...and I was able to push it back into shape. Yeah, it's creased, but still completely intact.
My TSR boxed sets used to split when I was putting them back into the closet.
Point for you, Green Ronin.
Not strictly related, but when the heck is boxed set 3 out?
I am a huge Dragon Age Setting fanboy, but I did not want to start a campaign without boxed set 3.
Woulda' killed them to release the complete game in one large set, right? :)
Quote from: Bill;563277Not strictly related, but when the heck is boxed set 3 out?
I am a huge Dragon Age Setting fanboy, but I did not want to start a campaign without boxed set 3.
Woulda' killed them to release the complete game in one large set, right? :)
No release date yet, from what I can tell. It was in open playtest as of an April update in the GR forums.
Sorry to hear about "chair meets box" but glad to hear that the box mostly bounced back. :-)
I have DA set #1 and haven't played it yet, but it looks pretty cool. I haven't gotten around to buying set #2 becasue I figured I should play some low-level sessions before moving up to mid-level. Is there anything key in set #2 that I ought to have for a low-level game?
Quote from: finarvyn;563294Sorry to hear about "chair meets box" but glad to hear that the box mostly bounced back. :-)
I have DA set #1 and haven't played it yet, but it looks pretty cool. I haven't gotten around to buying set #2 becasue I figured I should play some low-level sessions before moving up to mid-level. Is there anything key in set #2 that I ought to have for a low-level game?
The expanded stunt tables are nice.
nice one, Tommy! yeah, i had to coddle my old tsr boxes. the one i have for run out the guns, however, seems to be as durable as your DA one.
is DA set one levels 1-5? what's in set two?
Quote from: beeber;563379nice one, Tommy! yeah, i had to coddle my old tsr boxes. the one i have for run out the guns, however, seems to be as durable as your DA one.
is DA set one levels 1-5? what's in set two?
Sadly, there is a ton of stuff in set 2 that I would consider core.
Backgrounds, spells, stunts, GREY WARDENS, and more stuff I am forgetting.
I am going to hold out for set 3. It will be a complete game then.
Levels 6-10 are also present in Box 2, aside from what Bill mentioned.
I don't have a PROBLEM with the three box release (the final two boxes are being condensed into one), but I do agree that the division on some of the stuff is...odd.
But yeah, for Set 2 low level play, the big things that jump out are backgrounds and expanded stunts. Grey Wardens is a little iffier. I would have thought they would have put it into Box 1, but I can see low level games not using it (or games never using it).
Whats funny is, I said early on in the DA forums on GR site, that if they did not release the game in one book with levels 1-20 all done at once, the damn thing would take forever and be dragged out by the powers that be over at BioWare and that is exactly whats happened, but nobody at GR wanted to listen to me, so now everyone has to wait forever as the game slowly dies on the vine as people slowly loose interest in it. My group gave up on it and moved on to other newer games that are complete.
Do the expanded stunt table have better stuff for magic?
Quote from: Silverlion;563912Do the expanded stunt table have better stuff for magic?
Nah, it's adding stunts for exploration and roleplaying.
Played around with character creation today, making an Elven Apostate Mage and a Tal-Vashoth Rogue.
Character generation was cool. Quick random rolls, the Background tables providing extra customization...I was done pretty quick. Reminded me of the better days of AD&D2e for me.
Best part is that all the extra cool bits I like from the Dragon Age games that Green Ronin left out, fans have done and the Dragon Age Oracle site has posted them.
Hoping to give it a go, either with my kid or online (probably using Roll20).
Thread Necro here.
I ran the game last night, breaking the "RPG Cherry" for one of my best friends, as he played with me and two of my longtime players. None of us had played DA before, and only two of us have any experience with the video games (I'm a big Dragon Age geek)...we had a freakin' blast. Everyone was popping every time doubles were rolled and stunts were busted out, we had some fantastic interplay back and forth between the characters (who had the most interesting moral compasses I have seen in a long time), and I haven't laughed so hard in ages.
