On October 06 2013 08:24 -Archangel- wrote:
Ouch, JP is going to get abused as first time DM. He has no clue what he is going into. And all of it live, with chat making fun of his mistakes. Ouch.

DEAD ON. First time STing a game is DAMN hard. I see that in all of my games. STing is so difficult unless you're really experienced.

Grettin

42381 Posts

October 06 2013 20:04 GMT

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On October 07 2013 04:56 Djagulingu wrote:

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DEAD ON. First time STing a game is DAMN hard. I see that in all of my games. STing is so difficult unless you're really experienced.

So far he has done exceptionally well, to someone who only watches Rollplay.

Urgoslav

United States23 Posts

October 06 2013 23:30 GMT

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Zax19

Czech Republic1136 Posts

October 06 2013 23:34 GMT

#29

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DDie

Brazil2369 Posts

October 07 2013 02:22 GMT

#30

Just got home, this show runned for 8 hours or the TL list is wrong?

Grettin

42381 Posts

October 07 2013 10:00 GMT

#31

On October 07 2013 11:22 DDie wrote:
Just got home, this show runned for 8 hours or the TL list is wrong?

Yeah, it's wrong. They started late because of WCS EU Finals. Lasted 4 hours more or less.

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

October 07 2013 12:07 GMT

#32

On October 07 2013 05:04 Grettin wrote:

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So far he has done exceptionally well, to someone who only watches Rollplay.

No he didn't. You guys have no clue how a game run by a good GM looks like. I am not such a GM, but I know 1 or two of those. Neal is pretty good as GM, but he has a big problem with pacing in his campaign.
Also I found it funny how neal was making JP work extra time with constant strange comments and requests.
I seen that a lot when one DM plays in a group by another, especially if the current DM is a noob.

Nilrem

United States3684 Posts

October 07 2013 12:18 GMT

#33

For those not subscribed to JP's Twitch channel, here is part 1:

RollPlay: Ehbon - D&D Campaign - Week 1, Part 1

Oh and yes, this is JP's first attempt at being DM (and hilarity ensues).

Grettin

42381 Posts

October 07 2013 12:35 GMT

#34

On October 07 2013 21:07 -Archangel- wrote:

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And i'm glad i don't have any clue how a "game run by a good gm looks like". At least i can enjoy this without any pain.

quirinus

Croatia2489 Posts

October 07 2013 12:36 GMT

#35

Some pics/gifs from Neal's 48h stream marathon and Ehbon.

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BeMannerDuPenner

Germany5638 Posts

October 07 2013 13:16 GMT

#36

mmhh was mostly entertaining. JP def needs some more time and make stuffs .. dunno less crazy/rnd? also more incharacter stuff for his npcs (evryone speaking in normal casual JP "whatevs" voice was strange) and more thought out actions.

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god beeing "ye lets watch all dance do rnd shit " then suddenly " I GOT IMPORTANT GODS STUFF TO DO CYA!". also if you want to describe outcome of rolls make them more fitting to the actually roll. missing the ac by 1 shouldnt be "flail wildly missing and hitting other things".

and iirc wasnt the whole fire thing like REALLY random? neal wanted to impale the leader with a charge, rolls a slight miss and instead he throws it through the camp resulting in a instant inferno that kills all?

overall still decent first effort. catz,ryan and neal seem to have a fun chemistry going, the girl (who looks almost exactly like a girl i once "knew" making it weird for me ;P) needs more to get into it but thats ok. explain her things and whats going on tho, stuff like telling her how the death mechanics work isnt metagaming its expected knowledge needed to make good incharacter decisions.
will be fun to see how this will turn out

Lucumo

6850 Posts

October 07 2013 18:10 GMT

#37

On October 07 2013 21:35 Grettin wrote:

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And i'm glad i don't have any clue how a "game run by a good gm looks like". At least i can enjoy this without any pain.

Yep, ignorance is bliss. I'm in the same boat.

Jormundr

United States1678 Posts

October 07 2013 19:45 GMT

#38

"I'm going to be really upset if you use my horse for your own pleasure like that."

Noobity

United States871 Posts

October 07 2013 20:07 GMT

#39

On October 08 2013 03:10 Lucumo wrote:

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Yep, ignorance is bliss. I'm in the same boat.

DND purists kinda suck. The idea behind the game is what's important. If you're having fun, that's all that matters, and the DM has succeeded. All that other shit is unnecessary. I've played in really good RP games that had nothing but a dude talking to us and us telling him what we wanted to do. It's interactive story-telling, nothing more and nothing less.

That said, I think some stuff caught JP off guard, but all in all he seemed to keep the players relatively interested in the game and nobody seemed to have totally tuned out. That's the mark of a good DM or a great party. I think it was kind of a bit of A and a bit of B. I can tell that JP put a lot of effort into this, and that the guys (half of whom had never played a dnd game in the past) in the party really did a good job to stay interested.

One complaint I have, however, is the OP of this post. My eyes legitimately hurt right now looking at it. It doesn't look bad, but it's extremely abrasive on the eyes, and I'd suggest changing around the contrast of the bright red/blackest black a little bit.

willoc

Canada1530 Posts

October 07 2013 22:30 GMT

#40

Anyone else notice the strange PMs Neal was sending JP (that JP accidently showed). Stuff like '"Can I eat the horse?". I was laughing pretty hard when I saw that but it didn't look like anyone else noticed (probably too focused on chat!).