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Comment on Minor Monster Manual Moan by kingreaper

kingreaper — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:07:33 +0000

The reason I’d group them by type is to avoid that.

If Orcs are level 2-7, put them between level 4 and 5 monsters.

If Orcs are levels 1-30, split them into Orcs (1-10), Orcs (11-20) and Orcs (21-30) in different parts of the book, because you’re not going to use Gruumsh and a standard orc warrior in the same scenario.

Comment on Minor Monster Manual Moan by Philo Pharynx

Philo Pharynx — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:06:52 +0000

So the Orc Chietain would be a quarter of the way farther in the book than the standard orc warrior? It makes sense to have it on the facing page.

Comment on Minor Monster Manual Moan by kingreaper

kingreaper — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:02:59 +0000

I’ve got to agree here. Group them by type, sure, but put the type in the place its typical level is.

And for ones that spread across the whole range, possibly even put them in several sections (ie. wyrmlings, dragons and elder dragons or something)

Comment on My D&D Next experience by Wizard’s Watch: Embers Stirring? | Tolrendor DM's Blog

Wizard’s Watch: Embers Stirring? | Tolrendor DM's Blog — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:14:05 +0000

[...] stimulated by some good vibes about DnD Next on a number of blogs I follow (here being one key example), I downloaded the recent Playtest packet (April 1st!) for the first time [...]

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Comment on Commando by sgtnasty

sgtnasty — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:28:18 +0000

I would like to see this game.

Comment on My D&D Next experience by Jason

Jason — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:54:33 +0000

Great article, like all here on your blog. I am in about the same boa as you with Next. We played a 2 year 4e game and were done with it after that, and have been sort of floating around through mini-campaigns after that. The latest packet is definitely the best one yet.

About monsters, I have been building an “all edition” wandering monster chart using a minimalist stat block taking the 1e, 3e, and Next monster manuals as a guide, then normalizing them. 5e is by far the weakest with AC, usually 2-10 AC less then previous versions, the HP is about the same or slightly greater, to hit bonuses are slightly higher, except 3e is an outlier with much higher to hit/damage bonuses, and the XP values are so all-over the place as to be unusable. Buff up those 5e monsters for added danger!

Good luck!

Comment on My Dungeon Crawl Classics experience by Leo Marshall

Leo Marshall — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:00:21 +0000

Wow! I’m even more excited about DCC now. So it’s kind of like D&D but not D&D? Hooking folks with that as bait but offering them a totally new experience. Clever Mr Goodman. Looks like my Mum’s got me LotFP after all, so I hope my brother will come good and get me DCC. I’ve really got to run/play this…

Comment on My Dungeon Crawl Classics experience by Richard

Richard — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:40:50 +0000

I totally concur with everything you’ve said, Baz.

More especially, your slight hesitation over the label “Old School”. The experience of playing DCC doesn’t mimic anything I’ve played before, and I go way back to the blue box. I think this is a nifty trick; DCC reminds you of games you may have played but actually offers something very different in reality.
The sessions we’ve played out so far have provided encounters with beasts very different to the fantasy standard in D&D; Goblins, Orcs etc. But, perhaps more tellingly, the scenery and background has been completely……shifted is the best word I can come up with. Everything feels like somewhere you might have been before in gaming but is unrecognisable in any definitive way. It’s like gaming through a lens of deja-vu.

Like I said, a nifty trick.

Comment on My Dungeon Crawl Classics experience by Leo Marshall

Leo Marshall — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:42:26 +0000

Hi Baz. Thanks, that’s very encouraging. Interesting that you call it a simple game dressed up in complicated looking clothes: when it came out I did rather get the impression that, like other OSR products (LotFP being another example) it was meant for folks who wanted to get their D&D on but were afraid to dip their toes into what often appear to be intimidatingly shark-infested waters (I’m talking here about all the edition warring that passes for commentary on many forums). So yeah, I’m up for it, and will certainly keep you posted. Tootles!