Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
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 | | 09/07/2007 8:44 AM |  Alert | Allright, here's the Thread for any rumors you've heard about the new edition from Friends, Family, Flgs etc.... The rumors can be as outragous as possible, they just have to be one you overheard or was told. I'll start us off.
1) Wotc is trying to turn 4th edition into a new World of Warcraft. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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GuJiaXian
Sergeant
579 Posts
Holladay, Utah
| | 09/07/2007 8:48 AM | Alert | | I heard that 4th edition will cook bacon perfectly. | |
"Clearly a case of too many hunchbacks and not enough mad scientists..." | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 09/07/2007 9:00 AM | Alert | | 4e will make you have fun whether you like it or not. | |
You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
10652 Posts
In the constellation of Cygnus, or Central Connecticut
| | 09/07/2007 10:26 AM | Alert | Posted By GuJiaXian on 09/07/2007 8:48 AM
I heard that 4th edition will cook bacon perfectly.
Hmm, perhaps I've misjudged 4E.
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The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner and RPG designer from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute and RPGA certified DM named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark and THAC0. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons, D&D every night. In the spring we'd make meat helmets for LARP. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag, forced to walk the walk of a thousand four siders, and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe, which was very handy for D&D. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles for LARP. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
Spreading the love of the Digitus Impudicus
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Ctulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10174 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 09/07/2007 11:02 AM | Alert | Posted By Ghendar on 09/07/2007 10:26 AM Posted By GuJiaXian on 09/07/2007 8:48 AM
I heard that 4th edition will cook bacon perfectly. Hmm, perhaps I've misjudged 4E.
I don;t realy like Bacon myself. Yet another reason not to buy into it I guess.
-I've heard 4th edition is coming early due to pressure from Hasbro. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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Golth2
Skirmisher
7 Posts
| | 09/07/2007 12:09 PM | Alert | 4E is being released so soon to recupe the loss from the upcomming recall of all mini's due to lead paint issues.
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5362 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 09/07/2007 3:24 PM | Alert | I heard 4E was actually the brain child of Ryan Dancey as a secret developer/consultant.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
3227 Posts
West Virginia
| | 09/07/2007 8:53 PM | Alert | Posted By nyjastul69 on 09/07/2007 9:00 AM
4e will make you have fun whether you like it or not.
I heard that it will clearly and decisively define fun and each PHB will come with a catheter-like device that will let you know if you're having it. | |
4dv3ntur3
It's totally bonzer!!!!!
Ravage the land as never before,
Total destruction from mountain to shore!!!! | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5362 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 09/08/2007 3:42 PM | Alert | Posted By Wraithborne on 09/07/2007 8:53 PM Posted By nyjastul69 on 09/07/2007 9:00 AM
4e will make you have fun whether you like it or not. I heard that it will clearly and decisively define fun and each PHB will come with a catheter-like device that will let you know if you're having it.
To quote Calvin and Hobbes:
"If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun!" | |
Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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Duke of Spoils
greyhaze
Warlord
5150 Posts
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Rhydur Meith
Sneak
71 Posts
| | 09/10/2007 8:55 AM | Alert | Posted By greyhaze on 09/10/2007 8:01 AM
I heard Calvin & Hobbes will be the new Player Character races.
Cool! So, you'r elike, one PC and you've got this "stuffed" familiar that comes to life when you want it to? Or only when no one else is around? Tha tcould be hard with a whole adventuring party around...And are they only going to be tigers? Could I get, say, a stuffed bulette for my "stuffie"?
Actually, I heard 4th ed is going to be so good, Gary Gygax & Dave Arneson are going to declare it "the real D&D", start running new "Greyhawk" and "Blackmoor" campaigns using only 4E rules, and kiss and make-up live on the DDI!!!
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Dragons are long, but not tall. | |
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GuJiaXian
Sergeant
579 Posts
Holladay, Utah
| | 09/10/2007 8:57 AM | Alert | | I heard that Wizards hired John Romero as a "guest developer" and he convinced them to change the game's name to Dungeons & Dragons: Diakatana! | |
"Clearly a case of too many hunchbacks and not enough mad scientists..." | |
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Duke of Spoils
greyhaze
Warlord
5150 Posts
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ckissee
Underboss
1428 Posts
KD :)
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Shottglazz
Sergeant
827 Posts
Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
| | 09/10/2007 9:31 AM | Alert | | I heard that in 4e, players who make non-sensical noises like Teletubbies will recieve bonus xp | |
Shottglazz
"Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand;
I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me."
