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[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Again, that depends on the setting. If you wanna an setting where magic is a lot scarce and feared, play Dark Sun.

Yeah. That's one of the things I like about D&D lore with the different crystal spheres. You can have your own little low-magic world, untouched by most of the high-magic stuff. And yet, you still have a lot to draw from in order to populate it.

But Faerun gonna Faerun, and that's what most people know.

 

[Cryomancer]

Low magical settings = Game of Thrones, Conan
Medium magical settings = Gothic, Two Worlds, Witcher, Dark Sun **
High magical settings = Faerun, Eberron, Mystara.

Dark Sun without psionics would be low magical, but with psionics is mid IMO.

Faerun, the most popular modern D&D setting is probably one of the highest magical settings ever. An Netherese campaign is way more high magic than freaking Harry Potter. If you wanna run a low magical setting game, there are adaptations of D&D ruleset for it, like this adaptation of 3.5E for an Conan campaign, where magic is far more ritualistic, corrupting, dangerous and weak >> http://hyboria.xoth.net/sorcery/low_magic_system.htm

What I don't get is. Why play an very high magical setting and complain that is too magical? What is the next? Play an cyberpunk setting and complain that is too high technological?

 

[BruceVC]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

Pleased to meet you.
You may now amend your statement.

 

[Fedora Master]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

Pleased to meet you.
You may now amend your statement.

I hope you get eaten by a froghemoth irl

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

Pleased to meet you.
You may now amend your statement.

I hope you get eaten by a froghemoth irl

Nah, France is far away

 

[Cryomancer]

Vampires :

Warhammer / AD&D/ Castlevania / Hellsing

And ....

BG3

I complain about BG3 and Larian cultists a lot but at least we don't have Astarion defenders here in Codex...

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

I hope you get eaten by a froghemoth irl

Nah, France is far away

But the Froghemoth avatar is quite close, even as you sit on your throne blissfully unaware:

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Vampires :

Warhammer / AD&D/ Castlevania / Hellsing

And ....

BG3

I complain about BG3 and Larian cultists a lot but at least we don't have Astarion defenders here in Codex...

Why are you comparing vampires to vampire spawn again?

 

[Cryomancer]

Why are you comparing vampires to vampire spawn again?

We could compare to other lesser vampires, vampire brides, vampire spawns and so on. Ravenloft : Strahd possession lesser vampires where way better.

 

[BruceVC]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

Pleased to meet you.
You may now amend your statement.

Do you have links that support this post, I am dont mean to question the general veracity of your post but its well known that people can be contrarian on Codex?

So I would need links before I believe you

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was " ranked the fifth-best Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004 ", I loved the entire S series of modules and DM in all of them. My favorite being White Plume Mountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_the_Barrier_Peaks

 

[BruceVC]

Vampires :

Warhammer / AD&D/ Castlevania / Hellsing

And ....

BG3

I complain about BG3 and Larian cultists a lot but at least we don't have Astarion defenders here in Codex...

I just watched Hellsing for the first time this week and it was very entertaining but dont consider Alucard a real Vampire

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

Pleased to meet you.
You may now amend your statement.

Do you have links that support this post, I am dont mean to question the general veracity of your post but its well known that people can be contrarian on Codex?

So I would need links before I believe you

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was " ranked the fifth-best Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004 ", I loved the entire S series of modules and DM in all of them. My favorite being White Plume Mountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_the_Barrier_Peaks

I have never even played the thing.
I just said that so you can take it off your bucket list dude.

 

[BruceVC]

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is also one of the oldest dungeons in existence, but it doesn't mean everyone has to like it

I have never met anyone who didnt enjoy Expedition to the Barrier Peaks ?

Pleased to meet you.
You may now amend your statement.

Do you have links that support this post, I am dont mean to question the general veracity of your post but its well known that people can be contrarian on Codex?

So I would need links before I believe you

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was " ranked the fifth-best Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004 ", I loved the entire S series of modules and DM in all of them. My favorite being White Plume Mountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_the_Barrier_Peaks

I have never even played the thing.
I just said that so you can take it off your bucket list dude.

I thought you were joking, its like meeting someone who says " I dont eat Pizza" ....who doesnt eat Pizza?

 

[The_Mask]

I remember when me and my friends would think that Alucard is just a caricature of a real vampire, because he used guns. And now 20 years later he's on a list being considered "a real vampire".

Funny.

 

[Cryomancer]

because he used guns

WTF!! Lots of vampires uses guns mainly in urban fantasy settings. As for guns ,he don't use regular guns. He uses a freaking .454 Casull fully automatic pistol.

dont consider Alucard a real Vampire

Why not? He is literally Dracula

 

[ERYFKRAD]

who doesnt eat Pizza?

Toothless people who can't afford dentures.

 

[BruceVC]

because he used guns

WTF!! Lots of vampires uses guns mainly in urban fantasy settings. As for guns ,he don't use regular guns. He uses a freaking .454 Casull fully automatic pistol.

dont consider Alucard a real Vampire

Why not? He is literally Dracula

Mostly because I dont agree with Hellsings entire interpretation of what Vampires are and how they interact with humans. I watched Hellsing Ultimate and it was entertaining but he is not a " vampire " based on normal vampire lore and there are lots of inconsistencies and artistic license used like how vampires and ghouls get created. Why should it matter if you a virgin or not?

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

Stadia is shutting down (good fucking riddance, by the way) and the internet is now full of brilliant armchair experts making claims like "It was very shortsighted for Larian to support the platform".

I wonder if they realize that it wasn't a decision made out a kindness toward Google. Larian got a big fucking check to support Stadia. An almost-outrageous amount, in fact, if past rumors are to be trusted.

 

[AwesomeButton]

There are too many fucking classes, hence the difficulty in balancing them all.

Fighter
Cleric
Wizard
Druid
Bard
Rogue

Better. An almost-classles system. The fewer the classes, the closer to the optimum.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

Better. An almost-classles system. The fewer the classes, the closer to the optimum.

Meh. Classless systems have their own merits, but there's nothing inherently wrong with a class-based system where each one has very specific roles, strengths and limitations.
As usual is more a matter of proper implementation than anything.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Better. An almost-classles system. The fewer the classes, the closer to the optimum.

Meh. Classless systems have their own merits, but there's nothing inherently wrong with a class-based system where each one has very specific roles, strengths and limitations.
As usual is more a matter of proper implementation than anything.

Either system can feel meaningless if there is no reactivity provided for it, and all else being equal it's easier to balance and provide reactivity for fewer classes than for more. I'm drifting more and more towards quality over quantity. Maybe I should go back to playing some AoD.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Maybe I should go back to playing some AoD.

it's a decent book but not a good substitute for playing an rpg

 

[AwesomeButton]

Maybe I should go back to playing some AoD.

it's a decent book but not a good substitute for playing an rpg

You unironically play Fallout 4.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Maybe I should go back to playing some AoD.

it's a decent book but not a good substitute for playing an rpg

You unironically play Fallout 4.

...no?