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Post by tavis on Feb 18, 2011 10:02:35 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 12:03:50 GMT -6
I remember getting to this part of the rule book and my eyes glazed over and gave up on it-
Abbreviations Used
A Agility
AB Agility Bonus
AHP Average Hit Point Value
Ap Appearance
AV Armor Value
B Bonus
BB Brass Bit(s)
BL Base Line
C Constitution
CB Constitution Bonus
CC Copper Coin(s)
CDF Creature Difficulty Factor
CEL Combat Experience Level
CEP Combat Experience Points(s)
CL Contact Level
D Dexterity
DB Dexterity Bonus
DCV Defensive Combat Value
DR Damage Resistance
DTV Damage Tolerance Value
E Eloquence
EL Expertise Level
Em Empathy
EnL Energy Level
FV Fatigue Value
GC Gold Coin(s)
.GT. Greater Than
HC Healing Chance
HPV Hit Point Value
I Intelligence
IC Influence Chance
INT Intellect
.LT. Less Than
MDV Magic Defense Value
MEL Magic Experience Level
MEP Magic Experience Point(s)
ML Mana Level
Mod. Modifier(s)
MP Mana Point
MR Movement Rate
Mult. Multiplier(s)
NA Not Applicable
NAV Natural Armor Value
NF Number Found
OCV Offensive Combat Value
PA Portage Ability
PMR Phase Movement Rate
PR Poison Resistance
RD Round Down
RU Round Up
S Strength
SB Strength Bonus
SC Silver Coin(s)
St Stamina
StB Stamina Bonus
W Will
WGT. Weight
WSB Weapon Strength Bonus
I paid all of a dollar for this game and felt cheated. It's amazing that anyone would have gone to this much trouble to preserve it.
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Post by aldarron on Feb 18, 2011 13:02:54 GMT -6
Well, P&P is on the complex and comprehinsive style of games and not my cup of tea rules wise... But I'd say that a list of AD&D abbreviations would rival if not exceed the list here. P&P seems to me to be well thought out and organized, at least.
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Post by havard on Feb 20, 2011 14:58:15 GMT -6
The website is remarkable. Snider obviously cared a great deal for this game.
-Havard
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Post by gloriousbattle on Sept 3, 2011 20:13:04 GMT -6
I remember getting to this part of the rule book and my eyes glazed over and gave up on it- Abbreviations Used A Agility AB Agility Bonus AHP Average Hit Point Value Ap Appearance AV Armor Value B Bonus BB Brass Bit(s) BL Base Line C Constitution CB Constitution Bonus CC Copper Coin(s) CDF Creature Difficulty Factor CEL Combat Experience Level CEP Combat Experience Points(s) CL Contact Level D Dexterity DB Dexterity Bonus DCV Defensive Combat Value DR Damage Resistance DTV Damage Tolerance Value E Eloquence EL Expertise Level Em Empathy EnL Energy Level FV Fatigue Value GC Gold Coin(s) .GT. Greater Than HC Healing Chance HPV Hit Point Value I Intelligence IC Influence Chance INT Intellect .LT. Less Than MDV Magic Defense Value MEL Magic Experience Level MEP Magic Experience Point(s) ML Mana Level Mod. Modifier(s) MP Mana Point MR Movement Rate Mult. Multiplier(s) NA Not Applicable NAV Natural Armor Value NF Number Found OCV Offensive Combat Value PA Portage Ability PMR Phase Movement Rate PR Poison Resistance RD Round Down RU Round Up S Strength SB Strength Bonus SC Silver Coin(s) St Stamina StB Stamina Bonus W Will WGT. Weight WSB Weapon Strength Bonus I paid all of a dollar for this game and felt cheated. It's amazing that anyone would have gone to this much trouble to preserve it. I remember once hearing about a reviewer who decided that P&P was actually a spoof on rpgs, though I can't imagine Avalon Hill doing something like that. |
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Post by catacomb on Mar 27, 2012 14:35:03 GMT -6
I remember getting to this part of the rule book and my eyes glazed over and gave up on it- Abbreviations Used A Agility AB Agility Bonus AHP Average Hit Point Value Ap Appearance AV Armor Value B Bonus BB Brass Bit(s) BL Base Line C Constitution CB Constitution Bonus CC Copper Coin(s) CDF Creature Difficulty Factor CEL Combat Experience Level CEP Combat Experience Points(s) CL Contact Level D Dexterity DB Dexterity Bonus DCV Defensive Combat Value DR Damage Resistance DTV Damage Tolerance Value E Eloquence EL Expertise Level Em Empathy EnL Energy Level FV Fatigue Value GC Gold Coin(s) .GT. Greater Than HC Healing Chance HPV Hit Point Value I Intelligence IC Influence Chance INT Intellect .LT. Less Than MDV Magic Defense Value MEL Magic Experience Level MEP Magic Experience Point(s) ML Mana Level Mod. Modifier(s) MP Mana Point MR Movement Rate Mult. Multiplier(s) NA Not Applicable NAV Natural Armor Value NF Number Found OCV Offensive Combat Value PA Portage Ability PMR Phase Movement Rate PR Poison Resistance RD Round Down RU Round Up S Strength SB Strength Bonus SC Silver Coin(s) St Stamina StB Stamina Bonus W Will WGT. Weight WSB Weapon Strength Bonus I paid all of a dollar for this game and felt cheated. It's amazing that anyone would have gone to this much trouble to preserve it. No it's not amazing. If you have the patience to read it, there's a treasure hidden beneath. We just started a campaign yesterday- mesmerizedbysirens.blogspot.it/2012/03/celebrating-death-of-ad.html |
