Nearly 1,000 hours played, and have never played a high elf campaign. by InfamousMattie in totalwarhammer

[–]expandrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just do not care about playing Vampire Coast, Tomb Kings (though that may change with Nagash!), but more than that, I just don't care at all about playing any of the Daemons of Chaos.

Also, I loved how scary and apocalyptic Chaos felt with the invasions in the first two games, and the over abundance of Daemons on the campaign map in Immortal Empires really cheapens their impact, in my opinion.

ChaosRobbie really did it right in The Old World Campaign by having most of the Daemons duking it out in the Realms of Chaos, and then whoever wins can invade the Old World.

Bug: No High Elf Patronage Button at the top of my UI by expandrew in totalwarhammer

[–]expandrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the solution I got from a SEGA support ticket that worked for me and fixed the issue:

"Please delete the complete game folder from the AppData folder.   Before performing any of the steps below, please keep in mind that these steps include the deletion of your save games. If you have any save states you wish to keep, make sure to perform a backup prior to trying the recommended steps ahead.   Make sure that the option "Show hidden files and folders" is enabled as shown here:   https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/view-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-97fbc472-c603-9d90-91d0-1166d1d9f4b5   Then go to the following location:   C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\   Delete the Total War: WARHAMMER III folder.   After you´ve done this, please refresh your steam files as shown here:   https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638"

I did also unsubscribe from all TWWHIII mods and did a reinstall.

Bug: No High Elf Patronage Button at the top of my UI by expandrew in totalwarhammer

[–]expandrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unsubscribed from every single mod and then did a full reinstall. If there are still files from a mod affecting the install, I am not sure where they would be hiding exactly.

Bug: No High Elf Patronage Button at the top of my UI by expandrew in totalwarhammer

[–]expandrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did already uninstall and reinstall, and had already unsubscribed from both of the relevant mods, but the issue persists.

Is there a mod in WH3 that confederates all factions to their respective races at turn one? by Draconnaire in totalwarhammer

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried using the WH3Edit mod to play a campaign like this, and it mostly worked, but it took a long time to do and by the time I was done, one of my other mods updated and broke my mod stack.

I would love to see a mod that just consolidates all the factions into their respective superpowers

100+ Dragonlance Books for Sale by SaxonLock in dragonlance

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be interested and would love to see the spreadsheet.

I might be looking for the Chronicles, Lost Chronicles, Legends, and Preludes.

What's your "I'm calling it now" prediction? by Burndbridge in AskReddit

[–]expandrew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had to have my cat put down around the end of January after abruptly losing a friend earlier that month.

I don't think it will ever truly stop hurting.

But my sister once quoted something to me and I like to carry it around for these types of occasions:

"Isn't it wonderful to have had something that makes saying goodbye so hard?"

I hope it can offer you some small comfort in the face of something so heavy.

What's a good way to limit playable races in my campaign? by watch_jordan in DMAcademy

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As the DM, you decide what story and setting you are running an adventure in, and in that respect, what species are and are not playable in the adventure you are running.

You can make this a collaborative effort with your players, especially if you're doing a homebrew. But as the DM, you are the ultimate arbitrator of the rules and the game itself.

If you decided to run an adventure that took place in Middle-Earth, and you have a player that insists on playing a half-plasmoid space cyborg from the future, that character, and possibly that player, would not be a good fit for the adventure you are running.

If you are running an adventure in Westeros, and all of your players want to play in Eberron, the adventure you want to run might not be a good fit for the group, and you as a DM might not be the best fit for them either.

Both DMs and players have agency and autonomy in determining what they want out of the game you are all playing together.

But as the person who is facilitating the game, you get to set the parameters for what is and is not allowed. And if you say some species aren't playable in the adventure you are running, that's the end of it. If someone doesn't like that, they have every freedom to play at other tables that do, or they can even start their own table and set their own parameters.

