Football, Lich king, and D&D
Week five of football was a loss. But I am giving MVP of the week to Patrick Willis, who got 14 solo tackles and a sack. That man is a defensive dream machine. No wonder he is the defensive team captain.
This last weekend (week six) was a win. MVP goes to Payton Manning. I know, super predictable, but he had three touchdown passes and no interceptions. That’s good points! And again my defense scored a measly one point. Not sure how much longer it will take for me to realize that the New England defense is not what it was last year and I should drop them like the turd they are.
So now I’m at 3-3 (win-loss). Not bad really, but next week I play my husband which should make for an interesting weekend. I tend to seek him out for football advice. Not so this week.
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Today was the big World of Warcraft patch for Wrath of the Lich King expansion. And just in time for me to hit seventy they decide to do a talent wipe. I had finally spent my last five points that I have been hoarding up (okay, avoiding spending), and now I have to do it all over again. Even worse, all the talents are new!!
Did you guys over there at Blizzard not read my post about the agony of deciding??? Just mean!
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I played fourth edition Dungeons and Dragons and lived to tell of it. Okay it wasn’t that dramatic, but so far I am rather fond of the new rules. It’s different which in a lot of ways makes me feel better about shelling out for yet another D&D Player’s Handbook.
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Tags: d&d, roleplaying, sports, Web, world of warcraft
October 15th, 2008 at 5:37 am
There is a lot about 4th edition that feels kind of sterile to me. A couple from my Mutants and Masterminds group plays 4th every wednesday and while they’ve enjoyed it, I think they’re thinking of switching again. I kind of think though that there is a lot of innovation with where they went, and the right designer or game master should be able fill in the genericness with some goodness.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Well a DM can make or break the experience regardless of system.
I think the sterility argument comes from the fact that there is almost no incentive to use anything other then your very best at-will power over and over. There seems to be far less variety for some classes.
But the game also is much more forgiving to having a non traditional group. Finally everyone can make the class they want too without handicapping the group.
Its a really new system and I think there are lots of kinks still to work out, but I have to say I’m glad they took the game in a very different direction. Seems the only way to justify a new edition.