Completed trades ( 40 ): Pikel, Darrell, JeffDHarvey, BiggPappa001, Ghendar, Valinrook X2, Wolfgang x2, Wraithborne x4, Mr Ruffles, Anothermullen, CKissee x3, Browns_Scoundrel, Kyrin, GuJiaXian x2, Tyngfumv, Basic_Aim, Mickey Mouse, Berus316, Crisisman, Zoons, Rockfrd, Sterling40 x2, Brucemc, 2007 Magical Mystery Trade, Redskullz x2, Stephengroy, Lyus_Sleyden, Foolforthought, 2008 Magical Mystery Trade, Kilsek
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WotC trades ( 1 ): Red_Deceiver
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
9466 Posts
United States
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Wraithborne
Commander
3227 Posts
West Virginia
| | 09/10/2007 10:16 AM | Alert | Posted By Vrecknidj on 09/10/2007 10:01 AM
Chuck Norris is going to write a monster for the Monster Manual. Of course, it will be autobiographical.
Dave
Now we know how to kill the Tarrasque.
I heard that if you don't pay for the bonus content for your books, they will self- destruct in 30 days. | |
4dv3ntur3
It's totally bonzer!!!!!
Ravage the land as never before,
Total destruction from mountain to shore!!!! | |
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Duke of Spoils
greyhaze
Warlord
5150 Posts
| | 09/10/2007 12:09 PM | Alert | | I heard Bard will be replaced with Weird Al. You gain xps if you sing a converted song that hasn't been parodied yet. | |
Greyhaze's DDM Spoilers
Champion of Darkenbeast , Raistlin Majere, Nightmare WDQ25/60, Warduke WD60/60,
Anti-Champion of Guns, "Knight of Bugbears", and Joke Champion of Venger.
Called Shots: Ghast in Against the Giants, Darkenbeast in Demon Web. | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10174 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 09/10/2007 10:45 PM | Alert | | I've heard Ebberon 4.0 will feature Glitterboys as a Base Class. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
3227 Posts
West Virginia
| | 09/11/2007 8:30 AM | Alert | Another Eberron tidbit, the NPC class, Train Robber.
In General news, the Executioner PrC will be core. | |
4dv3ntur3
It's totally bonzer!!!!!
Ravage the land as never before,
Total destruction from mountain to shore!!!! | |
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Nyarlathotep333
Warrior
196 Posts
| | 09/11/2007 12:12 PM | Alert | Posted By GuJiaXian on 09/07/2007 8:48 AM
I heard that 4th edition will cook bacon perfectly.
Awwww, dammit! I knew I shouldn't have purchased all those sausage patties...they worked just fine in the old edition. I wonder if sausage will make the All Stars list... 
In all seriousness, I heard a rumor that they are re-releasing Deathknell and that all the Deathknell minis (except for maybe a few) won't be included in the 2.0 reprinted stat cards...oh, wait...that's not a rumor is it?  | |
Against the Giants Called Shot: Giant Skeleton
Demonweb Called Shot: Myconid
Champion of the Zombie Black Dragon
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
- Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!
- Conan the Barbarian, on what is best in life
My Website - Be sure to check out my painted minis gallery!
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Zoons
Underboss
1022 Posts
| | 09/11/2007 1:45 PM | Alert | | I've heard that new 4.x monsters automatically get +3 to hit and +5 to damage versus 3.x PCs. | |
Never teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and it annoys the pig.
Champion of the Blink Dog. | |
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zenthrus
Commander
4356 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 09/11/2007 7:10 PM | Alert | Posted By Cthulhufnord on 09/10/2007 10:45 PM
I've heard Ebberon 4.0 will feature Glitterboys as a Base Class. You make that sound like a bad thing 
Eberron will be changing its name to "Eberrun" and will be incorporating even more steampunk elements (warforged really are robots).
Planescape will be the new default campaign setting.
Large Dire Chickens will finally be replacing the standard Riding Horse as the default mount in the PHB. Weapons will be ridiculously large. Hair will be ridiculously emo.
4.0 finally does away with gender classifications. Everyone is wonderfully amiguous.
Yoshitaka Amano is being retained as the lead concept designer for the MM.
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Knight Warlord a.k.a. Commander (#32) in only 6 months. Where's my pie?
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Knight of the Large Dire Chicken
Have/Want List
Trade References | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5362 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 09/12/2007 6:46 PM | Alert | | I heard that at least 6 pages of the DMG are going to be Monty Python Quotes. It's the "How to run a game: reference" chapter | |
Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 09/13/2007 1:52 AM | Alert | Posted By Teflon Jeff on 09/12/2007 6:46 PM
I heard that at least 6 pages of the DMG are going to be Monty Python Quotes. It's the "How to run a game: reference" chapter
That 'd be quite fun if done well. On the other hand it'd be a waste of paper, because most gamers can make those himself.
D.
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Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
10652 Posts
In the constellation of Cygnus, or Central Connecticut
| | 09/13/2007 3:46 AM | Alert | Posted By zenthrus on 09/11/2007 7:10 PM
4.0 finally does away with gender classifications. Everyone is wonderfully amiguous.
