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D & D 4 games - so how then?

Do you know these situations where a normal conversation under collective insight abruptly changes into a seconds in, helpless silence? Such we had at a recent meeting with a potential, new D & D4 round. It resulted from the realization that to win Wizards of the Coast with their current contact on the Essentials new players a variety of customers had to have overlooked: the role-playing newcomers.

I do not mean good or better role players, but people who have long-term role to play now play now play D & D 4. Specifically, a role player who wants to enter into an existing round and has no material.

The Core Books we could did not recommend in good conscience,

1. because they are worthless in today's rule as de facto and

2. because for the same reason no longer reprinted be (so he could get players with future problems).

The essentials we could not recommend him as an alternative but also because they are aimed at complete novices who have never had a role playing game in hand. The most basic rules are there on several sides with concrete play experiences trampled to take the newcomer by the hand (in a way that must be described, for example, what does it mean skill), which is so unsuitable as a reference, as it just kind of goes. Added to this is that the rules would be so simplified, so we were not sure if it with the "updated" to keep land registers at all. The Essentials also offer a wide selection not for the player as it offers the basic books and he also had on any of the simplified basic classes of interest. Not least, we lack the time (months, years?) Wait until the essentials are on the level of information that a beginner at the level of an existing round can play.

is soon coming Rules contains Compendium however my information available to only the rules of the game is as "Player's Guide" and thus not suitable and is rather aimed at Altspieler who want to come up to date, without the right for each question the Monitor set to have.

short, there was no way he started with the existing D & D4 allow players.

Now the question is the issue: What answers Wizards of the Coast has experienced for the role players that show an interest in D & D4, but not like pre-school children want to be treated?

We did not. But we could lend him our basic books.

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D & D4 Essentials wars

I've pushed myself to a D & D4 Essentials comment, there are already too many. But it bothers me when basic things are left out of account in the discussion.

"war - the essence

The war is the fear of the Little
and the indifference of the Great
-. Szaba Nico"

The history of role playing is a konflikträchtige. They told each other of great legends and gruesome horror, as the dragon spears and golden rule books met and giants such as Arneson and Gygax walked on the earth. And the legions of role players stood for everything they hold dear, was the fairness, the challenge and the freedom of play.

Together we have overcome the yoke of Fantastic Realism, have revealed the masquerade of the storyteller. We have fought in the war of the big three, and then endure the uprising of the indie-recognized back to back over us leave. And when the march of the iron ARS shook the role flamewar scorched field, we have not let us down. Now the smoke has cleared the Retroklonkriege still not quite back countless design and corpses on the field it, as already threatens a new conflict is quite different.
There is civil war!
It means no longer us versus them, but role players to role player, brother against brother turns against each other.

In the center of this event are the Dungeons & Dragons Essentials, the new line of Wizards of the Coast to the 4th Edition of D & D. The Essentials are meant as an introduction for newcomers, the first box (yes, there are no more thick rule books) already contains everything you need to play. At least for a short time. More than 10 products across the beginners bit by bit to quote "Pros" trained. The adoption of the designers, if they simplify the game, it would be more accessible. Now, D & D4 has a potential for streamlining, without question, but basically easy to understand. Anyone who looks at the contents of the box provides, however, that it is more about to delete content (or to distribute to many products). A beginner so be less overwhelmed if he only has 4 classes to choose instead of 8 +.
Well, if WotC can find someone with so much patience, I wish you good luck.

