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[txwingchun]

Originally posted by Oso
Zim, I'm sorry but I have to defend my favorite world


The Realms is a world like any other. People going about their
everyday lives. Much like this planet.

It is up to the DM to pump some life into it. As in every game.
I don't want to play a game where everything is layed out for
me.

There is not a more detailed gaming world around in any game
system anywhere.

respectfully (but only 'cause we're talking about FR )

matt

well my biggest problem is the ultra powered npc's and the excessive amount of magic just lying around. A few things like the zhents I have a hard time believing that they are that disoirganzised that they still haven't made any progress in thier schemes. Don't even get me started on Drizz't . In fact I think I'll have my party wipe out Drizz't just because I can . The one thing I like about the realms is the mass of info out on it so if I'm feeling lazy or uncreative I can go to a published work.

Zim excelent choice in names ZIM rocks it's too bad nickelodeon is taking it off.

[Oso]

TXWC, well met, I basically agree with you on all points but I
kinda like all of that about the Realms. Just depends on how you
run your campaigns. They fit me.

as for the zhentarim, well, they are evil and in a good aligned
campaign, as most are, they shouldn't ever make too much
headway before the hero's stomp on whatever scheme they
are up to. You don't have to make it easy on the hero's and I
had my own magic item scheme going on that was a little less
abundant than the published theme.

that's the funny thing about the newer edition's: they got away
from the general idea of: "Hey, this is our (TSR et al) idea of how
it should work but feel free to change it how ever you want"

I don't recall that message in the front of the newer edition
books.

me and a high school buddy of mine played during lunch for 2
years...no dice, no books...just our imaginations and trust that
the other wasn't going to just outright kill our character for the
he ll of it. We alternated by report cards, 9 weeks I guess (it's
been a while) and I wish I had tape recordings because it would
probably make a decent fantasy book.

matt

[Oso]

I was going to pm you but you have it blocked. I had a curiosity
question for you, Matt

[txwingchun]

Originally posted by Oso
I was going to pm you but you have it blocked. I had a curiosity
question for you, Matt

It has been unblocked message away. I reply back as soon as I can.

[Oso]

t'anks

[yenhoi]

Only play painted armies!

40K: Entire chapter of the Dark Angels Space Marines. Decent sized and very impressive visually Trynid horde or whatnot. Lots of eldar, no army, I just liked painint eldar, worked out pretty neat when necromunda rolled around....
Huge Cawdor gang, huge ratling gang, large assortment of hunters.

Epic: More Dark Angels and Imperrium. Large Chaos group.

Fantasy: Empire. High Elves. Chaos (slaanish). Lizard people. Orks & Golbins.

I think I painted a fleet for each race in Man-O-War also.

I have the original 40k, the rpg, and have hundreds of single 40k converted guys.

Many, many hours.

[SevenStar]

There used to be a ninja turtles rpg - anyone remember it? I've played some D & D in my day, but that's about it for the pen and paper stuff. online, multiplayer battletech was awesome. So was tribes.

[ZIM]

Yenhoi- AN ENTIRE CHAPTER?!
I play Lamenters SMs and Slaaneshi Chaos myself. Seems like we've got the same books too.

TXWC- Thanks! Check my web page- loads of fun! if you got a fast download, that is.

The Realms is a world like any other. People going about their everyday lives. Much like this planet.

Sure, I run into 3rd level waitresses all the time. They got magic pens too!

Greyhawk is OK, at least the recent modules don't suk so badly...but give me the Old World [WHFRP] anyday. Or Harn. I like something with a little class, is all.

OK OK, I'll cut it out- play what you want...

Oh, yes! I've played the TMNT game- 'twas the first of the cartoony thingamajigs...
...but does anyone remember Bunnies and Burrows??? Based on Watership Down and produced by FGU??

[Oso]

waitressing is so hard i give boots of speed and a magic pen
to the player who has decided upon this harrowing class...
at first level.

[txwingchun]

Originally posted by ZIM
Yenhoi- AN ENTIRE CHAPTER?!
I play Lamenters SMs and Slaaneshi Chaos myself. Seems like we've got the same books too.

TXWC- Thanks! Check my web page- loads of fun! if you got a fast download, that is.





Sure, I run into 3rd level waitresses all the time. They got magic pens too!

Greyhawk is OK, at least the recent modules don't suk so badly...but give me the Old World [WHFRP] anyday. Or Harn. I like something with a little class, is all.

OK OK, I'll cut it out- play what you want...

Oh, yes! I've played the TMNT game- 'twas the first of the cartoony thingamajigs...
...but does anyone remember Bunnies and Burrows??? Based on Watership Down and produced by FGU??

Yes I remember the game but never played it. The Old World is awesome especially Castle Drachenfels sick and twisted. I own a copy of TMNT but never played it. I'll check out your page at home thanks i think I have most of the ZIM episodes but I'll check yours to make sure. I like the older greyhawk modules some of the new greyhawk is weak.
Speaking of the Old World have any of you checked out the so called Book Of vile darkness? I've found the Old World to be much more "vile" than The Book of Vile Darkness. I'll admit I haven't really read throught the book just flipped through it at my local store but I wasn't really that impressed with it's "vileness".

[txwingchun]

Originally posted by Oso
waitressing is so hard i give boots of speed and a magic pen
to the player who has decided upon this harrowing class...
at first level.

Yes I agree and would add a ring of protection from adventurers +5. Adventurers can be the worst customers.

[red5angel]

keeerist you guys and your 40K. Talk about an ok game going bad quick!

Oso, just catching up now, you mentioned 3rd Ed missing some of the creativity but I beg to differ. AD&D had kits but now you have Prestige Classes, something like 90 of them now, and better well written multiclassing rules for making some of the old Combo kits from AD&D!!!
I think even though a big company like Hasbro now owns them, the team who developed 3rd Ed did a fantastic job of opening things up to variability. now you don't juts play fighters/mages/rogues/rangers/bards/druids/clerics but you can play hundreds of variations of them!On otp of all that, they streamlined the system and made it make a lot more sense. Al in all I think although it's gone big company, it's still a fantastic, and in my opinion the best version o fthe game so far!

[yenhoi]

All 3rd ed did was simplify it all, all those variations exsisted before, you just had to use your imagination and buy all the classes books, lol.

Yes, an entire chapter of space marines in 40k! Thats each individual marine! They each had unit markings for squad, company, rank, etc.

Good fun!

[ZIM]

All 3rd ed did was simplify it all, all those variations exsisted before, you just had to use your imagination and buy all the classes books, lol.

All they did was make it WHFRP. Oik!

Speaking of the Old World have any of you checked out the so called Book Of vile darkness? I've found the Old World to be much more "vile" than The Book of Vile Darkness. I'll admit I haven't really read throught the book just flipped through it at my local store but I wasn't really that impressed with it's "vileness".

More VILENESS!! / Oh, geez- another Book to buy!!

Re: the chapter: Can't see it. But if I were to do that, at least I'm playing a decimated chapter...so it's be maybe 500 or so. You've never played them all at once, of course....? That'd mean that there were more like you....

[yenhoi]

Ive never played them lol. Maybe a couple smaller scale things when I was first starting to paint them, but I cant remember ever fielding the Dark Angels as a army in 40k, epic all the time, but never 40k, always painiting it seemed ( )