tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post566701372536452722..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Danger, Adventure, and Bologna Sandwichestrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-73014809403673101682008-05-17T12:01:00.000-05:002008-05-17T12:01:00.000-05:00James: I'm hardly rushing over to Amazon to pre-or...<B>James</B>: I'm hardly rushing over to Amazon to pre-order the collectors edition. But I'll also gather pearls where I can find them.<BR/><BR/><B>jimlotfp</B>: Oh, heavens, no! Of course it does. But while I was in college, I could declare every Saturday between 2 PM and 10 PM (and more often we went on till Midnight or later) D&D time and still get together with folks during the rest of the week. If I did the same thing today, D&D would <I>be</I> my social life. And since I have friends who are odd and don't game, I have to sacrifice a bit of gaming to maintain those connections. <BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-85876140456888929812008-05-17T10:42:00.000-05:002008-05-17T10:42:00.000-05:00The fact that a good DM can run it in a vaguely ol...<I>The fact that a good DM can run it in a vaguely old school fashion says nothing about the game itself, only the DM.</I><BR/><BR/>I can't argue with that. I agree that the tendency for most DM's will be the opposite, since the modern D&D rules encourage and support such a trend.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-79596372689487202912008-05-17T08:00:00.000-05:002008-05-17T08:00:00.000-05:00"and not have to feel like you're abandoning your ..."and not have to feel like you're abandoning your family or throwing your social life under a bus."<BR/><BR/>Getting together with like-minded people to play games you enjoy doesn't count as having a social life?JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-28848864791702480632008-05-17T07:44:00.000-05:002008-05-17T07:44:00.000-05:00When the "culture" of 4e, that is, the actual play...When the "culture" of 4e, that is, the actual play of the game by guys in the RPGA etc., embraces this kind of thinking, then I'll believe that Mearls isn't just using smoke and mirrors here. Any RPG can be played this way, contrary to the intent of the rules, and everything we've seen so far suggests that 4e is about overcoming mechanical "challenges" perfectly scaled to your party's power, which in turn is perfectly scaled to a predetermined level and rate of progression. The fact that a good DM can run it in a vaguely old school fashion says nothing about the game itself, only the DM.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-91795409210987957462008-05-17T06:18:00.000-05:002008-05-17T06:18:00.000-05:00Three Cheers for real role-playing! Mike also seem...Three Cheers for real role-playing! Mike also seems to have embraced the fact that while rolling dice for success or failure is acceptable, it never actually replaces logic and role-playing. <BR/><BR/>Good stuff.<BR/><BR/>~ShamSham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.com