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@PurrsPlace 8 күн бұрын
Saraphys, while I bemoan the unfairness you're clearly going through, I do thank you for letting those of us who have never done business with CGL know about this. It's one thing to mess up, but it's quite another to choose how you handle it. Because people will always remember how you made them feel about you and your actions. And post videos. And rile up fellow video watchers. Who will then remember and spread the word. Hope your day improves, Saraphys! Yours and Grim's! =)
@saraphys5555 8 күн бұрын
Cheers Purr!
@gamemasters 13 күн бұрын
fun! but.. where's the bumper sticker??? I also wanna know when they are gonna come out with a cook book. What recipes do you think would be found??
@saraphys5555 13 күн бұрын
Like a Numenera cook book?
@gamemasters 13 күн бұрын
@@saraphys5555 oooh that would be cool!
@GamingWithADHD 14 күн бұрын
1) Need lights! 2) Focus! 3) Keep the item in camera when you're reading it over. 4) Pretty shouldn't be the ONLY reason you buy something, but for me it has ABSOLUTELY been a reason to NOT buy something.
@saraphys5555 14 күн бұрын
I maintain that I suck at these unboxing things! LOL
@GamingWithADHD 14 күн бұрын
@@saraphys5555 Can't get better if no one tells you. Keep it up sir!
@RIVERSRPGChannel 15 күн бұрын
Cool
@saraphys5555 15 күн бұрын
Thanks Rivers!
@swordsnstones 25 күн бұрын
Copper thieves target our hydro power poles... and the catalitic converters on vehicles for the platinum... interesting world.
@robertgray821 Ай бұрын
I have to ask...how do they make Australian Doritos taste like wombat?
@robertgray821 Ай бұрын
As for Mass Effect, there was originally a vastly different ending written by Drew... it was very cosmic horror in style.
@robertgray821 Ай бұрын
What do you do with an order of its primary function becomes irrelevant? That one is easy! You establish a Prussian identity and a Germanic nation... obviously.
@CantRIP9389 Ай бұрын
This is the part of our program where everyone posts their own rpg music preferences, right? It's customary for other music to be shared without threatening to steal the spotlight of the original video so I don't feel like a douche if I point out that Eternal Champion happens to be The Hammer.
@CantRIP9389 Ай бұрын
Gun... shipped.
@dungeonscronics3191 Ай бұрын
Cool
@dungeonscronics3191 Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@gamemasters Ай бұрын
yeah... gunship was a rabbit hole I was not prepared to go down.. but.. WOW.. fun! diggy diggy hole was... WTF. you saw them live didn't you? (by the way, I recommend The Rock Orchestra's version of Zombie featuring Erin Fox - I'll post it in discord)
@saraphys5555 Ай бұрын
True to its Irish roots with the Cranberries, may I suggest "Bambie Thug"s version of Zombie? ...its...haunting...and beautiful. And yeah, I saw Wind Rose live...thats how I got Covid for the first time! LOL!
@gamemasters 2 ай бұрын
wicked! the title reminds me of a song by Queen... now, I gotta figure out how to make a Highlander character...
@saraphys5555 2 ай бұрын
Oh, like... "A Charismatic Warrior who Never Says Die"
@bigH101 2 ай бұрын
The providing of a template is an awesome idea. Giving the two types as examples is helpful for all of us who might get confused. This video alone made me interested in Tales of the Valiant.
@saraphys5555 2 ай бұрын
The GMG is due out *real* soon... I cant remember the exact date off the top of my head, but that book will be the one with all the Templates in it... and as the PDF preview showed, they aren't slacking on detailing a creature Template! ...especially for new people, showing examples for each, and allowing the information to be absorbed in multiple ways... The one Im gonna be interesting in the most, is gonna be the "Creating Magic Items" section that the preview teased, but didnt show... I have *HIGH* hopes that that alone, will be the reason alot of the D&D crowd should be picking up ToV books... Also... Because Kobold Press understand, that an encounter with a creature is more fun when that creature is Stronger...not just by increasing its hitpoints. However! If you want some real roleplaying from a system that will force you to break all your bad, locked-in "D&D/Pathfinder/wargame" roleplaying habits...may I suggest Cypher System? 🤣
@mattlazer902 2 ай бұрын
Kobold Press has honestly made a better 5e revision than Wizards. It blows my mind how shockingly amateur some of the design decisions are in DnD5.24e.
