OT: am playing D&D light and am having fun

[Puke]

oh how i dispise white wolf. i dont know if its because of the writers, or because of the players. i USED to think it was a cool idea, but it kept getting worse and worse as it was added on to, and as it became more and more popular.

how i try to forget that Ars Magica is a distant cousin... such a beautifle, well written, scholarly game is Ars. Fourth Ed. is available as a free download on the web, if you are interested. Go to the Atlas Games website and look for "Free Ars Magica"

[Loser]

Originally posted by Puke:
oh how i dispise white wolf. i dont know if its because of the writers, or because of the players. i USED to think it was a cool idea, but it kept getting worse and worse as it was added on to, and as it became more and more popular.

Did you know they are killing off the enitre World of Darkness?

Yeah, they got tired of the complications and they're pulling the End of the World. I think God did that in the book from which Dave got my avatar.

[Erax]

Stewart Wieck (author of Mage) was a guest at one of our cons, and he's an OK guy. I've been curious about it ever since, but have other priorities for my oh-so-short gaming budget.

But then again, Mage doesn't really mesh into the World of Darkness, and there aren't that many Mage players out there (compared to Vampire players).

And I've never played a Storyteller-line game, not even once. It's like a glaring hole in my gaming history.

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Erax:
Greg - Many good games have been released since the days of FASA's Star Trek. Check out Fading Suns, Ars Magica and (if you like feudal Japan) Sengoku. These are some of the most innovative / well-written / well-researched titles that have been released these Last few years.

The Star Wars D20 system is also quite good, after you get used to the idea of playing Star Wars with levels and classes.

GT - When I said 'group', I meant that as including the DM. He is the most important element of all, I know many people who hate D&D because they started playing with a lousy DM.

Erax, I'm sure there have been quite a few games come out since I stopped playing in the fall of 1993. I had to take on a part-time job and lost contact with my group. NOw I just play the occassional rpg on the computer. It's not the same, however. I miss the interaction of role-playing, even though I'm the shy and quiet type. I think that's one reason I like playing barbarians. I can grunt and then perform some death-defying act. Maybe if some of us who live in the Tampa area could get together....?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Go to the Atlas Games website and look for "Free Ars Magica"

all i saw was a couple of free adventure's.

[deccan]

You should have looked harder:

Free Ars Magica

[narf poit chez BOOM]

well, it took me about an hour, but i finally did it - i rolled up my first character for D&D.

if you don't think that's an accomplishment, you've never read all of the first five chapter's.

neither did i. round about the skills, i started skimming. a LOT of information.

if anyone is actually interested, meet Mr. Unnamed, a 1st level Ranger:

Str: 14
Dex: 15
Con: 13
Int: 13
Wis: 14
Cha: 10
yep, that was my first roll. no rerolls.
HP: 9
AC: 15
longsword, shortsword, longbow.

now, what's the Touch AC, the Flat-Footed AC, and all that stuff about what feats a ranger gains when choosing two-weapons and light or no armor that i ran into in the feats section but didn't see a peep off in the ranger section when i checked?

oh, and thanks deccan.

[ December 18, 2003, 23:10: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]