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@FudginDice Feel free. Nobody should have to write all those trigger warnings individually. A simple "wimps need not apply" should suffice, but.. Here we are in a dystopian world where if I want to identify as a refrigerator you just need to respect that and if you don't have refrigerators available as a player race your appliancephobic.

@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 if they were refrigerators they'd be on constant defrost, seeing as they never shut up. But I guess that makes sense. Even as refrigerators they couldn't succeed at their most basic function.

@geekybugle4241 Truth is, the drinker goes a little over the top for my taste. That meme he uses with a pile of people wallowing in shit and farting... I understand the statement he's making and I realize the visual image is probably expressing a point that he doesn't want to repeat constantly. Still... Ewww. Unless I'm drunk. Then I find the whole thing hilarious, and I suspect that's a deliberate part of his shtick. Since I am only very rarely drunk, I have mostly tracked the downfall of the Acolyte on LittlePlatoon's channel. He's just as acerbic and brutally honest as the drinker, but he spends much less time on fart and poop jokes. youtube.com/@thelittleplatoon?si=5o-f7AQAl4ZgRBw5

@sciencemile That's the exact "right" attitude. If you don't like it, don't buy it. But this is the USA. We have a First Amendment precisely to prevent some self righteous asshole from getting to decide what we get to hear.

"his presentation is a bit too angry" That's what kids like.

@ChristianIce Really? What con do you alledge he's running? Or are you just regurgitating a word you've heard other people use without knowing what that word actually means?

@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 Grifter means he's pushing the narrative that keyboard warriors want to hear, (aka everything is woke) regardless the content of the movies/series he talks about. Last but not least, he managed to say that a series was "bad", admitting at a later time he didn't even watch it.. But hey, internet says it's woke, so I will call it woke, get the likes, what's the point of actually watching it, right?

@ChristianIce A grifter is a con man. Grifters are criminals. They trick people into trusting them and then use that trust to scam them out of money. You have accused the drinker of being a criminal. Nothing you have said suggests anything criminal. So again... What confidence scam are you accusing him of?

@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 "A grifter is a person who pretends to hold certain (often political) views in order to gain money or other benefits" I didn't adapt the term for the specific case, you americans did, I learn your language by examples. Other than that, I've explained my "accusations" and they are nowhere "crimes". Maybe addressing the *content* of what I wrote, on your part, would have been more intellectually honest.

@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 P.S. You can replace the term with "pretender" or "liar", it won't change my opinion on him, and that would make you happy about your usage of the term. That ok?

@@jasonjacobson1157 Yes. I stand corrected. Thanks for the correction!

I loved Peter Capaldi as Dr Who. He was my absolute favorite. And that is because he reminded me of someone very dear to me.

@@KiddDaPhoenix Amen. You play what you love. I will play what I love. I have no desire to persuade anyone of anything. Just play. Play the game you love. ruclips.net/user/shortshj6T9q2OlK8?si=lsjppgOIH7jQcIdb Send me an email at grumpy@marshallhomeweb.com. I will let you know when I start up my Tuesday game again.

@KaitenKenbu No. Spell slots are unique to 5e. In 2 and 3, you could only cast spells that you have memorized. If you want to cast magic missile twice, you need to memorize it twice. With spell slots you can memorize as many spells as your class and level allows, and cast any spell you want, as often as you like, as long as you have a spell slot of the appropriate level or higher available. The difference might seem slight, but the impact on gameplay is profound.

@Darkwintre No such luck. Disney still owns the movie rights. Paramount owns the TV rights and gave us brilliant shows like Discovery and Strange New Worlds. BUT... I am sincerely hoping that we've seen our last "Star Trek/High School Musical" fusion show.

Inspiration goes WAY back. The first use of a similar game mechanic goes back even further then WEG star wars! That I was wrong about. TSRs espionage game, Top Secret, introduced the mechanic all the way back in 1980 with "Fortune Points."

Yeah... my studio really is an attic. I don't have a lot of specialized equipment. But I WILL try to remember to turn off my A/C from now on.

@jamesfullard OK. Just for you, I'll put a short out tonight. I wasn't planning to use it, but wtf? Why not. I do have something longer in the pipeline, but it includes more than a few assumptions and statements of fact, and research is way harder than ranting and raving.

