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Tabletop Games Thread
« on: November 07, 2014, 06:33:01 pm »

So a number of people feel like tabletop discussion doesn't feel right in Other Games and that there seems like a lot more interest in GD when it gets brought up in various threads. So let's try a thread in GD to see if it gets decent traction. I'm optimistic.

Talk mainly about these things:
  • Board games
  • Card games
  • Tabletop roleplaying games
  • Anything else I forgot
I already mentioned this in the happy thread, but the 2014 MTG commander decks came out today and I got the red one. I'm currently merging it with my old Bosh, Iron Golem deck.
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2014, 07:56:27 pm »

WOO this is a BUMP.

So, favorite D&D/Pathfinder classes?

Outside of Tier 1, I'm a fan of the Dragonfire Adept myself. Inside, I'm a Druid's man through and through. Haven't played pathfinder, but I really want to try the gunslinger class.

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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2014, 08:12:49 pm »

Sorcerer. All the way. Especially if I can get my mitts on a blaster build, because screw greasing your enemies.
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2014, 08:17:32 pm »

Let's share our creepiest, most horribly inappropriate rpg stories! :D
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2014, 08:48:23 pm »

PTW
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2014, 08:49:31 pm »

All my Pathfinder games crashed and burned before they could get off the ground, but I've been trying to run a paladin for ages.
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2014, 12:38:21 am »

I've never actually been able to play a game of DnD. It's kind of sad actually...

PTW for now, I may chime every once and a while.
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2014, 12:52:23 am »

Favourite D & D class?

Despite their mechanical mehness, something about me just loves Fighters. Assigning like ~24 bonus feats for making that 20th level Fighter is really fun. And the Spring Attack upgrade feats[Not that I've ever tried that in practice] just seem fun[BOING SLASH ALL THE THINGS]

Sorcerer is definitely up there, since they can do all kinds of magicy stuff without being Tier 1[Something I've only encountered on the internet. I guess most of the people I've played with just didn't try to uber-optimize, in favour of making EVERYTHING BURN.]. Plus spellbooks and such are sort of fiddly.


Also, I'm going to be playing a game of Twilight Imperium[No idea which edition] this weekend, with some other newbies and some veterans[Who I fully expect to get my ass kicked by.]. Has anyone heard of/played it? If so, what the hell does a newcomer to the game do to upstage the veteran players?
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2014, 03:16:16 am »

WOO this is a BUMP.

So, favorite D&D/Pathfinder classes?

Wizard and/or warlock (from the "Complete Arcane" rules supplement)
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2014, 04:39:58 am »

My favorite two characters so far have been a water orc Battle Sorcerer (variant sorcerer) and a something-or-other Cleric. Those were more my favorites because of the characters themselves, though. Mechanically I've always been a fan of Crusaders from the Tome of Battle, and Truenamers take the prize for best flavor. (With the added 'benefit' of requiring absurd optimization to actually use at all.)
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2014, 05:21:04 pm »

PTW

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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2014, 07:12:25 pm »

Mechanically I've always been a fan of Crusaders from the Tome of Battle
I like Crusaders, too. Wrote one up the other day with the intention of a sort of "Paladin +" with a lance, a donkey, and a heavy iron shield.

EDIT: I'm writing up a Silverbrow Human "Mailman" right about now, but I'm unsure what the dragonblood subtype (which I got from Silverbrow) does. Can anybody confirm whether the information presented here is feat-specific or comes from the subtype?

EDIT2: If it doesn't, can somebody clarify precisely what the subtype does?
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2014, 07:20:27 pm »

Does anyone know of any good but obscure tabletop games to play? I can personally recommend Geiger Counter.

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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2014, 07:23:45 pm »

Mechanically I've always been a fan of Crusaders from the Tome of Battle
I like Crusaders, too. Wrote one up the other day with the intention of a sort of "Paladin +" with a lance, a donkey, and a heavy iron shield.

EDIT: I'm writing up a Silverbrow Human "Mailman" right about now, but I'm unsure what the dragonblood subtype (which I got from Silverbrow) does. Can anybody confirm whether the information presented here is feat-specific or comes from the subtype?

Crusaders are really cool, also they are the only ones with access to Devoted Soul, which has a stance that lets you roll -all- max damage dice again. For more damage.

I played with a keen screaming falchion. 3d4's roll 4's so often. But I can't help imagining multiclassing into sorcerer at that point and fireballing all the things. All those sweet sixes would get re-rolled into even more damage.

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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2014, 07:28:14 pm »

Can we also talk about how underappreciated and awesome Betrayal at House on the Hill is?
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