Dungeons and Dragons ! It's gonna happen!

• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-08 02:33
  Well, I've been playing with Maptools for a few hours now, and I've watched all the tutorials. It seems like that would be the best way to go, but we still need to test it and make sure that all the connecting and such works properly. Thanks for finding it. :O
• Episkey wrote on 2012-01-08 02:39

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  You have to remember that furries are constantly complaining about not having money for rent, food and bills. This is because 95% of their yearly income goes to buying furry art and conventions. Even if you don't like furries, if you have the skills to do it they are good for business. Lol.

  
  
  Oh well. My knowledge of such things are limited :oops:
  I guess it's okay, since it's what they want to spend their money on ... but I can only imagine some of the subject matter >.<
  
  Then again, This is all role-playing after all. For all I know, our DM can have five dragons appear out of nowhere. That would end our little adventure pretty quickly. At least Mathii said that he was a nice DM :skip:
  
  

  Quote from Nithiel;726907:

  Well, I've been playing with Maptools for a few hours now, and I've watched all the tutorials. It seems like that would be the best way to go, but we still need to test it and make sure that all the connecting and such works properly. Thanks for finding it. :O

  
  
  Oh thanks! I'm glad you looked it up. I really think if it all works out, It'll be a great experience.
• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-08 03:02

  Quote from Episkey;726916:

  For all I know, our DM can have five dragons appear out of nowhere. That would end our little adventure pretty quickly.

  
  
  Only if they are having a bad day, but it does happen. :p
• Shanghai wrote on 2012-01-08 03:09
  http://www.goblinscomic.com/dungeon-master-tips/
  
  These seem like they'd be good pointers and advice for our DMs here to make the experience better. The owner of the website does a web-comic based on a group of goblins who decide it upon themselves to take classes and levels like any other adventuring party. Violence and chaos ensues. His art-style is definitely unique... I can say that.
• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-08 03:21

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  http://www.goblinscomic.com/dungeon-master-tips/
  
  These seem like they'd be good pointers and advice for our DMs here to make the experience better. The owner of the website does a web-comic based on a group of goblins who decide it upon themselves to take classes and levels like any other adventuring party. Violence and chaos ensues. His art-style is definitely unique... I can say that.

  
  
  Those are indeed some useful tips, and the comic sounds amusing too. :p
  
  Also, For those thinking about playing, remember that developing your characters background and motivation and personality are important. And no one is perfect, remember to give your character flaws. Motivation is important, why did your character become an adventure? What is he/she seeking to gain from all this? (Hopefully it's something more then just gold, because those characters who care about nothing but gold get boring/annoying fast. <<; )
  
  
  Also, Also, if anyone needs a place to download PDFs of all the 4th edition books, they should pm me.
• truefire wrote on 2012-01-08 06:23

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  Concerning map programs and stuff, I've been watching a Online playthrough of people playing Dungeons and Dragons 4e.
  This is the first of many episodes, they are long and a bit slow to start - but I like watching them so I can kinda know what everything is about.
  It get's 10x funnier when encounters occur.
  
  [SPOILER="Spoiler"][video=youtube;rd5UFr90KIw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd5UFr90KIw&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=SPFD5B5266AB07AE89[/video][/SPOILER]
  
  The program is called Maptools and can be found here: MapTools
  
  The website has a tutorial section for people that are DM's and it doesn't seem to be that complicated. I'm really bad when it comes to technical stuff and I understood the first 3 or 4 tutorials. It has an inbuilt die rolling system, chat, initiative counter, tokens, etc. (Basically it can do alot - [S]even cure cancer! [/S])
  
  This is just something I wanted to share. I didn't know if you guys were aware of this program, but I figured it couldn't hurt. I personally like the format and all, it gives a lot of flexibility to the DM.

  
  
  That's the program my gm uses. It works pretty well.
• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-08 08:10
  This is what our encounters will be like.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/cLvM]
• Episkey wrote on 2012-01-08 14:57

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  This is what our encounters will be like.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/cLvM]

  
  
  LOL. My one weakness! :no!:
  
  And after the battle, ^_^ morphs into v_v ... Yeah.
• Northwind wrote on 2012-01-08 16:20

  Quote from Nithiel;727534:

  This is what our encounters will be like.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/cLvM]

  
  
  How do we track our turns? just chat or something from the program itself?
  
  EDIT: Ok, today I read the whole goblins comic from page 1 to the latest one. And I can say I havent laughed this hard in ages.
• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-08 16:48

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  How do we track our turns? just chat or something from the program itself?
  
  EDIT: Ok, today I read the whole goblins comic from page 1 to the latest one. And I can say I havent laughed this hard in ages.

  
  
  Well, if you mean turns in combat the order gets set at the very beginning of the battle and doesn't change. So all you really need to remember is the person who goes before you. Outside of combat it's more freeform, there aren't really any turns.
  
  Also, I've been reading it too. I agree, it's hilarious. Except the sad parts.
• Northwind wrote on 2012-01-08 17:52

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  Well, if you mean turns in combat the order gets set at the very beginning of the battle and doesn't change. So all you really need to remember is the person who goes before you. Outside of combat it's more freeform, there aren't really any turns.
  
  Also, I've been reading it too. I agree, it's hilarious. Except the sad parts.

  
  
  Sorry, I wasnt clear enough. I meant it in a way how we mark down how much monsters have hp left, for how long buffs will last et cetera.
• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-09 02:15

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  Sorry, I wasnt clear enough. I meant it in a way how we mark down how much monsters have hp left, for how long buffs will last et cetera.

  
  
  DM keeps track of all that. You don't even get to know the monsters HP, you just keep going till it's dead.
• Juno wrote on 2012-01-09 06:08
  Well, I was just forcibly drugged by my mother and sister, and they made me call off of work tomorrow under penalty of washing every dish in the house, so...
  
  I'll probably work out the rest of this character by tomorrow. What kind of classes are we looking at right now? Variety is probably necessary~
• truefire wrote on 2012-01-09 06:15

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  Well, I was just forcibly drugged by my mother and sister, and they made me call off of work tomorrow under penalty of washing every dish in the house, so...
  
  I'll probably work out the rest of this character by tomorrow. What kind of classes are we looking at right now? Variety is probably necessary~

  
  
  If this is taking place, I'm probably mixing it up for once and going with a Changeling Rogue/Wizard hybrid. Master of Disguise in 3, 2, 1... If Changelings aren't allowed, I'll probably try out Bard and figure out which race I want from there. Or maybe even Dragonborn Sorcerer so I can finally mess around with Dragon Breath feats the way I want to. :D
  
  Usually, I'd be playing a tank or healer class.
• Nithiel wrote on 2012-01-09 06:27

  Quote from Juno;729285:

  Well, I was just forcibly drugged by my mother and sister, and they made me call off of work tomorrow under penalty of washing every dish in the house, so...
  
  I'll probably work out the rest of this character by tomorrow. What kind of classes are we looking at right now? Variety is probably necessary~

  
  
  I don't know that anyone has officially decided what to be/sent in what race/class they are going to be. :o