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DYING OF THIRST WITH YOUR FRIENDS HAS NEVER BEEN SO FUN! 4E Dark Sun this August!

Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered User regular
edited May 2010 in Social Entropy++
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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    yeah, I'm considering running this

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm preparing to try DMing for the first time. Shit's a little bit daunting, but it's coming along.

    This looks pretty rad.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Dark Sun is going to be so fucking boss, and I can't wait to pick it up the week after my birthday.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Pretty hyped for this. More hyped for the Ravenloft board game.
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    Look at dat shit.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    eberron is better than dark sun and the templars are pussies there I said it

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I used to hate DS because I thought it was one of those shitty mid 90's TSR retarded metaplot settings, and that everyone liked because it was all dark and edgy and basically a planet-sized Tomb of Horrors. Also: Mul breeding.

    Then someone told me that nobody actually paid attention to the metaplot and the whole point of the setting was to give you the shittiest world imaginable for your PC's to be heroic(-ish) in.

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    What about that magic/space setting they had?

    Oh, Spelljammer!

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Spelljammer was awful.

    Really, really awful.


    Planescape took some of the concepts (i.e. the ability to travel from world to world), and made it good.

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    On the other hand, Dark Sun was pretty good, although I never played in it.

    And what's this Ravenloft board game? I need more information!

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  • ZedarZedar Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    All I know of Dark Sun I learned from playing Dark Sun: The Shattered Lands way back when. Really awesome game, I loved the atmosphere of that world. If I had enough geek friends to play D&D, I'd definitely go with Dark Sun.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I do love Spelljammer purely because it is so awful

    hey, you know what sounds like a good idea? space hippos

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So the sun really is black?

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I do love Spelljammer purely because it is so awful

    hey, you know what sounds like a good idea? space hippos

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    the dark sun pc games were so much dang fun, especially shattered lands. never tried the mmo one, but it sounded cool. the setting was damn awesome, and had a bit more character options than other rpg games out at the time. never actually played the tabletop rpg because i don't have any friends waa-waa

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    goddamn I wish I had a good group of people to play this with

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Damn it Joe, you should teach me and Tank to play this because then we could play when you're in Boston.

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  • DMACDMAC Come at me, bro! Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2010
    Fishman wrote: »
    Spelljammer was awful.

    Really, really awful.


    Planescape took some of the concepts (i.e. the ability to travel from world to world), and made it good.

    The new Plane Above sourcebook for 4e has a lot of very Spelljammer-ish elements to it. Astral galleons, pirates, etc.

    Looking forward to Black Sun this summer. The next season of D&D Encounters is actually a Dark Sun adventure. It starts in... 4 weeks I think. 3 more weeks of the current season and then the new Dark Sun adventure starts on the 4th Wednesday (June 9). Should be a good way for people to get a taste of the setting before the books come out.

    I've been enjoying the Encounters format and plan to continue playing but it's kind of making me crave something with a little more meat to it. I'm not too big on in-character dialogue and such but the Encounters games are pretty much just straight-up combat encounters. I don't think we've even mentioned our characters' names. Everyone's just "the Rogue", "the Battlemind", etc.

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    VisionOfClarity wrote: »
    Damn it Joe, you should teach me and Tank to play this because then we could play when you're in Boston.

    Oh I don't really know how to play, but I remember there were novels set in the various D&D universes that I was interested in. This was during my middle school days, when I read about 40 DragonLance books.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ok, someone sell me on Dark Sun.

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  • DMACDMAC Come at me, bro! Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2010
    Feral cannibalistic halflings.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I will play as a wizard

    I cast conjure water

    I am the king

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    DMAC wrote: »
    Feral cannibalistic halflings.

    Well, technically they wern't cannibalistic. They just ate everyone else.

    Also. Psionic Mantis People in urban underground cities.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Zedar wrote: »
    All I know of Dark Sun I learned from playing Dark Sun: The Shattered Lands way back when. Really awesome game, I loved the atmosphere of that world. If I had enough geek friends to play D&D, I'd definitely go with Dark Sun.

    Heh, I'm same way. Still have that disc in a drawer somewhere.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I do love Spelljammer purely because it is so awful

    hey, you know what sounds like a good idea? space hippos

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    Yes. I like ebberon more then dark sun, but ill still buy it in hopes they eventually make 4e spelljammer

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Viscount Islands wrote: »
    Ok, someone sell me on Dark Sun.

    It's like fantasy Mad Max where people will kill you for your bronze dagger.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Viscount Islands wrote: »
    Ok, someone sell me on Dark Sun.

    It's like fantasy Mad Max where people will kill you for not being dead.

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