Dungeons & Dragons (or your RPG of choice)

frodo potter · 06-11-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

What exactly does that mean? I know what open source means, but does this mean that the copyright of 4E prevents other companies from make games that use 4E mechanics/characters/monsters/etc?

yes that is what it means. Traditionally each game company uses its own system exclusively though there are some similarities across systems. That is, white wolf uses a D10 system, GURPs uses a point buy system and so on. D&D 3.0 allowed any body to use and adapt its system to any setting so, for example, White Wolf stated a division to write D&D worlds and moduals as did many others.

4E does not allow that, all add-ons will come from Wizards of the Coasts and some updates, rules, and advancement for character classes will only ever be available on-line. (for a monthly fee)

Pirate Bill · 06-12-2009, 03:35 PM

Got another game tonight that I'm looking forward to.

Pirate Bill · 06-13-2009, 08:32 AM

I guess the DM really can make a huge difference in the game.

The DM last night ran things...I'll just say, less entertaining. I'll cut him some slack though because everybody has a different personality and runs things differently. We also had a full table with some new players (even newer than me) who needed a lot of coaching. So we ended up being really short on time and I think that stressed him a bit.

Now that I'm getting more proficient at understanding the mechanics I'm going to make a better effort at role playing my character to try to pick up the slack from (and maybe help encourage) boring DMs.

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06-13-2009, 08:32 AM	#3
Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	I guess the DM really can make a huge difference in the game. The DM last night ran things...I'll just say, less entertaining. I'll cut him some slack though because everybody has a different personality and runs things differently. We also had a full table with some new players (even newer than me) who needed a lot of coaching. So we ended up being really short on time and I think that stressed him a bit. Now that I'm getting more proficient at understanding the mechanics I'm going to make a better effort at role playing my character to try to pick up the slack from (and maybe help encourage) boring DMs.
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