Volume 2 Issue 93 - Talislanta
Intro - 0:00:00.000 Roll For Initiative Website www.rfipodcast.com Roll For Initiative Twitter www.twitter.com/rfipodcast Roll For Initiative Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/RFIpodcast OSR Gaming Forums www.osrgaming.org D20 Radio Forums http://www.d20radio.com/forums/ DM Vince's Blog http://www.theevilgm.com/
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Sage Advice - 12:44.802 Hi guys, I am a pretty new listener and am listening to your back catalogue, not in chronological order, but just what sounds like a good topic at that time to me. Love the show! Anyway, I do have a couple comments/questions stemming from a couple different episodes. In Episode 19, someone had written in about you guys not liking the newer versions of D&D. Which of course is fine, but the reason why for DM Nick (I think) had me scratching my head at his comments. He said it was more like World of Warcraft than WoW itself was, quoting a review from elsewhere. I have to ask, did he ever play 4E to give it a chance before he said something so ridiculous? Admittedly, I only played WoW for the 10 day free trial they had, but I don't see how 4E can relate in any way. Can we get a better explanation? If he doesn't like it, then that's his opinion and he is free to have it, but to compare it to something like that is just amazing to me. I have heard the argument several times in the past and it just seems like the "easy/popular answer" for people that do not really have an answer.
In Episode 81 (Knights and Cavaliers) DM Will said that the Knights of Solamnia from Dragonlance have no code that they follow. Will seems like a very knowledgeable guy about what he is talking about, and especially since Dragonlance has been mentioned before, even having both Margaret and Tracy on your show before, I figured that someone would have been able to speak up and correct him. Knights of Solamnia ALL have a code that every one of them follows, Est Sularus uth Mithas, My Honor is my Life. This code has been around since the Knights were founded, thousands of years in the past. On page 16 of Dragonlance Adventures, it talks extensively about the Oath and Measure for each order, including several examples of the text from their volumes of the Measure. Plus they are Lawful Good, so that right there is somewhat a Code of Conduct in itself. Also he says the Knights come from different areas, which is just completely wrong. Solamnia is a large country, and at the time of AD&D was being used, only those of noble human blood in Solamnia could apply to knighthood.
Anyway, I just wanted to ask these things, as I am a huge fan of Dragonlance and also an avid 4E player. But I have bought the 1E core rule books premium reprints, and am now looking forward to getting together with some of my older gaming friends. We started with 2E and have moved forward, but we are now looking forward to taking a step back in time to play some AD&D. Keep up the (mostly) good work, and I'll keep listening and hopefully I will be soon playing it Old School!!
DM Raistlinrox
Table Manners - Races and Classes in Talislanta 30:37.133 http://talislanta.com/
Game Mechanics - Combat in Talislanta 54:07.860 Talisantan Handbook pg 6
The Dragon's Hoard - Magic and Money in Talislanta 1:07:50.000 Magic - Talisantan Handbook pg 8 Money - Talisantan Handbook pg 71
Outro - 1:21:27.377
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