The Gang of Five
Important Announcements => The Welcome Center => Topic started by: rhombus on August 13, 2013, 09:28:14 PM
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Hello everyone!
I enjoyed the original Land Before Time film as a child and decided to google it when I was in a nostalgic mood about nine months ago. The Gang of Five forum was one of the first search items and, out of curiosity, I decided to see what it had to offer. After following this forum for the better part of a year, I have observed that it has a very friendly, diverse, and vibrant community - one that I would very much like to contribute to.
I look forward to participating in this forum and getting to know all of you!
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Welcome to GOF!
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Welcome to the gof, always great to see a new person join the forum. Any particular favorite LBT characters?
Or other characters from other movies, tv, or video games?
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Salutations, and welcome to the forums. :wave
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Thank you all for the warm welcome!
To answer your question Kor, Ruby would have to be my favorite character, with Littlefoot being a very close second. Although Ruby can be friendly and sociable, she also has a deeply introspective side that I can personally relate to. Additionally, her many overlapping obligations and hardships (caring for Chomper, avoiding conflict with the Great Valley residents due to her omnivores nature, missing her family, etc.) make her potentially a very complex character. Those points were not well developed (and in some cases were entirely ignored) in the television series, but I am glad to see that they have been developed in more detail by some of the fan works I have seen.
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Welcome to the GoF, rhombus :wave
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Hello Rhombus and welcome to the Gang of five! :) You can call me Mumbling or Iris. See you around! :wave
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Welcome with us rhombus :)
It is always a pleasure to welcome new members to our community, and especially so if long time silent observers decide to join us and post for themselves :yes
Please feel hearty invited to join our discussions or start threads of your own.
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Welcome to the GOF! Have fun and post lots :cheers
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The rhombus happens to be one of my favorite shapes, but that's besides the point. <3
Welcome to the GOF! Glad you could join! :smile
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:wave Hey there rhombus! :wave
Welcome to the Gang of Five forum! Glad to have you on board with us. If it's a nostalgic trip or just wanna chat about any LBT you've come to the right place! We've gotta ton of other topics too. So pick one out and enjoy your stay!
Cya on there! TTFN!
Littlefoot1616 :D
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Welcome to The Gang Of Five, rhombus! :smile Hope you enjoy yourself!
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Welcome to the Gang of Five, rhombus! It's always great to see a new member around! Hope you have a great time with us here! :DD
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Ruby is an interesting character. They may have developed her during season 2, though I am inclined to think she's more developed in fanfiction then she would have been on tv, based on the writing for season 1.
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Thanks everyone!
I would have to agree with your assessment Kor. It was obvious from the writing in the television show that they were appealing to younger audiences, and therefore many of the possible areas of characterization could have been deemed inappropriate for that age group.
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Welcome with us, rhombus! :DD
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Welcome to the GOF! Have a blast!
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Greetings back to ya! :DD
Welcome to the GoF! I'd consider Ruby being a favorite of mine as well. At first, I didn't think so, but as time passed (ahem, relative time, like a whole summer), I noticed those points you mentioned as she became a really neat character for me :3
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oh hai :D
Nice meeting you ^-^ (Yes, I am late to a lot of things)
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^ No more sleeping for you, Sleepy XDD
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Hello:
And welcome to GoF! :DD .
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Thanks for the kind words everyone.
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Welcome to the GOF! Hope your stay is a pleasant one!
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Welcome!Judging from your post in the general lbt thread you are familiar with D&D.Have you played it with the traditional paper pen way,or some computer games?
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Welcome!Judging from your post in the general lbt thread you are familiar with D&D.Have you played it with the traditional paper pen way,or some computer games?
I have typically played traditional pen and paper D&D, although I have dabbled in a few games built around the general premise (namely the Baldur's Gate series.) The games that I were involved in were based upon the second and third editions, so I only have limited knowledge of editions 3.5 and 4.
If you don't mind me asking Blais, what has been your experience with D&D? Do you prefer and particular variant of the traditional pen and paper variety (D&D, d20 system, GURPS, etc.) or are you more partial towards related computer games? I have not had a chance to play a tabletop role-playing game in quite some time, so I would be glad to hear any recommendations that you have relating to gaming.
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Of couse i don't mind. :)
My first experience with it was the traditional game with dices,we played 3 editio D&D,and I have all my books from that edition.Later I made a very good use of them in pc games too.It has been a while snce I last played tabletop,It seems I soon will have the chance again.
For PC games I would recomend:
Planescape: Torment-very unique places and characters,and I think uses 2 edition rules
Icewind Dale-It's like Baldur's Gate,with 2 edition rules and similar graphic.
