Those of same class and level hanging out together.
Sept 6, 2017 14:27:54 GMT -6
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Post by geoffrey on Sept 6, 2017 14:27:54 GMT -6
One of the things I really like about the encounter tables in 1974 D&D plus supplements are the encounters with "conjurers" or "bishops" or "myrmidons" or etc. This is lost in other versions of the game, replaced by varied groups of different classes and different levels.
The old way makes sense to me. Those seekers after eldritch secrets would confer with one another for mutual knowledge. A necromancer would typically associate with other necromancers, for their parity of power would prevent one from overpowering another for his own advantage. A lowly beginning magic-user could not hope to keep such august company in any case.
Lawful clerics would naturally associate with other lawful clerics, avoiding the irreverent fighting-men and magic-users. All would avoid the (frankly scary) anti-clerics, except for other anti-clerics. Clearly bishops would not spend a lot of time with acolytes.
A veteran would be out of his depth around superheroes, and fighting-men in general would feel more at home with fellow sword-swingers than with clerics (who do not particularly approve of wining and wenching) or with weird bearded men interested only in moldy old tomes.
(Of course, none of the above need apply to PCs, who are a special case.)
What think you?
The old way makes sense to me. Those seekers after eldritch secrets would confer with one another for mutual knowledge. A necromancer would typically associate with other necromancers, for their parity of power would prevent one from overpowering another for his own advantage. A lowly beginning magic-user could not hope to keep such august company in any case.
Lawful clerics would naturally associate with other lawful clerics, avoiding the irreverent fighting-men and magic-users. All would avoid the (frankly scary) anti-clerics, except for other anti-clerics. Clearly bishops would not spend a lot of time with acolytes.
A veteran would be out of his depth around superheroes, and fighting-men in general would feel more at home with fellow sword-swingers than with clerics (who do not particularly approve of wining and wenching) or with weird bearded men interested only in moldy old tomes.
(Of course, none of the above need apply to PCs, who are a special case.)
What think you?