But the essentials are to understand more than spark that threatens to tear up the powder keg of the various D & D4 camp. For those who already Play D & D4, it is increasingly difficult to stay up to date. " In Essentials, find all the changes (so-called "Updates") that have been published to date. In parallel, see a "Rules Compendium, which contains all these rules. There will be no new options that are only found in the Essentials for D & D4 "veterans" to bait, hooked by manipulating the red nostalgic design of the box (which is, ironically, adapted in later editions). The alternative, which is provided from official sources available is: You do not have to play it, yes.
Well thank you, too!
zerpfücken Meanwhile, the players against each other over whether the Essentials are a new edition now or not. It is basically played it does not matter by what rule variants will work as long as they. Honestly, I do not care it if the Magic Missile receive automatic maximum damage, must be thrown. WotC would have the Magic Missile emphasize may, it does not matter as long as the game still in the core D & D remains.
I want is that it is set.

is important to understand that it's not about the essentials. It's also not about Erratieren. Errata are a good thing, errors need to be ironed out. Even though me a priori rigorous, thoughtful, infallible rule system would prefer, may is an RPG designer seems to be so much expertise not abverlangen. It is not even a Edition jumps when a system is thus brought to the front. So be it.
It is about the obsessive, pointless change because of change, in order to move players to stay on the ball. Had the Essentials really is a 5.4 I would appreciate it!
An RPG round is a very fragile construct, as it happens in the minds of the players. And that is usually reserved to only one. synchronize this now, so that the players have fun with each other on a shaft can RPG makes one of the most difficult games ever, and fails more often than they worked. A strong, constant control system can help the round to keep together. Only when this changes every few weeks, it is itself the factor of uncertainty.
provoked Basically every major update, the splitting of individual groups of D & D players and it harms the role play as a whole. Who plays with whom the rules by which, who knows that already have? The argument, "You must not use the changes yes" has no meaning in reality, can be easily guessed (unless most of the players play the unchanged 1st edition, a naive assumption - I do this way, as far as is possible) .
Even though I disagree because many, I have experienced this in D & D 3.5 not so sprawling.

D & D runs off his own players. Especially those you can not operate as a hobby work week, but want to play quickly and easily and without much effort RPG. D & D4 suitable for this purpose more than the two predecessors.
cured without D & D Insider account is now really in work on the cutting edge to stay and I assume it's intention. And here at last is lost the argument in the trial of the beginner-friendly function to generate the customer. Not to participate no later then degenerates into problems when one wants to read strategy guides on the Internet or merely wants to chat with other players (except 4.0 on the topic vs. 4.5). Not to mention when it does play whatever material world to the latest version to date.
My D & D4 now acts as my PC, it is outdated before I brought it home, and to be the slow, a hobby such as role-playing game is not easy. I will also play some point and time do not deal consistently with regular updates. And the prospect of hanging back is not very enticing. The lack of promotional material for the 4th Edition date - and I'm an avid hobbyist who the previous D & D 4 posts read - could also arise. What rules should also make something so that it can use other players? This can also be intention.

WotC would do well the strong foundation of D & D4 expand, rather than reinventing every week. What remains after the metaphor-filled, overly long text? What can we do anyway? WotC has applied the D & D 4 players against each other and count to rank among the most tenacious D & D fans.
Congratulations!
But WotC is against which we must face. Let us not argue about Magic Missiles or monster damage, but we show that are not repaired, what is not broken. What D & D is still holding together the print product, not the PDFs or online accounts. They provide a stable base for the creative exchange dar. I say it reluctantly, but the next Compendium can be as a new breakpoint. Let's stop the civil war going towards the sake of peace one step further and are joining with the Compendium on this new basis and apart from genuine error correction is then fixed point of this rule, so that we can finally understand each other. We are together but not so stupid of us to have to show WotC flimsy arguments. You do not join any number Dreher, because of a need to be reminded WotC apparently: In a pinch
WE can play well without it D & D!

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What in the world ... is a Hoodoo?

at the last minute I again have a review completed and my "month" Should meet;) This time it's something less dangerous, but for RPG culturally usable, I think. This also shows the influence that the inanimate nature on people's lives. Even outside of major natural disasters. I would always like to use as hundreds of pictures, but I lack the space and permission is therefore by its own image search with the given key words is recommended. It's worth it.

What in the world ... is a series of articles in the unusual natural phenomena that are related to Spice up your can use role-playing game worlds and campaigns are briefly explained. And especially if it is fantasy worlds. Of course you can also simply read Sun The other contributions can be found in the menu under "What in the world ..."

