Playing some Dungeons & Dragons

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Published on September 20, 2018 6:08:15 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IgeEu4_Et4

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Dungeons & Dragons Online (2012)

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Dungeons & Dragons Online
https://www.ddo.com/en

Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game was originally marketed as Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, then renamed Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited upon switching to a hybrid free to play model and was finally rebranded Dungeons & Dragons Online, with the introduction of Forgotten Realms-related content. Turbine developed DDO as an online adaptation of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), based loosely on the D&D 3.5 rule set. The game is set on the unexplored continent of Xen'drik within the Eberron campaign setting and in the Kingdom of Cormyr within the Forgotten Realms campaign setting

Setting
Centered in the city of Stormreach, DDO is set on the fictional continent of Xen'drik, in the world of Eberron, a setting from the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game. Xen'drik is a vastly unexplored locale, once the center of the Advanced Giant Civilization, destroyed thousands of years before. Stormreach is a giant-scaled city, recently settled by humans. Areas in Stormreach are the Harbor, the Marketplace, and five Dragonmarked Houses: Cannith, Deneith, Jorasco, Kundarak, and Phiarlan. Adventures and quests are available beyond the city walls, across the continent.[citation needed]

Players create their characters following the revised edition of D&D 3.5 rule-set fashion, for play in both indoor and outdoor environments. The game has some differences from the D&D 3.5 rule set, some of which are due to differences in the dynamics of video game combat versus tabletop gaming. For example, Turbine wanted DDO to use a real-time combat engine, whereas tabletop D&D uses a turn-based system. This meant considerable changes in the handling of combat and character skills; differences include increased hit possibilities in a round, increased spellcasting resources over rest periods, and the use of a spell point system instead of spell slots. Other differences, not mandated by the differences by real-time versus turn-based systems include: magical items are at a lower cost (averaging 1/8 of the tabletop D&D prices), characters have higher stats, and offensive effects created by characters do not harm their allies.[citation needed]

Story
After creating a player character (PC), a player begins shipwrecked on the shores of Korthos Island. The character is helped by a band of citizens (Jeets, Cellimas, and Talbron) who want to end the rule of the Sahuagin on Korthos Island. The White dragon Aussircaex is being controlled by a Mindflayer Creature through the use of a Mindsunder Artifact and is plaguing the island. Once the PC destroys the Mindsunder Artifact, Aussircaex destroys the Mindflayer and frees Korthos Island, ending Sahuagin rule. After achieving success in Korthos Island, the player is sent to Stormreach.[citation needed]

From that point on, events in the game revolve around Stormreach. The player has to save the city from many threats, including:

Giants attempt to regain mastery over the city of Stormreach and the continent of Xen'drik.
The reopening of the gate to Xoriat.
The Black Abbot and his minions of Khyber (Eberron) and another undead attempt to gain power over Xen'drik.
Devils from Shavarath attempt to invade and conquer Eberron.
Pirates attempt to gain a foothold in House Deneith before conquering Stormreach.
Droaam (an army of Medusas, orcs, kobolds, and gnolls) attempt to play war games with the lords of Stormreach.
Quori, from the Plane of Nightmares, invades peoples' minds and uses them as hosts on the material plane.
The Lord of Blades takes over a Quori creation forge under Stormreach and tries to wipe out all living races.
The Master Artificer Toven tries to destroy the souls of all warforged in Xen'drik.[citation needed]

Gameplay
DDO is an action role-playing game with real-time combat. The camera follows behind the player and can be adjusted to view surroundings, or can be changed to a first-person perspective. The game can be controlled either by keyboard or gamepad, with the ability to remap actions to suit the player. Items and action abilities may be placed and activated within a toolbar on the screen. Characters move in 3D via directional keys and may dodge long range attacks. A party system emphasizes multiple players forming groups, by accessing by the grouping panel. Players interact via screen chat windows, or by voice chat among party members.

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