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Post by Traveroark on Apr 11, 2018 13:52:40 GMT -5
Which is your favorite 1970s D&D supplement, and why? You may select up to two of the four.
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Post by Traveroark on Apr 11, 2018 14:52:19 GMT -5
I like the expanded monster and treasure lists of Greyhawk and The Temple of the Frog, the disease rules and the monster section of Blackmoor.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2018 15:34:31 GMT -5
I picked GH for the thief and EW for psionics (though I never used the latter in any meaningful way IMC).
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Post by makofan on Apr 11, 2018 15:47:13 GMT -5
I liked EW because I liked the psionic rules and the demons
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Apr 11, 2018 17:28:25 GMT -5
EW for Demons.
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Post by Traveroark on Apr 11, 2018 17:52:53 GMT -5
EW for the lead, wonder if that will hold up.
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 11, 2018 18:40:11 GMT -5
I go with Greyhawk and Blackmoor for the monsters.
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Post by Yaleric on Jun 29, 2018 20:33:36 GMT -5
My favorite supplements are the Arduin Trilogy.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jun 29, 2018 23:58:34 GMT -5
Diet Caff-free Dew. (from which I must now wean myself)
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Post by captaincrumbcake on Jun 30, 2018 11:25:33 GMT -5
I like all of them for various reasons.
The first three are great for cherry-picking ideas to port into one's own world. That said, they are also the first appearance of a kind of, creep.
They are, from what I can see, the thoughts and parameters of the authors' personal worlds. It is nice seeing how the designers of the game want their own world to be run, but if they are suggesting that everyone else should just use them instead of coming up with their own ideas, then I am against them. As examples, they are fine. As some kind of commandments, they are not. To be clear, I am not suggesting they should not in part or whole be adapted into anyone's campaign; that is up to each GM/DM/whatever, and I will defend one's right to make their world however they choose using whatever sources they wish. I have done the same for decades, and continue to use other sources when creating adventure products for public use; creating my own system (reinventing the wheel) at this late date would be a waste of time, and likely be ignored by the community. Thus, my commentary is merely a theoretical point I wish to suggest.
That said, I'm not telling this time where I cast my 2 votes. I'll leave y'all to wonder.
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Post by ripx187 on Jun 30, 2018 12:05:03 GMT -5
Flintstones vitimins were my favorite 70s supplement, especially purple Dino's!
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jun 30, 2018 22:56:01 GMT -5
Flintstones vitimins were my favorite 70s supplement, especially purple Dino's! At least it wasn't that other purple dinosaur, Barney. (Who went on to a 20th century career as a deputy sheriff.) |
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 2, 2018 18:13:20 GMT -5
Flintstones vitimins were my favorite 70s supplement, especially purple Dino's! At least it wasn't that other purple dinosaur, Barney. (Who went on to a 20th century career as a deputy sheriff.) Andy was never the same after Barney left that job. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 2, 2018 18:20:27 GMT -5
Some say he was never the same before, but that goes back too far.
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 2, 2018 18:29:41 GMT -5
Some say he was never the same before, but that goes back too far. I'd never thought of that, but that would be true. |
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Post by ripx187 on Jul 2, 2018 20:53:32 GMT -5
I didn't vote for any of these. I am just so pleased to have a bare-bones system! Maybe after a year or two I'll add some of the official monsters from Greyhawk, but not right now.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 2, 2018 21:56:49 GMT -5
I didn't vote for any of these. I am just so pleased to have a bare-bones system! Maybe after a year or two I'll add some of the official monsters from Greyhawk, but not right now. Mainly the Beholder. Can't have a fantasy rolegame without a beholder. And not those icky "death tyrant" types, but cute little floating balls that no one could suspect of being dangerous, much less sentient. |
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Post by ripx187 on Jul 2, 2018 22:29:27 GMT -5
I didn't vote for any of these. I am just so pleased to have a bare-bones system! Maybe after a year or two I'll add some of the official monsters from Greyhawk, but not right now. Mainly the Beholder. Can't have a fantasy rolegame without a beholder. And not those icky "death tyrant" types, but cute little floating balls that no one could suspect of being dangerous, much less sentient. I fought against one once, well, for a little bit. We had to run away from it, and donate some magic swag to its cause before it let us go. Yeah, that was bad. In my own games I've never ran them. Shame really. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 2, 2018 23:11:48 GMT -5
Mainly the Beholder. Can't have a fantasy rolegame without a beholder. And not those icky "death tyrant" types, but cute little floating balls that no one could suspect of being dangerous, much less sentient. I fought against one once, well, for a little bit. We had to run away from it, and donate some magic swag to its cause before it let us go. Yeah, that was bad. In my own games I've never ran them. Shame really. I use beholder every now and then, they are one of my favorite monsters. You are most likely to run into young inexperienced ones, those you might survive. The old grizzled ones, well that's another story. |
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 21, 2018 22:12:09 GMT -5
Arduin, Greyhawk and Blackmoor in that order.
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Post by Warrior Twin One on Aug 20, 2018 22:40:50 GMT -5
Blackmoor, the Sahuagin
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Post by Warrior Twin Two on Aug 22, 2018 10:57:43 GMT -5
Sahuagin rock, they come on shore at night and raid. |
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Post by Q. F o s t e r on May 2, 2022 16:58:38 GMT -5
My real pick is the first three, for monsters, magic and treasure.
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Post by Snuffy Smith on May 3, 2022 12:42:27 GMT -5
If I can only pick two, then two and three.
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Post by Ibizan Zamway on May 3, 2022 21:43:42 GMT -5
I am fond of three and four a little more than the first two.
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Post by clooney on May 3, 2022 22:27:33 GMT -5
I and III are my favs.
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Post by nobody on Jun 16, 2022 18:40:50 GMT -5
The first two.
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Post by Kujik on Aug 15, 2022 19:03:16 GMT -5
The first two, but Eldritch Wizardy is close behind.
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Post by The Man From Coventry on Aug 17, 2022 14:42:04 GMT -5
I and III.
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Post by Morose on Sept 5, 2022 18:32:53 GMT -5
One and Three
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