D&D Robot Chicken, Part 12

Watch the writers of Robot Chicken play a little D&D! When Dan Milano, Zeb Wells, Tom Root, Doug Goldstein, and Kevin Schinick headed into Undermountain, the dice and the cameras were rolling....

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• D&D
• comedy
• 4th
• Edition
• Robot
• Chicken
• Dungeons
• and
• Dragons
• roleplaying
• game
• fantasy
• dice
• players
• character
• undermountain
• Forgotten
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[Shadowsire42]

4th edition? The 4th edition that explicitly tells you to roleplay in the rulebooks, that has an entire chapter in the PH entitled "roleplaying" before it introduces a single race or class, that is the first edition to even attempt a universal system for resolving out-of-combat encounters, and that explicitly encourages trying stuff not explicitly covered by the rules on p. 42 of the DMG? That 4th edition doesn't encourage roleplaying?

[CaptainTwocoins]

I love how to begin with the players were kind of awkward, yet on this part they've really gotten into it, that's how captivating this game is, bloody brillant.

[NewfieKeir]

@Nonefrog I won't say 4e is perfect, nor can I compare it with other editions (for I have no played them). I wouldn't compare having a good DM/Group to- as you said- patching a broken system however. It's more so putting the product in the hands of those who know how to use it the way it was intended. Adding too much RP/Description to spells and actions tends to limit those of us who like to play it out in our minds- and because of that it's (to me at least) really a no win scenario.

[Nonefrog]

@NewfieKeir I agree that it can be remedied with additional description, but the problems are systemic in D&D 4e, and were designed in that way, for the sake of game balance. AD&D has always been an incredibly flawed system, and 4e exacerbates those issues (hit points, levels, linear skill progression).

A good GM and good players can make a game session (or campaign) exciting and fun. But, from a game designer's perspective, it is tantamount to putting a patch on a broken system.

[NewfieKeir]

@Nonefrog That's more of a player problem. My playgroup runs 4e and we all exaggerate our actions (And failures)

[Nonefrog]

A great Game Master can make any game appealing and fun, no matter how bad the game system is. That's precisely what we see in these videos. When the GM stinks the game system matters *a lot*. This guy makes the system irrelevant. Sadly, thee isn't a lot of "role-playing" or even much description of the actions the PCs are taking, but that's a system problem.

[Igotgame911]

@Shadowsire42 :D epic! :D

[RiverSiege]

I love this series

[duhstydncg]

My fave is 3.5 just because it's what I've had the most fun in. Also as a DM I enjoy both roleplaying and combat equally. Every campaign I make, I write down on my iPod and revise or add to the story as I think of ways to make it more interesting. If u ever want a good DM just ask me. Also I don't do traps. They're too superficial and complicated.

[bemota1243]

@42happywalrus I like 3.5 as well but you know that the cards are just references for the spells and such so they don't need to be always checking the book, right?

[42happywalrus]

this is cool and all but i like 3.5 better, because it dosent have cards like freaking pokemon!

[koopaatroopa]

haha when he moved it away and there was a tomb i was like YEAAA!