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Post by foxroe on Dec 9, 2016 22:12:53 GMT -6
...and bidding closed, and the game was sold for $22,100. If that falls through, there is still a $21,000 bid on the table as well. I contacted the seller again, and wished her well. Now here is the rest of her story for you today... She had found this brown box 1st edition in one of her attic storage bins, a gift from that teacher Bill, many, many years ago. She was going through the stuff in her attic to sell it off, so she and her husband could take a vacation. They are a bit older you see, as all of us are who actually bought the original game. I was very, very, young when I bought my first 0D&D LBB white bookset, and I'm in my fifties now. When I inquired about the extra books (I don't need to know what is in the LBB, my first white bookset had come with a 1st edition Men and Magic, with the mounted fighter on the cover, and my Monster & Treasure had the Tolkien stuff in it, so I knew what was in the 1st edition bookset, because that what had been in my 4th edition bookset), I wanted to know about the other stuff, from that early school based gaming campaign, and she told me about that as well as little bit about her background. Writer, Editor, Farmer. She called herself the Scribe. In her youth she had attended and graduated from the Harvard Divinity School, through her life she had become a land rights activist, an editor, and farmer, and had lived in Wisconsin. She never really had the time to take up D&D being too busy with real life. Now, towards the end, she had her Significant Other with her, a man she affectionately called The Shaman. Anyway, the Shaman has been unwell lately, on dialysis actually, and she had wanted to scrounge up enough money so that they could take a vacation to the warmth of Southern California instead of having to spend this winter in a cold, and snowy Wisconsin. One more interesting detail she had told me, last summer, or maybe it was early Autumn, the scribe and the Shaman had traveled out to Standing Rock, to stand with the people, and to stand for their rights. While she didn't specifically tell me, I kind of gathered, that journey had taken quite a bit of their resources. She was happy when this auction had ended a bit earlier today, and Me and my wife are both happy for her, and the shaman. Because you see, the Shaman gets to dreamwalk at least once more with her, and they will be able to now take at least once more vacation (with some luck, maybe a few more), some guy gets a 1st edition D&D bookset with one of the first homebrewed campaign worlds like ever (which is totally epic!). D&D made someone else happy to today, and helped make their dreams come true. ...and they don't even play D&D. How epic is that? Wow, that's fantastic! I still think the price is outrageous, but it's good to know that some deserving folks benefited from the sale of such a simple little box!
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Post by foxroe on Dec 9, 2016 10:50:27 GMT -6
Wayward Sun. I like it! But i suppose it's entirely up to the ship owner(s)...
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Post by foxroe on Dec 9, 2016 10:47:51 GMT -6
Some people are being very trusting there. I contacted the buyer and obtained verification it's one of the first published brown book D&D sets. As an added bonus, the game includes one of the first homebrew campaign worlds ever published, along with notes from a school group. Bill was a teacher who actually put together a lesson plan and used D&D to have his students learn about medieval life, economics, math, and they all had to write after action reports about their adventures, and they were graded on that. These reports and Bill's class notes are also included as part of the sale. That's pretty cool. Not $11K cool, but cool none the less.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 9, 2016 10:42:31 GMT -6
Thanks for asking. Don't you love this game and these crazy rules? Yep! I kind of like your interpretation, BTW. The scaling based on HD works nicely.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 9, 2016 5:01:32 GMT -6
The Leftenant's starting gear:
Which leaves Mother with Cr1150, and the Leftenant indebted to Mother for Cr1450...
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 20:54:30 GMT -6
Dude. If I was a 1%er, I'd buy the rights to D&D and get it back to its basic roots. I'd sell it in a bookshelf box for maybe $20 US, maybe offer a few modules, and create a permanent "creative license" to allow other publishers to freely create and distribute content for the game without fear of reprisal.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 20:15:10 GMT -6
Sure, but the rules say die of damage per HD of person poisoned. Where does it say that? Not trying to be a jerk, I genuinely want to know. My impression of the RAW is that unless otherwise specified, poison is deadly. But that's just my interpretation. Interesting side note: Neutralize Poison can only be cast on objects, not people. So one would need to cast it on the weapon/potion/etc. before it is imbibed, and it is technically useless against poisonous creatures.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 19:55:03 GMT -6
It doesn't matter! Disney owns everything! Watch what you say, the walls have Mickey Mouse(R) ears!!
/lunacy
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 19:45:03 GMT -6
I'd like to finish up purchases and other pre-game stuff. It would be nice to start actual play by Monday. If you have already purchased stuff, but it isn't in the ref charts on Google Docs, either add it, or if you don't have a Google ID, let me know so I can add it. Coffee, could you serve as out "caller" and organizer and get everyone assigned to staterooms? Or would you prefer ronin84 do that duty? Is there a "house rule" providing a "basic equipment pack" for characters that muster out without cash? If not, could Mother provide a "loan" to the Leftenant?
