Post by jakdethe on Sept 30, 2015 20:54:48 GMT -6
Hey guys, long time no see, like kind of got in the way of D&D, as it is wont to do. Hope everyone is doing well.
Anyway, after a lot of playing around and reading lately, I've come to appreciate the sublimity of "White Box D&D" or LBB D&D. I definitely love some "kitchen sink" OD&D, and all of the cool classes you can find. However, lately, it's become kind of a head ache. Having all the different classes and races can get kind of confusing, and really weird (not in the cool gonzo way either). So I've come back to playing straight White Box.
The main point of my post, though is, how well would the AD&D 2E spells go with just the LBBs? I have a couple other ideas floating around in my head, like adding kits for the core three classes (as this would give that kitchen sink feel, but still allow simplicity). Mainly this strikes me as rather suitable though.
I was for a long time very against the way 2E did spells, viewing it in a 1E light, of having Illusionists, and Druids, and felt the system complicated things too much. However, if you just have Magic-User and Cleric, that is just Wizard and Priest spells. This would allow you to make kits for the magic classes (Illusionist is a specialist wizard, Druid a specialist Priest, etc.), or run the game as is, just with a ton of spells.
I mostly ask because I know 2E had a ton of spells, and would be the easiest route to getting a plethora of spells into my game, without having to scour a million sources.
How different are they from OD&D spells? Would using the 1E or 2E spell progression charts be appropriate, or would that make it too powerful? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Personally, I used to use the 1E and Castles & Crusades spells in my White Box game the first time I ran it. I never seemed to have a problem with them. Another strong point of OD&D I must say.
Anyway, after a lot of playing around and reading lately, I've come to appreciate the sublimity of "White Box D&D" or LBB D&D. I definitely love some "kitchen sink" OD&D, and all of the cool classes you can find. However, lately, it's become kind of a head ache. Having all the different classes and races can get kind of confusing, and really weird (not in the cool gonzo way either). So I've come back to playing straight White Box.
The main point of my post, though is, how well would the AD&D 2E spells go with just the LBBs? I have a couple other ideas floating around in my head, like adding kits for the core three classes (as this would give that kitchen sink feel, but still allow simplicity). Mainly this strikes me as rather suitable though.
I was for a long time very against the way 2E did spells, viewing it in a 1E light, of having Illusionists, and Druids, and felt the system complicated things too much. However, if you just have Magic-User and Cleric, that is just Wizard and Priest spells. This would allow you to make kits for the magic classes (Illusionist is a specialist wizard, Druid a specialist Priest, etc.), or run the game as is, just with a ton of spells.
I mostly ask because I know 2E had a ton of spells, and would be the easiest route to getting a plethora of spells into my game, without having to scour a million sources.
How different are they from OD&D spells? Would using the 1E or 2E spell progression charts be appropriate, or would that make it too powerful? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Personally, I used to use the 1E and Castles & Crusades spells in my White Box game the first time I ran it. I never seemed to have a problem with them. Another strong point of OD&D I must say.