It's Pat!
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The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner and RPG designer from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute and RPGA certified DM named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark and THAC0. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons, D&D every night. In the spring we'd make meat helmets for LARP. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag, forced to walk the walk of a thousand four siders, and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe, which was very handy for D&D. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles for LARP. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
Spreading the love of the Digitus Impudicus
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Ctulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
10652 Posts
In the constellation of Cygnus, or Central Connecticut
| | 09/13/2007 3:49 AM | Alert | Posted By Teflon Jeff on 09/12/2007 6:46 PM
I heard that at least 6 pages of the DMG are going to be Monty Python Quotes. It's the "How to run a game: reference" chapter
I can just see the prices for food section.
Egg & Spam - 2sp
Egg, Bacon & Spam - 3sp
Spam, Egg, Bacon, & Spam - 1gp
Spam, Spam, Spam, Egg & Spam - 2gp
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The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner and RPG designer from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute and RPGA certified DM named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark and THAC0. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons, D&D every night. In the spring we'd make meat helmets for LARP. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag, forced to walk the walk of a thousand four siders, and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe, which was very handy for D&D. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles for LARP. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
Spreading the love of the Digitus Impudicus
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Ctulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 09/13/2007 4:22 AM | Alert | Perhaps the wrong thread, but I'm too lazy to start a new one, what does Ampersand mean? Is it some kind of sand?
D. | |
Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
Completed: got them all!!! | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 09/13/2007 4:25 AM | Alert | | ampersand = & | |
You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 09/13/2007 4:27 AM | Alert | Posted By nyjastul69 on 09/13/2007 4:25 AM
ampersand = &
like "ampers" + "and"? In that case: what are "ampers"?
Sorry about the confusion, but I did a masters degree in English literature and never met the word.
Or (which I fear) does it refer to French "En passant", meaning "By the way"?
D.
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Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
Completed: got them all!!! | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 09/13/2007 4:38 AM | Alert | | Where is the reference from? Is it from the 4e page on WotC's site? | |
You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 09/13/2007 5:21 AM | Alert | Posted By nyjastul69 on 09/13/2007 4:38 AM
Where is the reference from? Is it from the 4e page on WotC's site?
yeah:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drarch/amp
D.
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Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
Completed: got them all!!! | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 09/13/2007 5:31 AM | Alert | Bill Slavicsek explains it here.
I always thought we should have a magazine called “&”. After all, it worked so well for Dungeon and Dragon that it just seemed to me that we were losing an opportunity to make use of the bit that brings it all together. So, until we figure out what to actually do with that recognizable little ampersand, I’m going to use it as the identifier for my regular feature here at D&D Insider.
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You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 09/13/2007 5:33 AM | Alert | Posted By nyjastul69 on 09/13/2007 5:31 AM
Bill Slavicsek explains it here.
I always thought we should have a magazine called “&”. After all, it worked so well for Dungeon and Dragon that it just seemed to me that we were losing an opportunity to make use of the bit that brings it all together. So, until we figure out what to actually do with that recognizable little ampersand, I’m going to use it as the identifier for my regular feature here at D&D Insider.
Ok, it symply refers to the symbol "&" then, I'm still curious about the history of the word though.
Thank you,
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Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
Completed: got them all!!! | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 09/13/2007 5:37 AM | Alert | This turns out to be an interesting read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
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You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 09/13/2007 7:42 AM | Alert | Very cool, the symbol in the second picture, I recognize from some middle-english texts, we indeed named it "et" in class...
learned something today!
D. | |
Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
Completed: got them all!!! | |
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Star
Sergeant
978 Posts
New Britain, CT
| | 09/13/2007 1:06 PM | Alert | Ok - back to the OT, more un-informed rumors.
I heard that they'll release a PHB, DMG and MM every quarter and they'll all be "Core". | |
Champion of Gromph Baenre | |
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GuJiaXian
Sergeant
579 Posts
Holladay, Utah
| | 09/13/2007 1:13 PM | Alert | Posted By Star on 09/13/2007 1:06 PM
Ok - back to the OT, more un-informed rumors.
I heard that they'll release a PHB, DMG and MM every quarter and they'll all be "Core".
What's scary is you're nearly right. Wizards actually has already said that a new PHB/DMG/MM will be released every year, and that the new ones will be considered core.
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"Clearly a case of too many hunchbacks and not enough mad scientists..." | |
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Star
Sergeant
978 Posts
New Britain, CT
| | 09/13/2007 1:57 PM | Alert | | I was going to say "every month" but that would have just been silly. | |
Champion of Gromph Baenre | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10174 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 09/13/2007 4:18 PM | Alert | | I've heard on the night of the 4.0 release all DDM mintures not on the "list" will melt into slag. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard | |
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