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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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 Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 09:16:20
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Well, 'tis November the 4th... why Wizards chose this day, I have no idea, but here it is D and D day 
Keep on gaming!!!
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Kes_Alanadel
Learned Scribe
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 14:15:54
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This year, Wizards of the Coast set November 4th as 'World Wide D&D Day'. Information should be on the Wizard's site.  |
Ack! I seem to have too much blood in my coffee stream!
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Lady Morbannaon
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 15:28:37
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| Happy D&D to you as well :) Unfortunatly we couldn't get any of the gaming shops around here to host on but we are there in spirit :) |
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EvilKnight
Learned Scribe
USA
162 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2006 : 00:40:01
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We tried to host one as a Library but they only wanted game stores. We tried to hook up with a few, but... not any in our county and the Library cannot ship teens to the event.
EvilKnight
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 03:29:05
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| I would have dropped by my FLGS, I think, but I had way too much going on yesterday. I barely even got to spend any time online, because my lady and were headed to O-town to help celebrate a friend's birthday. |
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Alediran
Acolyte
Argentina
36 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 12:47:37
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| I DMed here in Buenos Aires in the D&D Day. It was a lot of fun. |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 13:26:33
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| I played... and saved the party by sacrificing my cleric... was fun, haven't laughed so hard in ages |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 15:09:48
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| Warrior down, took an attack of opportunity by the semi-invisible cat to pour the fighter some healing potion. Next combat round got me...but a round or two after that the ftr got the cat... |
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Kalin Agrivar
Senior Scribe
Canada
956 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 15:13:23
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so who will raise your cleric? 
I reccomend the reverent template |
Kalin Xorell El'Agrivar
- High Mage of the Arcane Assembly
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Alediran
Acolyte
Argentina
36 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 15:21:22
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| My players (experienced group, but didn't know about the hellcat's invisibility) still made it appear with glitterdust :P, and acid burns from the acid flasks. |
Alediran of House Tir'ent from Evermeet, the most knowledgeable elven family about Faerūn.
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 15:47:21
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quote:
Originally posted by Kalin Agrivar
so who will raise your cleric?
I reccomend the reverent template
Was a one-shot... plus the cleric's feats were beyon crappy... the rest of the party began to make fun about my theatralics and mocked my "BEGONE CREATURE OF DARKNESS"...since it didn't work at all!!!  |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 15:50:17
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quote:
Originally posted by Alediran
My players (experienced group, but didn't know about the hellcat's invisibility) still made it appear with glitterdust :P, and acid burns from the acid flasks.
We lured the lava thing into the cistern and played firebrigade...
Note to all dungeon designers: Do never ever put a cistern near a place where the adventurers are supposed to meet a lava-hurler! |
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Kalin Agrivar
Senior Scribe
Canada
956 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 15:59:05
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quote:
Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Was a one-shot... plus the cleric's feats were beyon crappy... the rest of the party began to make fun about my theatralics and mocked my "BEGONE CREATURE OF DARKNESS"...since it didn't work at all!!!
even more reason to give it an undead template...like the invulnerable curst
comic relief! |
Kalin Xorell El'Agrivar
- High Mage of the Arcane Assembly
- Lore Keeper of the Vault of Ancestors
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
470 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 16:00:13
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| This was the first year my FLGS didn't host a World-Wide D&D Game Day event. Unfortunatly, in a Big-10 university town, you just don't attempt to host this kind of event on a football Saturday. There's no parking anywhere near the store, and you can't even walk down the sidewalks before and after the game. So, despite the fact that we had both players and DM's interested in running the D&D Game Day, it just wasn't practical to host it. |
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Of the Moon
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 16:02:50
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quote:
Originally posted by Halidan
This was the first year my FLGS didn't host a World-Wide D&D Game Day event. Unfortunatly, in a Big-10 university town, you just don't attempt to host this kind of event on a football Saturday. There's no parking anywhere near the store, and you can't even walk down the sidewalks before and after the game. So, despite the fact that we had both players and DM's interested in running the D&D Game Day, it just wasn't practical to host it.