@saraphys5555 2 ай бұрын
Its not that shocking when you look at the simple facts... Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams, and Monte Cook invented the d20 System when they went to WotC in 1998, so that it would be ready for use as the new System for D&D 3.0e. The Designers of D&D 3e/3.5e were people like the aforementioned...plus David Noonan, James Wyatt, Andy Collins, Richard Baker, David Cook, Jeff Grubb, Bruce Cordell, Sean Reynolds, Air Marmell, Wolfgang Baur, and there's undoubtedly some that I missed... Look at the last three books for "5e"... Include the 2024 PHB if you want... Aside from the fact that *none* of those designers work at WotC anymore...EXCEPT for James Wyatt...but is Wyatt even credited anywhere, anymore? And *THATS* the point... Crawford and Perkins were always Managers; so why is Crawford now the only listed Designer of D&D? But yes, KP Have made a better game out of the 5e d20 System, and so far, it is unsurprisingly impressive! ^_^
@mattlazer902 2 ай бұрын
Very interesting. As a GM and an avid homebrew designer I've studied the 5e system inside and out. It seems like Perkins and this team really don't have a grasp on the system or what made it work or what its real flaws were. The 2024 design changes largely feel confused and misguided to downright embarrassing, but then I'm one who also believes the only driving reason for the changes in the first place was to more easily plug into a VTT. I have both the TOV books and can't wait for their Game Master's Guide. The subtle complexity of the fighter is especially impressive, and their weapon option system is excellent. The character creation system gets a chef's kiss.
@dungeonscronics3191 2 ай бұрын
Hey hey
@saraphys5555 2 ай бұрын
Olleh! This was a slog to finally get finished...not because it was difficult, but because IRL just kept throwing set-back after set-back on me...
@dungeonscronics3191 2 ай бұрын
@@saraphys5555 trust me I know the feeling do what you can when you can great stuff though✌️
@saraphys5555 2 ай бұрын
@@dungeonscronics3191 Thanks!
@DMTalesTTRPG 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the shout out, and very nice list!!
@AncientAlbatross 3 ай бұрын
very happy to see Gods of the Fall on the list! Good stuff!
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
It occured to me after reviewing the video during upload, that almost the entire list of made up of stuff Bruce Cordell was either Lead on, or Key Contributor on... Maybe I just like Bruce's stuff! 🤣
@CypherUnlimited 3 ай бұрын
Great list! Thank you for the shout out as well. Keep the Cypher content coming. Spiggs
@dungeonscronics3191 3 ай бұрын
Cool thanks for sharing ✌️
@GrimSquirrel666 3 ай бұрын
oh man that was great! haha Also yay its not just me that turns up to streams in time for people to say Bye we're finished now haha
@gamemasters 3 ай бұрын
I like that it's showing just the basics (as you said, that's really all we need) and I LOVE that we can apply that to anything... and I love me some endless zombies!!! muhahahahaha!
@HeraldofHelios 3 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for the next one! Chilled and light hearted vibes
@robertgray821 3 ай бұрын
"What are we even doing here?" Well, giving the one minute I have listened to so far, methinks it is a tutorial on how to 'fabricate' grimcrastinating space squirates... but I could be mistaken.
@HeraldofHelios 3 ай бұрын
I recently bought and relieved the Nightmare board game (remember that old thing?) in pristine condition. Should have done an unboxing
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
I have the Atmosfear version, with the amazing miniatures and tokens... Iv frequently used them as tokens for combats in games...so much fun! "STOP! Whose turn is it next?!" hehehe
@Doncergio 3 ай бұрын
I’m really digging the TotV stuff. Cool to see you got your hands on this!!
