Post by Finarvyn on May 21, 2008 13:17:30 GMT -6
I was looking around on the "Out of Print" section of the Gleemax forums and found this interesting thread. A guy named "tankshmidt" posted his list and I thought this might promote some discussion. Remember, if you post here be nice and considerate to each other. This is NOT an edition-bashing place.
Tankshmidt said:
This is a fun idea, fellas, and I really like some of what has been posted above. My current game is a OD&D/RC/C&C hybrid, but I am looking at winding it back to more OD&D only.
Ability scores: 3d6 six times in order, highest can be switched with prime requisite, can subtract two-three from str, int, wis (depending on class) to raise PR by 1.
Races: Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits, and Men. No hard class/race restrictions for PCs, although NPCs do have listed restrictions.
Classes: Fighting man, Cleric, Magic-User, Unarmored fighter homebrew class.
Roll for hp at first level. At subsequent levels, reroll all HD. Take the higher result.
Multiclassing: Elves can advance as either Fighting man or Magic-user, others can dual class.
Skills: Entirely determined by one or two sentence character background.
Monsters and XP: XP given in monster entry, not dependent upon monster hp. Fighting monsters on higher dungeon level than character level results in reduced exp.
Followers/Leadership: Fighting men build a stronghold at name level. Clerics do so at half cost and attract followers. Strongholds are designed from RC.
Combat:
* Use THAC0, not combat charts.
* Five saves, TSR style.
* Take mass combat from Chainmail.
* No iterative attacks, accept when using Chainmail combat. In those situations, fighting men may attack up to their level times per turn when fighting normal men.
* "Physical combat is simplified to an attack roll and a damage roll. If you want to do fancy maneuvers, describe them, then just roll to hit and for damage normally." (that's a nice rule, elondir) Instead of damage, DM may allow for some special effect (unhorsing is an example). Some fancy maneuvers (split-move and fire, etc) covered in Chainmail.
* Don't require miniatures, but if you do, use a ruler and string instead of a grid of squares or hexes.
* Death happens at hp=-(level+1)
* All weapons deal 1-6 damage. Two handed weapons roll 2d6 and take the better roll, same for two-weapon fighting.
Epic: PCs naturally retire around level 14 or so.
Magic items:
* Straight from Monsters and Treasure, nothing higher than +3. Some magic items from Greyhawk supplement may be found.
* Item creation requires time and money, no exp needed or gained.
* Magic items are rare, although it's possible to find some for sale in out-of-the-way places.
Turning undead: accomplished with 2d6 roll. No limit to number of times per day.
Psionics: No psionics
Spells: From 3LB. Greyhawk supplement spells may be researched, occasionally found in the dungeon.
Tankshmidt said:
This is a fun idea, fellas, and I really like some of what has been posted above. My current game is a OD&D/RC/C&C hybrid, but I am looking at winding it back to more OD&D only.
Ability scores: 3d6 six times in order, highest can be switched with prime requisite, can subtract two-three from str, int, wis (depending on class) to raise PR by 1.
Races: Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits, and Men. No hard class/race restrictions for PCs, although NPCs do have listed restrictions.
Classes: Fighting man, Cleric, Magic-User, Unarmored fighter homebrew class.
Roll for hp at first level. At subsequent levels, reroll all HD. Take the higher result.
Multiclassing: Elves can advance as either Fighting man or Magic-user, others can dual class.
Skills: Entirely determined by one or two sentence character background.
Monsters and XP: XP given in monster entry, not dependent upon monster hp. Fighting monsters on higher dungeon level than character level results in reduced exp.
Followers/Leadership: Fighting men build a stronghold at name level. Clerics do so at half cost and attract followers. Strongholds are designed from RC.
Combat:
* Use THAC0, not combat charts.
* Five saves, TSR style.
* Take mass combat from Chainmail.
* No iterative attacks, accept when using Chainmail combat. In those situations, fighting men may attack up to their level times per turn when fighting normal men.
* "Physical combat is simplified to an attack roll and a damage roll. If you want to do fancy maneuvers, describe them, then just roll to hit and for damage normally." (that's a nice rule, elondir) Instead of damage, DM may allow for some special effect (unhorsing is an example). Some fancy maneuvers (split-move and fire, etc) covered in Chainmail.
* Don't require miniatures, but if you do, use a ruler and string instead of a grid of squares or hexes.
* Death happens at hp=-(level+1)
* All weapons deal 1-6 damage. Two handed weapons roll 2d6 and take the better roll, same for two-weapon fighting.
Epic: PCs naturally retire around level 14 or so.
Magic items:
* Straight from Monsters and Treasure, nothing higher than +3. Some magic items from Greyhawk supplement may be found.
* Item creation requires time and money, no exp needed or gained.
* Magic items are rare, although it's possible to find some for sale in out-of-the-way places.
Turning undead: accomplished with 2d6 roll. No limit to number of times per day.
Psionics: No psionics
Spells: From 3LB. Greyhawk supplement spells may be researched, occasionally found in the dungeon.
Sounds like the kind of guy who has some great ideas and would fit in here just fine.