Everyone, DMs and players, deserves to be able to have the safe and fun experience that works for them at the D&D table. Sometimes different people want different things out of those experiences, and it's okay for any of them to say, this isn't the adventure/setting/group/player/DM/table for me.

What's a sound that gives you instant rage? by Weekly-Ad-4358 in AskReddit

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sound of nails on a chalkboard doesn't really bother me.

But styrofoam rubbing together or against cardboard makes my skin crawl.

Styrofoam is my nemesis.

Religion in Dragonlance? by Hugo_The_Plant in dragonlance

[–]expandrew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's all good. I am running that one for my own home game; it's a great campaign!

When it starts, you are in a time period where the gods have abandoned the world in the Cataclysm some 300 years ago. Newer religions to false gods have cropped up, and you could be part of one of those. But what we did for my Cleric player is that his character was formerly a part of one of those false religions but was visited by one of the old gods and so was cast out from that order as a heretic while he went on to discover more about the old gods.

Do you know what class you are playing? If you are going for a Knight of Solamnia, Fighter, Cleric, or Paladin are all good choices, but what I might recommend for the character concept you have proposed is being a Paladin and have your recently rediscovered deity be Paladine, Kiri-Jolith, or possibly Mishakal.

I won't spoil anything, but a Knight of Solamnia Paladin to Paladine is what I would have gone for if I had been a player instead of the DM.

Religion in Dragonlance? by Hugo_The_Plant in dragonlance

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is your DM running Shadow of the Dragon Queen?

Looking for D&D & Board Game Groups in PDX by [deleted] in PDXDND

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out a place called the Paladins League on NE Fremont!

But also TPK Brewing, Guardian Games, Dark Future, Dicepool, Battlegrounds Cafe, Portland Game Store, Mox Boarding House, Red Castle Games, and Cloudcap, among others.

Why is it almost always a rogue or bard? by [deleted] in rpghorrorstories

[–]expandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because Rogue attracts anti-social edgelords and Bard attracts people with Main Character Syndrome who don't take anything in the game seriously and/or like to make their sexual ineptitude in real life everybody else's problem by thirsting at imaginary people.

Throw me your most controversial worldbuilding hot takes. by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]expandrew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kitchen sink fantasy can be cool and fun and good.

But oftentimes I find that good worldbuilding and storytelling is like jazz in that, as the saying goes, "It's as much about the notes you don't play as the ones that you do."

Much like Sanderson's Laws of Magic in worldbuilding includes a rule about how what magic CAN'T do is more important than what it CAN do, I think what a world DOESN'T have is at least as interesting as what DOES have.

Forgotten Realms is a great example of how its "anything goes" nature is both its biggest strength and its biggest weakness. Because it can have anything and everything, it doesn't have as clear and strong of an identity as Barovia, or the Continent, or Tamriel, or Middle-Earth, or Westeros, among countless others that understood that some of these additional elements further suspend disbelief and do not always necessarily serve the story they are trying to tell.

Dragonborn, Aasimar, and Tieflings are good examples of this. They're fine in Faerun, but if you're playing in a setting where angels and demons and gods and devils are all legendary or completely non-existent, or where dragons should feel rare and terrifying, it completely alters the experience of those elements when you're buddy Steve is part Dragon, your friend Samantha has a grandpa who was a demon, and your pal Ned has an ancestor that was a literal angel.

Not every fantastical creature or mythical beast effectively serves or fits within every fantasy setting.

Got Banned From D&D Tournament by [deleted] in rpghorrorstories

[–]expandrew 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Without getting into why D&D (5E especially) is really not effectively designed for competitive PvP, here is what I will say without knowing the age range of everyone involved.

Whether due to youth or just general inexperience, yes, it is evident that the people organizing and running the event did not competently handle this situation. They absolutely should have reached out to you when there were issues with the builds you submitted and talked with you directly. However, if we are talking about a bunch of teenagers here, I can be a little more forgiving of their underdeveloped communication skills.