And I think the first-time player is sold, because he's been referencing his character non-stop since the session ended.
Quote from: Tommy Brownell;624467Thread Necro here.
I ran the game last night, breaking the "RPG Cherry" for one of my best friends, as he played with me and two of my longtime players. None of us had played DA before, and only two of us have any experience with the video games (I'm a big Dragon Age geek)...we had a freakin' blast. Everyone was popping every time doubles were rolled and stunts were busted out, we had some fantastic interplay back and forth between the characters (who had the most interesting moral compasses I have seen in a long time), and I haven't laughed so hard in ages.
And I think the first-time player is sold, because he's been referencing his character non-stop since the session ended.
That sounds pretty awesome!
I hadn't really paid any attention to DA, partially because I've got something like five thousand rpgs, and partially because I haven't ever played the electronic game. But I saw it played on Tabletop recently, and it looked like fun. We'll see.
John Fiala
Quote from: jcfiala;624471That sounds pretty awesome!
I hadn't really paid any attention to DA, partially because I've got something like five thousand rpgs, and partially because I haven't ever played the electronic game. But I saw it played on Tabletop recently, and it looked like fun. We'll see.
John Fiala
With any luck, I'll get to run it again. I could see it shooting up my list of favorite systems pretty easily. The whole session, including character generation, was about five hours. Only game I own that plays that smooth is Savage Worlds, and our first time with it certainly didn't go as smooth as this.
Quote from: Tommy Brownell;624522With any luck, I'll get to run it again. I could see it shooting up my list of favorite systems pretty easily. The whole session, including character generation, was about five hours. Only game I own that plays that smooth is Savage Worlds, and our first time with it certainly didn't go as smooth as this.
I have a dream...
Dragon Age boxed set 3 actually gets released before I die of old age.
and.....
I somehow manage to a group to play it instead of Pathfinder.
One should always have a dream, however unrealistic.
From what I've heard, the hold up on set 3 is BIOWare and Dragon Age 3...
I guess once we see it, we'll see Box Set 3... Which, kind of sucks since the RPG is more reliant on Origins than on the later games. But oh well...
Green Ronin has stated that after set 3 launches, they plan to do a settingless AGE system book that will be geared for generic fantasy. I look forward to this as the AGE system is really fun!
And I will be buying Set 3 when it comes out.
Set 2 does add a few more Combat and Spell Stunts to their lists along with the Exploration and Social stunts lists. It is well worth getting.
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;625586From what I've heard, the hold up on set 3 is BIOWare and Dragon Age 3...
I guess once we see it, we'll see Box Set 3... Which, kind of sucks since the RPG is more reliant on Origins than on the later games. But oh well...
Green Ronin has stated that after set 3 launches, they plan to do a settingless AGE system book that will be geared for generic fantasy. I look forward to this as the AGE system is really fun!
And I will be buying Set 3 when it comes out.
Set 2 does add a few more Combat and Spell Stunts to their lists along with the Exploration and Social stunts lists. It is well worth getting.
At least according to the last post on the subject at their site (in January), they were tentatively thinking that the pdf would be available sometime in February, and the boxed set in April.
I'll be all over set 3. Our Dragon Age session was a ton of fun...enough that I'll at least look at the new DA-free AGE setting with an interested eye.
Quote from: Tommy Brownell;625716I'll be all over set 3. Our Dragon Age session was a ton of fun...enough that I'll at least look at the new DA-free AGE setting with an interested eye.
The DA setting may be my favorite setting, allthough I also quite fond of Dark Sun, and Ravenloft.
But I also would take a look at a non DA setting with the same system.
There are a few hickups in the DA system, but nothing you cant 'fix'
Like, armor damage absorbtion might be a bit high, stuff like that.
The Stunt system is full of win though!
I haven't played it enough yet to see the problems, but I have played it enough to love the stunts. Especially with Set 2 and the addition of Exploration and Roleplaying Stunts.