Thread: UK D&D 4th Edition Launch...
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June 7th, 2008, 09:41 #1
UK D&D 4th Edition Launch...
Yesterday at 19:45 UK time (should have been 19:00) a long line of slightly wet people were finally allowed into the London Dungeons to celebrate the UK launch of D&D.
The wait although it was in the rain did not seem to dampen spirits, and complete strangers were striking up conversations. (Not having managed to ever get to a Con yet, I suspect this is quite normal).
Once we were allowed in we all got a free T-shirt and then directed along to the food and drink.
Then we headed off to the tables.
A short speech by (forgot his name), head of D&D UK chap and then some words from Rob Heinsoo 4E Lead Designer. A toast to 4E D&D and the games began.
I will not go too much into the adventure (as it is the same one for today's World Wide D&D Game Day), but on our table we survived (other tables were not so lucky).
As to how the game played itself it did seem much faster, I ended up playing a Eladrin Wizard (a class I've never bothered with before), gone are the days of casting Magic Missile (or sleep) and that's it for the mage...
I've seen a lot of debate about whether this new game is D&D or a paper version of a MMORPG, it did feel different but it was smoother flowing than 3rd. The simplistic nature of the adventure (by necessity made it feel more like a skirmish game).
Overall I had a fun evening and I am glad I went, I think a lot of people will like the new edition, me I'll probably stick to a certain other system, but that said D&D may find a niche for some face to face sessions.
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Once again the above post is just my own inane ramblings and in no way represents the views of Digital Adventures....
================================================== =======My players just defeated an army, had a dogfight with aliens, machine-gunned the zombies, stormed the tower, became Legendary and died heroically
Yours are still on combat round 6
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June 7th, 2008, 12:48 #2
That's awesome that you had fun--I'm going to be running the GameDay events at my local gameshop in just over 4 hours. You've actually touched on my largest concern--and that's whether or not folks will recognize that this is essentially a convention game--where there's not a lot of roleplaying involved. To paraprhase Mike Mearls (from podcasts), "The delve adventures aren't much more than a glorified boardgame--they are intended to give a solid taste of the crunchy parts of the game."
After all, the role-play portion of a game is what you put into it, and the only impact the system has on role-play is how much it stays out of the way.
Yesterday I just sat at the shop and nerded out, as one person after another came to pick up their 4E books and then saw me in the game room with a battlemat out and a bunch of minis, just answering their most pressing questions about 4E, that they couldn't wait to read for themselves. I was very busy, as the store had three pages of people coming in to pick up their books."We all take our risks, here in the dungeon." --Bargle
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June 7th, 2008, 15:48 #3
I envy you guys are your real game stores. To the best of my knowledge we dont have any game stores, just a comic book store or two that MIGHT sell games.
I picked up a set of the core books at Barnes and Noble...they have a small display stand out with the books in it, that's it. You'd think having a college or two here they'd be more popular.DM: For reference sake, when a bad guys dies, I'll turn their token over. So an upside down 'A' or 'B' means it's a corpse.
PC 1: So if we kill a 'M' is it reincarnated as a 'W'?
PC 2: That damn 'O' just won't die!
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June 7th, 2008, 18:17 #4
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I just came back from a game day session, we survived the adventure as well (except for our Cleric, may he rest in peace), don't really have an idea of how other tables fared. I played as the Eladrin Wizard as well, and must say I quite enjoyed it (except for the terrible rolls I got every time I tried to do something other than Magic Missile). Though it takes some getting used to, the system seems to have been simplified a bit (Not quite sure if I think that's a good thing yet ). Definitely looking forward to trying it out on Fantasy Grounds, if all goes well with licensing and all that jazz.
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June 7th, 2008, 19:05 #5Originally Posted by Livor MortisMy players just defeated an army, had a dogfight with aliens, machine-gunned the zombies, stormed the tower, became Legendary and died heroically
Yours are still on combat round 6
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June 7th, 2008, 19:07 #6Originally Posted by Xorn
The GM said "Are you going to ask any questions?"
To which my response was "Oh YEAH! This is a roleplaying game!"My players just defeated an army, had a dogfight with aliens, machine-gunned the zombies, stormed the tower, became Legendary and died heroically
Yours are still on combat round 6
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June 7th, 2008, 21:44 #7
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Originally Posted by Doswelk
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June 8th, 2008, 21:05 #8
My point is that while there were some roleplaying opportunities during Into the Shadowhaunt, for the most part it's just a smash and grab dungeon delve.
Now I'll admit, I was caught by surprise when the shadow spirit (after having helped them slay the dark elf) said, "You have cleansed this hall of the defile--"
"I BRUTE STRIKE THE SHADE!"
The fighter (being Good) felt that the undead thing was an abomination, and the mausoleum would remain haunted until it was "released".
I ran the adventure for three groups, plus the white dragon fight three times as well. Killed off two characters during the adventures, and the last dragon fight I got a TPK (players made some really bad decisions). But there's two bottom lines--the only importance a system has on the roleplay is if it gets in the way, and how much the players want to roleplay."We all take our risks, here in the dungeon." --Bargle
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