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Post by Admin Pete on Jan 26, 2015 17:29:31 GMT -5
The first non-TSR product I ever used in a game was the first volume of The Arduin Trilogy which is The Arduin Grimoire. It was quirky and full of wild ideas, tiny print only young eyes could read without help and generally just had so many different things in it ranging from completely silly to brilliant that I found it inspiring . It set the standard of there are no limits, this can be as wild as you want it to be. I hope to talk about some of the things I used out of Vol I going forward from here. A thing to remember is this started out as a OD&D fan supplement until TSR sent a CEASE & DESIST letter to Dave Hargrave. So he whited out the D&D references, typed over them and kept printing.
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Post by Admin Pete on Feb 3, 2015 23:23:57 GMT -5
The original first and second editions/printing of this volume did not have a Table of Contents; however the fourth edition/printing did (not sure about the third edition/printing):
Table of Contents (unedited):
How to Play the Game
Experience Point Chart
Experience Level Charts
Character Limitation Charts
Height and Weight Charts
Notes on Fantastic Beings
Allignment Chart
Special Abilities Charts
New Character Classes
Multiversal Trading Co. Price List
Magik in Arduin
Clerical Undead Turn-away Charts
Various Saving Roll Charts
Random Chance Weapon Creation Chart
Prismatic Walls
New Spells
New Magikal Treasures
Notes on Allignment, Combat, Movement, Monsters, etc.
Melee and Attack Charts
Main Combat Table
Critical Hit and Fumble Charts
Brawl Chart
Were-creatures Combat Chart
Dinosaur Charts
Sea Creatures List
Escape Table
Encounter Charts
Weather Tables
Random fog/mist Generator
Random Trap Matrix
Fantastic Diseases
New Monsters
Demon Lore
The 21 Planes of Hell
Lesser Demon Lists
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Post by Admin Pete on Feb 9, 2015 21:21:46 GMT -5
A few Arduin things from Vol I, that I have used before and am planning on integrating into my Murkhill reboot. I will be using variant, tweaks of the all the following, which will eventually show up in the House Rules Forum: Character Limitation Chart, Notes on Fantastic Beings, certain things from the various character class descriptions, Multiversal Trading Company Price List, Spells, Treasure and Monsters. Encounter Charts, various other charts and tables, Monsters and other items. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Feb 28, 2015 23:58:48 GMT -5
I've always been fascinated by the Arduin stuff after getting the Arduin Adventure; it feels like an alternate universe version of Holmes to me. Unfortunately, I never saw the Arduin trilogy in stores after missing the one chance I had back then to buy it. I really need to track down a copy after seeing that table of contents!
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