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 11:42:38 GMT -6
Screw it. Save or die. 1. Don't drink potions until you've had them analyzed/identified 2. Attack venomous creatures (if you must) with ranged attacks 3. Avoid Purple Worms like the plague (that is, like a "save or die" plague!)
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 11:30:18 GMT -6
That's disgusting. The eBay listing that is.
+1 on the priceless play option...
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 11:25:42 GMT -6
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Post by foxroe on Dec 8, 2016 11:13:12 GMT -6
It's like I'm back in college Physics class... Do you realize that 4 out of 3 people have great difficulty with Math?
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Post by foxroe on Dec 6, 2016 0:07:18 GMT -6
Cool. Thanks guys!
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Post by foxroe on Dec 5, 2016 19:44:44 GMT -6
In the most recent sessions: Confronted by a magical tower full wall-to-wall with zombies, my players pulled out a magical item they'd found months ago in The God That Crawls and ended up with a ship that can sail between alternate earths... So, that happened. Sounds like Rogue Mistress. Cool campaign - sounds very OS!
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Post by foxroe on Dec 5, 2016 19:33:38 GMT -6
Ok, so to move things forward, Eris and foxroe should settle on one (or two) PCs, and we need to finish gear purchases. I'm going with Mother for mostly ship-board play, and the Leftenant for rock-side play, so those are my two. You can take Maida as an NPC if you want.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 5, 2016 19:00:14 GMT -6
Do you (or does anyone else) know of a good source for blank cardboard chits? It might be easier (and cheaper) to get someone to play this (and Chainmail, Grognard, etc.) if I avoid miniatures for the time being.
Edit: Or maybe I could chop out some scrabble-like tiles from square wood stock on my band saw. What's better, 3/4" or 1" squares? I was skimming through CW Book 1 but I don't see base sized called out; I'm assuming 1"? Sorry, complete wargaming neophyte here.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 5, 2016 18:53:21 GMT -6
Scale to 6400% and a nice crisp 4 digit hex number fills my screen... Scale to 12800% and you can make out how many moons orbit each gas giant...
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Post by foxroe on Dec 4, 2016 19:59:46 GMT -6
I've been obsessing over the Elder Scroll series of games for years. Recently bought the remastered Skyrim for the XboxOne and have been (re)playing that on and off. My wife's ring tone for me is the Dovahkiin song.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 4, 2016 19:53:42 GMT -6
Frank, I updated Mother's equipment:
Since she's overloaded just carrying a pencil, I added the custom grav belt for flavor. Let me know if you're not cool with it.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 4, 2016 19:15:01 GMT -6
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Ships
Dec 4, 2016 18:56:47 GMT -6
Post by foxroe on Dec 4, 2016 18:56:47 GMT -6
LOL. I was kidding about the Azhanti and Kinunir of course. I have no problem with the Safari ship; I was just spewing out random ideas.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 4, 2016 2:08:08 GMT -6
Looks cool, and it's free! Well, except for the miniatures. Have to read up on this.
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Ships
Dec 4, 2016 1:19:16 GMT -6
Post by foxroe on Dec 4, 2016 1:19:16 GMT -6
Changing my input: Azhanti High Lightning class or bust! Or maybe just a Kinunir... Seriously though, maybe it would be easier if you made up your own plan. It could be some 200-ton precursor/alternate to the Scout/Courier that was not popular with the Scout service for some reason (inferior capabilities, high cost of operation, etc.) and the service is desperate to get rid of them... A gutted Lab Ship is another possibility. Gutted as in it's just a mothballed hulk, and we need to outfit it (computer, power plant, reinstall staterooms, no vehicles, etc. Sorry, not trying to sway you, just throwing out some ideas.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 3, 2016 22:16:18 GMT -6
When does the kickstarter end and will it be available it ends? The Kickstarter ended about two weeks ago, but you can pre-order (click on the link in Ghul's signature). It should be available commercially mid to late 2017.
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Post by foxroe on Dec 3, 2016 11:36:08 GMT -6
Awesome
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Post by foxroe on Dec 3, 2016 11:26:48 GMT -6
Ooooooo... wonder what the big surprise is!
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Post by foxroe on Dec 3, 2016 3:11:49 GMT -6
I wonder how they'll do a 2-page map.
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Ships
Dec 2, 2016 19:56:49 GMT -6
Post by foxroe on Dec 2, 2016 19:56:49 GMT -6
Here's another neat idea. Not enough living space unfortunately... unless we do double occupancy and a few people end up backing out of the game.
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Dec 2, 2016 19:21:11 GMT -6
Post by foxroe on Dec 2, 2016 19:21:11 GMT -6
Or maybe just use the Far Trader from Supp7. Much easier - maybe convert some of the cargo hold to fuel and previously designated space for survey equipment. Call it a Far Survey class ship or some such. Sorry, Cr2 more.
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