Recent content by Erik42

That sounds fun. Klingons would make a great D&D race. A lot of times the heroes we love don't turn out to be, in game terms, all they were in the books. For instance, I remember seeing a version of Gandalf in which he is about a 5th level fighter and maybe a 7th level magic user, +1 sword...

For me the 1E DMG is the most useful early edition book I own. It is rife with detailed lists and awesome tables and reference information about just about anything one may want. Off the top of my head I still get use out of the Secondary Skill table, Starting Age table, Age Categories by Race...

For years I played in Greyhawk, first using the thin, light gazetteer, then the box set (1983ish?). Even though it was a published setting it felt pretty homebrewed simply because over the years me and my players took the setting and made it our own. Now I have finally left 1E behind (for the...

I don't recall two weapon fighting ever being that popular in 1E because of the stiff to hit penalties. Unless you had an 18+ Dex the penalties could be pretty severe. And it was a lot harder to raise ability scores in 1E. (Hmm... there was supposed to be a quote with this, made more sense with...

Good luck finding one. I spent a good 20 years playing in Cleveland in I know that there used to be a lot of gamers there. I left the area about ten years ago, but I feel certain there are many folks there to play with. Try the local game shops, Meetup, and, of course, boards like this one.

I ask PCs to be reasonable in what they carry. When the treasure begins to accumulate, they need to get some pack animals or retainers if they will be carrying it with them. Likewise, if they will be taking heavy equipment into the adventure locale. My current campaign is mostly urban, so there...

I only have AD&D to compare, but I disagree that the Paladins and Rangers did not have a unique feel in the 1ed game. Even though they were subclasses, each was unique in its abilities and the spellcasting was not essential to this. If the casting were taken away, the classes would have remained...

So far I've found the mechanics pretty easy and able to produce exciting combats. As a brief example, in our last session the party (5 3rd level characters) was trying to track down a gargoyle, both because it had a bounty on its head, and the PC's had a buyer for gargoyle horn. The finally...

Except that it's not a cantrip because it is more powerful than a cantrip. It does 1d12 damage while the other, similar cantrips, are doing 1d10. Then there is the possibility of doing 1d12 per turn without needing a to hit roll for up to a minute. It is not an overpowering spell, but definitely...

Flipping through the 5E MM... Ah, yep, there it is. I didn't recall Behirs hating dragons in the MM II; maybe they did. I'd say though, that they could be used however the DM wanted. Keep it hating dragons, but serving the dragon just the same - why what is its motivation to serve something it...

A behir was the first thing to come to mind. Easy enough to adapt to 5E.

I'm coming from AD&D to 5E, so I can't compare to 3, 3.5, PF, 4... But compared to 1E there are very few save or die rolls, whether it is spells, poison, etc. And the save every round mechanic is annoying as hell. If you get turned to stone by a basilisk, it shouldn't wear off ten seconds later...

Which doesn't sit well with me, therefore we'll house rule it. Run really fast, get one attack, then we'll roll for the severity of the collision and hilarity and chaos may ensue - the target may get knocked back and prone, but the attacker will likely go down too. Maybe the attacker falls on...

In general, I've always ruled that a warhorse is exceptional because it does not panic if ridden into a battle, will not bolt, and is able to perform standard combat maneuvers. A riding horse (or any non-warhorse) cannot be used in battle at all as it will panic. Part of a warhorse's training is...

The net probably should have been classified as a melee weapon really. If you look at how it was used by gladiators, they weren't tossing it more than a few feet at their opponents. Often, they would hold it and use it to try and disarm or trip their opponent. And it was a heavy thing, about 3m...