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D&D 5e on sale at GenCon ... kind of.

Started by bryce0lynch, May 30, 2013, 04:30:48 PM

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Benoist

#15
May 30, 2013, 08:08:43 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;659010Am I reading that right? It only takes four adventures to go from 1st to 10th level?

Looks like it.

Sacrosanct

#16
May 30, 2013, 08:09:58 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;659010Am I reading that right? It only takes four adventures to go from 1st to 10th level?


Not so unusual.  T1-4 brought you up to roughly that level.
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danbuter

#17
May 30, 2013, 08:48:39 PM
I'm sure Noble Knight Games and other gamer stores will have a few copies for sale right after GenCon.
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danbuter

#18
May 30, 2013, 08:49:11 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;659013Not so unusual.  T1-4 brought you up to roughly that level.

Haha. How easily everyone forgets.
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Sacrosanct

#19
May 30, 2013, 08:54:25 PM
Quote from: danbuter;659020Haha. How easily everyone forgets.


XP for treasure.  Made advancement really fast.  Of course, in AD&D a lot of characters never made it out alive to reap the rewards....

;)


And if I were totally RAW, it would be hard to level fast because you only gain one level at a time, and that has to be done with a trainer.  But by the end of T4, the encounters were definitely for a level 8-10 party.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

Benoist

#20
May 30, 2013, 09:59:17 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;659013Not so unusual.  T1-4 brought you up to roughly that level.

If the Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle offer the same kind of scope and sandbox experience as T1-4 did (or Red Hand of Doom, for that matter) I will be thrilled. If it's an encounter-per-encounter railroad, I won't be so happy. I guess the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. It's going to be a test of what awaits us with Next (which by now I agree is a stupid name, and should be dropped. On internet columns it's alright, as an official product name, it's lame).

Rincewind1

#21
May 30, 2013, 10:01:23 PM
Quote from: Benoist;659044If the Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle offer the same kind of scope and sandbox experience as T1-4 did (or Red Hand of Doom, for that matter) I will be thrilled. If it's an encounter-per-encounter railroad, I won't be so happy. I guess the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. It's going to be a test of what awaits us with Next (which by now I agree is a stupid name, and should be dropped. On internet columns it's alright, as an official product name, it's lame).

I don't know, it fits (wotc) D&D treadmill model. I always speak that word in a tone of a government lady. You know, NEXT!

Quote from: Mistwell;659005Rincewind1 is a time traveler! Gah! He replied to the post 47 minutes before it was posted!

That'll be Doctor Rincewind then, thank you.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Bobloblah

#22
May 30, 2013, 10:10:38 PM Last Edit: May 30, 2013, 10:45:29 PM by Bobloblah
Quote from: Benoist;659044I guess the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.
THANK YOU for using that correctly.

Quote from: Benoist;659044It's going to be a test of what awaits us with Next (which by now I agree is a stupid name, and should be dropped. On internet columns it's alright, as an official product name, it's lame).
Agreed. The other thing that deeply annoys me about this is the pickup at GenCon only deal. I have a life and cannot make time for GenCon, but I am trying to make time for trying out your stupid new game about pretending to be an elf, WotC. Don't make my doing so any harder than it has to be.
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Sacrosanct

#23
May 30, 2013, 10:24:40 PM
Quote from: Bobloblah;659047THANK YOU for using that correctly.


ha, I was thinking the exact same thing
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

flyerfan1991

#24
May 30, 2013, 10:50:23 PM
Quote from: Benoist;659044If the Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle offer the same kind of scope and sandbox experience as T1-4 did (or Red Hand of Doom, for that matter) I will be thrilled. If it's an encounter-per-encounter railroad, I won't be so happy. I guess the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. It's going to be a test of what awaits us with Next (which by now I agree is a stupid name, and should be dropped. On internet columns it's alright, as an official product name, it's lame).

Were I a betting man, I'd say that the first 1/3 of the module will be railroady to allow you to learn the rules, and then the last 2/3 will be more sandbox.

Exploderwizard

#25
May 31, 2013, 11:31:27 AM
I was wondering how long it would be before WOTC decided to charge money for playtest material.
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Teazia

#26
May 31, 2013, 12:10:05 PM
How is taking money a bad thing?  Paizo did it when they released their printed PF Beta book at Gencon a year before the official release.  It sold like hotcakes and sold out fast!
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#27
May 31, 2013, 12:35:34 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;658983Call me crazy, but I MUCH prefer a physical copy to a pdf.

"What's that, mr. printer?  You say you can put ink on paper for me?  Are you...are you magical, mr. printer?!"

I kid, I kid.  I know what you mean.  Stuff like this doesn't "thrill" me, so if it winds up available (LEGALLY) as PDF I'll pick up a copy and print it out if it's particularly compatible with AD&D in any way/shape/fashion.  But, like you, I like me some originally printed dead tree material.

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Exploderwizard

#28
May 31, 2013, 12:53:11 PM
Quote from: Teazia;659141How is taking money a bad thing?  Paizo did it when they released their printed PF Beta book at Gencon a year before the official release.  It sold like hotcakes and sold out fast!

Charging money for print copy isn't a bad thing, they have to in order to avoid losing money.

The question is- will it be available in electronic format free of charge?

If not then it isn't at all like Paizo.
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

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

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.

taustin

#29
May 31, 2013, 02:12:53 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;659145"What's that, mr. printer?  You say you can put ink on paper for me?  Are you...are you magical, mr. printer?!"

If you know of a reasonably priced home printer that can do a proper binding, I'd love to hear about it.
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