@tntori5079 3 ай бұрын
Didn't you mention this in either the lego or dnd 2024 video? If I recall you had no news and then poof! It shows up?
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, so... The company that handles the distribution in Australia does so for several companies...including Monte Cook Games. So when I got the tracking number for a package, I assumed it was my "Adventures in the Cypher System" items that I had paid the shipping on... ...but...no... It was ToV!
@gamemasters 3 ай бұрын
so.. that's _MY_ screen? I mean.. that's what it says..
@tntori5079 3 ай бұрын
🤣
@aaronsalinas3854 3 ай бұрын
I will debate that it's not broken, it depends on th party make up. I have been a dm for close to 20 and played most editions, pathfinder is my fav., but kolbold press worked hard making 5e for them and had to change it last min because of wotc and did fine. Just like second edition, they gave you some stuff and told the dm to make it up. That is fact. This one is just lazier, I get it but it's fine.
@aaronsalinas3854 3 ай бұрын
Wizards has been hemorrhaging money because the "woke" they do to not get "canceled", aren't buying it. And we aren't either. The news will tell you more, we'll if you search. They try and hide it.
@aaronsalinas3854 3 ай бұрын
The new books are wack. They ruined the vecna one to the point I just made a 1-20 with old lore and new from previous games and added vecna as he's only in the last page. The removed the race that protects the infinte staircase case, just glancing but haven't seem them mentioned once. You saw how racist the new mexican orcs are. It's wild how they change stuff to be woke but it's just worse.
@tntori5079 3 ай бұрын
=) I never really took part in Eberon or knew much about the old settings (obviously). I think because I did homebrew everything I played 5e for YEARS and never had any problems. My experience with the lack of 'broken' in the system is likely because me and my players thru the years were just in the fantasy and I didn't have any min-maxers trying crazy builds or anything like that. Also none of us were ever online. Never played any books, never bought any save the core 3 in 2014. Never played before 3.5 - so maybe that's why my experience with it is so different from older generations. I never had particular loyalty to WOTC - I just kept playing my game quietly in my corner of existence, but I was certainly entertained to see wotc committing seppuku over the woke nonsense. I mean. . . just. . . *sigh*. I love Aq Inc and I love the DM and players IN those games. They do a entertaining show, and Jerry and Mike (also Anna and Xavier) do a great job of showcasing good player interactions/roleplay. However outside the show Crawford and Perkins both have said a lot of things that. . . well. . .ya. Not cool guys. Not cool. I respect Perkins DMing capabilities on camera especially and his years of experience as a DM but honestly that's about it. . .
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
And thats the thing... 5E was my introduction to WotC D&D... before that I had only played TSR D&D through Basic and 2E. THAC0 was something my group was primed to learn, as we were still in high school at the time, so learning Maths wasn't a big deal. THAC0 still doesn't bother me so (though I do like to make the jokes!), though it was remembering the right rules that was my biggest issue. So yeah, I missed 3e and 4e...except for getting the 4E Eberron books, because it was just such a new "design"... Like comparing "Lilo & Stitch" to the rest of the Disney movies before it, especially when you're in the same position as Lilo... Eberron really clicked for me, as Indianna Jones, The Mummy, Pirates of the Carribean, and Sleepy Hollow were all favourite movies of mine. So I absorbed that lore with gusto... But yeah, outside of VISITING those official Setting Worlds with Spelljammer, my group played in our own Homebrew world.... at the time, inspired by the Anime "Slayers" (and a few other things). I think this is what heavily puts a negative shade on WotC for me... with AD&D, there were the mechanics for fighting and transactions; and then there were things you just put down, and they were entirely ROLEPLAYING points. I feel this AD&D thing of Descriptors is what brought about the "Rule of Cool", because that stuff was the "Rule of Roleplaying"...atleast, thats how we played. Mage's Musings might have to fact-check me on that! LOL! I guess thats what has set me off with 5E 2014 & 2024... There seems to be rules for things that there shouldn't be, because they're roleplaying; and there's little-or-no rules for things that absolutely should have rules. (like crafting custom magic items! Yes, if you still have your 3E DMG, easily use that...my 3.5 DM gifted me a spare 3.0E DMG of his for my birthday, so now if ToV doesn't have Crafting mechanics, Im just gonna pull those as-is... but thats a core feature that should be part of a DMG, and it doesn't exist in 5E...or 4E! And the number of times Iv seen people asking about a magic item, and their DM not allowing custom Magic Items because of balance!) ...oh, and everything seems to be geared towards giving Players superpowered power creeps...and leaving the DM to balance shit with no support. Sorry, as an Artificer fan, it annoys me that the class has been shafted by WotC in place of the stupid Warlock! TL;DR: Fuck the Warlock! LOL!
