Castle Blackmoor Players Pamphlet

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

I was doing some random web browsing and stumbled upon this pdf at The Alexandrian just now.  It looks interesting.  Maybe someone else will find something they can use.


Castle Blackmoor 1974 House Rules

[hengest]

Uh, this document is very cool. Do you know who made it? It's a modern creation, right?

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Feb 3, 2022 20:33:00 GMT -5 hengest said:

Uh, this document is very cool. Do you know who made it? It's a modern creation, right?

No idea, honestly. It was the result of a Google search. I wound up at thealexandrian.net with that info. I think it may be a blog. It should be a modern creation.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Feb 3, 2022 20:44:14 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Feb 3, 2022 20:33:00 GMT -5 hengest said:

Uh, this document is very cool. Do you know who made it? It's a modern creation, right?

No idea, honestly. It was the result of a Google search. I wound up at thealexandrian.net with that info. I think it may be a blog. It should be a modern creation.

The  Alexandrian is Justin Alexander's blog and he is the author of that document and it does contains quite a few Arneson ideas in it. It says it is version 4, but not sure when he started on the 1st version of it. My guess is that it is not more than 5 or 6 years old at the oldest.

[Vladimir, The Dark Prince]

Did you all see this note in these rules

Note: It is possible to shoot a missile weapon, move, move again (into melee), make a melee attack, and then drink a potion (although this would
require you to be wielding a one-handed missile weapon and a one-handed melee weapon, since you wouldn’t be able to switch weapons between
those actions). Similarly, one can declare a spell, cast a spell, move (into melee), and then make a melee attack (but if someone engages you in
melee before the spell goes off, your casting is delayed to the miscellaneous phase and the other actions become impossible).

Thoughts?

[hengest]

Feb 21, 2022 20:41:41 GMT -5 Vladimir, The Dark Prince said:

Did you all see this note in these rules

Note: It is possible to shoot a missile weapon, move, move again (into melee), make a melee attack, and then drink a potion (although this would
require you to be wielding a one-handed missile weapon and a one-handed melee weapon, since you wouldn’t be able to switch weapons between
those actions). Similarly, one can declare a spell, cast a spell, move (into melee), and then make a melee attack (but if someone engages you in
melee before the spell goes off, your casting is delayed to the miscellaneous phase and the other actions become impossible).

Thoughts?

I am not any kind of combat wizard, but this sounds like a significant "utility-boost" for spellcasters, if I understand right. I like it, or I think I do.