Really Liking D@D

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Hello Mr. Boggs,

Wanted to let you know that I have really enjoyed reading through Dragons at Dawn and I appreciate the time, effort and passion it takes to create something like D@D. I have always really respected Dave Arneson and his contributions to the hobby.

I was first introduced to role playing games using OD&D with some Chainmail thrown into the mix and D@D really hits a sweat spot for me. Now I just need to find some players and give it a go. Thank you…

[aldarron]

Thanks Jim!

[paramander]

This seemed like a good place to say my share, too. While I have the pdf, I really want to get the print book. I forsee a purchase in the near future when the budget loosens up in a few weeks.

I like how the ability scores are actually useful, and while there is a bell curve, it is not so steep that 2's and 12's are not like 3's and 18's. Ability checks on 3d6 scores using d20 is flat (blech), and on 3d6 is too reliable for success at the top end of a high score. 2d6-2 vs 1-10 hits a sweet spot for me.

I did see a comment on a review online that felt that compatibility with OD&D was limited. Not sure about that. Monsters are mostly HD, AC, Move, and Damage. HD stays unchanged, AC can be flipped (10-AC), Move is the same, and damage can be ignored. Seems like I could run ToEE just fine. Spells might need to be thought out for priests, but I like the EPT way of converting them into priest skills. So keep them and call them alternate skills. Anyway, backwards compatibility is not much of an issue for me.

I am probably not going to use Education; with a high ability score and a +2 or +3 it seems that failure can be a bit of a slim chance. I have an alternate method I want to try out, again based on EPT's original skills.

Cheers!

[aldarron]

Nice mini review

May 3, 2011 17:09:12 GMT -6 paramander said:

I am probably not going to use Education; with a high ability score and a +2 or +3 it seems that failure can be a bit of a slim chance. I have an alternate method I want to try out, again based on EPT's original skills.

Cheers!

Education? Yep, totally optional. And yes, high ability scores and high eduction bonuses do make failure unlikely. But that's part of the idea behind being both talented and a highly trained expert in something. But such expertise doesn't usually come easy, it has to be paid for in time and gold. So stuff that in later editons of the game a character might automatically get at level x - the ability to read scrolls and decipher maps, lets say - aren't simply handed out as a class attribute.