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RPGs / Re: 3E Balance thread
« on: March 02, 2010, 02:31:37 PM »
Other classes are not as strong so a straight barbarian is no match against a straight fighter ect.

This is the exact opposite of balance!

So in answer to your thread yes its balanced but you have to have players who know how to get the most out of it don't blame the system for your poor choices.


 I think you're confusing party balance with class balance.  For example, you might have a balanced breakfast, but that doesn't mean the bacon is just as good for you as the fruit.  If bacon and fruit were balanced, you should need an equal amount of both, and you shouldn't be able to just take more of the other, or substitute one entirely, to make your breakfast more powerful healthy.  Its not a perfect metaphor, but it has bacon in it.

  Also, I have a problem with any design that makes me play a character creation minigame that I might lose before I actually get to the game.  Don't get me wrong, character creation should be full of meaningful choices, but never wrong choices.

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RPGs / Re: 3E Balance thread
« on: March 02, 2010, 10:42:11 AM »
I actually played Pathfinder last night.  I think this session could be called a microcosm of 3.x.

So we were in a cave.  Not just any cave, an evil cave, a cave so evil it oozed acid from the walls.  We are all level 5, I was a paladin, and my companions were a ninja, a cleric/wizard, and a bard.  After traversing a pit of acid by jumping from column to column, we came across a black dragon, foul with evil and insane from time alone in the cave.  He dropped behind us, spewing acid.  My paladin, being the holy avenger smite evil type, charged the foul beasts, yelling at his companions to clear the wall in the back of the room so we could escape.  The dragon grappled me next round, and jumped into the pit of acid we had just traversed.  Instead of attempting to break his grip, I let go of my sword and shield, and started pummeling the dragon.  As a paladin, I could use my healing powers on myself freely, so I could stay in the acid for some time.  Seeing that I wasn't letting him go, the dragon then took to the air, and flung me off onto a ledge.  Feeling heroic, I immediately ran and jumped back towards him, and rolling exceptionally well, managed to grab onto him again.  By then the dragon was low in hit points, easily killable with one more blow from me,  he attempted a barrel roll to dislodge me, and the DM said I had one final attack before I fell.  I  picked up my dice and....

rolled a 1.

I fell back into the acid pit.  The wizard/cleric then cast magic missile and killed the dragon.  Later on we fought a shadow and I took 5 strength damage, rendering me quite useless till the wizard/cleric could spend the night to cast lesser restoration.

Basically, 3.x is good for fighter types if the DM is good and you are a crazy son of bitch, just like every other game.  The mechanics are biased towards casters, but if you are creative and crazy, you can make your mark as a fighter.  That being said, if were playing D&D, I'd rather play 4th, or some other system entirely.


On a more practical level, if you want to play a fighter, play a paladin, they are pretty much mechanically better in every way.

However, the wizard will start to show you up very quickly. 

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General Chaos / Re: Everyone Betrays Me!: The Room Tribute Thread
« on: February 28, 2010, 06:48:05 PM »
Netflix now has this in their collection, so....

I just poured myself a rum and coke, and popped it in.  If i retain my sanity I'll post again.

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RPGs / Re: Rifts post-palladium conversion Work in progress
« on: February 25, 2010, 11:10:57 AM »
From what I've seen of Rifts, it seems that the rules are hopeless complicated, and the idea of class balance seem to be an anathema to the system (example: some classes start in mechs.  Others get a plastic bag and several pieces of candy).  Therefore, the easiest way to convert the system would probably be a rules lite kind of system, such as Fate, SotC modded slightly, or to just port the fluff to another system, and not worry much about the rules.

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RPGs / Re: Game Fodder / Story Fodder
« on: February 23, 2010, 03:10:01 PM »
More than 300 fall sick on Caribbean cruise
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/02/23/caribbean.cruise.illness/index.html?hpt=T2

Zombie outbreak, or just regular deadly virus attack?  Either way, being stuck on a huge boat in the middle of the ocean could be creepy, especially if someone or something goes crazy.

