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Post by scottanderson on Mar 27, 2015 13:36:04 GMT -5
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Post by tetramorph on Mar 27, 2015 20:15:04 GMT -5
scottanderson, wow, your work is so slick. Very nice. I love the art you find. This stuff is just really great. I may print and use! Thanks
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 27, 2015 20:45:39 GMT -5
Gosh, thank you I was not born with a lot of RAM in my brain. I can't remember things at the table. Therefore I must write everything down in very simple ways. Also, most things I write are based on the work of other OSR people. The art is all stuff you can find with google and (especially) bing searches, and from scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/archive/LOL "slick" that is like the opposite of me |
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 27, 2015 20:53:17 GMT -5
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 27, 2015 21:24:12 GMT -5
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Post by bestialwarlust on Mar 27, 2015 22:18:31 GMT -5
Cool. But I already do it this way in my games and have been. Since I use the Delving Deeper rules set it already has a thief class but I still allow non thieves to make attempts at most of their skills.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 28, 2015 16:26:46 GMT -5
I got a denied access on this one. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 28, 2015 16:28:41 GMT -5
These are all quite cool things, I love the way this is presented. |
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 28, 2015 20:56:26 GMT -5
I made the time tracker public on the web. Idk why it was set to private in the first place.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 28, 2015 21:25:12 GMT -5
I made the time tracker public on the web. Idk why it was set to private in the first place. I have it now, thank you! |
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 28, 2015 21:31:02 GMT -5
good good
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Post by The Red Baron on Mar 29, 2015 14:01:40 GMT -5
Do you not group dwarfs alongside hobbits for not being able to use two-handed swords, pikes, etc?
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 29, 2015 22:08:54 GMT -5
Do you not group dwarfs alongside hobbits for not being able to use two-handed swords, pikes, etc? Thank you for bringing this up. It is only referenced within Quick Start Guide 2, and then only as a footnote to the weapon chart. You are correct. It should be in the Hobbit description. |
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 29, 2015 22:10:30 GMT -5
I will call the campaign "the 19th castle". I have not decided whether to procedurally generate wilderness hexes or to use the outdoor survival map yet. If other DMs come along, they will be welcome to run in the same shared world for the sake of the several characters. Please take a look at the draft of house rules: drive.google.com/file/d/0B_0ONkhGdLg8MXIxZy1vX3NtREE/view?usp=sharing |
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 30, 2015 7:59:04 GMT -5
Let me know over in the Member Campaigns section if you want to post more on this campaign in your own forum.
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 30, 2015 10:17:03 GMT -5
If this ever matriculates into a campaign, I would post actual play reports. But it's just a idea now.
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 31, 2015 13:02:02 GMT -5
Here is an example of a neato magical sword I made up using Paul Gorman's magic sword rules. It will be carried by a Hobgoblin up on the hill near Guido's Fort. I wonder if any PC will win it, and if they do, will they ever know what it can really do? The fabled magic sword Gumlet Iron-Wood |
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 31, 2015 14:51:31 GMT -5
Here is an example of a neato magical sword I made up using Paul Gorman's magic sword rules. It will be carried by a Hobgoblin up on the hill near Guido's Fort. I wonder if any PC will win it, and if they do, will they ever know what it can really do? The fabled magic sword Gumlet Iron-Wood Do you have a link to Paul Gorman's rules? |
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Post by scottanderson on Mar 31, 2015 15:35:26 GMT -5
Not on the smartphone I fear. But they are available for free on the SW website.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 31, 2015 15:58:26 GMT -5
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Post by tetramorph on Mar 31, 2015 16:04:22 GMT -5
Downloaded! Now I have this to compliment my Random Esoteric Creature Generator!
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Post by scottanderson on Apr 2, 2015 22:02:32 GMT -5
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Post by scottanderson on Apr 5, 2015 23:40:55 GMT -5
Hooray, we got our test campaign kicked off here at home today. It's a chance for the kids and my wife to try ODD (we have played labyrinth lord rules so it's no stretch) and for me to test out my ability to DM old style on the fly with FLAILSNAILS rules.
Everything went perfectly. The setting is Blackmarsh by Rob Conley, which seems perfect for hex crawling. Just the right amount of detail. 5 mile hexes, which I dislike, but I should get used to if I plan to run ODD out in public.
We rolled characters earlier in the week so I could practice helping someone make their first one.
Notes: need to bind the quick start PDFs into a single document. Too much loose paper.
No problems with the roll ups. Tic-tac-toe method produces fine ability scores as usual.
I provided several different ODD character sheets, but everyone picked the same one, designed by Dyson Logos. I can't blame them, but there's no obvious place to mark down encumbrance or move speed. Need to think about this.
Will consider ditching the quick start equipment. Maybe keep it as a loose sheet just in case.
Need to prepare extra spell descriptor sheets.
Consider whether to give all spells at creation or just all level 1 spells. OR some other way. Btb it's all spells, but then that removes some of the fun of leveling up.
All rolls are theoretically roll-high is better. But almost immediately, the PCs had to make an INT roll to remember something their characters heard but they all forgot. That's a roll-under. Must think about this. Worth writing a new rule for the sake of consistency? Probably not.
Morale: morale is inverted from D&D. Low morale number is better which makes rolling high good. Easy to transpose from stat blocks on the fly I found. No need to mark anything down.
Movement: scale inches was easy and fun for the kids. Wife confused but it was free form enough not to matter.
Combat: declare actions, then roll initiative by sides, then proceed through combat phases. This worked well. In the case of ties, go by DEX order.
Light sources: we didn't get to the end of a torch, so hard to say.
Encumbrance: need to put an encumbrance chart on the same chart as attack matrix and save matrix. Only fair
Monster Attack matrix: need to add a line for <1 HD.
Bandages were helpful. Death and dying rules well received.
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Post by scottanderson on Apr 5, 2015 23:49:32 GMT -5
Mapping: my daughter was gung ho about mapping and did an excellent job. What a champ.
Calling: no caller. Just declare actions. In combat, it's before initiative. During exploration time, it's clockwise looking down starting from DM. Actions once declared can be cancelled but not changed.
Tracking equipment and encumbrance: they all did great.
Handling unusual actions: they all want to play Thief-y characters. I gave them X-in-6 chances to do stuff. Not sure; may instead use the Rule of Seven. 1 in 6 chance to pick pockets seems right.
Battlemat: I will bring one, but it will not see much use IMO.
Calendar: again, my daughter was a champ tracking the days of the week and month. As it turned out there were no holidays or anything so there was very little to track. Just mark off each day.
Weather: the weather on the campaign days was actually pretty good, so weather was not a factor. I'll have to keep notes on this stuff.
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Post by scottanderson on Apr 5, 2015 23:52:55 GMT -5
It's pretty clear that a decent textbook/workbook document would help other DMs tremendously. I'll start to develop one.
Of particular use were 3x5 index cards. Used to pass notes and keep track of important but transient details.
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