Troll Lord Games

Mac Golden wrote: Not to hijack my own thread, but I guess I will. Regarding monks, you have to remember that "monks" are not just the baddies in the scarlet robes. Monks are pugilists in the broadest sense. One of my current favorite characters is my monk, Stone, in Todd Gray's current c...

<t>I look at it simply as this - some classes have martial training, or at least those classes that would rely heavily on martial practices ("fighter types"). I would say that those classes would be able to disarm. I don't have the C&C PHB in front of me at the moment, but I would say (guess) th...

Kenku wrote: Well, I consider this good news because I'd like to see D&D succeed. Even if it's with a new generation who is used to card games and WoW. Don't get me wrong. I'm considering running my next campaign with OD&D. Don't get me wrong, Kenku, I feel the same (begrudgingly). I've sai...

I think that's true, sir. That's pretty sad news. I can only guess that the PC was the lowest selling "platform" or was the hardest to develop for, but I don't know for sure. But yeah, that definitely sucks.

I'm currently in a WFRP game, but we've been out a few sessions so I'm worried about that game. But I got a C&C game about to take off plus a one-player GURPS Supers game (a low-powered/gritty 350-400 point supers game). Turanil wrote: BAD NEW! (at least for me...): WotC is going to revise the G...

<t>Any Madden players out there? I'm a big Madden fan, and have been since the mid 90s (I was a big Tecmo Bowl fan before that ), and I stopped on the way to work this morning and picked up Madden 09. I'm not as big a fan to be outside a store at 12AM...but if I didn't have to work this morning I mi...

DangerDwarf wrote: Just picking nits now, but I think it would have been about 1 1/2 years after 3e release. It was released in August of 2000 I think? It also meshes fairly well with the estimated 250,000 print run for 3e I heard mentioned but cant find anything to confirm. All in all it doesn't m...

DangerDwarf wrote: While I don't think a single print run was 1/2 million, it doe sin fact show that they wer enot dealing in tiny print runs. A WotC core book print run looks to easily dwarf the print run of any other RPG. So, calling them small isn't likely terribly accurate as far as the RPG mar...

Dang, serleran. Sorry to hear about your luck. No doubt I'd be pissed. Hope everything works out for you.

Julian Grimm wrote: I'm going to chime in here and say that now is really not the time to tell anything. It's going to take a couple years to see the full effect of 4e's launch and the impact the GSL has really had. Right now things are shifting and what is true one day may not hold true the next. ...

<t>Okay, glad you're not upset or angry or anything! <br/> I will not disagree with you in the slightest about the sales figures. They do look impressive. I just wonder how long it will last. Ultimately, 4e/D&D's demise would be bad for the hobby, IMHO, so I do not wish that. I just get the dist...

DangerDwarf wrote: It's module sales are thus far extremely impressive too. Modules are bought for playing. True. But is it safe to assume that everyone who buys a module does so to play it with the specific rules it's designed to be run with? I'm sure the vast majority of those that buy the 4e mod...

Turanil wrote: Oh please, give me som links !! ENworld has become very disappointing lately. I enjoyed the place for years, but now it's dead for me. I made a post two weeks ago : a guy asked if he would see a quality decrease in 4e products, and I answered he would see that quality decrease as soo...

DangerDwarf wrote: I remember seeing a deal awhile back which said the print run was 50% larger than the initial 3.5e print run. Which in turn was larger than the initial 3e print run. And I think 4e is now in its 3rd print run. Didn't it make the NYT best seller list as well? If these numbers are ...

<t>Well, I can't say I've CK'd a campaign, but I did DM a 2e game on Harn that ran about 9-10 sessions back in the early 90s - I remember it was not long after the HarnWorld 2nd edition folder came out. Anyway, I had the characters starting in Kaldor. I loved the setting, and still do, but my player...

Dang. Sad news, indeed.

First Bernie Mac, now Isaac Hayes.

Sad thing is, he'll be mostly remembered for his South Park role. Which wasn't bad, mind you, but he's done so much more. One of the greatest funk/soul performers, IMHO.

"I'm an artist, uh, my campaigns are multi-layered tapestries upon which I texture themes and subject matter which, uh, quite frankly would simply be too strong for your average hobbyist gamer."

Yep, sounds like me!
Pretty funny stuff!

<t>Oh, I know it did well, DD. I guess I may have been a little overly harsh, but it only furthers the whole theory that a majority of the players want to move with the game, not stick with the pass 3.x system. Are they moving because it's a better system? Or are they moving because it's the trend -...

Omote wrote: So far, IMO it seems like 4e is off to a pretty slow start (at least compared to the release of 3e). Maybe that is indicative of the interest level in 4e. Heh, if you listen to the 4e sympathizers, this new edition has sold more than the previous 3 editions (2e, 3e, and 3.5). But I don...

Thanks a million, Mac - you really straightened it out for me!

Congratulations, good sir! Wishes to you and the Mrs. for a long prosperous life together!

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<t>Exactly. Bonus spells initially equate to the number of spells you have in your spellbook, but are not bound to the spells you are able to cast after that point. If you're a 1st level wizard with an Intelligence of 16, you start being able to cast 4 0-Level and 3 1st level spells. At the point, y...

As long as the DDI solely supports the joke that is 4th Edition, count me out. The only reason I'd even consider considering it ( ) is for the Game Table - something that originally was going to available for free (of course, now looks to be the centerpiece of the whole DDI).

I've always thought that wizards had no "limit" to the spells they knew. Whatever they find and are able to put in their spellbook. I play it as bonus to spells cast.

Also, page 8 of the PHB, under the "Intelligence" entry kind of backs that up. But to each his own and all.

Traveller wrote: Not to be too much of an ass, but the problem I believe you're having is that you are expecting C&C to emulate Dungeons & Dragons much more closely than it in fact does. This expectation is a normal one, given that Dungeons & Dragons is by far the most popular role play...

<t>I have a question for you, Mac, concerning subdual damage. <br/> <br/> In d20 rules, once subdual totals over the current hit points the target is considered unconscious. I'm not sure how the rules work for C&C - they appear a little vague (or perhaps I'm a dunce ).<br/> <br/> At first they s...

..." Sensing the close proximity of said "meat," Gorg flew into a rage, killing the vikings in whilwind-like motion of his drawn rapier. The ogre, fearful that he would meet his own demise, ...

I'm guessing that most of us - or at least, myself - will have to access the book. I know some of the stuff, but not all of, by any means.

BLOOD AXE wrote: Great idea. Goodman games has a low-level, and 0 level adventure "Heroes are made, not born". TSR had one too, I cant remember the name, very old. It might be interesting to have players start as "generic" o-level characters then progress into level 1 of their c...