OT: Sens Lounge LXXXII | Rise of Omni / Caeldan, the YES man

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

You guys ever play Bang! ? That's one of my favourite board/card games.

 

[Baby Ryan]

What systems do you have?

PS3 and a PC.

@L'Aveugulette

Actually I'm in my last year of high school young sir

 

[BonkTastic]

You guys ever play Bang! ? That's one of my favourite board/card games.

I have Bang! The Dice Game.

It's pretty good... not sure how the original game is, but everyone I talked to said the dice version of the game was better, so I just got that.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

I have Bang! The Dice Game.

It's pretty good... not sure how the original game is, but everyone I talked to said the dice version of the game was better, so I just got that.

Never knew there was a dice version! I'll watch the vid on my way home from work, but I dunno how they'd implement dice.

Also, D&D 2nd edition is a great board game

 

[Do Make Say Think]

2nd edition is sooooooo complicated

Pathfinder and Numenera is where it's at

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

2nd edition is sooooooo complicated

Pathfinder and Numenera is where it's at

Pathfinder is pretty sweet.

 

[BonkTastic]

2nd edition is sooooooo complicated

That's the version I grew up with, therefore it's the best.




Seriously though, what I liked about 2nd ed over most other D&D version was that it gave you all the tools for it to be a true sandbox game. I found that 3rd ed & 3.5 & everything after seemed a little too rigid.

Pathfinder is good for that too, but if we're talking strictly about TSR/WOTC versions of D&D, I still prefer 2nd ed over anything else.

(Don't even get me started on 4e, aka: "D&D, the Video Game: The Board Game: The RPG")

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

That's the version I grew up with, therefore it's the best.




Seriously though, what I liked about 2nd ed over most other D&D version was that it gave you all the tools for it to be a true sandbox game. I found that 3rd ed & 3.5 & everything after seemed a little too rigid.

Pathfinder is good for that too, but if we're talking strictly about TSR/WOTC versions of D&D, I still prefer 2nd ed over anything else.

(Don't even get me started on 4e, aka: "D&D, the Video Game: The Board Game: The RPG")

I've only ever played 2e, since my friend who got me into says the others are crap.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

THACO is so dumb though

3rd Edition was a huge improvement as far as I'm concerned

Not sure what 2nd Edition has over it other than nostalgia although it's been a long while now

 

[BonkTastic]

THACO is so dumb though

I think the 2nd ed THACO & AC is actually the best hit-dice formula, but I totally understand why they went away from it - trying to bring new players into the hobby is hard when there is the hurdle of that kind of complex game mechanic to get over.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I think the 2nd ed THACO & AC is actually the best hit-dice formula, but I totally understand why they went away from it - trying to bring new players into the hobby is hard when there is the hurdle of that kind of complex game mechanic to get over.

Lower numbers being better is counter-intuitive.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I think the 2nd ed THACO & AC is actually the best hit-dice formula, but I totally understand why they went away from it - trying to bring new players into the hobby is hard when there is the hurdle of that kind of complex game mechanic to get over.

It's a great example of how complexity doesn't necessarily add depth

 

[BonkTastic]

Lower numbers being better is counter-intuitive.

Fair enough, I just hated how the escalating AC mechanic and all of the associated to-hit bonuses just... escalated like crazy.

"you get +17 to hit". Frig that.



Speaking of how massively dorky I am, NXT is on right now and it's awesome.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Fair enough, I just hated how the escalating AC mechanic and all of the associated to-hit bonuses just... escalated like crazy.

"you get +17 to hit". Frig that.

But why though? It allows for so much flexibility in terms of coming up with equipment as the DM

 

[BonkTastic]

But why though? It allows for so much flexibility in terms of coming up with equipment as the DM

It makes playing with Min-Maxers completely unbearable, IMO.

Just my personal opinion, though.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Sure I'll give you that

I also hate min-maxing but thankfully no one in our play group played like that

 

[Caeldan]

I had no issues with THAC0 but I learned on it.
Going to the third edition rules, I played a bit - but I think all the feats and such is what really made it min-maxer heaven (though I guess that's technically 3.5)

I mean, I'll be honest and admit I lean towards min-maxing but I still will usually at least start with a character concept and background and then munchkin it up within that framework. So it's not too ridiculous.