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RPGs / Re: Nerdcore rap battle
« on: February 19, 2010, 04:17:22 PM »
Ryan oh shit this mf is tripping. allow me to reiterate the obvious..

i've got skill points higher than a bard can count
i've got gold pieces stacked like they can't run out
i've got fly ass shorties love to notch my bow
and i'm not talkin bout rangers you should already know
i don't hate on a playa trying to multi class
but i stick with what i know, and that's getting ass
so if you try to step to me you better roll a crit
cause you've got one free action before i bring my shit
it's nasty, legendary skills and stacked feats
crack open an epic level handbook to compete
my character sheet got more ink than a yakuza
so if you want to back down i'll be happy to excuse ya
what. uh.
February 15 at 9:43pm ·

Kevin what's that you flapping your gums at me son, now it is on and your time is done. I spit rhyme with flow and power, this ain't your weakass amateur hour. I'm a lyrical genius the monster of rock, rolling all nat 20s with my 10 inch jock. Not only outrhyme I also outgame you, now sit down son i am the beast that tamed you.
February 15 at 9:45pm ·

JD I'm down right fierce, like a hadoken.... BOOM!
February 15 at 11:04pm ·

Murph  Looks like Ive got challengers, but the CR's to low
Step off now before I send you to that plane below
I'm so decked out I DE legendary
I've killed everything in all bestiary
You try for a quarterturn punch
ATOMIC PILEDRIVER Motherfucka, now gimme your lunch
You try playing magic, all your monster's attack
Too late mother fucker, I put my dick on the stack
Its a 20 HD monster of size gargantuan
Hits the table, destroying your battle plan
I've got bitches in all of the crystal planes
Faerun, Dominera, Azeroth, wenchesl scream my name
Your mother I've got on farm like some kind of crop
Her panties are a 100 percent drop
I've got more astral diamonds then you got excuses
I walk Tyrannosaurs, I swim in gray oozes
I drink Cristal with Vecna, Fuck nymphs with Kord
All the demi-bitches want a ride on my sword
So come and try and aggro me
All you end up doing is losing h.p.
Tue at 6:11pm ·



Matthew
Look at whiteys rappin thinkin they got game
But i'mma drop it on ya facebook like i got no shame
Because this fantasy is final, yeah i pulled your cord
Your bitches call me from beyond just like a ouiji board
You dealin 24bit, this is real 3-D
Surround sound in dolby-digital cause ya'll know me
We don't play, so press escape before your pride get hurt
I got your Linux shooting sparks, maybe it's time you convert
Upgrade to MC, because your rom is lame
I got you blowing in my cartridge, won't fix your game
How bout you kiddies stick to pokemon or magic cards
My disc is spinnin on the level, and i play on hard
What.
Tue at 8:51pm ·

Mike Fo this punishment y'all gonna be gluttons
Hit you with a fierce kick worthy of the Y buttons
Uppercut, mothafucka, you bet that shit is toasty
28d10 flame breath you bet that shit is roasty
Talkin all big like you wield some kinda power,
I burn all yo asses up with a single meteor shower.
You talk shit, you talk big, that's all that you know
Bitch, you betta be prepared to make a saving throw.
CLACK CLACK, just like that, you know we didn't need ya
Rollin' deep with my crown royal bag of polyhedra.
I got my holy sword, strollin with my warhorse
Collected every single piece of every single triforce
So before you approach and make your initiative roll
Just go ahead and walk away through this Dimension Do'
I'll even provide it for ya, I'm the soul of courtesy
I'm neutral good, I'm just trying to prevent a tragedy.
Tue at 8:57pm ·



Murph I can summon the pit lords, the demons of rap
My dick can form a COP:Evil to entrap
I use angelic hosts to carry my cup
Mana from heaven as a bust a nut
You think you you are the master blaster?
Thats shits won't last yah
You probably still have an atari six thousand
I blow you away at Halo, my joystick in hand
I lay the smack down with my 100 inch plasma tv
Its almost as big as my johnson
I get as many kills with it as my thompson submachine gun
You say you play hard, but you got nothing to speak of
I'm badder than Corey with that battle glove
Shit, did I just drop a The Wizard reference
Next I'll be telling you your mother is my sexual preference
My power level is over 90 Gs
All you bitches better get on your knees

Word.
Tue at 9:40pm ·

·

Matthew I know ya tryin real hard, Watch you break a sweat
Maybe you should stand up, cause your backs all wet
I see you pullin out "The Wizard," yeah you talk mad shit
But Ninja Gaiden mothafuckah that's as far as you get
I see you in ya momma's basement Wit'cha whole damn crew
When she kick you out, Tell me what are you gon'do
You got a first class mage, Like to weild a mace
But I keep droppin phoenix downs just like i own the place
Now you get-tin mad, fightin like you in Helms Deep
You know your 40 hours in, and now you got to pee
Don't blink, I think, you may just have a chance
your thumbs are bleedin, button mashin by the seat of your pants
eyes red, party dead, you're in your Final Bout
Because the only way that you can win is by ring out
Round 3 to me, watch me while i cast mad haste
Lay this game to waste, Bust a nut all ova-ya-face
Should you continue? I will give you to the count of ten
And when you come back I'ma kick your ass all over again
WHAT!
Tue at 10:13pm ·

