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Fantastic! *high fives all around* thanks everyone!

I've searched the corners of the Internet but I cannot find an Oerth calendar.

I would be happy with a simple Excel spreadsheet - and if i wasn't being a completely lazy bum, i would make it this ...

here's good one, my new campaign has finally gotten off to a decent start, just a couple of sessions under our belts with very minor forays around the City of Greyhawk.

Both the Black Dragon Inn a ...

well in this game, i have two players - both with some experience in RPGs and both with a smattering of exposure to D&D. We talked about their characters when rolling them up, personality, backsto ...

good points all around! I'm going to put on my archivists gloves and gently open my From the Ashes box, as well as other items to read through all of this.
Thank you all and please keep them coming!

Fantastic! Thanks!

Over the many years, I've read plenty of good material online and in a few books about the Grey Elves (Faerie). However, in the last 2 years or so I've been so busy with being a dad now that I have fo ...

awesome, thanks! I'll take a look around for OSRIC as well.

Hey All! Long time no see, been busy busy with the second child and life in general but back.

So a bunch of folks at work are begging me to DM a campaign for them. I told them I play 1e/2e (hey, t ...

I love ethical dilemmas too!

I would say you can kill the guy as soon as you have indisputable evidence that he is on the side of evil to play it safe or at least you are convinced the evidence is ...

I need to go check this out too! Thanks!

How much muscle are you looking to add to the mix? Flinds work extremely well because they aren't immediately noticeable to most parties. As in, when they first come into contact, it's unlikely that y ...

Back from traveling to hear this news! well it may only be A temple of elemental evil but if they use that name, that's still pilfering to some degree and it makes me sad...

wow...just wow! thanks for sharing Cebrion. This is going to the top of my Christmas request list.

Very nice indeed and welcome!

Well said Lanthorn, you and I are kindred (DM) spirits it would seem. The reason I brought this discussion here is that it's difficult to have any sort of fruitful conversation without it turning into ...

I saw this (old) thread and had to reply. I really disliked how Drow just became "dude, so for my character, I'm going to play (yet another) an outcast Drow who has come to the surface world to advent ...

So I have been somewhat following a number of discussions going on over at WoTC's forums regarding D&DN.

One of the claims constantly bandied about is that "magic-users/wizards are overpowered ...

Ooooo, I love talking about specialty priests. This is arguably one of the best things ever about 2E and why I rolled it back into our 1E campaigns. One of things we did when creating a specialty prie ...

Acid on a lycanthrope? Oh yeah, they'll die permanently for sure if they were dropped in a vat and couldn't get out. I reckon they could regenerate from a partial dousing. Same would go for fire and f ...

I require players to train or spend to level up when they are low level up through mid-level. Once they reach that level when they start getting a set number of hit points added, I declare that they c ...

Have the gem only activate under certain conditions similar to lycanthropy and during these times, inducing great paranoia and envy towards everyone around him. Slowly inducing an alignment change and ...

I remember the very first time I read about the RoCF and immediately went, so these two civilizations had used magic and the Bakluni had somehow gotten a hold of nuclear technology. Since the Suel wer ...

Having never been able to get beyond 2E myself *Lanthorn and the crowd go wild* I have always kept the magic/special characteristic required rule in place. However, I have run a few "lower magic" camp ...

*spit take* that was awesome, great way to start off my Monday morning, thanks Rasgon!

I give XP in a few ways (these are always where applicable and are not given every time)

1. Based on class actions/performance for a specific adventure or episode. Fighters get a bonus if combat we ...

I concur, having some realism in the game promotes consistency. I find the biggest challenge is combat because - and I'll admit, I'm not always the most prepared DM - when you have multiple participan ...

I downloaded B1 and all of the 1E and 2E modules that were up there. Happy with all of them!

Welcome Kefrem!

I actually love psionics and play 1E (with some 2E for good measure). If you're going to use them I would highly recommend the 2E Psionics Handbook previously mentioned. That would ...

