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Exploring a simple action economy, as well as feats which might interface well with this system by bypassing its limitations.Turn Actions ◆◆⟐ All characters can perform 2...
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What a fun title! Anyway.I replaced references to "men" with "humanfolk" throughout Fantastic Medieval Campaigns (at least, where applicable; in some cases, it was referring to...
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There’s a certain house rule I’ve seen a couple times that you can convert typical to-hit armor class in D&D Fifth Edition by subtracting 10 from the original value, and then...
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Expanding upon a comment I posted in reply to hdp on my post about modes of play! The original thing I said: … I think we would benefit from thinking less about strict/specific...Linked by the ring
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We have goblin (halfling) and half-devil (elf) characters in the OD&D/FMC campaign I’m running, which has led me to start thinking about how they actually ‘work’. This got me...
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I’m annoyed at people who are uppity about THAC0 and say something like, “It’s just simple subtraction!” However, it’s not for the reason you might think. Like yeah, I don’t...
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The football field is my favorite (informal) unit of measuring length. At least, over here, we compare everything to the length of a football field. The Titanic was almost...
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Above is a WIP background for a referee screen, drawn by Emiel Boven for Errant by Ava Islam!Okay, whatever, I keep mentioning this in private conversations and meant to write...Linked by the ring
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I had the sudden realization that since horses and mules in OD&D have a maximum load they can carry, that is applicable not only for carrying cargo but also for carrying riders...Linked by the ring
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Quick ways to help make costs in OD&D/FMC more internally consistent! Inspired by Delta's D&D Hotspot and some discussions on the ODD74 forum. :)Characters start with 3d6 × 10...
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A couple weeks ago, I declared that I didn't like the damage algorithms that ask you to pick the smallest or greatest of two dice for small and large weapons respectively. I...Linked by the ring
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Check me out, bitches! I said I wasn't going to, but I did! This morning I ran my first session of OD&D or, rather, my retroclone Fantastic Medieval Campaigns (what difference...
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I think I’ve played more Trophy: Gold this year than any other rulebook (look out for the upcoming Bones review!). However, for the most part, it’s not your typical Trophy....
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Imagine your basic D&D. Your character starts with about 100 gp, so you buy a basic weapon (10 gp), maybe a shield (10 gp), maybe some light armor (20 gp), a backpack (5 gp),...Linked by the ring
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Meaningless! Meaningless! There's nothing new under the sun! I wanted to take this time to appreciate Brendan S of the Necropraxis blog. I think we all recognize him for the...Linked by the ring
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One of the most common misconceptions I’ve seen about the original Dungeons & Dragons is that it tells players to use the Avalon Hill board game Outdoor Survival to handle...
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Idk this is kinda like a disclaimer that I don't identify with any of the below terms and I get frustrated when people apply them to me:Academic: I am literally not an...
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Just a thought: maybe more complex rules should be presented as opt-in player options rather than as universal rules for all players, not all of whom will actually be...
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How could you regulate spell-casting in a classless ruleset without doing something like Knave (1 spellbook per spell, and each spellbook can be used once per day) or Cairn...
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The second part in my series about the evolution of Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Evolution during the play-testing period from 2012-2013 when it was known as DnDNext! If you...
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On a Discord server, I suggested that turning the undead should be treated as a forced morale check (which undead monsters usually don't make) rather than as a distinct...
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I actually really like Fifth Edition’s RAW approach that an NPC’s reaction is something the referee can easily adjudicate and roll with, but what if you really don’t know or if...
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Arnold K’s recent blog on Goblin Punch has sparked some discussion in my circles on using timers instead of random checks for wandering monsters and similar encounters. Going...
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What is there to say about a nekoblin (D4, A1)? They're extremely little. And stupid. They love to scream and shout. They have a ravenous hunger but are too helpless to do...
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I got my dirty paws onto a bunch of play-test packet PDFs from 2012-2013 for DndNext, the pre-release version of D&D Fifth Edition. I thought I would check them out...Linked by the ring
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Oh geez. So I’ve been reconsidering the scheme I laid out in my earlier Fivey post about character builds, where each feat is part of an action economy and you spend # feat...Linked by the ring
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I thought it would be useful to have a list of differences between OD&D and my retroclone Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, at least as far as I can tell (and I could be an...
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Let’s get one thing out of the way: unusual hirelings are not regular hirelings. On its face, this seems like a truism—but this is a distinction that OD&D makes which its...Linked by the ring
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Using the simple monster scheme: D(anger) and A(rmor).Slimes come in three sizes: small (D2, A1), medium (D4, A1), and large (D8, A1). Small slimes do little harm, especially...
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An earlier inspo mockup by Emmy, using a screenshot from a DOS game adaptation of Traveller.Red Moon is a sci-fi setting that Emmy Verte of Spooky Action at a Distance and I...