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Post by captaincrumbcake on Feb 13, 2016 12:14:28 GMT -5
To the point:
There are 2 combat mechanics proposed in the OD&D 1974 rules. Book I offers (suggests?) an Alternative Combat System (p.19). This is a d20 mechanic, and held as the default system of OD&D. The statement that "An alternate system will be given later for those who prefer a different method" (p.18) appears; what was the assumption? that the Chain Mail rules might continue to be a used/preferred mechanic? (The question is rhetorical. On to the issue at hand.) Book III clearly states under the Naval Combat section (beginning on p.28) regarding combat:
So the question becomes, which are you using to run your OD&D campaign/game? Either, or both? Do you use M-t-M for naval adventure-encounters and d20 for land-dungeon?
Without this becoming a philosophical debate on something (over 30 years ago) as to whether something was intended, implied, or assumed, if you are one of those types that prefers to go as close to BTB as one can, how do you resolve this matter?
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Post by robkuntz on Feb 13, 2016 18:18:21 GMT -5
Everyone forgets this quote from the "Book" which solves all such dilemmas: "New details can be added and old "laws" altered so as to provide continually new and different situations." -- Gary Gygax, Introduction to D&D, (p. 4). If we are to be holistically BtB then this greatest of all stress points must be included in such an assessment, making BtB, in actuality, just one of many options available.
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Post by captaincrumbcake on Feb 13, 2016 20:20:09 GMT -5
Absolutely, Rob. I usually forget that one, myself. But, as you say, it is the Game Moderators greatest go-to for validating anything he/she decides to do with his/her game-world.
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