Ryan all you bustas need to settle down
there's plenty of dick to go around
pull up a chair it's story time
better yet sit on my lap feel why your momma cries
gamers across the globe all know my name
meet me at the table and shit's never the same
this is my hood lil pimpin and you know i'm the shit
that's why name's in lights on the high score list
i drop
mad combos like you just can't break em
crazy aggro know you just can't shake em
play games like you'd think i make em
but you know i get paid so when i want em i take em
dps that's dick per second
looks like i'm trying to set a record
got all of my toolbars macro'd
split second reaction better keep it factored
pvp me if you gotta but you know i'm better
all day in the auction house stackin cheddar
gold in my mailbox like i got connections
and my dick's a landmark, ask a guard for direction
Tue at 10:26pm ·

·

Geoff Representing H-Town, my name is G-Dizzle
Remove your target and make yo' spell fizzle
You act all scared and bust a nut,
That's ok, shit happens when I play the Butt.
Call a judge when the game state's messy
Say yo a cheater worse than Uncle Jesse.
Make a big scene and tell me I gots to go
Turn around and I'm banging yo' ho'
All you mother fckers best be terrified like on Halloween, Boo!
I'ma school you all and win this PTQ.

Word Dawg
Tue at 11:02pm ·

Ryan Simmons ohhh shit gdizzle reppin the dirty dirty down in houston
Tue at 11:03pm ·

Murph Awwww shit, all you scrubs is getting restless
Best take a seat, before you fail a saving throw

I roll around with strippers in a apparatus of Kwalish
My posse rolls with a dwarf that fucks up faces with his plus seven maul
I make it rain, without applications of control weather
I throw a party and even the dead there
My glock hits on a two, crits on a three
One swing of my cock cuts down the Yggdrasil tree
I party all over with the King in Yellow
Cthulu and me wrestle mermaids in jello
He comes from the city under the sea
There we party hard, getting blowjobs from banshees
My paragon path was to fuck your mom
After I finished she flew up like I cast Living bomb
I learned that move from Baron Geddon
As we chilled in Molton Core, getting our drink on
I get crunk with all the Nordic gods
A nickname for my dick is the immovable rod
Thor and I roll out with the thunder
We fuck with all you scrubs, ninja loot all the plunder
Roll back to Azgard, see those valkyrie tits
All the while thrulls come out of my breeding pit
We roll across Dominera cause I got a Bad Moon
Eternally on the quest for more poon
We quickly reduce your life total to one
One last attack, your fuck done.

Word.

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RPGs / Re: Nerdcore rap battle
« on: February 18, 2010, 11:31:16 AM »
The battle is now over, I'll post the rest of the comments when I get off of work.

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RPGs / Nerdcore rap battle
« on: February 16, 2010, 09:57:43 PM »
I'd thought I'd share whats currently going on in my status on Facebook.  The names have been changed to protect the nerdy

Murph Challenges you to a 48 hour poetry slam. Who is steppin' What, What, Uh uh. Turn that shit up... You foo's got nothing on M C Wizard Dissle I spit rhymes like I cast magic missile. I roll all 4s and knock you on your ass You took all 10 levels in the pussy prestige classes SNAP
 

Ryan oh shit this mf is tripping. allow me to reiterate the obvious..

i've got skill points higher than a bard can count
i've got gold pieces stacked like they can't run out
i've got fly ass shorties love to notch my bow
and i'm not talkin bout rangers you should already know
i don't hate on a playa trying to multi class
but i stick with what i know, and that's getting ass
so if you try to step to me you better roll a crit
cause you've got one free action before i bring my shit
it's nasty, legendary skills and stacked feats
crack open an epic level handbook to compete
my character sheet got more ink than a yakuza
so if you want to back down i'll be happy to excuse ya
what. uh.
Yesterday at 9:43pm ·

Kevin what's that you flapping your gums at me son, now it is on and your time is done. I spit rhyme with flow and power, this ain't your weakass amateur hour. I'm a lyrical genius the monster of rock, rolling all nat 20s with my 10 inch jock. Not only outrhyme I also outgame you, now sit down son i am the beast that tamed you.
Yesterday at 9:45pm ·

JD I'm down right fierce, like a hadoken.... BOOM!
Yesterday at 11:04pm ·



Murph Looks like Ive got challengers, but the CR's to low
Step off now before I send you to that plane below
I'm so decked out I DE legendary
I've killed everything in all bestiary
You try for a quarterturn punch
ATOMIC PILEDRIVER Motherfucka, now gimme your lunch
You try playing magic, all your monster's attack
Too late mother fucker, I put my dick on the stack
Its a 20 HD monster of size gargantuan
Hits the table, destroying your battle plan
I've got bitches in all of the crystal planes
Faerun, Dominera, Azeroth, wenchesl scream my name
Your mother I've got on farm like some kind of crop
Her panties are a 100 percent drop
I've got more astral diamonds then you got excuses
I walk Tyrannosaurs, I swim in gray oozes
I drink Cristal with Vecna, Fuck nymphs with Kord
All the demi-bitches want a ride on my sword
So come and try and aggro me
All you end up doing is losing h.p.
3 hours ago ·