Hoodoos

space: [several meters to tens of meters]
Occurrence: In rocky dry regions with volcanic deposits
potential danger: [less dangerous]
time scale: [partly Recent to a few tens of millions of years]
Climate: [Arid and sub-arid]

What is a Hodoo?

No, Hoodoo is not related to the African religion of Voodoo, let alone with the African-American religious hoodoo, but describes a fascinating rock formation that inspires even the idea of creative energy as Hoodoo, Balance Rock, or Fairy Chimneys (Fairy Chimney) refers to a voluminous rock column, the tip of a massive, optically remote rock for as a hat. The hat is made in some cases, high color contrast on the column and emphasizes the appearance of a huge stone mushrooms. The height can vary between a man's height and a multistory house. Centimeters large hoodoos can be from a pure development mechanism lane even as such, but it is not customary to call it that.

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Hoodoos in Cappadocia, Turkey (Q: adventurelogger.blogspot.com)

Hoodoos are signs of erosion, which may under certain, but not so rare conditions arise. They can occur in groups of hundreds of columns. And as fascinating as the question is how a cone-shaped rock on top of a rock column go, a question, explain the many peoples in their legends with the work of giants and mythical creatures, so simple is the answer.

Known hoodoos are found in K appadokien, Turkey, Djavolja Varos in Serbia or in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah .

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Slim Toadstool Hoodoo, Rimrock, Escalante, Utah (Photo: Ian Parker)

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Djavolja Varos, the devil town, hoodoos of 10 meters, Serbia (Q: Mildz Blog)

How does a Hoodoo?

(not Simulationisten can also skip)

hoodoos are found at the appropriate rocks and in the appropriate climate and rarely occur alone. They are formed mainly in arid and sub-arid climate, ie an environment in which evaporation exceeds precipitation in most of the months. On special bedrock caused by so-called Badlands.

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Badlands National Park, South Dakota (Q: Kartik Raja)

These landscapes are characterized by very dry, steep ridges, ravines and little vegetation. The latter is of crucial importance, since the rocks without vegetation increased wind and water erosion are exposed. Strong sunlight can accelerate Gesteinsverwitterng. A great altitude on the plateau also favors the forces of erosion.

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Hoodoo with "Basque cap" in the highlands of Cappadocia, Urgup, Turkey (Q: Wiki commons)

comes in these dry regions periodically to very heavy rainfall, during which large amounts of loose and be removed not by plant fixing materials and wash out the deep gullies that are responsible for the rugged landscape (this way, the Grand Canyon was created). Whether a ravine or eg a Hoodoo arises, decide on the rocks. Large, small-scale differences in the erosion resistance promote these more obscure formations.

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Exceptional Hoodoos in Goreme, Turkey (Photo: Ricardo Lopes)
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They typically occur where different effusive (ie volcanic rocks) are superimposed deposited. You should know that most volcanic eruptions are characterized by a change of outbreak behavior. It may alternate quickly loose pyroclastic volcanic rock and fluid (that lava) to form the characteristic layering. In Hoodoo it is often proposed as a good low to be detected fringe pattern.

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stratification of Laachersee volcano, Eifel, here without hard rocks (Photo: JS But)

From the results in a loose ejections tuff, lava, however massive, resistant basalt. Some tuffs are consolidated so porous and weak that they can crush them with bare hands. As a result of tension, shattering and other stresses cause cracks in the basalt, can penetrate through the water, so the loose Tuff including washes away. To chance is then to decide whether some are in certain places and under such basalt boulders remain in the tuff like an umbrella to protect from erosion, creating an isolated column.

