Comments for Robot Viking

Comment on Enter the Hero System Character Creator Contest…WHILE YOU STILL CAN! by guybrush

guybrush — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:03:53 +0000

Any update on the finalists/winner? Just hoping I didn’t somehow miss the announcement!

Comment on Player’s Handbook 3 Class Reviews: The Ardent by ggodo

ggodo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:04:48 +0000

hmmmm. . . interesting. It seems unlikely that this will affect me, simpy because my 4e campaign is unlikely to ever see this, and outside college my friends are vehemently against 4e, but this is very interesting. unfortunately, I think the decision-making would lead to my 4e campaign taking FAR TOO LONG to finish a tiny encounter. Why does it take 20 minutes to kill 6 minions!?

Comment on D&D Dungeon Tiles — Now in 3D by ggodo

ggodo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:04 +0000

Do they have any out door tilesets? I have a feeling the Pathfinder campaign I’ll have over the summer is going to have a lot of outdoors.

Man it feels good to be back. My old computer got a virus and took what I had of Tyranids III, so that’s going to be a while rewriting. I finally got the new one fully functional so I’M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaack!

Comment on D&D Dungeon Tiles — Now in 3D by mordicai

mordicai — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:25:02 +0000

I actually sold all my tiles to a buddy who makes use of them– well, “sold” is wrong, I traded them for minis– because I prefer wet erase boards. That said, 3d is the tile for me! Nothing says “THIS IS 3D!” quite like actual 3-D tiles. Colour me curious…but the 1/3 bugs me. I want a 3D only set, with…hey, maybe with clear “flying/hovering” stands.

Comment on Player’s Handbook 3 Class Reviews: The Ardent by Gavin O'Brien

Gavin O'Brien — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:10:04 +0000

Well, technically you don’t get tons of at-wills, since your average non-human will only ever be allowed to have 3 at-will attack powers at one time. When you hit a level when you’d normally add an at-will (say, level 7) and you already have 3, you are required to lose one of your previous at-wills to take one of the new level, just as other classes do with Daily and Encounter powers at paragon and epic tier. Obviously, Humans get an extra one from the 1st level choices, but they can’t choose their Human at-will from any later levels.

However, there are TONS of at-will options, for sure.

Comment on If It Was a Non-Combat Encounter, Why Did You Use Orcs? by Megido

Megido — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:51:18 +0000

This post was my introduction to Robot Viking. What a way to start, huh? With a moral dilemma.

Comment on If It Was a Non-Combat Encounter, Why Did You Use Orcs? by Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:10:47 +0000

Man, this was a classic comment discussion.

Comment on DDI Monster Builder In-Depth Report by Megido

Megido — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:32:45 +0000

The Dante’s Inferno video game. It’s the signature monster from the gluttony portion of Hell. Preferred methods of attack: biting, barfing, and bowel movements.

Comment on DDI Monster Builder In-Depth Report by Ryk Perry

Ryk Perry — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:55:52 +0000

Nasty. What’s that from?

Comment on DDI Monster Builder In-Depth Report by Megido

Megido — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:29:51 +0000

Grossly obese medium… wow. That’s awful, lol. It makes me think immediately of this: http://tinyurl.com/yatvr7k
I so wish I had been there for that battle. Stupid, Eric, stupid!

Comment on DDI Monster Builder In-Depth Report by Ryk Perry

Ryk Perry — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:35:46 +0000

I just noticed that the stats say that it is large. It was supposed to be a grossly obese medium.

Comment on DDI Monster Builder In-Depth Report by Ryk Perry

Ryk Perry — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:33:48 +0000

Actually, the party fought one of these almost exactly as printed on the last session before you came back form vacation. After the fight, they found Troian (i guess it was the fetch) in that prison. It was a good fight (3-way), in the tower of vecna with the ghould lord trying to eat anything in its path (as long as it wasn’t undead).

I’ve never tried the CutePDF, but once I figured out how to copy the monster data to the clipboard, it seems very easy to manipulate and edit in another document.

Comment on DDI Monster Builder In-Depth Report by Megido

Megido — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:02:22 +0000

I’ve never thought to check out the monster builder. That’s probably because I’ve never been a DM, but still it seems like it would be interesting, and maybe even fun, to fiddle with the creatures. Sounds like it’s pretty easy, all things considered. And your Insatiable Ghoul Lord is awesome. I mean… holy shit, it would be a rough fight, but it would be fun. I almost wouldn’t mind getting killed if it was by that, “I’ll Bite Your Head Off!” attack.

As to putting things in a new format, I may or may not be able to offer a suggestion. I use this for the character creator, so maybe it will work for the monster builder too. An application called CutePDF. It acts as a printer, showing up in the printer menu when you want to print a document, but instead of printing it turns the document into a pdf. It’s perfect for me, who uses Windows on my Mac, ’cause I can make a PDF, then click and drag it to my Mac desktop, and use it without hassle. It’s a quick and simple process, so maybe it would work for creating monster pdf’s.

Comment on \m/ Gaming with Metal \m/ by Megido

Megido — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:21:50 +0000

All of these songs have cool names, but I fear they’re not my cup of tea. I think I wouldn’t mind listening to them in the proper setting, or just in general if they were playing, but that’s about it.

That aside, it’s quite the list you have complied. I hadn’t realized just how much older rock was fantasy influenced. Hell, I haven’t even played Brutal Legend yet. I’m so behind!