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Post by geneweigel on Jun 9, 2017 13:15:01 GMT -5
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Post by GRWelsh on Jun 9, 2017 15:33:34 GMT -5
I like the visual size comparison... That's a lot of cut and pasting and formatting. Good idea. Nice to see the Svirfneblin in there!
I recently got miniatures of many of the classic AD&D humanoids: elf, dwarf, halfling, goblin, orc, gargoyle, ogre, troll, hill giant, stone giant, fire giant and frost giant. The idea is to have them not only for game use, but also for standard reference against player character miniatures. I like to have at least one of each for the visual reference.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 9, 2017 16:31:11 GMT -5
Just rounding it out to just the D&D races was painful because I have so many are not official like for example I have morlocks (but they're not really grimlocks they have the eloi etc) so that was a decision and its plenty of that going on but mostly on the races that I created that are well known by my players. So they're all removed.
Everything that is not bolded I had to vet to make sure I knew what I was talking about. The bold however is based on educated guesses not just random throws.
As far as the comparative thing actually was "Gene's" then I realized it looked stupid and cooked up "GE/NE" for laughs.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 9, 2017 16:32:56 GMT -5
That bullywug on the left is from the bullywug figure design which is probably THE best bullywug image.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 11, 2017 11:16:40 GMT -5
I forgot to mention that everything that isn't bold is from a primary source either OD&D or Gygax penned AD&D which bumps anything OD&D. I did not consider DEITIES AND DEMIGODS because of the detachment that Gary had to the nonhuman deities.
BOLD stuff is my opinion. Examples of my opinions:
So for the mind flayer and the close nature of the crysmal is an asumption about the location of the mind flayers in the surface world in G3 lurking in the crystals.
The birds of prey mention for mountain dwarves is based on the assumption that giant eagles like dwarves when elves would seem more likely because they're surface dwellers so I'm making an excuse of their inclusion of all dwarves saying dwarves of mountains (Moria, etc) are fond of hunting birds as a means of providing them food. It just seemed logical.
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Post by Scott on Jun 12, 2017 6:47:41 GMT -5
I'll be starting a new campaign tonight. It's homebrew, but based heavily on the Fax/Wild Coast discussions we've had. I plan on developing the setting by running different arcs in different locales using different editions. I'll be starting off OD&D, box only, no supplements. Town and big dungeon, and I've decided to start off using Blackmoor as the model for 'town' and the dungeon.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jun 12, 2017 7:53:59 GMT -5
Who's playing in the new campaign? I like the idea of playing OD&D stripped down to the basics and building up from there. The three little books still have a unique charm to them after all these years. I still smile every time I see robots and thoats on the encounter tables.
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Post by Scott on Jun 12, 2017 12:26:38 GMT -5
Tonight is an all ages game. My friend Eric, his son Tyler, My son Gavin, and maybe my youngest: Liam. The current plan is to play until 3rd level, and then give them a break. Roll up some 1E characters, play the, for a little bit, etc. and just rotate games periodically. If I manage to keep it going, I'll eventually work in some other genres, horror, Gama World, etc.
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Post by Scott on Jun 13, 2017 22:23:37 GMT -5
The OD&D game went well. Three players: Gavin, Tyler, and Eric playing a cleric, fighter, and magic-user. We rolled up the characters and they made one trip to the dungeon, fought a few usual suspects and called it a night. With the standardized HD and damage die the magic-user ended up being the best fighter of the night.
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Post by Scott on Jun 14, 2017 7:16:47 GMT -5
Gary, our next game is scheduled for next Friday if you're interested.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jun 14, 2017 7:52:43 GMT -5
With the standardized HD and damage die the magic-user ended up being the best fighter of the night. This helps to explain how Tenser got his reputation as a fighting magic-user. I just remembered something... I had a 1e magic-user that I played in Eric Bachman's game back around 1984. I hadn't thought of a name yet, but in the first game my m-u got into some melee and did well with a staff, so Eric referred to him as "The Meleeing Magic-User." I later named the character Moravian after a street in the North Side of Pittsburgh... I had no idea at the time that was a nationality, I just liked the sound of the name. Getting into melee wasn't so much a choice as an act of desperation, with me simply getting lucky for a few rounds. In 1e and later, sending your m-u into melee is usually death. But I forgot that in OD&D the first level classes aren't as dissimilar.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jun 14, 2017 7:53:37 GMT -5
Gary, our next game is scheduled for next Friday if you're interested. I am interested, but my sister's family will be in town so I won't be able to make it. But let me know when you play after that.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 15, 2017 16:17:43 GMT -5
The best laid schemes o' dice and dragons.... Ruined by visiting relatives... BARF! JUST KIDDING! I'm working on my new Oriental class for the blog. I'm going to make an ongoing column on this because I think I'm suffering from post-OA stress disorder. Its very therapeutic.
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Post by Scott on Jun 15, 2017 16:51:43 GMT -5
Keep us updated. I'd like to see what you come up with.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 20, 2017 17:42:53 GMT -5
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Post by foster1941 on Jun 20, 2017 19:44:59 GMT -5
Very interesting take, and definitely much truer to the underlying spirit of the game than the ultra-Japan-specific samurai class.
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Post by Scott on Jun 20, 2017 20:07:37 GMT -5
Looks cool. Would need to test drive it to really get a feel, but the xp requirements are are on the high side, especially for a d8 HD.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 20, 2017 21:49:26 GMT -5
It started out as interpreting samurai ideas that I built up through years of exposure and and trying to keep it simple.
The hit dice I had originally was d10.
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Post by Scott on Jun 20, 2017 22:13:26 GMT -5
Yggsburgh has a Chinatown type area, and CZ has the pagoda. I thought about putting in an Oriental level/sub level. I'll try working these in somehow to see how they play.
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Post by Scott on Jun 20, 2017 22:18:04 GMT -5
I have my OD&D game coming up this Friday. I'm going to try to get some pics, or videos to post.
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