@tntori5079 3 ай бұрын
@saraphys5555 Hahaha! Lol. Indeed I don't share the vitriol, but I think* I understand it. I know I've certainly got fired up over franchises I do love going downhill (lookin at you assassin's creed)
@HeraldofHelios 3 ай бұрын
Cxnt is colloquially Australian, with a broad range of contextual uses
@CantRIP9389 3 ай бұрын
Pretty much yes. I raise my proverbial eyebrows when you say that there aren't any seppo politics (Greater American Empire and globalism) down undah, though.
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
Oh, we get American politics plastered all over our screens here all the time...because the previous Liberal Government, allowed all our Media to be sold off to American companies... 10 is owned by CBS-Paramount 9 is Fairfax (Chumy with ol' NewsCorp) 7 is MSNBC and 2/ABC & SBS are Government Owned, but they're ACTUALLY now in the pocket of the Liberal Party, which means they're the tool of Scrotum-ball-face NewsCorp Media... Also, with "influencers" like Issac Butterfield, who is so Pro-American, he's practically a CIA asset pushing more people to be tolerable of American influence in Australia... Even though America 15 years ago overthrew our democratically elected government... Even though America sabotaged our Defence Force making us reliant on them for Vehicles now... Even though this is Australia, where we have universal healthcare and Workers Unions; the "East Coast" view is turning to one of a more broken-american system...where if you have money, you can see a doctor... To say nothing of the fact that we have dozens of political parties...not two...and we were never ment to be a 2-party System. Also, I would wager that the average Australian is more diverse in their opinion then to be catagorised by "left" or "right"... as my views can be seen as aligning with the Labor Party and Free Internet Piracy Party (formerly the Science Party). Did I answer that? Or did I rant and go off topic? I cant tell...LOL!
@CantRIP9389 3 ай бұрын
@@saraphys5555 My fault for taking that Right turn. I suppose with some effort you could draw an analogy of authentic Aussie culture being represented by what tabletop rpg culture should be like and the globalized extension of the Greater America Empire being WotC as catspaw of Hasbro :) My journeys through the undahdahk had a whole lot of conformity to the cosmopolitan managerial class. The countryside still has a lot of would-be Ned Kelly's, but it's countered by mob commies. Whole thing reminded me of that saying "a person is smart, but people are stupid" (but probably "a bloke's smaht, but cunts are bonkahs")
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
Men In Black really is a great movie! :D
@gamemasters 3 ай бұрын
valid points
@saraphys5555 3 ай бұрын
And a Counter! 13! :D
@gamemasters 4 ай бұрын
oooh I still have my old old space legos.. the classic space minifigs go for about $10 usd each and that blows my mind.. but what';s worse is that a random minifig pack today costs about the same... you are spot on with the current costs. Neat sets.. but... if I gotta decide between food or "toys"... we are gonna eat first.. and while legos DO stay crunchy in milk... they don't have much of a nutritional value.
@sauronmrc13 4 ай бұрын
I would have just brought back Time Cruisers and made a castle set, space set, pirate set, etc. that way we get a bit of everything. Dreamzzz was a bit of a missed opportunity with this idea, if you ask me.
