tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post4147502956989217140..comments2024-03-28T17:27:58.052-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: Since Nobody Asked Me...Here's My Type VZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-58517757787248797382012-04-11T15:20:08.229-07:002012-04-11T15:20:08.229-07:00I've been away for a year, I come back and you...I've been away for a year, I come back and you are in awesome shape! I salute you!squidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486198900111225929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-11522304373452328442012-01-22T16:23:18.772-08:002012-01-22T16:23:18.772-08:00who am i to turn down more randomness?who am i to turn down more randomness?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-53846068023522278592012-01-22T16:18:59.997-08:002012-01-22T16:18:59.997-08:00Looks like my comment got eaten. Anyway, looking a...Looks like my comment got eaten. Anyway, looking at this it occurs to me that some folks won't want to pick - it'll seem artificial or unexciting to them, or new players might not have a good sense of what they want. So for each list add an option like "roll a die of the appropriate size (d6 for 6 option lists, d8 for 8 option lists, etc.) and take the option it indicates. Ignore the limitations on how often you can take an option if you get it by rolling."<br /><br />That gives players a way to be surprised by character advancement within limits they set (they're still choosing class and don't have to roll for all their picks), while still giving them a reason to try rolling.Alan Zabarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172314049466218842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-55459352517820760562012-01-14T01:06:56.010-08:002012-01-14T01:06:56.010-08:00I didn't see anything on the magic system. Lea...I didn't see anything on the magic system. Leave it the same?<br /><br />I have to admit: I'm not as much of a fan that every class, once you get pass the special affects, seems a copy. Magic users doing just as much damage as fighters (fairness) and vice versa. That balance thing. I used to enjoy unbalanced classes.Rocco Priveterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476582007096772828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-80556321635064414022012-01-12T01:20:30.313-08:002012-01-12T01:20:30.313-08:00re Steveman's edition warrior thing: I've ...re Steveman's edition warrior thing: I've been re-reading and watching Hitchhikers with my kids and it strikes me Douglas Adams did something very clever by making every version of the story significantly different in its details - first it keeps me interested in each iteration, second it prevents any hint of edition warring. So the radio series is different from the books is different from the TV series. So then the film comes out and it's different. So what? <br /><br />I guess games are different because you have to actually use them. Still, if each game contained different monsters, spells, treasure etc then people might welcome the variations rather than resenting themrichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-75343375851381685202011-11-25T12:47:51.265-08:002011-11-25T12:47:51.265-08:00Seriously, just make me a Vornheim Player's gu...Seriously, just make me a Vornheim Player's guide. Re-name a few things to avoid WotC lawsuits, throw in some original Smith art and awesome monster designs and that's like an insta-buy from me.<br /><br />I just think your Vornheimien strange-ness would give such awesome character to the book, it's rare to find DnD products with actual soul and personality.spikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429845269865401908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-56224142969125332762011-11-22T19:09:28.896-08:002011-11-22T19:09:28.896-08:00I'd be totally on board with Nalfeshnee.I'd be totally on board with Nalfeshnee.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-14773676826050489962011-11-22T18:47:24.682-08:002011-11-22T18:47:24.682-08:00If I could really affect the gaming community as m...If I could really affect the gaming community as much as you seem to think, I'd like to get it so we're calling it Nalfeshnee.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-85409490076369591982011-11-22T18:45:50.279-08:002011-11-22T18:45:50.279-08:00Plus "4e" and "4th ed" are no ...Plus "4e" and "4th ed" are no more the game's "proper" (your word) name than Type IV is. It's just a convention. The game's called Dungeons & Dragons--which is confusing, since that's like 9 different games.<br /><br />So we use nicknames. Mine just happens to be more accurate and funnier than everyone else's.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-25505319634283169672011-11-22T18:40:39.921-08:002011-11-22T18:40:39.921-08:00@steveman
I know from long experience that people...@steveman<br /><br />I know from long experience that people who read this blog actually do really Edition war nearly every time I bring up 4th ed. I know, I read my comments.<br /><br />I know from experience I can do things, rhetorically, that affect the tiny group of people who read my blog and make it easier for me to have this conversation I have here, I can't do things that affect the whole gaming community.<br /><br />Plus I care way more about whether I can have conversations that make sense on my own blog than about the "schism in the fantasy gaming community". Maybe that makes me a sociopath, but I don't think so.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-7232192174080459022011-11-22T16:39:33.610-08:002011-11-22T16:39:33.610-08:00I do apologize for projecting my own pet peeve fro...I do apologize for projecting my own pet peeve from the OSR fandom onto you. However, you are, whether you want to acknowledge it or not, adding to the schism within the gaming community by not calling Dungeons and Dragons 4th-edition by its name.<br /><br />Other than the humorous throwback to classic Demons, I think your reasoning is greatly flawed, your content has very little for antagonistic people to latch on. Being mostly amusing and/or useful system-neutral GM tools and various brain droppings. And of course your support for the Flailsnails convention - which I thank you for introducing me to.<br /><br />I firmly believe that if more people would the various iterations of D&D, including the ones without the trademarked name on them, by their rightful names it would go a long way in helping to close the schism in the fantasy gaming internet community.Stevemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905321533886675786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-80532834702240086312011-11-22T00:20:10.927-08:002011-11-22T00:20:10.927-08:00@steveman
I do not use the term "Type V"...@steveman<br /><br />I do not use the term "Type V" because I don't like 4e. I do like 4e.<br /><br />Please don't make up facts and then complain to me about your interpretation of them.<br /><br />Here is me liking it: <br /><br />http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2010/11/type-4.html<br /><br />I call it "Type IV" because I think calling all the editions by "type" names makes them sound like MM demons which is funny.<br /><br />I also do it as an ANTI-edition warring measure because I think people who read my blog would argue about it less if they saw it as one of several -versions- of D&D rather than as the "latest edition" (which suggests progress in a way they feel inclined to bitch about even when it's off-topic).<br /><br />______<br /><br />So here's the part where you go "Oh, obviously, I'm sorry I assumed, I will try not to do that in the future"Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-22424600012361909782011-11-21T22:36:15.747-08:002011-11-21T22:36:15.747-08:00Overall, I am digging your idea. Its not old-schoo...Overall, I am digging your idea. Its not old-school enough for me to adopt, but I would gladly pick up a full fleshed out rulebook that covers a system like this that has had extensive playtsting.<br /><br />However, something is digging at me, and its not just you, its all over the place in the worlds of retro-D&D. All of this "Type IV"/"Type V" crap is pedantic and insulting. <br /><br />Yes, we get you don't like the current iteration or the handling of it for the last decade and a half - crap I don't, and I don't like any of the more popular alternatives on the actual gamestore shelves. But that does not stop it from being D&D. To make a totally blown out of proportion but mostly equitable comparison. Its like refusing to refer the United States of America by its name simply because the last two presidents are incompetent and have lead us down the wrong path. You may believe it is true, but it does not change anything.Stevemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905321533886675786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-7540481210670285112011-11-20T22:58:33.398-08:002011-11-20T22:58:33.398-08:00@sevenelves
excellent.
