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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:20:25 GMT -5
Continuing with Richard Snider's changes: I love that first sentence! Detailing out eight Baronies is a really good start. No gunpowder, and yes Blackmoor did have gunpowder.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:20:55 GMT -5
Do you use any type of apprenticeships in your campaign? I never have, but every time I read this section, I wonder if I should. I think if I could play twice a week like I did in college I would do it.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:21:25 GMT -5
Simple way to run languages. I like this Odds of Creature Friendship, I have run variations on that theme, it can be fun if a player not only ends up with a new friend, but ends up with some really odd fanatical follower.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:22:25 GMT -5
Here are some more Richard Snider changes from Blackmoor: I found this to be intriguing and the only reason I have not used it, is that I have not had any players with a Barony since reading this. Your hireling was over qualified and has taken your place, so sorry. :
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:23:02 GMT -5
The five ways to destroy a true Vampire. See item F below for more info about two of these methods. I love these names "True Bishop of La Hazar," "The Sacred Lake of the Acaldi," "The Death Plant of the Saccinid Monks." Great names, evocative names is a necessary skill for a referee. Bitd, you had to come up with your own, now there are many places to turn to for help if you need it. Then a few ways that have only a 33% chance of even doing damage.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:24:20 GMT -5
Then the restrictions on entering rooms and no reflection in a mirror. The details on how a Vampire can make a Flunky Vampire. Have you ever done this in your game? I have not, but might someday. Locations lost in time, sounds like something to follow up on and search out, when I play, I would be completely into something like this.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:25:30 GMT -5
Now we come to Loch Gloomen (Dave Arneson):
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:26:24 GMT -5
So he tells of the players being "exiled for losing Blackmoor to the Baddies," so they were sent to Loch Gloomen or Lake Gloomy under heavy escort. They could only take what they could carry. This would mean that they lost a lot of stuff. Then he sets it up so they cannot tell determine direction. A 20% chance of getting lost without knowing it. On top of that he provides multiple adversaries of the human variety not counting the monsters.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:29:04 GMT -5
A sample playing area, with base wealth, creature based in each area plus treasure. Also Hit Dice of creatures per area. He says no more than 300 Hit Dice of creatures followed by examples all larger to much larger than that, one example be 3000 Hit Dice of creatures. So what is going on, I think it is based on some areas having greater fool supplies, so more Hit Dice or perhaps he is including animals of which predators are the minority. Just a guess.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:29:27 GMT -5
A table to roll on for a description of an area. A lot of information is packed into this little table. It is an excellent guide for how to create and use a table.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:30:02 GMT -5
I love this, one True Troll and two Ogres (standard Trolls). This is a pretty detailed, but very concise note. A lot of people tend to dismiss and sneer at this volume, but IMO that is pathetic and the complaints ring hollow. There is so much information in The First Fantasy Campaign, and it was first. I really believe that anyone who really sneers at this volume is just jealous. This is not a rulebook although it has rules in it, it is a snippet of the campaign as it was. But then I am not someone who thinks a nice prettied up document is better in some way, than the honest unpolished gem. I would take one of these over a dozen hard back, slick paper, full color modern tomes. IMO an awful lot of time and money are wasted producing things that are more designed to be a coffee table book, than to be useful for gaming.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:30:24 GMT -5
That being said, there are of course some real gems with high production values. But to be clear, the high production values is not what makes them a gem, the high production values are the whipped cream with a cherry on top. The gem is the great stuff under the whipped cream.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:33:51 GMT -5
The next page is a long section detailing the description of each area and what it contains. Bleakwood was provided as another example. Note that it was accidentally destroyed.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:34:14 GMT -5
Then we have the makeup of Bleakwood, as far as major features.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 2, 2023 16:34:44 GMT -5
Comment on the blog:
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