In which Sky is inordinately pleased.

[cerulean_sky]

I'm so utterly pleased with myself.

Not sure if it's the new edition or if I'm just getting smarter (read: actually reading the instructions) or maybe both, but I just made a character for a D&D campaign and I did it mostly all by myself. (Those of you who've played campaigns with me know that I tend to fill in the character's name, race and class, and then hand the sheets to the DM to fill in all the numbers, rofl.)

Comments

[lux-alexander.livejournal.com]

Not sure filling out a D&D character sheet all by yourself means your getting smarter...

That said, I can see an instruction telling you to role a D20 for your character's SAT score.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

You'll note that I made a comment in the entry about reading "smarter" as "actually reading the instructions."

[merigreenleaf.livejournal.com]

Yay, D&D! I'll admit that I still need help filling out numbers, and I've been playing D&D for ... geez, six years and five (six if you count my henchman) characters. Then again, I have no head for numbers, so I can never get my THACO right.

But I'm rambling. What kind of character are you playing?

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

The new edition makes things much easier for those of us who see a number and want to cry. Srsly. I've been playing for several years, and I ALWAYS had trouble with numbers and rolling dice and all that junk, but it was made SO MUCH EASIER in the new edition.

I'm playing an eladrin swordmage. XD

[merigreenleaf.livejournal.com]

I usually play 2nd edition, although I did 3rd for a short time, but I can't remember if that was any easier or harder. Probably harder, because I was so used to 2nd edition. XD

Wow, yeah, you're doing a completely different version- I've never heard of an eladrin swordmage. XD I'm just playing a human cleric.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Oh man, take a look at the new edition. They made everything better.

Eladrin are basically just high elves, and a swordmage is someone who hits things with a sword and does magic. XD

[merigreenleaf.livejournal.com]

What edition are they up to now, anyway? 4th?

Ohhh, sounds fun! I mean, sword AND magic? How cool! My previous character was a grey elf, and I loved that character. I was so sad when I graduated and that D&D group broke up!

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Yep, 4E.

Ooooh, yeah. I get to do tons of damage and make things spark. XD Technically it's in the new Forgotten Realms setting, but you can use it in a regular setting as well.

Also, in the new edition, they condensed all the different types of elves. They really made a lot of changes, but I can't think of a single change that I don't like (that they then haven't been like, "But we're fixing that too! See?" And made me go, "Ok, yeah, I don't have a problem with that now.")

If you end up getting into the new edition, you should make sure to keep up with their online content releases. Because they release pdfs with new things in them that aren't in the books. It's pretty intense.

(Oh man, I sound like my boyfriend... All this babbling about 4E is usually his job...)

[inamirata.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I remember those halcyon days when you and I would pore over those things like cats examining a new kind of toy mouse, while the DM was exasperated at us.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

And now I can mostly do it all myself. :D *preens*

[nardaviel.livejournal.com]

BOOOOOO. p(>_<)q At least you're getting your act together. XD My group can spend whole nights filling out character sheets and coming up with backstory if we aren't careful.

I don't like the new edition. But from what I've seen, most people who start out playing one edition dislike all future editions. o_o WHO KNOWS.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, that's all we did last night. Make characters. And I don't think we have even really figured out the backstories yet. It took us four hours to just fill out the sheets and choose powers. XD

The new edition is great. Or at least, I really like it. The 3.5 had too many numbers, and this made it so the numbers are sort of behind a curtain and those of use who would rather shoot ourselves than figure out how to attack (in 3.5) can now kick ass. Mwahahaha.

I could spend hours talking about why the new edition is great, but I hate it when my boyfriend does that, so I won't. That said, I know a lot of people who gave up 3.5 in favor of 4E.

[nardaviel.livejournal.com]

I liked the numbers. o___o

::weird::

That is the only instance in which I do not hate math.

[(Anonymous)]

well, RPGs are always a valid measure of success. you should be proud.

put THAT on a resume and smoke it