·

Matthew
Look at whiteys rappin thinkin they got game
But i'mma drop it on ya facebook like i got no shame
Because this fantasy is final, yeah i pulled your cord
Your bitches call me from beyond just like a ouiji board
You dealin 24bit, this is real 3-D
Surround sound in dolby-digital cause ya'll know me
We don't play, so press escape before your pride get hurt
I got your Linux shooting sparks, maybe it's time you convert
Upgrade to MC, because your rom is lame
I got you blowing in my cartridge, won't fix your game
How bout you kiddies stick to pokemon or magic cards
My disc is spinnin on the level, and i play on hard
What.
about an hour ago ·

Ryan oh snap cabbil unleashed the dragon
about an hour ago ·

Mike Fo this punishment y'all gonna be gluttons
Hit you with a fierce kick worthy of the Y buttons
Uppercut, mothafucka, you bet that shit is toasty
28d10 flame breath you bet that shit is roasty
Talkin all big like you wield some kinda power,...
See More
57 minutes ago ·

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Murph I can summon the pit lords, the demons of rap
My dick can form a COP:Evil to entrap
I use angelic hosts to carry my cup
Mana from heaven as a bust a nut
You think you you are the master blaster?
Thats shits won't last yah
You probably still have an atari six thousand
I blow you away at Halo, my joystick in hand
I lay the smack down with my 100 inch plasma tv
Its almost as big as my johnson
I get as many kills with it as my thompson submachine gun
You say you play hard, but you got nothing to speak of
I'm badder than Corey with that battle glove
Shit, did I just drop a The Wizard reference
Next I'll be telling you your mother is my sexual preference
My power level is over 90 Gs
All you bitches better get on your knees

Word.

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RPGs / Re: collest magic item in D&D
« on: February 16, 2010, 01:48:05 PM »
Apparatus of Kwalish



there can be no other

I will destroy anyone who disses the apparatus

Kwalish supremecy

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RPGs / Re: alignment
« on: February 15, 2010, 08:01:45 PM »
I'd disagree.  There's no need for an anti-paladin class or dark avenger class, because you can portray evil paladin with normal paladin rules, possibly a tad of flavor rewritting (which should be done for every character, because it's fun), or change the damage types from radient to necrotic.  Also, since PCs arn't made of good or evil, why have alignments for them?  Let the monsters who are made of these things have the quality.  The whole background system, and the upcoming themes from Dark Sun will portray PCs in a much more mechanically satisfying and accurate way

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RPGs / Re: alignment
« on: February 15, 2010, 03:12:43 PM »
I like the 4E alignment system. I play the nice straight forward Good most of the time except when I want a shady character and use Unaligned.

In 3rd Edition I played primarily True Neutral with some Lawful Neutral and Neutral Good characters.

I'd have to disagree with you there.   The 4th ed alignment system is sort of this vestigial tail that should have been left out entirely, or expanded upon greatly.  As is, it doesn't really add anything.   Its one of the things on my short list of complaints with 4th ed.

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RPGs / Re: WORLD DOMINATION!
« on: February 14, 2010, 11:30:52 PM »
One of my players is bent on world domination in D&D.he worships nurrel and keeps knocking out random people, taking them to a remote area an tortures them.
he tells me he is gona take over the world.
he made friends with an NPC cleric of nurrel and they are planning together.

I am letting him do this is that a good idea?


How is killing random people going to lead to taking over the world?  If you want to pursue the plotline with the player, have them hash out a reasonable plan on how this world work.

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RPGs / Re: alighnment
« on: February 14, 2010, 11:27:19 PM »
Help! Witches!

Alignments are silly.  However, I've been on a jerk noble kick, think the Lannisters from Fire and Ice, or Rigel from Farescape.  They allow you a good deal of options on where you can take the character, if its even crazier, or to actual redemption

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RPGs / Re: zombie apocolypse RPG
« on: February 14, 2010, 09:47:09 AM »
The Shotgun Diaries is a somewhat free form style zombie survival game by John Wick.  I think the Nerdbound guys did an actual play.

http://www.johnwickpresents.com/fear/

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RPGs / Re: Recording Game Sessions
« on: February 07, 2010, 10:53:03 PM »
I've had some success using the recorder that comes with the iPhone.  The sound is surprisingly good.

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