Fellow Inn Mates!

My vacation begins on Friday July 4th which means that Saturday July 5th will be my Final Day of having Complete internet access before flying to the States!

During my travels there is NO Guarantee as to how often I will be able to access the internet and write updates!

My first full day of internet access upon my return will be on August 8th and I will have a few more days of vacation time to resume posting on a regular basis before returning to the office!

My Apologies for Any Inconveniences to Fellow Players and/or DM-GM Officials during these next few weeks!

Hammer

Have a great vacation, Hammer. Enjoy the time away from work and the doldrums of the standard day-to-day fare... we'll all be waiting right here when you get back.

Best wishes and safe travels, mate!

You are not allowed to buy any 4e books. If you do. I will be upset. You don't not want the Grugg upset. Last time that happened a member of staff got eaten. Was a sad event.

...but you hacked me back up a few days later and other than the minor Gruggle-reflux burns I came through it okay.

Seriously, though... No 4e! Get thee behind me Hasbro!

Have a great time, Hammer. Just out of curiosity, what part of the States will you be in?

..... the state of Oklahoma culminating on the weekend of August 1-3 attending the Tulsa DefCon7 convention!

www.tulsadefcon.com

Plus a few days in Michigan to visit with one of my daughters and go see the Detroit Tigers in action!

...I'll have Ixion keep a close eye on Torigad. Nothing much should happen to your dwarf while you're gone. Nothing permanent anyway.

Checked out the website; looks like it's gonna be an awesome con! We just had PersaCon, also an anime & comic convention, here in Huntsville, AL last weekend; it was great fun!

Hope you have a good time!

..... in a few hours and will post at the RDInn whenever I have computer access during my travels!

Must get some sleep now!

..... to everyone!

Finally landed somewhere where I have an internet connection, but need to get some sleep!

Late on Wednesday night I fly back to Qatar and hopefully begin catching up on Saturday!

just had to say...

doh...dody doh...doh doh...doh doh

Did you buy any 4e books...if so I may have to kill you.

..... but some of the people I talked with made you guys on this site sound like sour grapes!

Met a Module Writer at the Tulsa Con who told me most of the people at the Red Dragon Inn griped about 3rd edition stuff when it first came out, but I have no references from that era to back up what I was told.

What I did purchase was Castles and Crusaders and when I get the time [just arrived back last night in Doha!]I will be figuring out how to incorporate it into my Xenophobia recruitment, or just abandon the project if the interested parties do not want to make the adjustments!

Or is it just whine?

If I recall correctly (assuming that my brain hasn't rotted enough to have consumed those years) some of us did chew 3e and 3.5e pretty good... Of course, most of us who did so were raised on 'basic' D&D and/or AD&D (1.0 thru 2.5e, if you will) and as such were 'shocked and appalled' by the sweeping changes to our beloved system. Whaddya mean skills and feats? What happened to WPs and NWPs and all that 'simple, makes more sense' stuff? And hey! You ruined my rogue...or you ruined my ranger...

Anyhoo... just as it is now with the ongoing debate onsite about 4e... you get those Innmates who might end up preferring that version to any of the previous iterations and, also, you'll get those who scream sacrilage... 'pinions are like pooters; ever'body's got one an' they all stink.

Personally, gimme 2e - 3.5 and I'm okay... haven't played 4e at all so I can't make a solid opinion of my own but if, as I hear, 4e is to 2e like 'action movies' are to a 'good novel', I'd still prefer 2e (cuz I like storytellin' above hackin' and slashin').

Hey! This is a comings and goings thread... not a run your yap thread... Shaddap Eol!

Welcome back (or close enough to it), Hammer.

Don't let them jade you. 4e is great! I've been DMing it for about two months now.