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Post by arjen on Mar 4, 2022 16:13:16 GMT -5
Just posted my experience about Wednesday's game in a facebook group for "oldschool TSR games" and mentioned playing od&d and describing how the party left the dungeon/castle with a party member suffering from a "broken neck". Among the positive reactions was a person telling me that "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and replies like "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d". Serously? That is what this hobby needs less of; gatekeepers telling others that their game isn't "pure' enough to call it od&d or old school or real AD&D.
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Post by simrion on Mar 4, 2022 16:18:55 GMT -5
Just posted my experience about Wednesday's game in a facebook group for "oldschool TSR games" and mentioned playing od&d and describing how the party left the dungeon/castle with a party member suffering from a "broken neck". Among the positive reactions was a person telling me that "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and replies like "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d". Serously? That is what this hobby needs less of; gatekeepers telling others that their game isn't "pure' enough to call it od&d or old school or real AD&D. Sadly some players "need" a rule for everything... |
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Post by hengest on Mar 4, 2022 16:48:54 GMT -5
I actually laughed at this. Last I checked, there was no rule for fun either, better make sure there's none of that in your game.
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Post by arjen on Mar 4, 2022 16:57:42 GMT -5
Just posted my experience about Wednesday's game in a facebook group for "oldschool TSR games" and mentioned playing od&d and describing how the party left the dungeon/castle with a party member suffering from a "broken neck". Among the positive reactions was a person telling me that "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and replies like "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d". Serously? That is what this hobby needs less of; gatekeepers telling others that their game isn't "pure' enough to call it od&d or old school or real AD&D. Sadly some players "need" a rule for everything... I asked him were the cut-off between od&d and not-od&d was; 'magic missile', d8 hitdie for FM, thieves, Tekumel, Gary Gygax's houserules, Dungeoneer articles? Such nonsense. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 4, 2022 17:40:50 GMT -5
Just posted my experience about Wednesday's game in a facebook group for "oldschool TSR games" and mentioned playing od&d and describing how the party left the dungeon/castle with a party member suffering from a "broken neck". Among the positive reactions was a person telling me that "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and replies like "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d". Serously? That is what this hobby needs less of; gatekeepers telling others that their game isn't "pure' enough to call it od&d or old school or real AD&D. Wow, if someone saying, "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d" are the "positive" reactions, please give me a link I want to read this. My D&D account on Facebook is www.facebook.com/Halenar.Frosthelm.The.Perilous.Dreamer/ and my group there, albeit small since I am seldom there is www.facebook.com/groups/The.Ruins.of.Murkhill. You (all of you) are welcome to join. BtB and OD&D are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. OD&D tells you up front, to make this game your own. Please post your experience here, we would love to read as much as you can remember about how the game went. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 4, 2022 17:42:45 GMT -5
Just posted my experience about Wednesday's game in a facebook group for "oldschool TSR games" and mentioned playing od&d and describing how the party left the dungeon/castle with a party member suffering from a "broken neck". Among the positive reactions was a person telling me that "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and replies like "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d". Serously? That is what this hobby needs less of; gatekeepers telling others that their game isn't "pure' enough to call it od&d or old school or real AD&D. Sadly some players "need" a rule for everything... Sadly too many have no clue of the core assumptions of OD&D. It is a fact that playing BtB is not one of those core assumptions. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 4, 2022 17:43:23 GMT -5
I actually laughed at this. Last I checked, there was no rule for fun either, better make sure there's none of that in your game.  it sounds like they have got that base covered. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 4, 2022 17:45:08 GMT -5
Sadly some players "need" a rule for everything... I asked him were the cut-off between od&d and not-od&d was; 'magic missile', d8 hitdie for FM, thieves, Tekumel, Gary Gygax's houserules, Dungeoneer articles? Such nonsense. Very much, absolute nonsense! Besides everyone knows what the cutoff is. The open secret is "Ascending Armor Class."   |
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Post by arjen on Mar 4, 2022 17:54:17 GMT -5
Just posted my experience about Wednesday's game in a facebook group for "oldschool TSR games" and mentioned playing od&d and describing how the party left the dungeon/castle with a party member suffering from a "broken neck". Among the positive reactions was a person telling me that "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and replies like "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d". Serously? That is what this hobby needs less of; gatekeepers telling others that their game isn't "pure' enough to call it od&d or old school or real AD&D. Wow, if someone saying, "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d" are the "positive" reactions, please give me a link I want to read this. My D&D account on Facebook is www.facebook.com/Halenar.Frosthelm.The.Perilous.Dreamer/ and my group there, albeit small since I am seldom there is www.facebook.com/groups/The.Ruins.of.Murkhill. You (all of you) are welcome to join. BtB and OD&D are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. OD&D tells you up front, to make this game your own. Please post your experience here, we would love to read as much as you can remember about how the game went. I probably phrased it wrong; there were quite some positive reactions but then there was also this reaction. The group is "https://www.facebook.com/groups/392463727462667" and does have many positive and useful posts. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 4, 2022 18:05:50 GMT -5
Wow, if someone saying, "there are no broken necks in oD&D" and "you can enjoy your homebrew but if you wander too far from od&d you're not playing od&d" are the "positive" reactions, please give me a link I want to read this. My D&D account on Facebook is www.facebook.com/Halenar.Frosthelm.The.Perilous.Dreamer/ and my group there, albeit small since I am seldom there is www.facebook.com/groups/The.Ruins.of.Murkhill. You (all of you) are welcome to join. BtB and OD&D are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. OD&D tells you up front, to make this game your own. Please post your experience here, we would love to read as much as you can remember about how the game went. I probably phrased it wrong; there were quite some positive reactions but then there was also this reaction. The group is "https://www.facebook.com/groups/392463727462667" and does have many positive and useful posts. OK, it was not as bad as I thought, mainly just the one person. |
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it sounds like they have got that base covered.