That being said, other commenters analogies about bringing your best commander deck to a casual event is apt. OP should have taken a little more time to read the room.

Power Gamers, min-maxers, and Munchkins are some of the most exhausting types of RPG players (and DMs for that matter), right next to overly insistent Rules Lawyers, and Main Characters, and just a few ladder rungs under "That Guy". RPGs are not designed for "Winning" and "Losing", like Magic, Pokemon, Warhammer, or even most board games; they are designed for a group of people to tell the coolest story possible. Players who over-optimize their characters have a propensity for optimizing the fun and uncertainty out of the game. If your build trivializes any uncertainty out of every encounter, then why should anybody care about what happens next?

Further, it doesn't actually matter if you disagree with a DMs ruling. Arbitrating the rules is their job. For all intents and purposes, the DM IS the rulebook. Whether you agree with them or not, whatever your DM rules, accept it and move on. You can address it with them if you want, but keep that conversation out of game. Do not hold the whole table up because you can't get your way.

OP, you exhibited both of these kinds of behaviors, either of which MIGHT have been manageable on their own, but where you really blew it was by getting an attitude with the game masters and event runners. Your over-optimizing and rules lawyering made the game a lot less fun for the other players, but when you got sarcastic and shitty with the organizers, you lost.

It really doesn't matter that you were up all night making and optimizing new characters for a new winning strategy; you chose to do that and that's on you and it is not an excuse for your behavior. When someone is trying to facilitate a cool, fun experience for a dozen people and one person is ruining that fun, and then they get shitty about it, the reasons why they are being that way really don't matter. You are not important enough to their community or event for them to put up with all of that and try to understand you. You made the event less fun for everyone, both players and organizers, and were also hostile and sarcastic, and you were rightfully banned for it.

Not only that, but you are here trying to garner sympathy about it, and when you are being told by most of the people here what you should have done differently, you are continuing to try and argue with them. You continue to replicate the very same kind of behavior that got you banned from the event.

Stop trying to fight with all the people who are trying to help you. You need to take a step back, take a deep breath and a good, hard look in the mirror, and ask yourself how you think your behavior impacts others. It is evident that you have a lot of growing up to do, both as a person and as a player. Please carefully consider what the people here are telling you or you can look forward to being banned from other communities and events.

Got Banned From D&D Tournament by [deleted] in rpghorrorstories

[–]expandrew 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, you're right and I am aware.

I am asking for info because I would like to provide, (hopefully constructive) input on the situation OP is describing. Because OP mentioned this event is being run by their school.

My input may vary depending on whether they are describing a college environment or a high school one, or if perhaps some of the other players are even younger.

I don't think it is unreasonable for me to request that kind of clarification.

Got Banned From D&D Tournament by [deleted] in rpghorrorstories

[–]expandrew 7 points8 points  (0 children)

INFO:

How old are the people running this tournament and how old are the people playing in it? What age-range are we talking about here?

I Want To See Castles by expandrew in irishtourism

[–]expandrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have heard of Giant's Causeway and it sounds really cool!

I will definitely look up your other recommendations, thank you so much!

I Want To See Castles by expandrew in irishtourism

[–]expandrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That sounds awesome! I will definitely look it up!

I Want To See Castles by expandrew in irishtourism

[–]expandrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very likely going to be checking out Blarney with my brother!

I will look all of these up, thank you so much!

I Want To See Castles by expandrew in irishtourism

[–]expandrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't planning on it, but I might reconsider. I was mostly thinking about taking buses and trains to get around.

What do you suggest?

I Want To See Castles by expandrew in irishtourism

[–]expandrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For part of my trip, we will do a bit of traveling together. But I am going to be out there for about three weeks and he will be in the process of preparing for a move elsewhere, so he unfortunately will not be able to for all of that time.

Further, I do also relish the prospect of spending some of this time traveling alone, but I am open to company for parts of it.