While I usually skip tabletop games in general I thought the following might be of interest for a few readers. It seems RPGamer has a review of the new 5th Edition.
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Dungeons & Dragons - 5th Edition Starter Review
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I still only play AD&D. If Gary Gygax was not part of the rules making process it is not Dungeons and Dragons. Will play any rule set on the computer and like some of the 3.5 rules and Pathfinder versions.
But if I am getting together with my buddies then it is old school all the way. Playing tonight actually with my 14th lvl paladin and 15th lvl cleric. The demon hordes of Orcus don't stand a chance
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But if I am getting together with my buddies then it is old school all the way. Playing tonight actually with my 14th lvl paladin and 15th lvl cleric. The demon hordes of Orcus don't stand a chance
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It's important to note that this is a review of the D&D Starter Set (i.e. just enough of the ruleset and monsters to run a starter adventure, plus some dice ). Not a review of the 5th edition itself as it hasn't been released yet.
). Not a review of the 5th edition itself as it hasn't been released yet.
Thanks for the correction I'll update the title.It's important to note that this is a review of the D&D Starter Set (i.e. just enough of the ruleset and monsters to run a starter adventure, plus some dice
The good news is table-top gamers might enjoy the new edition. I remember the last version upset many purists due to being gamified, or to put it simply made for MMO's.
It seems fairly silly to give a starter product with pre-generated characters 2/5 in character generation. Of course it doesn't have any, it's meant to be an introduction and full rules are going to be released next month.
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I remember throwing up in my mind while reading the 4th ed. player's handbook… twice. Felt to me like they turned the game into World of Warcraft offline. I'm not interested in playing tabletop RPGs anymore (nobody around me that I would like to play with, and tried online groups once and didn't like the experience), but I'm always curious.Thanks for the correction I'll update the title.
The good news is table-top gamers might enjoy the new edition. I remember the last version upset many purists due to being gamified, or to put it simply made for MMO's.
It has the 5 pregenerated characters but you can see the PDF of the rules to create characters in the WotC site (from a very limited list of classes, basically the standard 4). Quill18 posted a video of character generation that can give you an idea of how it goes this time around…
This is the unboxing of the starter set…
He also has a recorded live playthrough of the starter adventure here …
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I got the starter set last week, seems pretty good. I'm going to run the adventure (or some of it at least) for some friends at Ropecon this weekend.
I've been mainly playing Pathfinder for the last few years.
I've been mainly playing Pathfinder for the last few years.