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sketch to the formation of hoodoos (Q: Wikimedia)

The protective basalt is replaced here by meteoric waters often the hat-like conical shape, while aeolian erosion rounds off the column. As a protective cap, other resistant rocks such as volcanic ignimbrite (solidified ash flows) are used. The cover can also consist of a single harder volcanic rock (called a bomb or block)

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hoodoo with a block as a protective cap, Djavolja Varos, Servia (Q: Mildz Blog)

With progressive erosion of the rock column is getting thinner and thinner until the rock cover is finally down.

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The Camel's Head, Upper White Rocks - Escalante, Utah (Photo: Ian Parker)

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Hoodoos in Cappadocia. Good to see is that the caps are as previously continuous layer of rock along a contour line (Q: Eastcoastrod)

use role-play

From Hoodoos is based on little danger, it Unless you are among the unfortunate who are in a very rare rock fall or next to it to climb, so I do not use a description of the dangers. In the role play they still give her a lot, not only because they support as a phenomenon even to the wonderful character of a fantasy world, but because of Man knew early on to make it to advantage. Therefore, following is a brief description of a suitable place to role play.

Tuff shall be handled easily expressed and to bring in almost any desired shape. The result was eg in Cappadocia, a mountainous plateau in Turkey, the late Byzantine Matiana, today Göreme, a city that was in the 10-20 meter diameter pillars chiseled and many floors deep.

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cave city of Goreme, Turkey (Q: Pan Pan_TW, flicker)

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house into a tuff Hoodoo beaten, Uchisar, Turkey (Q: ex_novo)

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The "modern" city of Goreme (Q: EcoTurkey.com)

are based on the city volcanic eruptions that began in the Miocene (before 10Mio.J.). As early as the Hittite period, the region was populated and there is evidence that has already been a settlement around 8000 BC. In the artificial caves rule consistently cool temperatures, so that as storerooms Keller and serve. The corridors are often interconnected and can be very complex.

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section of the cave city Kaymakli, Turkey

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detail the Kaymakli metropolis, Turkey (Q: BLDGBlog)

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cross section diagram of the city Derinkuyu, Turkey

The shafts to lead down into the groundwater, thus ensuring a secure water supply. The caves were used as well as religious facilities such as burial grounds. As one of the most important early Christian centers, there are many murals, basilicas, churches and chapels in the caverns.

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cave ceiling of St. Peter Church in Görmer, Turkey (Photo: Flicker, Traces in the Sand )

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early Christian paintings, Goreme, Turkey (Q: Shape Shift, flicker)

incurred in the winding tunnels many rooms and secret hiding places , so that the city could also be used as a refuge. Already constructed in the Byzantine period Christian groups narrow shafts up to high areas under the stony hills, where they could hide. In the absence of a declaration at a later, Turkish time arised the myth of the fairy chimneys. The advantages of the city affords its national importance, so that it developed into a colorful, cultural melting pot. In the surrounding area sculpted over 50 such underground cave cities, as an example of the easier life of the people affected.

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courses in the city Derinkuyu, Turkey

The History of Goreme is so rich that I do not play here, but can be found at the following link literally everything that one can know in general knowledge about the city:

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parallels to the rock city of T'Skrang in the game world Earthdawn come to mind here, and it shows how to implement such a template with surreal architecture in role play.

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Action: Read an RPG in the public

Just before we go there again, I would like the funny action "read a role-play in public" have mentioned, as the initiator of the page The Escapist, which has declared the action you want from many blogs.



The purpose of this campaign, by reading RPG books, the public, except to make the bus, train or on the curb on our hobby attention. This, of course, no loud talk is meant, even though it would certainly give the matter vigorously. It refers to 3 weeks a year take place at important historical days. The day after tomorrow, it's that time again.

has kindly Clayton is Jed, active inter alia in Tanelornforum translate that effort made the call in our beautiful language. The translation was then promptly set at The Escapist. All information may be found here

the associated (as always confused chaotic) Facebook page you will find here

It's not really complicated and with enough participants, it might make one or two outsiders curious. I also run a fun bet that I will not see anyone at the time a RSP book in hand, so you ran think;)
says And it further.