layer 507 of the Abyss- which he now controls as its Demon Lord. My character has gained the power to make a Wish (in game terms cast a Wish Spell) and is going to use it to bring thi...
What is a good scaling ratio for parties with more than 5 player characters?
I've seen the effects in another 4e game of "force multiplier" effect that 7 players have, so the straight scaling from 5 PC's - 5 monsters to 7 PC's - 7 monsters isn't valid, i.e. the players breeze through the encount...
of course the mockups don't include all the details yet. they do however provide a good idea of the overall look and feel.
I wanted to include a mockup of the User Profiles page too, but I figured it'd be easier for me just to design it in CSS when I convert the site design.
@waxeagle oh you know what? I was confused. because I see you here in rpg chat and on rpg site a lot. then i saw your chat msg in Teacher Lounge, I just assumed you were a rpg mod.
@balpha hang on, basically saying "we have trouble supporting chat games from a major genre because we don't support one of the most essential dice types" is not necessary? That doesn't compute.
In all seriousness, the dice where thought as a nice little easter egg, nothing more. If you can make a point for d10 and d4, I may make them my graduation gift :) But I really don't understand the need for them. Also, do you guys actually play here in chat?
I'm making a simple, slightly comedic home-brew RPG where a lot of the characters' base stats are randomized for comedic effect. This includes the characters age. (So you can have a ridiculously strong 90 year old woman or a very intelligent 5 year old). However I want the game to be able to be p...
Hopefully by now you've seen Jin's Awesome Design for RPG.se, so you know we're moving toward a launch. The question is, how can we make the launch as successful as possible? How and where can we promote this launch?
In all seriousness, the dice where thought as a nice little easter egg, nothing more. If you can make a point for d10 and d4, I may make them my graduation gift :) But I really don't understand the need for them. Also, do you guys actually play here in chat?
Also how well do your boys read? How is their math? a DDI subscription is probably a good idea...(btw we have some really good stuff on getting kicked up with 4e)
I have one really good reader (5th grade +) and the other is getting there (the second grader is right on grade level) but both are really good at math.
(there is a compendium button, you enter your DDI information and then you have access). its pretty neat, doesn't have full support yet, but its quite solid otherwise.
My son isn't nearly old enough to try it with yet, he knows his letters and numbers, but won't have a math level near strong enough for a couple of years yet (he's 3 1/2)
@AnthonyPotts man, you're going to have an entire party soon :)
@CRoss this seems to be the latest on playtest per enworld
> "...beginning sometime in the spring, we will begin open playtesting. Through our web site, we will release a growing set of rules, classes, monsters and other materials for your study and feedback. "
Chaos Scar looks pretty good, lots of little things to do. I'm thinking I might have them reroll though. I was going to start them out at level 5...but if I have them start smaller they can learn with simpler stuff.
@AnthonyPotts yes, start at L1, start as simple as possible, I've just taken a group through the first Chaos Scar adventure and its quite good (although tone it down a bit if its just the two of them). Strongly recommend essentials classes.
(thief, knight, cavalier, slayer, mage(discouraged), hunter, scout, warpriest etc), the class options when you select New as opposed to custom.
@AnthonyPotts buyer beware though, answers may involve math and potentially graph theory... and if he's in a really good mood a-b testing on your kids :P
In D&D 4th edition most official adventures have encounters that come with lists of treasure items and their values.
Example (not a great one but you get the idea):
Polished Ruby (250gp)
My question is how do the players now much something is worth, are they just generally familiar with ...
Hopefully by now you've seen Jin's Awesome Design for RPG.se, so you know we're moving toward a launch. The question is, how can we make the launch as successful as possible? How and where can we promote this launch?
