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too kewl

I like the alchemy extract-like aspect of the bottle contents.

I've always thought the Bottle Gnomes were adorable.

I don't even play Magic the Gathering or DnD, and I think these are really cool.

Potion-powered mini-golems. Fun concept.

I don't play DnD, but this is really awesome.

This is a thing of beauty

Not just the idea of Magic creatures in 5e - I've spoken to a few guys at my LGS who have done similar - but it's really well done.

MOAR

Originally Posted by Five_X

mAc, you've made something really cool here. Almost makes me want to make something of my own like that!

Except for 3.5e, of course. Always 3.5.

You want it for 5th. It even has your name in it.

Originally Posted by Luvia

Looks nice, what did you use to make it?

Photoshop, some brushes, and templates.

Little healing potions that walk and stab things.

Excellent, excellent.

This is quite cool!

Looks nice, what did you use to make it?

mAc, you've made something really cool here. Almost makes me want to make something of my own like that!

Except for 3.5e, of course. Always 3.5.

Yup! It has built in dice, and it has a section for maps if you want. You can do video too but we don't.

oh, so it's also text based, then? with some dice application, I guess?

We were playing over roll20. It's not that different, just a web chat type thing.

Is this being played over IRC?

You should. I love reading about 2E.

For later editions it was because of the "splatbook treadmill" where they'd release a never ending stream of new books for player options, classes, races, etc. etc. They're deliberately avoiding that for 5E.

Actually, this article from a few days ago touches on it: http://www.polygon.com/features/2015...-the-underdark

[18-06-2015 23:51:16] mAc Chaos: It's been described as "2E, but without the bloat."
[18-06-2015 23:51:24] Siriel: It's not like 4th when you need to learn whole new rules.
[18-06-2015 23:51:26] mAc Chaos: Basically what you imagine 2E is like. because 2E in practice does have a lot of random rules.

I have a whole huge rant about the design philosophy of 2e and why it ended up in the over-stuffed place that it did sitting on my desktop. I should finish it some time.

Originally Posted by Siriel

but instead I was basically straight average.

You could have played an anime harem protagonist.

My issue with my stats weren't even that they were bad, it's that they were boring. I had decent CON (actually I think I had one of the highest HP totals in the party) and everything else was between 8 and 12.

Like if I'd rolled low WIS I could have played something funny like a fool who think he's the greatest hero in the world or something, but instead I was basically straight average.

This is a sad Poi for attention.