good luck@sevenelves<br /><br />excellent.<br /><br />good luckZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-33223594224079453562011-11-20T22:15:55.547-08:002011-11-20T22:15:55.547-08:00Yes, Zak, I understand that the numbers don't ...Yes, Zak, I understand that the numbers don't mesh properly with anything that currently exists.<br /><br />But I'm not in the habit of waiting for wizards & have been hacking D&D for 10 years now.<br /><br />I just stumbled the whole OSR RPG blog scene a month ago ... wow.<br /><br />again, thank you.Sean Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895309112013960336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-3093885307659590122011-11-20T19:52:45.149-08:002011-11-20T19:52:45.149-08:00@sevenelves
I haven't used much of this hack ...@sevenelves<br /><br />I haven't used much of this hack yet. Mostly because the numbers don't quite scale with the spells and monsters from any version of the game.<br /><br />I want WOTC to do this (not me) because it needs a whole game behind it to function properly. Each version of the game is built on top of the PC progression numbers. You can't just use this with the AD&D, d20, or 4e monsters and spells and expect it to work without hacking the other building blocks too.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-84791079168811595582011-11-20T19:17:45.887-08:002011-11-20T19:17:45.887-08:00Hey Zak,
Thanks for rocking my world.. again.
Stol...Hey Zak,<br />Thanks for rocking my world.. again.<br />Stolen with a smile and now I'm gonna have to re-hack my hack: <br />YEEEE HA hahahaha.Sean Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895309112013960336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-69009582586781071912011-11-20T09:13:07.075-08:002011-11-20T09:13:07.075-08:00Unrelated but of supreme importance:
You've s...<b>Unrelated but of supreme importance:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://sciborminiatures.com/pow.php?absol=1&co=i/2011/big/mutant_giant_snail_01.jpg" rel="nofollow">You've seen this, right?</a>huthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502682297320819595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-87647480676323433562011-11-20T03:35:03.792-08:002011-11-20T03:35:03.792-08:00"Who ARE you?"
"I'm Batman.&qu..."Who ARE you?"<br /><br />"I'm Batman."Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-91256705662774019832011-11-20T03:30:27.468-08:002011-11-20T03:30:27.468-08:00RE: the warlord
Thank Grodd there's someone e...RE: the warlord<br /><br />Thank Grodd there's someone else who understands why sucky classes are such a hoot. For similar fun, try this: Play a game with point-based chargen and use only 50 or 75% of the points. It drives the minmaxers crazy when you can still run the board.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-61648449245272455332011-11-19T20:50:51.867-08:002011-11-19T20:50:51.867-08:00Aw, thanks aaron! Be well, guy.Aw, thanks aaron! Be well, guy.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-54944369254005090322011-11-19T19:26:37.969-08:002011-11-19T19:26:37.969-08:00Hello Zak, this comment is pretty much totally unr...Hello Zak, this comment is pretty much totally unrelated to the actual post above, but yo I just watched Episode 24 of Axe and the snake idea is fucking BRILLIANT. Best episode so far! (Also I like Mandy's paisley mug from the same episode. Also also, I was starting at Cooper the year you graduated and always remembered and liked your drawings from then. You are one of my heroes on many fronts. Sorry if I am kissing ass too hard.)<br /><br />Best,<br />AaronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-79049535207017697532011-11-19T08:48:41.454-08:002011-11-19T08:48:41.454-08:00Since no one mentioned it: Dragon Age RPG kinda do...Since no one mentioned it: Dragon Age RPG kinda does it this way. It's like modernized AD&D but it uses 3d6 instead of d20. There's only Warrior, Thief and Mage classes but you get to choose your abilities and talents.Pekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104355467265113471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-75205775175241717902011-11-19T07:50:22.797-08:002011-11-19T07:50:22.797-08:00@john
Yes.@john<br /><br />Yes.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-15112973471234872082011-11-19T07:49:33.243-08:002011-11-19T07:49:33.243-08:00Is the point of having different classes in this s...Is the point of having different classes in this system solely to preserve cross-compatibility between editions)? Because if you can take a level in anything, and if each class level is on a "pick your prize" basis, you've done away with classes in all but name.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.com