Nope. I mostly DM PnP these days. But I definitely would if there were still players around. I still brag about my Hall of Fame badge from back in the day, on the old Neverwinter Connections website. My old online handle was UrKnightErrant. If you want more models, including a selection of tents, large and small, install the CEP. The Community Expansion Pack includes hundreds of new models, monsters, and much MUCH more. Some of the new creature model skins were done by yours, truly. Last I checked they were still using my T-Rex skin, my giant lizard skin, giant frogs, shriekers, nagas, giant jellyfish, etc. Oh... And I'm pretty sure they are still using my Bahamut skin. Another amazing source of content, including all of the above and some AMAZING tutorials, is the Neverwinter Vault. Finally... Check out the Neverwinter Lexicon. It also has some amazing tutorials, but more importantly, it has ALL the syntax you will EVER need to write and modify scripts. Constants... Functions... Events... Data types... EVERYTHING.

@SlainByAnOrc Sounds about right. Although I don't think 5e audiences would approve. I cater to the old-school geek-gamers. The downside of broadening the market for D&D is that it has left us OG D&Ders out in the cold. Which is FINE. We have many older rulesets to use and many more new RPGs that are far better than 5E. Let the theater kids have D&D, AFAIC. *Yes. Yes, it is. It's not like we actually have to sit around for a week. If you want, you can just check 8 days off the calendar and get back to the adventure . But that WOULD be boring. Recovery times give the party a chance to start or work on their downtime projects, look for rumors, research lore, and let's not ignore the possibility of random encounters. I realize that 5E doesn't concern itself with things like domain level play and downtime actions, but when D&D was born, both of these now abandoned game elements were central to the game. Again... My game is more "old-school wargamer". It's a fundamentally different philosophy from "modern story-time" gaming. It's certainly not suitable for the mass-market audience 5E is oriented to.

​@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 Thank you for your reply! I stumbled upon your channel while on a bit of a mission to understand why players are still drawn to older editions of D&D. I'm almost 40 and have been playing since I was about 6 or 7, thanks to my older brother. I've experienced 2nd Edition, played loads of 3/3.5E, and now I'm onto 5E. For me, 5E is the most streamlined of all the editions, with much of the chunkiness removed. However, I must admit, I’m more confused than ever! It seems like almost all DMs who prefer older editions heavily homebrew rules to suit their table, just like you mentioned. But couldn’t you do the same with 5E and achieve a similar experience-without the chunkiness? For example, does using D100 for Thief skills instead of a D20 really add anything to the game? Spells have been toned down for class balance, and nothing more. A high-level Wizard and Fighter should both feel equally powerful, just in different ways.

@@SlainByAnOrc Why on earth would I spend my precious God-given time on home-brewing a mediocre game system like 5E when there is already a much better system available that already does almost everything I want it to? Besides, it's already been done by a bunch of people most of whom are much smarter than me. Mike Mearls and his team made D&D5 Classic. It is a VAST improvement over 5e, but it doesn't change the fact that the bones underneath... 5e... is just not that good a game. As for the dice, personally, I like playing with toys so I do prefer the different dice. But it really doesn't add or detract from the game, mechanically. There is ONE other benefit, though. Anyone who is actually going to STRUGGLE with the concept of percentile dice is FAR too stupid to sit at my table. I don't like to mean about it, but one of the worst things about geek properties being taken over by large corporations is that they take these small properties targeting a small smarter-than-average market niche and dumb it down to "broaden its appeal" and capture a much larger audience of mediocre intellects. Pretty much all of the geek culture I grew up with has suffered the invasion of the dumb, and I am just not there for it. Hard pass. Thanks.

@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It seems like your preference for an older edition or system over 5E is rooted more in personal taste and emotion rather than objective logic. Just like everyone else I’ve spoken to about why they play a different edition or system, they can tell me what they don't like about 5E but can’t explain why their preferred edition or system is mechanically better. You mention that 5E is a "mediocre game system" and express frustration with how it's been designed to appeal to a broader audience. While I see the passion you have for AD&D, the argument here seems driven by your emotional connection to a particular style of play and a desire to keep gaming within a certain intellectual niche. It almost feels like you might be trying to make yourself feel superior to those who play 5E-I hope not, as you seem like a nice person. It reminds me of an argument between two women about why Chanel handbags are better than Louis Vuitton-it's all emotion and no logic. Preferences for different editions are a valid reason, but it’s important to recognise that much of what you’re arguing comes down to personal feelings rather than concrete flaws.

