Mark Hope's latest activity
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Mark Hope reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread David Wesely: The Man Who Accidentally Invented RPGs with
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I'm pretty sure every child independently invented RPGs, going back to before recorded history. My brother and I created a complicated... -
Mark Hope reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread David Wesely: The Man Who Accidentally Invented RPGs with Like.
I thought it had been established that the Brontes invented RPGs (and PbM) back in 1826
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Mark Hope replied to the thread Can You Go Home Again? +.My current group here in the UAE was formed from 3 veterans who go back to the early 80s and 3 people who had played like one session of...
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Mark Hope replied to the thread Can You Go Home Again? +.Sure, if you never properly leave in the first place ;) My D&D game started with BX, then both editions of AD&D. Although I tried...
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I do not skip leg day!
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thanks for these, i will read them this week :)
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Mark Hope reacted to Vaalingrade's post in the thread WotC WotC partners with Start Playing to connect players and DMs and form tables. with Haha.
Setting an alarm for three months from now.
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Mark Hope reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread D&D 1E Seriously contemplating an attempt at a retro AD&D with Like.
I started in this hobby with AD&D back in 1977. One thing I hated was the counterintuitive way AC worked. FWIW, I wasn’t a fan of...
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Mark Hope reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 1E Seriously contemplating an attempt at a retro AD&D with Like.
I started with 1E but would not recommend that as a place to jump into an old school game. If you really want to do 1E, pick up OSRIC...
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Mark Hope reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D 2E Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play AD&D 2E? How Was/Is It? with Like.
Despite having played 3E for the longest time in years (16), my guess is that in terms of number of total hours 2E beats it...
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Mark Hope reacted to Jack Daniel's post in the thread D&D 1E AD&D players and referees, what do you think of ascending AC? with Like.
"THAC0 is your personal attack roll DC. Your first level guy needs to beat DC 20 on 1d20 + enemy AC to hit someone. That DC will go down...
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Mark Hope reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D 2E Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play AD&D 2E? How Was/Is It? with Like.
Every THAC0 number below 20 is a one for one attack bonus. Also the attack bonus rate is right in the 2e PH already. Table 54: THAC0...
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Mark Hope reacted to Orius's post in the thread D&D 2E Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play AD&D 2E? How Was/Is It? with Like.
Internet? I've been converting them in my head on the fly since 1999.
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Mark Hope reacted to rabindranath72's post in the thread D&D 1E AD&D (yes, 2e too) players and referees, what do you think of rolling under for ability and NWP checks? with Like.
Definitely. I use them in Birthright, for example, which relies on them. Ditto for Dark Sun. But other settings, or homebrew? Rarely if...
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Mark Hope reacted to Rystefn's post in the thread D&D 1E AD&D players and referees, what do you think of ascending AC? with Like.
I think pretending that there's a meaningful difference between ascending and descending AC is weird. D&D never stopped using Thac0, it...