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Post by Azafuse on Mar 29, 2012 4:42:52 GMT -6
RPG totally unfit for long/deadly/gritty campaigns: great art, awful engine.
Character creation is fun the first two times, but then it's like having a naked minotaur behind you in the shower box.
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Post by aldarron on Mar 29, 2012 8:40:48 GMT -6
RPG totally unfit for long/deadly/gritty campaigns: great art, awful engine. Character creation is fun the first two times, but then it's like having a naked minotaur behind you in the shower box. I have never, and quite probably will never run a P&P game, let alone a campaign, so I'd love to hear what the issues you ran into were, if you'd care to share some reasons why you don't like it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2012 11:29:44 GMT -6
Poor Rick.
Even in the GAMA membership, "Powers and Perils" became known as "PeePee" almost instantly.
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Post by Azafuse on Mar 29, 2012 11:36:48 GMT -6
I have never, and quite probably will never run a P&P game, let alone a campaign, so I'd love to hear what the issues you ran into were, if you'd care to share some reasons why you don't like it. Just a matter of pure crunch, being P&P full of pointless overcomplexity: - too much time to explain the game
- too much time to write down a PC Sheet
- not linear skill/spell system (but a simple combat system)
- poorly organized text
- it's just another D&D Hack, with no particular winds of changes in it
In few words, you can always waste 4-5 hours of your life in a P&P game: it can be fun, but for longer campaigns you can find a lot of other games doing way better what P&P is supposed to do. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 20:17:32 GMT -6
I hope you share more about your P&P game. Have an Exalt! |
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Post by catacomb on Jun 10, 2012 5:21:12 GMT -6
I'm currently writing our adventure sessions on the site  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2012 19:31:28 GMT -6
I hope you share more about your P&P game. Have an Exalt! I would love to hear more as well. I found this game fun because it is so different than most other systems I've played. I think the case numbering that AH employed may put most folks off, but if you think about it seeing stuff like this in the AD&D DMG was a little unnerving the first time too.  P&P just needs to be given a chance. It's got a lot to recommend it. |
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Post by catacomb on Dec 24, 2012 16:43:43 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 7:18:51 GMT -6
I got some P&P stuff via ebay, spring chicken that I am.
It feels Tekumel-ish, but without the depth.
Not as bad a game as some people want to make it, but certainly requiring more patience than your average RPG.
I will eventually run Snider's "Tower of the Dead" as a PBP, by the way, even though I think I'll change a lot when it comes to the frame narrative, and pre-dungeon events.
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Post by catacomb on Feb 23, 2013 4:32:25 GMT -6
Tower of the dead and Book of tables now available as pdf's: goo.gl/viFIp |
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Post by Azafuse on Feb 23, 2013 9:13:13 GMT -6
Aren't those files a little illegal?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 0:45:49 GMT -6
BUMP Hey guys, looks like I'll run an adaptation of "Tower of the Dead" this fall, for my "Mordred" setting. Did anybody among you actually run this one, ever? It's surely a rather convoluted, and long dungeon crawl, but I think it has a whole lot of potential. If you could give me any opinions and campaign reports, that would be awesome! Yours, Rafe |
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