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Post by Piper on May 10, 2024 7:22:12 GMT -6
We funded in LESS THAN FOUR HOURS! Congratulations TGE.
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Post by Piper on Apr 13, 2024 22:20:37 GMT -6
I despise all things Star Wars. May I ask why? Let it be known I’m okay with just because, I’m merely curious as to what you don’t like about it.
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Post by Piper on Apr 7, 2024 22:32:31 GMT -6
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Post by Piper on Mar 7, 2024 0:36:53 GMT -6
Meh, asses we can deal with. Scooting over to Reddit. Beat me to it! LOL
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Post by Piper on Mar 5, 2024 12:18:00 GMT -6
Hello odd74 I've just requested to join as Swashbuckler. May your swash never buckle.
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Post by Piper on Feb 1, 2024 0:23:09 GMT -6
Hey, Cameron! Not to disparage your opinion (you are not necessarily wrong), but seeing as how I've got a fair amount of material with your name on them, I would count you as at LEAST on the fringes! But thanks for your reply. Well, I so appreciate the kind words and I’m perfectly okay with different opinions. I am glad what I’ve written has helped you.
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Post by Piper on Jan 31, 2024 20:31:32 GMT -6
Nobody
In my humble opinion, the spirit of 1974 gaming is in the hands of the players and referees out there, old and new, and not in the hands of any one person.
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Post by Piper on Jan 31, 2024 19:26:52 GMT -6
I try not to prejudge anything, but I’m struggling with my feelings about this in light of what happened to Tunnels & Trolls.
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Post by Piper on Jan 31, 2024 19:25:32 GMT -6
Buy it! You will not regret it. ETA: I know Geoffrey is the original author, I’m encouraging anyone else who is on the fence about buying this.
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Post by Piper on Jan 3, 2024 18:13:50 GMT -6
..."that litigious guy" before I found out TLG wasn't licensed for it... I just wanted to correct something. TLG is "Troll Lord Games" and had nothing to do with that guy who stole everyone's IP material for resale. That guy's company was "Outlaw Press" if my memory serves me correctly. Your memory serves you well. He Who Shall Not Be Named left a lot of bad feelings in his wake. Still, may he RIP.
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Post by Piper on Dec 20, 2023 16:32:11 GMT -6
Thanks for the mention WotE.
The early versions of DD were a team effort, yes, but I love what Ways has done with it since we gave him full proprietorship. It went from the rather generic 1975 era clone* I had imagined when I began the project to something that truly stands out from the crowd.
*A generic clone because Delving Deeper was originally envisioned as a supporting rule set for modules Brave Halfling intended to publish. John was concerned other original edition rules sets might not always be available.
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Post by Piper on Sept 24, 2023 19:35:26 GMT -6
Nobody says "I have eaten" when asked if they're hungry, they say "I already ate." False. I may be a throwback but I say it often. Apologies.
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Post by Piper on Aug 23, 2023 13:59:17 GMT -6
OK, then, how about this? The latest project by Janelle Jaquays of the old guard at TSR.
ETA: OK, not by her specifically, although she is a contributor to the project.
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Post by Piper on Aug 22, 2023 15:48:15 GMT -6
What about something like the solo adventure/intro to RPG in Mentzer’s BECMI? In my opinion, it seemed a fine introduction to the concept and the basic mechanics of the game.
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Post by Piper on Jul 15, 2023 16:25:44 GMT -6
I was thinking more-so for dramatic purpose... Like if mid-combat someone's sword breaks, etc. Now they have to scramble to find something makeshift or retreat. One relatively easy way to implement this idea would be a critical miss type roll. If the attacking player rolls a 1 on his ”to hit” roll he must immediately roll a save for the weapon he used. You could even create a simple table of random consequences: Weapon is now minus one to hit, weapon has been dropped costing one combat round to recover, weapon is destroyed, etc. If you really like that concept, you can flip it around and have armor makes saves when the player receives a return attack and a natural 20 is rolled. Incorporating your ideas into die rolls already being made will reduce the effect on game flow less than that a completely separate system. Just an idea.
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Post by Piper on Jul 13, 2023 16:49:22 GMT -6
I played around with it. To my way of thinking this rule added a layer of bookkeeping to the game without adding any fun. My players seemed to agree, nobody complained when I removed it from the campaign the next session.
Now, I realize some referees are aiming for more historical accuracy and this rule may be great for their campaign. It simply wasn’t my cup of tea.