I think the last 3.5e character I did was something weird like a half-dragon with some prestige class that made sense to use some type of whip as a primary weapon. And I think had some basic magic as well. Remember doing something along the lines of enchanting the whip so when it struck it cast the spell on the target of the attack.

One of my favourite AD&D characters though was a Paladin from Greyhawk, with an enchanted ******* sword that spoke to him. Had to periodically make insanity checks to make sure I didn't get my personality taken over by it.
And I had a gnome enchanter that got eaten by a roc during a session I missed

 

[Do Make Say Think]

The trick to making fun characters was using the table that had random traits

A friend of mine made a character that was "hard of hearing": it lead to many, many very funny situations

 

[PatrickEaves]

Sure I'll give you that

I also hate min-maxing but thankfully no one in our play group played like that

That has more to do with the people being unbearable than the system itself.

 

[BonkTastic]

One of my favourite AD&D characters though was a Paladin from Greyhawk, with an enchanted ******* sword that spoke to him. Had to periodically make insanity checks to make sure I didn't get my personality taken over by it.
And I had a gnome enchanter that got eaten by a roc during a session I missed

My favorite character I ever played was a Halfling thief that I ramped up his INT to 18 (at the expense of his DEX, which was like 14 at most), and roll-played him as a super-intelligent halfling who believed he could grow up to become the most powerful mage ever known, despite the fact that Halflings can't be mages, as he thought he would overcome his race's magic limitations because he was smarter than everyone else.

He was like that super-persistent annoying kid who knows how smart he is and lets you know about his "genius" at every opportunity, and refused to ever give up on his dream, using his thieving skills to steal scrolls from archmages and trying to find magical items that would allow him to pass himself off as a mage to passing bystanders, because his ego demanded it. He got obsessive about it, and ended up resenting mages out of jealousy later in the campaign. He eventually became a bitter, angry thief who went out of his way to target magic-users in battle and do everything in his power to make magic-user's lives as miserable as possible as a coping mechanism for his failed life's ambition.

 

[Caeldan]

My favorite character I ever played was a Halfling thief that I ramped up his INT to 18 (at the expense of his DEX, which was like 14 at most), and roll-played him as a super-intelligent halfling who believed he could grow up to become the most powerful mage ever known, despite the fact that Halflings can't be mages, as he thought he would overcome his race's magic limitations because he was smarter than everyone else.

He was like that super-persistent annoying kid who knows how smart he is and lets you know about his "genius" at every opportunity, and refused to ever give up on his dream, using his thieving skills to steal scrolls from archmages and trying to find magical items that would allow him to pass himself off as a mage to passing bystanders, because his ego demanded it. He got obsessive about it, and ended up resenting mages out of jealousy later in the campaign. He eventually became a bitter, angry thief who went out of his way to target magic-users in battle and do everything in his power to make magic-user's lives as miserable as possible as a coping mechanism for his failed life's ambition.

Nice. Play what you know, right?

 

[BonkTastic]

Nice. Play what you know, right?

 

[Baby Ryan]

Woooow.

Just finished ME3.

Suffice to say, that was the most disappointing ending I have ever experienced in video games.

I am now sad.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Woooow.

Just finished ME3.

Suffice to say, that was the most disappointing ending I have ever experienced in video games.

I am now sad.

Yeah they really blew it with the ending. Too bad because that whole series was spectacular.

They learned though, Dragon Age 3 had a much more satisfying conclusion.

 

[Harbinger]

Woooow.

Just finished ME3.

Suffice to say, that was the most disappointing ending I have ever experienced in video games.

I am now sad.

Yeah they really blew it with the ending. Too bad because that whole series was spectacular.

They learned though, Dragon Age 3 had a much more satisfying conclusion.

This is a long video, but it's worth the watch. Mass Effect is my favourite series and I still can't wrap my mind around the ending.