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Snow
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 21:33:01
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Alisttair ... no, we 3 rotate DM'ing. After a 1 year campaign, we don't want to risk DM burnout, so a fresh DM works his magic on us for the next +/- 12 months.
On occasion, our group of 11 has neccessitated 2 DM's for a given night or campaign path. That 2nd DM is a local non-FR DM who we're friends with ... he helps with running/ajudicating battles (his speciality - both 4.0 and 3.5/Pathfinder) and leaves the primary adventuring and storytelling to the Main DM. It's a nice arrangement. We feed him well! Lol! Primarily because 2 of the houses we game have Cuisine Superstars in our midst (one a professional chef - the other a knowledgeable foodie). |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 Mar 2011 : 06:29:07
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With your already large library of 4E material, I hope you still give it a go every once in a while. As a fan of multiple gaming editions (I use v3.5, Pathfinder, and 4E) I think variety is the spice of life, espically with RPG games.
As you stated, the Post Spellplage Realms didn't really give your group a good feeling, but it's a fairly simple tast to set a 4E game in any time line you see fit. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 08 Mar 2011 : 11:39:32
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Originally posted by Snow
Alisttair ... no, we 3 rotate DM'ing. After a 1 year campaign, we don't want to risk DM burnout, so a fresh DM works his magic on us for the next +/- 12 months.
On occasion, our group of 11 has neccessitated 2 DM's for a given night or campaign path. That 2nd DM is a local non-FR DM who we're friends with ... he helps with running/ajudicating battles (his speciality - both 4.0 and 3.5/Pathfinder) and leaves the primary adventuring and storytelling to the Main DM. It's a nice arrangement. We feed him well! Lol! Primarily because 2 of the houses we game have Cuisine Superstars in our midst (one a professional chef - the other a knowledgeable foodie).
Thats a pretty good arrangement.  |
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Snow
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 08 Mar 2011 : 20:13:13
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Originally posted by Diffan
With your already large library of 4E material, I hope you still give it a go every once in a while. As a fan of multiple gaming editions (I use v3.5, Pathfinder, and 4E) I think variety is the spice of life, espically with RPG games.
As you stated, the Post Spellplage Realms didn't really give your group a good feeling, but it's a fairly simple tast to set a 4E game in any time line you see fit.
Hi Diffan,
Believe it or not, we are all Character Optimizers and Min/Maxers first and foremost ... *then* ... we are Forgotten Realms Lorekeepers second.
It took us a few years to collectively realize that the 4.0 game mechanics experience just didn't give us the full breadth of CO fulfillment that we got from 3.5. 4.0 is good. 3.5 is just outstanding in comparison.
There's more cerebral "oomph" in 3.5 for us. We like the combinatorial possibilities of character structure and gameplay sequencing in that edition as well. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 17 Mar 2011 : 15:35:56
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Originally posted by Snow
Hi Diffan,
Believe it or not, we are all Character Optimizers and Min/Maxers first and foremost ... *then* ... we are Forgotten Realms Lorekeepers second.
It took us a few years to collectively realize that the 4.0 game mechanics experience just didn't give us the full breadth of CO fulfillment that we got from 3.5. 4.0 is good. 3.5 is just outstanding in comparison.
There's more cerebral "oomph" in 3.5 for us. We like the combinatorial possibilities of character structure and gameplay sequencing in that edition as well.
Yea, I can definitly agree with you there. As someone who also stylizes himself as a Min/Maxer and Char. Optimizer I can see why 4E wouldn't stratch that itch. Though there is a whole board over on the Wiz-bro boards that are dedicated to 4E Char_Op, but I think most of the gimmicks are all said and done (Frost-Cheese, Radiant-Cheese, etc..) plus anything and everything that has to do with the Ranger class's Two-Weapon Fighting (which is just so damn good).
I think, though, that this is a testament to that edtiion. As much as I try to fully Optimize the characters I create, they don't necessarily out-shine my other party members which I think is a good thing. In v3.5 I had a 12th level paladin that was dishing out 200+ damage on a Charging Smite + Power Attack + Rhino's Rush spell with a Valorous Weapon. I mean.....it gets to a point when even as I'm doing it I feel bad, lol. |
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