tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post4565541925562350406..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: I Can Only Go Which Way? I Think Not.Dyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-14898623895513118022014-06-30T20:02:55.924-04:002014-06-30T20:02:55.924-04:00My players once were faced with a small dungeon fu...My players once were faced with a small dungeon full of kobolds. They left, hired soem help came back and plugged up the know enterances to the dungeon while building a bonfire over the larget chimney they could find. Forced some of the critters outside to clear things out to avoid suffocation and kobolds were slain out in the open where their tactics and traps were of no benefit.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-58829429165825258082014-06-30T18:48:27.962-04:002014-06-30T18:48:27.962-04:00I've never resorted to it in a live game of D&...I've never resorted to it in a live game of D&D, but I've played enough Minecraft and Nethack that if the secret door failed to appear I'd be buying a pickaxe next trip to Town. What the hell were all those lists of mining rates in older D&D editions *for*, after all?<br /><br />"Can't Teleport or Dimension Door or go etherereal?" *hefts Diamond Pickaxe of +3 Pere Ubuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553973043509436168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-32784874041037364942014-06-30T14:39:56.835-04:002014-06-30T14:39:56.835-04:00And speaking of new consoles... I'm a PC gamer...And speaking of new consoles... I'm a PC gamer. xD<br /><br />--Ditherditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-67010770877738832012014-06-30T14:36:00.526-04:002014-06-30T14:36:00.526-04:00All good points.All good points.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-16314765344304706532014-06-30T14:29:29.481-04:002014-06-30T14:29:29.481-04:00A bunch of the guys in our group (myself included)...A bunch of the guys in our group (myself included) tried 5e and were generally unimpressed with what we saw. Getting into it now seems like buying a new video game console upon launch -- there are so few titles available you'd still wind up playing your old console while waiting for more content to be released.<br /><br />That's actually why 3.5 is a serious contender for our group's ditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-72604845723606397932014-06-30T14:11:50.454-04:002014-06-30T14:11:50.454-04:00Have you thought about picking up the 5e Basic and...Have you thought about picking up the 5e Basic and running it on Thursday? <br /><br />It's what we're doing . . .Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-81837469098850163212014-06-30T14:09:09.403-04:002014-06-30T14:09:09.403-04:00I've skimmed some parts. One of the guys in th...I've skimmed some parts. One of the guys in the group has run it before, and another has played it before. Admittedly, neither of them is an exceptional teacher, being the largely ineffectual geeks they are, which means we will probably play Airship Pirates or 3.5 since I can/have run both.<br /><br />It'd be boss if my Run & Gun 4e variant were ready in the next couple weeks but it&#ditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-76178779520978373102014-06-30T14:03:09.385-04:002014-06-30T14:03:09.385-04:00Ugh. Being the guy who has to do all the reading b...Ugh. Being the guy who has to do all the reading blows. Dresden, by the way, has a lot of homework involved in running it. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-77800669657524531652014-06-30T14:01:27.682-04:002014-06-30T14:01:27.682-04:00Can has virtual tabletop? Lol. We're going to ...Can has virtual tabletop? Lol. We're going to wrap up the current campaign in the next couple weeks. Our group is discussing what to do next. One of the possibilities we're discussing is a non-D&D system. Airship Pirates, Dresden Files, and a few others have come up.<br /><br />One of the guys wants to run 3.5 but is some five-years rusty. I volunteered to get the group started while ditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-22887508729699172202014-06-30T13:46:41.325-04:002014-06-30T13:46:41.325-04:00I want to play in that game so, so badly!I want to play in that game so, so badly!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-89351379630269554592014-06-30T13:45:30.290-04:002014-06-30T13:45:30.290-04:00We've negotiated a ceasefire of sorts with the...We've negotiated a ceasefire of sorts with the GM.<br /><br />We're going to buy political support from the various factions of Gloomwrought with a bunch of artifacts we uncovered... instead of using the artifacts ourselves. And instead of running the campaign farther into the ground, we'll call it "even" by usurping the Gloomwrought throne from its current ruler.<br /><br /ditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86771908629446183352014-06-30T13:45:30.129-04:002014-06-30T13:45:30.129-04:00Fuck. I so would have been that player! Did he die...Fuck. I so would have been that player! Did he die? Because if he didn't he's my hero!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-57220961825309120752014-06-30T13:37:33.355-04:002014-06-30T13:37:33.355-04:00so funny I was just drafting an article about Dun...so funny I was just drafting an article about Dungeon tropes and yours is better much more to the point .. <br />I once had a player light the ethane collected in the sewer level of castle Greyhawk, blew the shit out of the place.<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793781986788315513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-13698993315483473322014-06-30T13:36:48.654-04:002014-06-30T13:36:48.654-04:00And all around hero of the god-damned REALMS!And all around hero of the god-damned REALMS!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-35649359521898537152014-06-30T13:33:11.534-04:002014-06-30T13:33:11.534-04:00No sir!
