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PaqMan
United States1475 Posts
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Lysteria
France2279 Posts
On February 23 2013 12:31 Charger wrote: As an aside, I really wasn't sure about watching a D&D game - I just didn't think I'd be interested. But it actually looks fun to play and it's entertaining to watch you all play it.  D&D in itself is far from being the most interesting Tabletop RPG, but with a good game master and players, it's possible to keep it entertaining yeah. :p | ||
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MoonfireSpam
United Kingdom1153 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On February 24 2013 21:22 Iyerbeth wrote: JP plays his alignment really well. :D They all do really, but JP especially. Gen's doing less well, but then again chaotic neutral around that ruleset were mostly madmen anyway. | ||
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itmeJP
United States1101 Posts
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IronyDK
Denmark142 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On February 25 2013 01:08 IronyDK wrote: Isn't her "I'm going to steal shizzle but help out the others" kinda chaotic neutral? Isn't chaotic just a matter of being unreliable and slightly crazy, wheras evil is what JP's doing, being evil. I think they're playing their roles and alignments well. she's being more chaotic good than chaotic neutral. CN is pretty much known for being the people who do whatever they want for absolutely no reason, not personal gain, not for some greater good, but because they can. But like i Said, CN is mostly madmen and lunatics in that ruleset, so shes doing absolutely fine in modern DnD Chaotic neutral. not really a big deal overall xD. It's rarely fun to party with a player wanting to stay true to the insanity that comes with Chaotic neutral because they pretty much don't care about any mission. for instance if you take a mage(wizard) who is Chaotic good, he may ignore laws to help the weak, grow his power out of a sense of responsibility to protect the weak at any cost. If he is chaotic Evil he may turn himself into a lich to avoid death and continue growing in power to attempt to become like a god. If he is chaotic neutral, he already believes he is a god. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11407 Posts
I assume the main point is so that some classes can be restricted to specific types of characters, but then again you don't really need alignments for that. Or is it for newer players so they have some inspiration as to what they might want to play? | ||
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
On February 25 2013 04:49 Simberto wrote: To be quite honest, i have never really understood what the point of alignments in DnD is. You play your character like you think your character should be played, why do you have to fit that somewhere into a 3x3 coordinate system? I assume the main point is so that some classes can be restricted to specific types of characters, but then again you don't really need alignments for that. Or is it for newer players so they have some inspiration as to what they might want to play? It plays a lot in to the religions, politics and relationships of the game as well as ensuring somewhat expected consistancy acrosss a characters expected actions, whether PC or NPC. It's reasonable for a DM to change your characters recorded alignment if your actions aren't consistent with your alignment, which can have some significant impacts on relationships (especially for clerics, who may be shunned by their deity even). Some kingdoms might have guards in towns to detect evil doers and monitor them more closesly, and if your character is inclined to do evil things then you'll likely be someone they pick up on. Those sorta mechanics exist too, as well as interactions with some more powerful magic items and artifacts. | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
On February 25 2013 04:49 Simberto wrote: To be quite honest, i have never really understood what the point of alignments in DnD is. You play your character like you think your character should be played, why do you have to fit that somewhere into a 3x3 coordinate system? I assume the main point is so that some classes can be restricted to specific types of characters, but then again you don't really need alignments for that. Or is it for newer players so they have some inspiration as to what they might want to play? It's supposed to give you a guideline if you want to be consistent with your character. It's not really mandatory but some GMs and players like when the players stay true to the identity they created, it's more... alive. At least a minimum. | ||
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8mmspikes
United States1704 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On February 25 2013 04:49 Simberto wrote: To be quite honest, i have never really understood what the point of alignments in DnD is. You play your character like you think your character should be played, why do you have to fit that somewhere into a 3x3 coordinate system? I assume the main point is so that some classes can be restricted to specific types of characters, but then again you don't really need alignments for that. Or is it for newer players so they have some inspiration as to what they might want to play? It's especially important for alignment based classes. Druids have to be neutral, if you stray too far you cannot continue to be a druid, you have become too involved with society and can no longer hear the trees. Paladins are lawful good. if they stray from the path of righteousness and honor they are disgraced. clerics can lose their divine powers or even be punished by their god for betraying their alignment. Monks who cease to be honorable and disciplined (lawful) can no longer focus enough to continue to grow their ki. they've become too distracted with things in the outside world. It's so you can create a character, and fit him into the exact mold you want to, and play them how you want. Alignment offers the Dungeon Master a clue about how you are going to act in any situation. He's not going to expect a team full of chaotic and neutral (lawfully) players to always adhere to their word. (see JP, Geoff, ect when confronted with their mission and giving up the sword and crystal). It lets the DM phrase things and make the world more around the player and make things more interesting. If you have a party of lawful good, and then the DM puts the whole questline and session on a quest to kill a small orc child, odds are good that DM did it wrong and should have known better. | ||
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Zealos
United Kingdom3573 Posts
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8mmspikes
United States1704 Posts
Char breakdown: JP is a Half-Ogre Cleric, Geoff is a Human Fighter, Ryan is an Elven Ranger, Gene is an Elven Thief. Char sheets: http://www.mediafire.com/?g8szm5n1wtcbe They are playing a homebrewed version of 2nd and are using the site roll20.net as a resource D&D Session 2 Summary: + Show Spoiler + Current Kill Count: MLGRyan - 7 itmeJP - 6 EGiNcontroL - 6 Livinpink - 3 Current Health Status: Ryan - 7/11 JP - 4/8 Geoff - 10/10 Gene - 3/6 | ||
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Sgtmt
United States72 Posts
Also really want to know what the orb thing was for  | ||
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8mmspikes
United States1704 Posts
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Koibu0
United States513 Posts
On February 25 2013 01:16 PrinceXizor wrote: she's being more chaotic good than chaotic neutral. CN is pretty much known for being the people who do whatever they want for absolutely no reason, not personal gain, not for some greater good, but because they can. But like i Said, CN is mostly madmen and lunatics in that ruleset, so shes doing absolutely fine in modern DnD Chaotic neutral. not really a big deal overall xD. It's rarely fun to party with a player wanting to stay true to the insanity that comes with Chaotic neutral because they pretty much don't care about any mission. for instance if you take a mage(wizard) who is Chaotic good, he may ignore laws to help the weak, grow his power out of a sense of responsibility to protect the weak at any cost. If he is chaotic Evil he may turn himself into a lich to avoid death and continue growing in power to attempt to become like a god. If he is chaotic neutral, he already believes he is a god. This is a common misconception. Crazy people are almost always Chaotic Neutral, but Chaotic Neutral characters are not always crazy. There was some poor phrasing in the rules books that led to this misconception. Chaotic Neutral is somebody who doesn't put much weight in the laws of man, and isn't particularly interested in right or wrong. Gen is spot on with Chaotic Neutral, although I prefer to use alignment as a guide line to help shape characters, than as a rule for their actions. | ||
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itmeJP
United States1101 Posts
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