@@SlainByAnOrc Yeah. I don't like you, either. Of course... I'm not hanging out on your channel. But hey... If that's the way you wanna go? Okee-dokee. I let you slide a little in that previous post. Edition wars bore me, but I'm gonna go ahead and call you out on it, now. You announced that 5E was the most streamlined version of the game, ever, and they removed all the clunkiness. You announced it as if it's an inarguable truth. That, sir, is BS. You didn't ask me what I didn't like about 5E. You asked me why I didn't mod it to suit my game style. I answered that question, and my answer was completely rational and reasonable. But since, now, you HAVE asked, and although I know you don't actually care, allow me to retort... You want "concrete flaws?" OK. Let's just dip our toes into a couple of 5Es "concrete flaws. 5E has, what? 30 Races? More? How about "subclasses?" A hundred? 120? I'll bet it's more. How many different skills and feats? How many "backgrounds?" Streamlined? 5E is a MESS of conflicting rules. Inadequate play testing has left 5E full of game breaking exploits. Expansion books only serve to increase the clutter AND add power creep to the mix. OG gamers spent years collaboratively creating the rules that Gary Gygax codified into AD&D. They weren't just play tested, they were PLAYED, for YEARS, before AD&D was released. What really irks me, however, is that if you had ever REALLY played the OG editions, you'd KNOW all this, so it really is starting to look like you're just dissembling, at this point. Your "I just don't get it" shtick just isn't fooling anyone. I mean, it IS possible that you're just incredibly stupid. I think it's more likely that you're just a troll. I honestly can't see a pro shill hanging out on my little, old channel, but WotC can be pretty ruthless and vindictive, so I guess it's REMOTELY possible. In any event, it hardly matters whether you are just sincerely stupid, or if you're being deliberately obtuse (which I consider the more likely possibility). I can go on ALL day about "objective, logical reasons" I'm not on team 5E. It's pretty clear that you don't actually want my opinion, after all. I mean, you are literally commenting on a LONG video that DETAILS my preference (which you have clearly not actually bothered to watch). So... Yeah. I don't like you, either, so I'm gonna go ahead and duck out of this thread. But I'm going to leave it up. I trust our good readers to decide, and judge, our little spat for themselves. I'm even going to go ahead and give you a shot at the last word so you can go to sleep tonight telling yourself how amazing you are for winning an argument on the internet. I, for one, have better things to do than engage with idiots, liars, and trolls.

@RobyDorsett It's probably a tileset group. What time does it appear?

Right around 9:19. Also. Did you do more videos? I am having trouble with the UDP firewall access.

@RobyDorsett Yep. That's a forest tileset group. Probably called "Large Tent 2x2" or something like that.

@@RobyDorsett I've been sniffing around your firewall problem. I remember what a PITA it was configuring my firewall. You need to open some ports, but I had to do some googling to find the exact ports. Here is what I found... TCP port: 5121 for gameplay. UDP ports: 512,5300, 6500, 6667, 27900, and 28900 for gameplay. TCP port: 5122 for chat and other server-browser communication.

@chaseforchrist I can't honestly say I have a favorite edition of rolemaster. I play a Frankenstein monster version. I started using it when it first came out to play in a Harn home brew, but I didn't buy the campaign guide until I started running an ICE Middle Earth campaign. That was probably 2nd or third edition. I own the current edition, but it's never gotten any table time. My favorite edition of Traveller is mongoose 2e. It's very true to the OG but washes out some of the 70s sci-fi tech tropes that don't mesh with our modern advances. The massive central computer rooms and dumb terminals are gone, now, replaced by decentralized networked systems. Armor is treated differently, but the core rules are basically the same. Oh... And you won't die during character creation anymore. While I haven't decided if that's an improvement or not, the players seem to prefer it.