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Post by Piper on Jul 6, 2023 13:08:51 GMT -6
Wasn't Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Helena) the same person who Daniel Craig partnered with to kill off James Bond in the last movie? Oh Lord, how I hated that ending!. She was also the sassy droid who (that?) was Lando’s co-pilot in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
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Post by Piper on Jul 6, 2023 13:02:30 GMT -6
. I do wonder though: how is a film which grossed ~85% of opening weekend projections ($60M of $70M) already a "bomb"? Or is the $70M lowered from some pre-Cannes estimate? AIUI the film budget was astronomical so the box office would have to be equally impressive and maintain a high number of ticket sales. The film has a good but not great opening weekend and dropped off sharply in the days following. So, basically? I’ve read the blame at least partially with spiraling costs associated with bigger, better, and more of them special effects.
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Post by Piper on Jun 9, 2023 19:00:38 GMT -6
OTOH if an anti-cleric could further the cause of Chaos by casting a heal spell? The deities of chaos (the referee … me) would have no problem with it. Lawful Clerics are held to a stricter standard in this regard.
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Post by Piper on Jun 9, 2023 18:30:59 GMT -6
The first copy of the rules I bought back in the’70s didn’t have the 7th level clause. I didn’t know about the change for a while. Sorry for the confusion.
I used that quote to highlight the “sharp difference” part, which is that which fired my imagination. I didn’t see much of a difference in what was written on the page, so I began to imagine what would make them different. That’s what I came up with.
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Post by Piper on Jun 9, 2023 14:40:58 GMT -6
Have you considered the reverse of "turn undead" to be "control undead"? Seems like a logical adjustment. So it does. I’ve gone back-and-forth with it over the years but I haven’t been able to settle on one approach. On the one hand, as you stated here, it’s a logical adjustment in keeping with the spirit of the rules. On the other? The reversed spell forms are more useful offensively and give the anti-cleric a decided edge even without bringing undead into the mix. Hope you don't need to brace yourself too much. I value all sorts of opinions here and am not sure how they can be "wrong" if that's the way you do it in your campaign. As do I. IMO strict parsing of the rules sort of takes away from the spirit of the boxed set to begin with.
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Post by Piper on Jun 9, 2023 0:45:28 GMT -6
IMC clerics can cast the beneficial forms of cleric spells and can turn undead.
Anti-Clerics can cast the reversed spell forms but can’t turn undead.
Either one using the other type of spell sets place themselves in danger of divine judgment.
I’m now bracing myself for the more opinionated board members here to come by and tell me how wrong I am in this matter of opinion. But that’s how I run it. I ran it by EGG in the early 1980’s and he seemed just fine with this interpretation.
Note that Clerics of 7th level and greater are either “Law” or “Chaos,” and there is a sharp distinction between them OD&D I:7 (emphasis added)
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Post by Piper on Apr 12, 2023 23:19:30 GMT -6
I saw it opening day and had a heckuva good time. I hope this becomes a series of films, it was fun.
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Post by Piper on Apr 1, 2023 12:17:33 GMT -6
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Post by Piper on Feb 1, 2023 9:23:07 GMT -6
What was that annotated version of OD&D that someone was working on? There’s my OD&D Annotated at the link below. It’s a more casual, as opposed to scholarly, work. I basically go through the three volumes and throw out sukoshi bits from the perspective of a player who bought and played the game in the 1970’s (hardly a unique perspective around this forum) and who knew Gary (also not unusual around here). lh3.google.com/u/0/d/1LXnViRDV72xHE2OGJKtHgvtqmnTegGCB=w500-h374-p-k-nu-iv1ETA: My power is out and I’m doing this by ‘phone. The link above doesn’t seem to work, I’ll try again from my desktop after power is restored.
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Post by Piper on Jan 23, 2023 10:28:35 GMT -6
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Post by Piper on Dec 25, 2022 16:02:31 GMT -6
Another option is 1 hp per hit die. That way LBB fighting-men are able to recover just as fast as magic-users. This is a fine idea.
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Post by Piper on Dec 22, 2022 20:50:24 GMT -6
Is there tension in this thread? I’ve found it wise to err on the side of caution when I post here.
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Post by Piper on Dec 22, 2022 15:28:08 GMT -6
I believe if Dave still posted here, and Gary was still around to do the same, they would both tell you the same thing with no hesitation at all:
The right way to do it is the way that seems right to you as the referee (and secondarily to your players). The truth is, if two people read the text and come up with two different interpretations, neither are wrong.
All I can tell you is my words here aren’t meant to be offensive, so please forgive if they come across that way. Feel free to contact me through the messaging system for a personal apology if I upset you rather than starting an argument here on the forum.
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Post by Piper on Dec 21, 2022 19:09:47 GMT -6
Hey, man, some of us are still here! I've got a regular group. Yes, as a regular participant in Tetramorph’s game group I can tell you it’s very active and definitely old school. I’ve been playing this game since it came out on the market back in the ’70s and I can attest to its old “school-ness.”
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