Well this thread was posted in a more recent one and I couldn't pass up the mental exercise. Although I haven't delved that deeply into my Oerth's primordial timeline I see the various species and rac ...

Also, troglodytes or at least some troglodyte-like race existed in Hepmonaland (or was it the Amedio?, my memory is fuzzy at the moment) that worshipped demons at least a few thousand years ago when t ...

I've thought about this as well. Dragons are without a doubt one of the ancient races. There seem to be hints here and there. Kuo-Toa certainly are a candidate, especially when you consider they lived ...

See? That's what happens when I post at 5:28 AM- I either talk crazy or leave stuff out! Laughing

Get your bib and drool cup ready before you click on the various links on this site:

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Hi maz03 and welcome! I am very a much a "dice fall where they may" DM. If the characters act reckless and one gets killed, don't let them get resurrected so easily. Make them go to a local priest, ma ...

I guess I'm just a DM with a mean streak. If you die, well then the adventure just took a left turn to the nearest place to get a resurrection or raise dead. Of course, given that we're talking about ...

I usually house rule and say for weight it's normal but for encumbrance purposes it's 50% "lighter". That's due to superior craftsmanship, materials and oh yeah enchantment.

For items that actuall ...

That's awesome nerdcav. Is it wrong that my first thought after reading this was "Thought Eater"? Followed "Intellect Devourer"? Evil Grin

welcome!

I was literally dancing around my living room when they announced they would be reprinting old material. I can't wait to get my hands on all the old AD&D modules. I'm currently collecting them but ...

I, for one, am completely intrigued and somewhat baffled by Wastri. I know he's the demigod of bigotry, racial superiority / supremacy and slavery(?) which are terrible things but he's also batrachian ...

This is a great question Lanthorn!

I think that great roleplaying - and you certainly sound like a DM who can hold his own in this department - is the key. The first question is, do the PCs know t ...

And now for a little silliness...

If a flying creature is killed/knocked unconscious it drops like a stone, except maybe an air elemental or a few others from the Elemental Plane of Air. Using this ...

I think you're "doing it right" for the most part. As SirXaris mentioned, awarding different amounts can have unexpected or unwelcome outcomes in the game. However, I would humbly suggest that it's qu ...

Hah! I could see a vengeful druid zapping a shambling mound with lightning a few times, I bet Iuz would take notice then.

Alas, I didn't see it. I am a comics fan and definitely Man-Thing is one character I've always enjoyed.

Back to shambling mounds, if I were to campaign during the Greyhawk Wars (I typically set th ...

I am not so benevolent when it comes to shambling mounds. Woe unto any party should they run into one of these. You do bring up a good point about fire though Lanthorn, what about for example, red dra ...

I don't use fatigue points although I've considered it. I definitely see the benefits in one sense but I always try to work things into the narrative of the adventure. At low levels fatigue points are ...

Very good stuff Buster and Lanthorn! I've never taken it upon myself to go into a full cultural breakdown of any particular humanoid race but I did do some development on a Gnoll tribe located in the ...

I'm with Gary on this one. They have beards, but I do have dwarf communities near cosmopolitan areas in Greyhawk where some of the females are smooth-faced.

You're not alone Lanthorn! I too rule that those outside the Area of Effect are not affected by the illusion and thus, experience nothing. However, this is where things start to get tricky and thus wh ...

Thanks Cebrion, I'll take a look.

I haven't been able to find much material on the Corusk Mountain range. It's obviously massive, but little is mentioned in the WoG folio other than "humans live at the lower elevations and various ban ...

I have to agree with Dark Lord. Hasbro, like many other entertainment companies, ruthlessly protect their IP even if in the long run it would likely benefit them. They likely aren't going to bring bac ...

I'll have to echo a few options here.

I recommend (as Lanthorn does) Player's Options: Spells and Magic, it's really good. Or you can go with Dragon #81. Either of those will serve you well.

Wit ...