Neverwinter Nights-3 edition rules,better graphic than the other two,but a little weird too.I have to admit this is my favorite series.If you played through the campign,you can downland free modules to it made by other people,or you can create your own.It's like they(or you)are the game mester,becose it has the toolset you can create modules with.With the two expansions (Shadows of Undrentide,Hordes of the Underdark)You can have classes like pale master,and you can reach lvl 40 and use epic level spells(summoning a dragon or shoting a hellball is FUN)Also you can turn friendly fire on or off,so you won't be baking yourself with your own fireballs(a thing I amnaged to do in Baldur's Gate :lol) An advice:you can have henchmans or summoned minions with it,but if you want it to be a little harder don't use them.I think it makes the game too easy.If you decide to try it out,feel free to ask me if you have any probems playing it without companions.
modules (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.List)
Neverwinter Nights2-3.5,graphically this is the best,and it has the same adventages as the neverwinter nights 1(modules).I haven't played a lot with it yet,but so far I liked.It has two expansions too(Storm of zehir and Mask of the Betrayer),which increase the level cap to I think 40,and adds classes I even never heard of(like favored soul).I haven't tried playing it without companions,but you can have 4 here with full controll of them,and they have much more personalities then in the 1.
Modules (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=nwn2modulesenglish.list&show_days_back=10)
Also,they even made the whole Baldur's Gate into a module here (http://neverwinter2.nexusmods.com/mods/794/).
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Of couse i don't mind. :)
My first experience with it was the traditional game with dices,we played 3 editio D&D,and I have all my books from that edition.Later I made a very good use of them in pc games too.It has been a while snce I last played tabletop,It seems I soon will have the chance again.
For PC games I would recomend:
Planescape: Torment-very unique places and characters,and I think uses 2 edition rules
Icewind Dale-It's like Baldur's Gate,with 2 edition rules and similar graphic.
Neverwinter Nights-3 edition rules,better graphic than the other two,but a little weird too.I have to admit this is my favorite series.If you played through the campign,you can downland free modules to it made by other people,or you can create your own.It's like they(or you)are the game mester,becose it has the toolset you can create modules with.With the two expansions (Shadows of Undrentide,Hordes of the Underdark)You can have classes like pale master,and you can reach lvl 40 and use epic level spells(summoning a dragon or shoting a hellball is FUN)Also you can turn friendly fire on or off,so you won't be baking yourself with your own fireballs(a thing I amnaged to do in Baldur's Gate :lol) An advice:you can have henchmans or summoned minions with it,but if you want it to be a little harder don't use them.I think it makes the game too easy.If you decide to try it out,feel free to ask me if you have any probems playing it without companions.
modules (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.List)
Neverwinter Nights2-3.5,graphically this is the best,and it has the same adventages as the neverwinter nights 1(modules).I haven't played a lot with it yet,but so far I liked.It has two expansions too(Storm of zehir and Mask of the Betrayer),which increase the level cap to I think 40,and adds classes I even never heard of(like favored soul).I haven't tried playing it without companions,but you can have 4 here with full controll of them,and they have much more personalities then in the 1.
Modules (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=nwn2modulesenglish.list&show_days_back=10)
Also,they even made the whole Baldur's Gate into a module here (http://neverwinter2.nexusmods.com/mods/794/).
Thanks for the recommendations! I will definitely have to check them out. I have heard of Neverwinter Nights, but I have not yet had the chance to play it. Turning friendly fire on or off would be a nice option. I can relate to accidentally scorching your companions in Baldur's Gate. :lol
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Unlike the regular game where you always damage your fellow pc's if they are in the area of effect of the spell.
I'm in a group that has 2 gm's, 1 runs 2nd edition D & D and the other 3.5.
Also it looks like GOG is having a sale on the d & d games they have. If any are interested. They sell drm free digital versions of video games.
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Unlike the regular game where you always damage your fellow pc's if they are in the area of effect of the spell.
I'm in a group that has 2 gm's, 1 runs 2nd edition D & D and the other 3.5.
Also it looks like GOG is having a sale on the d & d games they have. If any are interested. They sell drm free digital versions of video games.
Wow, thank you for informing me about this! $26.40 for 10 games is a great deal.
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Yeah,GOG is a good source of "Good Old Games" :yes
By the way,do you prefer any specific class over others in a D&D campaign for you to play?
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Yeah,GOG is a good source of "Good Old Games" :yes
By the way,do you prefer any specific class over others in a D&D campaign for you to play?
I was always a fan of the Ranger character class. I find that the commitment to nature and reclusive life that is generally found in rangers make them interest characters to role play in tabletop D&D. In terms of the gaming aspect, I also appreciate the wide range of skills and skill points that the ranger has. I think that these traits make the Ranger a very versatile character if played correctly.
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Interesting, I'm doing a ranger in the 3.5 campaign. Though I do plan on dipping into wizard at some point and going for a certain prestige class. I do like the high skill point and vast array of skills rangers get, plus it fits in that my character being an elf, fits in I think with him taking some ranger levels. Though animal companions are very hard to get, at least for me. I don't have one yet and he's not to far from level 5.
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Whoops, sorry I'm late! :rolleyes:
Anyway, nice to meet you Rhombus, I hope to see you around the forum sometime! You can call me Dosu, or Toby, or in all honesty, anything you want. :lol