Only thing I would add is that we've...No sir! <br /><br />Only thing I would add is that we've got a whole jug of salt peter just waiting to be placed and a fuse added!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-69282636665374089842014-06-30T13:32:19.310-04:002014-06-30T13:32:19.310-04:00We recently battled a high priest of Orcus, and my...We recently battled a high priest of Orcus, and my PC is a Demonologist who summons shadowy undead creatures. When we beat the baddie and forced a surrender out of him, Orcus attempted to possess one of my summoned beasties to talk smack.<br /><br />Since I still technically controlled the summon -- Orcus hadn't taken full possession -- I "made an Intimidation check" by choking the ditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-42768283414673230272014-06-30T13:22:19.435-04:002014-06-30T13:22:19.435-04:00I guess most people take some shit like the mining...I guess most people take some shit like the mining proficiency/skill and then just forget about it? Not me - I take that proficiency and pack a pickaxe. I'd never let something like a solid wall of rock stand between me and my chosen destination. "But that could take days," someone might say. It sure could! So it's a good thing I've got a couple of weeks worth of iron Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-50326429044295435792014-06-30T13:22:01.728-04:002014-06-30T13:22:01.728-04:00The more you talk the more I think that we've ...The more you talk the more I think that we've played together . . . Ever killed an Ogre and used it's head as the front of your battering ram just so the ones left would know what's coming for them?Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-36177976288040586142014-06-30T13:20:16.811-04:002014-06-30T13:20:16.811-04:00I've never looked at that module before! Well,...I've never looked at that module before! Well, I'm off to do so now. :) <br /><br />I love when people come by and get me into new things. Best thing in the world about having a blog!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-6288715271923101032014-06-30T13:19:10.082-04:002014-06-30T13:19:10.082-04:00Tabernacle!Tabernacle!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-53425739785767633132014-06-30T12:17:46.398-04:002014-06-30T12:17:46.398-04:00In our current campaign, we have leveled no fewer ...In our current campaign, we have leveled no fewer than 3 dungeons: 2 keeps and 1 tower. We claimed a third keep for our home base...<br /><br />...In part because we leveled the first two.<br /><br />--Ditherditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-25572355172602087882014-06-30T10:49:13.850-04:002014-06-30T10:49:13.850-04:00In the first edition module I3 Pharaoh you were su...In the first edition module I3 Pharaoh you were supposed to make your way through a Pyramid filled with traps. But there was a way to just go straight to the end and bypass everything. I can't imagine any group ever discovering it, but I thought it was really cool that it was a possibility.<br />Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582898842629047347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-76276954988692733592014-06-30T09:50:06.948-04:002014-06-30T09:50:06.948-04:00In my current campaign, we are trapsing through th...In my current campaign, we are trapsing through the various levels of Perdition, trying to find different gates that lead to lower levels, on a quest to find an object that resides in a very distant level. At one point, the DM had set it up so that we had to trek across a vast landscape, infiltrate a demon-occupied castle, and fight a Big Bad for the key to the gate he was guarding. Well, we Tom Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451129317759266295noreply@blogger.com