Ah yes, the 1e/2e magic-user, always a challenge. The easiest, best way to grant them extra survivability that really fits is to have them obtain or be given a low level magic item or even better a fe ...

I love talking about alignment and its gaming implications. So here we go!

Chaotic Evil as an alignment, based on my views of CN (in that CN thread) would have this player be selfish, destructive, ...

As a DM, I let people die. Usually once at 0 hit points they are unconscious / in shock, losing 1hp/round and will die at -10 hp if they aren't tended to. If a priest casts cure light wounds, they're ...

I would go with Greyhawk too. It's definitely the most flexible. Forgotten Realms is decent, definitely a lot of powerful beings floating around there. A couple of things you can do to alleviate the c ...

Everything here is great advice, and I can sense your excitment nerdcav.

The thing I found that really makes the adventure is playing your NPCs intelligently, including monsters (even orcs won't a ...

Great suggestion Tarelton! Puppets does get torched, but really it's quite good in the hands of a capable DM.

Cebrion's spot on, three 1st level characters probably wouldn't last too long in T1 Vil ...

Agreed on many points Saracenus. I'm just reporting what I see and adding my opinion. Obviously I'm a grognard through and through. I might borrow from 5e (or not). Ultimately, I'm interested in this ...

Well one of the things about this that I really do like is that we don't need feats spelled out. The players can once again be creative and the DM can say "okay it's a Str check vs. the opponent's < ...

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I got my materials today as well. I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised by some of what I see. There's OD&D and BD&D in there with the liberal use of ability che ...

Yes that would be a fantastic and very appropriate addition to WoG boxed set. It's such a no-brainer for them. I would seriously purchase one of every reprint and maybe two just so my grandkids could ...

Hah! that's classic, I can totally see them doing that. G4 would be another potential candidate.

Thanks Lanthorn for the kind welcome here.

Yes, going back to when 2e first came out, I gasped and went "noooooooooooo" until the shop owner told me to shut up. Laughing

However, after reading 2e Pl ...

I would jump for joy if they reprinted the modules (even though I can get them on PDF) from 1e/2e. For the 1e modules, I would prefer the later edition covers that had more vibrant art on them. Yes, y ...

Yes, we moved to the Dragon 53 Monk, although I do remember a player wanting to play the 1st edition "pure" monk for the challenge. The assassin kit was a bit "meh" and wasn't inspired. Some of the ot ...

I wanted to throw this out there to see what folks did or did not do back when 2E was introduced and they removed monks, assassins, psionics and half-orcs.

Personally I play a mish mash of 1E and 2 ...

you raise a good point Lanthorn and I could see making a case for this. The question of magical weapons vs. magical attacks using energy as weapons is what seems to be the issue here. A +1 (or higher) ...

Oh man, this is a very tough one and I'm sure I'll change my mind the moment after I hit the Submit button.

Favorite(s)
A1 - 4 series was probably the best for me - the riches to rags to escape ...

Given the multitude of channels out there, it just makes sense to have an RPG channel. I'm sure the advertisers would love something like that given the demographic.

I've actually considered pitchi ...

First Name?
Mark

Age?
41

Location?
San Francisco

When you started playing D&D?
1980

What rules you started with?
Basic (the boxed set with the big red dragon on it)

where ...

i can't seem to find this "Questions" thread that people keep mentioning...

thanks Crag. Like many of the folks here, Chaotic Neutral in its earliest definitions created quite an interesting problem. It could be incredibly entertaining to roleplay but in terms of world/cultur ...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone and i'll avoid the purple lightning.

my personal (conspiracy) theory is based on past real experience from the gaming industry. Some corporate marketing person has direct oversight of the 5E initiative but doesn't play nor probably has e ...

Greetings to everyone! I thought I'd come over and introduce myself since I took the liberty of posting on a thread already. Smile

I have been playing D&D now for just over 30 years now dati ...

at least that's how I've grown to see it. Sure, back in the good ol' days I ran my campaigns with CN characters as people who just did random things, even prodding my players with CN characters to be ...