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Insider Information on the new Edition of Dungeons & Dragons

Started by RPGPundit, May 20, 2014, 04:57:01 PM

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One Horse Town

#720
June 03, 2014, 09:07:29 AM
Quote from: Haffrung;755033Yeah, how shitty would it be if this became a forum for people to talk about the most popular RPG in the hobby? Better it stay a particularly snarky offshoot of the OSR.

As far as i can see there are only 2 OSR threads on the front page.

2/10.

Haffrung

#721
June 03, 2014, 10:18:50 AM
Quote from: One Horse Town;755038As far as i can see there are only 2 OSR threads on the front page.

2/10.

Isn't that what people are complaining about?
 

Shipyard Locked

#722
June 03, 2014, 10:20:34 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;755035Isn't that the Paizo forums? :D

I lol'd.

But seriously, there's some 5e chatter over there too. Inevitable.

I wonder what percentage of Pathfinder players will jump to 5e specifically due to crunchy-rules fatigue and what percentage will secretly jump due to the power of the D&D brand.

Endless Flight

#723
June 03, 2014, 10:27:01 AM
How do we know the 20-30 year old players don't like the crunch? They grew up with the crunch.

Endless Flight

#724
June 03, 2014, 10:27:55 AM
How do we know the 20-30 year old players don't like the crunch? They grew up with the crunch. What if they see 5e as a game with too few options?

Sacrosanct

#725
June 03, 2014, 11:05:08 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;755059How do we know the 20-30 year old players don't like the crunch? They grew up with the crunch. What if they see 5e as a game with too few options?

I think there are some people who live for squeezing out every + bonus modifier they can and won't be happy until their BAB gets into the +40s.  But I think those people are the exception, not the rule.  I.e., I think a lot people who play PF and 3.x don't do so because they love all that crunch, but because that's the first D&D game this younger gen started on, and 4e didn't feel like D&D to them at all, so they stuck with what did.

5e doesn't nearly have the crunch of 3e, but if you play with all the crunch options turned on, they will still have skills, feats, and multi-classing choices--all key features of 3e/PF.  Just not as drilled down as 3e or PF, but more general feat groups.
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flyingcircus

#726
June 03, 2014, 11:14:10 AM Last Edit: June 03, 2014, 11:17:19 AM by flyingcircus
Quote from: Black Vulmea;754860That makes you a late adopter.

No makes me SMART.  I bought them all after they all came out back then, so wasn't that late, was still using my BX D&D anyhow.
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Exploderwizard

#727
June 03, 2014, 11:23:44 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;755059How do we know the 20-30 year old players don't like the crunch? They grew up with the crunch. What if they see 5e as a game with too few options?

I don't think the problem will be a lack of options. The issue with these numbnuts is that all the charop wank material IS optional and they will have to swallow gallons of their DM's semen to convince them to allow it into the game vs all of it being baked into the core and theirs to use BY RIGHT because the holy book sayest such.

Fuck them.
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Quote from: Old Geezer;724252At some point it seems like D&D is going to disappear up its own ass.

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Haffrung

#728
June 03, 2014, 11:35:07 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;755059How do we know the 20-30 year old players don't like the crunch? They grew up with the crunch. What if they see 5e as a game with too few options?

They still have Pathfinder. If they can find someone to run it. Because the fact 5E will be a lot more DM friendly than Pathfinder will weigh into the scales.
 

Endless Flight

#730
June 03, 2014, 11:59:29 AM
Quote from: Haffrung;755073They still have Pathfinder. If they can find someone to run it. Because the fact 5E will be a lot more DM friendly than Pathfinder will weigh into the scales.

Wasn't 4e a lot more friendly to DM than 3e as well?

Marleycat

#731
June 03, 2014, 12:27:02 PM
So Drow in the PHB as a subrace? This should work out just fine. :eek:
Don\'t mess with cats we kill wizards in one blow.;)

languagegeek

#732
June 03, 2014, 12:31:31 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;755088So Drow in the PHB as a subrace?
House rule #1: No Drow PCs

trechriron

#733
June 03, 2014, 12:39:55 PM
Quote from: languagegeek;755089House rule #1: No Drow PCs

House Rule #2, no Halflings, no Gnomes and no Kender. I know they didn't say Kender, but I had to toss that in to be sure.

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Marleycat

#734
June 03, 2014, 12:40:49 PM
Quote from: languagegeek;755089House rule #1: No Drow PCs

Come on now it's been completely possible to play a good aligned drow since 3e.;)
Don\'t mess with cats we kill wizards in one blow.;)
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