@JKStudios42 4 ай бұрын
Great Video! Personally, I like the more detailed builds for trees and dragons and stuff, but I agree that classic space and Castle should return. I hope that they return to it for a theme or two.
@RIVERSRPGChannel 4 ай бұрын
Legos are expensive
@tntori5079 4 ай бұрын
Huh, I only had legos for a little bit as a kid and I didn't really build much with them XD It's interested because I never thought of them as ttrpg items. We always used chess pieces from a traveler's chess set. That was the most successful I've ever been with dnd minis and terrain. Outside that it's just been theater of the mind and lots and lots of failed attempts to have a 'system' of mini/map/grid play. Majority of my time was ToTM
@saraphys5555 4 ай бұрын
Yeah, but Im an 80's kid, when Lego was cheaper, because of all those toxic plastics! :D LOL ...nah, it was because a $5-10 box usually had a build item (a cavern door, or a carriage), and then 5-odd minifigs... So it was easy to very quickly gain a ton of minifigs to use as pieces! ...also terrain... OMG! I ned to show off my Blacktron II baseplates and Classic Space Moon Crater plates!
@grumpyoldslan 4 ай бұрын
This is a great business plan to reinvigorate the brand -- so we can be pretty sure it will not happen ☹ I just had random lego bricks when I was a kid, the specific setting related sets came out way after and still feel like "weird lego" to me. That doesn't mean bad, it just means "Mm! that's not how I remember legos" I wish they would release just "big pile of coloured bricks" too.
@saraphys5555 4 ай бұрын
Actually, they do! In the form of the "Classic Lego Brick-Box"... its just a mass of different coloured bricks; no instructions, not notes, just some images on the box, and your imagination!
@grumpyoldslan 4 ай бұрын
@@saraphys5555 Wow! For the longest time, they didn't anymore. Maybe there is hope for space pirate castles after all!
@CantRIP9389 4 ай бұрын
Yes, I'm absolutely with you on this. The old lego had its own style before it became an imitation of mass media, and that old style will always be what I think of as Lego... everything else being "other entertainment theme" using the Lego brand. I can't even find just the classic pieces anywhere, and that was even before I left the Western World. The continued existence of the corporation was prioritized over the purpose and essence of what it used to provide. Yes, on the broader point... exactly. But DnD still has Basic Fantasy and the OSR. Every time I see the excessive merchandizing, online as well with all the digital production that's being put into running TTPRG online these days, I see loss and distraction. I guess that I take it even farther and just want to use dry erase boards and printed paper cutouts for characters and monsters and let people use their imaginations as much as possible.
@GrimSquirrel666 4 ай бұрын
I loved the Castle Lego sets when I was younger. They were so awesome.
@GrimSquirrel666 4 ай бұрын
haha I love the warning that it may be inappropriate for some viewers haha thats like your motto :D
@saraphys5555 4 ай бұрын
You'd know! :P
@Doncergio 4 ай бұрын
Missed opportunity not calling it “deciphering the game”.
@saraphys5555 4 ай бұрын
...oh, sure, Hindsight is 20/20! HAHAHA! That's a good one! 😂
@RIVERSRPGChannel 4 ай бұрын
I’ve not tried this game but would try it at a convention
@saraphys5555 4 ай бұрын
I will say its obviously not for everyone... It absolutely serves my needs in a TTRPG with the mechanics, rules, and style of the system; but I have heard people compare it too FATE and Genesys... But, I feel that's a surface level assessment of the system, rather then one taken from looking/playing it.
@gamemasters 4 ай бұрын
heh it came about when I made the comment that I got a lot of cypher stuff in all at once and I had no clue where to really start. I feel like I want to jump into every book at the exact same time. I wouldn't say... overwhelming.. but.. it's a lot of material to move through, and I just wanted to be aware of everything before I jumped into making content. That's why I like what you make, it's providing to me information in "segments".
@saraphys5555 4 ай бұрын
Dont say Im segmenting! I could get cancelled!!! LMFAO! But thank you for the clarification! My memory and brain in general has not been working right since the Covid :(