[ddo] Start date/time

[Joe Vaughan]

Shockwave wrote:
> Dalton – That was one of the things that eventually put me off, although I’m
> still interested (hey, I’m an RPG whore, I can’t help it)
>
> The lack of ‘ease’ in for the new player, particularily one that didn’t
> remember D&D Feats off the top of their head seems quite fierce.
>   
This is the point I've been making all along.

*IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT*

It's designed for DnD players. Therefore it basically *assumes* you have 
some knowledge of 3rd ed DnD

This, I think is where the biggest difficulty lies, they really should 
supply the game with a 3.5ed PHB for people like yourself Dalt who 
haven't looked at 3rd Ed. :)

As regards Feats and Skills the game is fairly close to 3rd ed DnD 
rules. (Actually in most respects it's fairly close to 3rd ed rules, 
except where they just wouldn't work "online" (e.g. no "initiative rolls 
for combat etc") Since the 3rd Ed DnD is under some sort of "open 
source" license you should basically, if you're so inclined, be able to 
get almost the entire PHB online somewhere. That will help a lot!

As for shadowrun... meh... munchies game... "I want a big gun *and* 
magic missiles". :)

joev