Recent content by Jay Murphy1

Amazon? I believe you can order it from Amazon. This might get you product faster.

my thoughts have always been published options are a substitute for actually playing into a unique character. In all my B/X games there is no high-level character who does not have something bolted on to them which reflects the adventures and encounters they have been on. Games built like 5E...

Their climb ability is 88% (I think) at first level. Climbing sheer surfaces is pretty bad ass. You can come up with some sweet moves if you are a clever, clever... thief.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Murphy, Vanishing Tower Press, jay@vanishingtowerpress.com First Two Books in Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery RPG Series Deliver Rules-Light Classic Pulp-Fantasy Aspen, CO - Vanishing Tower Press is pleased to announce the release of the first two books for...

VANISHING TOWER PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Murphy, Vanishing Tower Press, jay@vanishingtowerpress.com First Two Books in Deluxe USR Sword & Sorcery RPG Series Deliver Rules-Light Classic Pulp-Fantasy Aspen, CO - Vanishing Tower Press is pleased to announce the release of...

I have heard good things about Stars Without Number. Intrigued by the amount of tables promised between its pages.

Go old school and whip out a copy of FGU's Space Opera!

They are the devil. And Ice Cream.

"A base movement rate of 120' in ten minutes may seem slow, but it assumes that the players are mapping carefully searching, and trying to trying to be quiet. It also takes into account the generally 'dark and dingy' conditions of the dungeon in which characters are adventuring." No where is it...

Mapping can't be done while running, agreed. This is regardless if you believe the player or the character is actually doing the mapping. On B19 it says "Maps are drawn to help players visualized the area their characters are exploring and to provide a record of sections of a dungeon they have...

Not in Moldvay B/X. It explicitly says the opposite. Have you read it?

How is it weird? Making a map as you travel through buildings you have never been is weird, and is something no one does. Every exploration I have done in real life has never included stopping every ten minutes and mapping out where I am. I seem to find my brain remembers what I've seen and...

With the rules I use this is not a mechanic so nothing is gutted. The rest of your sentences are putting words in my mouth. Yes, characters can make a map and stick in their backpack and later make a paper hat out of it, whoopee. In DnD basic the map is a tool for the players to better visualize...

One of the reasons I prefer Moldvay Basic DnD. This is an example of 5th edition adding a meaningless mechanic. The "mapper" and mapping is recognized as a useful visual aid for players while, at the same time, characters living in the world don't need to map every ten feet of it to know where...

Mapping is an out of game activity, Basic DnD clearly explains the map is a tool for the PCs to visualize where they are from the DMs description, and the "mapper" is not a character, but a player. So there really is nothing which should be construed by the term "mapping" as something which...