4th & Dragon : Dungeons and Dragons...and stuff

That. Is. Awesome.

While that comic is amusing, I’m still not a big fan of Tim Buckley.

Why?

Its funny the DM is usiing a laptop...ddi isn’t running yet, is he checking his stocks? or using pirated PDF’s

Does 4E have dragons?

I’ve been so busy obsessing about barbarians, I haven’t noticed....

There are but now they are all accountants.

Dragons Rock.  A Level 1 party can have a very cool fight against a large White Dragon… and survive if they play it well.

This cartoon, and the comments by that PvP guy, have been bothering me for a while time.

This cartoon is indicative of what I find disturbing not only about D&D, but about the entire science fiction/fantasy community.  It started with the war between Star Wars and Star Trek fans, and now we have the 3E and 4E maniacs at each other’s throat.

One problem is the attitude that everything I says sucks sucks, and there is nothing to think about.  “The new Y-Men movie sucks.” “No it doesn’t!  It is awesome!” “No, it sucks.” “Jennifer Smith was Hot!” “Jennifer Smith sucks.” There is no intellectual content to the argument.

The other problem is the refusal to accept other points of view as valid.  “There must be a dragon in every dungeon, or it is not Dungeons *and* Dragons.” (At least that is an argument that you can get an intellectual grip on, I guess..) “If you don’t like 4E then you are a ‘hater’ who won’t accept anything new.”

The D&D community is a very small one.  It can’t afford to get splintered, or else nobody will produce those beautiful hard-bound books we all love so much.

I don’t see what’s so funny about this comic. I think it’s every bit as crappy as Tim Buckley usually produces.

I totally agree that Buckley comes off as an arrogant jerk. He nailed this one though.

Funny how arrogant jerks are only arrogant jerks until you agree with them.

Sorry this was not amusing to me.  So the DM says that it’s stupid for a 1st level character to expect a dragon in the dungeon, but then to shut him up throws an Illithid after him.

Yeah, because that is more on par with a 1st level character.

yes I know he is doing it to be a total butt, it just doesn’t come off well to me.

Err, the DM isn’t being the butt.  The player is.  That’s the point.  I think Buckley is an awful cartoonist, but I think his sentiment here is right on.

Hey!  You said that nobody was going to put a gun to my head to make me play 4th Edition!  I didn’t think you’d send an illithid to eat my brain instead!

"he” was referring to Bucky

Oh.  That makes more sense.

B^U