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philotomy
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« Reply #15 on Feb 25, 2008, 9:28pm » | |
Quote:| As the monter is beign hit, I just take dice away from the pile as needed. |
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I like this -- I'll have to try it next game. *exalt*
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« Reply #16 on Feb 25, 2008, 11:07pm » | |
One great source for 16+ d6's is The Pirates of the Caribbean dice game. It is based on the dice game from the second movie. The game never sold well and I have seen them for sale in the reduced bins in stores. The game comes with 16+ gun metal gray d6's (pipped) but instead of the 1's you have a skull and crossbones. I have one set and am on the prowl for more.
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« Reply #17 on Feb 26, 2008, 7:41pm » | |
Educational supply companies are good for bulk quantity dice.
http://tinyurl.com/37oc9g
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« Reply #18 on Mar 23, 2008, 3:26am » | |
Just wanted to add that I've been using this method instead of scratch paper, and I'm sold. It's faster, easier, et cetera; it works great.
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« Reply #19 on Mar 23, 2008, 5:53am » | |
Hey, Phil, it's not the first time that I tell you I got started in OD&D cause of your web-site.
Ok, I do it again. Thanks! And I'm glad I did something useful for you too!
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« Reply #20 on Mar 24, 2008, 2:55am » | |
Quote:| Hey, Phil, it's not the first time that I tell you I got started in OD&D cause of your web-site. |
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Yeah, I remember you posting to my thread over at DF, saying you were kinda tempted to try OD&D. 
Quote:| Ok, I do it again. Thanks! And I'm glad I did something useful for you too! |
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You're welcome and thank you!
(Hey just out of curiosity, what were you running before OD&D?)
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« Reply #21 on Mar 24, 2008, 7:44am » | |
He was running a home-brewed fantasy version of Phoenix Command. 
Hey, here's a follow up, somewhat more radical.
How about, have players roll their hit dice at the beginning of each fight.
If you remove a die you can't roll it next encounter. Cure spells heal hit dice.
So like this: Zaftig the Amazon Myrmidon has 6 hit dice. She's fighting 2 bugbears, rolls 653221. These dice go face up on the board. She takes a wound for 2, reduces the 5 to 3. She takes another wound for 6, drops the 6, and then kills the bugbears. Next fight, she will only have five dice to roll for hit points unless she gets a healing spell in the interim.
Let me know if anyone tries this.
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« Reply #22 on Mar 24, 2008, 8:45am » | |
That is quite bizarre calithena - want to be the guinea pig in our on-line game? I like the concept, but it sounds too fiddly in practice.
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« Reply #23 on Mar 24, 2008, 6:09pm » | |
Quote:| (Hey just out of curiosity, what were you running before OD&D?) |
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I started playing at 12, with AD&D 2e, ran it for 6 years. Then 4 years of 3e, not liking it almost all of the time. 6 months of C&C, 3 session of OAD&D, and then finally OD&D, last destination....
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« Reply #24 on Jul 4, 2008, 10:17am » | |
Awesome, awesome idea that I've adopted.
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« Reply #25 on Jul 4, 2008, 10:27am » | |
Wow, thanks for the bump on this thread. I'd missed it while catching up on reading everything.
Love this idea, love it. It's so simple and clean, how did it never occur to me? Yoinked!
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« Reply #26 on Jul 29, 2008, 9:30am » | |
Feb 23, 2008, 4:54pm, Falconer wrote:Is that why Men & Magic says, under RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT:
1 pair 4-sided dice
1 pair 8-sided dice
4 to 20 pairs 6-sided dice
1 pair 20-sided dice
1 pair 12-sided dice
Ahh, 20 PAIRS 6-SIDED DICE! Brilliant. |
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I like Zulgyan's way of doing it and will give it a try. I think I might actually have 20 pairs of 6-sided dice or least very close to it. I also like coffee's encounter cards and I think I will start trying to create some of those also. Thanks!
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« Reply #27 on Jul 29, 2008, 11:27am » | |
Thanks for the link on those dice.
I'm officially buying all my D&D dice from such sources, and never again on eBay (although I haven't bought any in a while)!
I'll be using both the Zulgyan and Calithena hit dice rolling methods for my game.
The less to keep written on paper, the better.
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« Reply #28 on Jul 29, 2008, 1:23pm » | |
Feb 22, 2008, 12:34pm, Zulgyan wrote:Yeah! You need to get as many d6s as possible!
I use wooden dice. I find them very cool and they are very cheap too (at least in Argentina). I got like 40+ of them. |
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Where do you get the wooden dice? I wonder if there is anywhere that we can order them from here in the US.
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« Reply #29 on Jul 29, 2008, 2:48pm » | |
I live in Buenos Aires. I get them at a regular game store where they sell non-rpg games and casino-type stuff.
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