Honestly, no. I love this game. And YES! A LOT of people did. And I love the D6 system. It's elegant, simple, easy to use, and PERFECT for the kind of cinematic gameplay that Star Wars demands. But honestly... That's not a style of play I usually indulge. I just don't see myself using it. I certainly DO recommend it strongly for anyone thinking of running any kind of cinematic action adventure. Lucas. Spielberg. OBVIOUSLY. Also... stuff like James Bond. I'd give it a hard look for other movie styles like Predator, the Thing, Starship Troopers... It's a super flexible system, easy to homebrew. You can design pretty much an entire campaign by assigning skills to a character sheet. But, again... not my usual style. I am more of a wargamer. I prefer a less narrative cinematic and more open strategic campaign. "Open" is a lot more work. Worldbuilding is a BEAST. WEG obviously did all that worldbuilding for me. They gave me stats and skills for soldiers, aliens, vehicles, the force... And it was STAR WARS! We had a BLAST with it. Even today... d6 is the best solution for Star Wars. d6 is open source and FREE. The stats for every Star Wars element are available online for FREE. I don't see myself using it for much else, though. I like the minutiae. I like spending action points and counting out squares. I don't usually run action-oriented campaigns but when a fight does break out, I like a degree of tactical depth that D6 doesn't really support.

@tofastninj9747 Umm .. no. In fact exactly the opposite is true. EGG hated magic users and nerfed them hard. Sure... there was a chance a lucky spell could kill or disable a powerful foe. Enemy spellcasters can do the same. That's the game. If the outcomes were predictable, we wouldn't need dice. In any event, Basic and AD&D magic users have become progressively more powerful with each edition, not less.

I disagree. There's nothing wrong with multiculturalism. Freedom is all about making choices. Without choices freedom is meaningless. Multiculturalism provides a rich panoply of choices. You'll never convince me that this is a bad thing. I'm a John Stewart Mill fan. I'm all about allowing competing ideas to flourish. What you're talking about isn't multiculturalism. It's racism. Nobody ever said racism can't cut in more than one direction. dawg.

@@daverockefeller7486 Super well expressed. I am going to steal the way you said that.

A player who isn't as charismatic as their character can still explain what their end goals are and how they are attempting to achieve those. They can explain if their character is attempting to appeal to a known quality about the npc, or responding to something specific the npc has said or done. The main reason for social skills (in my opinion/experience) is to skip social parts of the game, so you can get back to the combat. To me, basing a social encounter on a roll makes about as much sense as storming an enemy position without any scouting. Without the roll, you could decide find out a little something that makes that npc tick, and set up the time, environment, and anything you might have to entice them (material, knowledge, or whatever) similar to the way you would plan a physical encounter. I guess I think of it as an ambush where words are the weapons. Social skills are great if you want to skip or greatly reduce that aspect of tabletop gaming. If everything is decided by the dice, then there is no incentive for the players to treat npcs as anything other than a target number for a social skill roll. And, after all, that is (at least in part) why we have the memes of the overly amorous bards, right?

Exactly. I have NO problem with narrative role-playing. This isn't critical role. You don't need to entertain anyone with silly voices or witty banter. "Tell me, good sir, where my gentle troupe and I might find victuals and a bed?" That's great, but... "I ask the guard where the nearest inn is," works just as well.

Agreed. It seems like a natural progression. If i recall correctly, Fighters were given the title Lord around level 10 or so. For me that always meant you were at least a manor lord or minor noble of the area with retainers and henchmen.

I assure you. This is not a phrase that I coined, and I don't know who did. It's funny, in a kinda sad way, how much the game has changed. Back in the day, D&D was a subset of wargaming. The idea of developing a plot of land and raising an army was an assumed part of the game. Now it elicits a blank stare from the DM. Slip your DMs a PDF of the 2e Castle Guide. Or even just a 1e DMG. Hirelings. Building costs. It's all there. How long does it take an orc to tunnel 10 feet? Gary wrote it down somewhere. What we call D&D today isn't even a pale shadow of what it used to be. I'm not saying it's "bad." More "mediocre," really. What I am saying is that modern D&D has NOTHING to do with the original. It's a COMPLETELY different game.

@rockethobbit Good. Just got back from DC. Family is well. Working on editing a video I made there. Thanks so much for asking. I know I been away for a while, but frankly, I haven't had much to say, lately other than ,"I told you so." But nobody likes that guy.

We miss you.​@@grumpyoldgrognard9561

@smokegasplaynintendo5767 YES! This and MUCH more! But... The process of map building in the electron engine is much more time consuming. The scripting language is the same, but the engine gives up a lot of user-friendliness for power. The tradeoff isn't practical for a casual hobbiest like myself, but it is an amazing tool.

@@grumpyoldgrognard9561 Ty for your reply and your videos is excellent...You got a new subscriber. I just bought NWN on sale just now so I can follow along.