Who needs football?  |
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Kalin Agrivar
Senior Scribe
Canada
956 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 16:06:18
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quote:
Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Who needs football?
that is american football, not soccer for you europe-types |
Kalin Xorell El'Agrivar
- High Mage of the Arcane Assembly
- Lore Keeper of the Vault of Ancestors
- 3rd Son of the Lord of the Stand |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 16:25:47
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quote:
Originally posted by Kalin Agrivar
quote:
Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Who needs football?
that is american football, not soccer for you europe-types
I was aware of that |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 17:40:18
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| the question is still valid ... who needs american football ... or 'common' football' for that case |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 17:57:32
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Ahem... someone mentioned football?
I DM to my "UE" campaign here in the D&D day.
Good to the fighter/warmage, the dwarven fighter and the gnome illusionist/cleric of Baravar - all of them gain a level at the end of the session.
And the rogue played some dirt tricks in a festhall - all for the coin purse, I could hear she saying this again... |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
470 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 19:02:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Who needs football?
50,000+ rabid fans (which is that low only because we're having a bad season). Plus whatever number of assorted students and alumni who didn't buy tickets for the game but still decided to head downtown to watch the game at their favorite watering hole.
Seriously folks. When I said you can't walk downtown at certain times on a gameday, I meant it. There just isn't any room on the sidewalks or roads.
There are advantages and disadvantages to havings your FLGS in a university town. Football Saturdays are one of the disadvantages. |
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Allen Poe - 1849 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 20:39:23
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| I think we've discussed non-D&D stuff enough in this thread... Let's find our way back to the topic, shall we? |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
470 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 21:06:25
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A fair number of posters over at the WotC Boards were very critical of this years D&D Day module. But, I've always had a hard time cutting through the signal to noise ratio on those boards, so I really don't trust much of what I read there.
Since I didn't get a chance to play or run it first hand, what are the opinions of the folks here at Candlekeep who either ran or played the module? Is it Good, Fair or Poor? Also, what would/did you change? |
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Allen Poe - 1849 |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2006 : 08:17:37
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It is a tough bugger. Too tough IMO, the other group that went through the adventure had a TPK. Magma hurler, hellcat and some evil cleric at the end. Had the characters been done properly, which they were not, it would have still been tough but doable.
The group's Paladin had a charisma of 10... yawn. The other characters had useless feats so to speak (the cleric had extra turning...and he failed turning every single turning attempt! Useless I'd say) |
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Aglaranna
Learned Scribe
166 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2006 : 23:35:50
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| D'Arvit, I missed D&D day! That's my main holiday! Oh, well, I'll be ready for it next year... |
"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose the path that's clear
I will choose freewill." -'Freewill' by Rush |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2006 : 13:00:19
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Oh, one of the reasons we succeeded was because we used flanking to the max, and my cleric healed the wounded right after each combat.
Still, the characters were poorly done. |
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 12:56:33
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| We celebrated it with a gaming session, where my char Rannek got to shine, that does not happen so often(cursed dice!!). We use any oppertunity to celebrate, Its just in our nature! =) |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
Rannek.
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 15:13:21
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Originally posted by Zimme
We celebrated it with a gaming session, where my char Rannek got to shine, that does not happen so often(cursed dice!!). We use any oppertunity to celebrate, Its just in our nature! =)
This reminds me of a time when we used every opportunity to get drunk...
"Hey! It's the first Friday of the week! Let's drink!!!" |
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turox
Learned Scribe
USA
145 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 17:40:30
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| I was not aware that the 4th was D&D day and I was on vacation from work. (No internet at home...yet) When I got back I found out 1 of my FLGS's had Keith Baker there. (Designer of that Eb... game or so I was told) A couple of people I game with went and had a good time. Guess they had a mini tourney with the winner of it getting a colossal red dragon. |
Turox Antas Dragonslayer -
"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe."
Wizard's First Rule: Chapter 36, Page #397, US Hard Cover (revealed by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander).
Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. Peoples heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 21 Nov 2006 : 12:33:01
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quote:
Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
quote:
Originally posted by Zimme
We celebrated it with a gaming session, where my char Rannek got to shine, that does not happen so often(cursed dice!!). We use any oppertunity to celebrate, Its just in our nature! =)
This reminds me of a time when we used every opportunity to get drunk...
"Hey! It's the first Friday of the week! Let's drink!!!"
Somehow that does not surprice me Mace you are afterall a dwarf! |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
Rannek.
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Happy D&D Day
