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To my knowledge none of the people in my current face to face or online games are enworld regulars. I used to do a number of pbp games on enworld as both player and a DM.

This was more galling because had we not done the shopping and one of the characters sold their starting equipment mirror to get cash for trail rations, we could have looked in and seen the beast without getting immediately ganked. Remembering that sale I specifically asked if anyone else had a...

Had our first game last night, we got partway through the funnel. I had fun with my group. I am familiar with a bunch of modules and the 70s gonzo S&S tones but not the specifics of the rules and had not read the core book pdf beforehand. The DM had a stack of predone four by four starting...

First DCC funnel, had fun Alternately First DCC funnel, died thrice

FA2 Nightmare Keep (2e) 2e Lichling, Insectile Lichling, Supernatural Lichling, Lichling Spawn: The lichling is a vicious, insect-like terror spawned from the body of a demilich. Using arcane and complex magical procedures, certain demiliches are able to transform their original bodies into...

I consider D&D as pulp in the Conan sense once you get enough hp to survive a few hits and be an action hero and seek out fights instead of skulking and actively avoiding them. I have done D&D with a tone of Army of Darkness and Indiana Jones in a fantasy world and had it go well. It is my...

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I find it useful to have as many constant modifiers already factored in and only adjust for the few applicable situational modifiers than to have to factor in all the modifiers separately each time. 1e THAC0 as a single number is workable (say the monster stat appendix in the 1e DMG). I find...

FA1 Halls of the High King (2e) 2e Bonebat: Bonebats are not thought to ever occur naturally, but the secrets of their making have been known in the Realms for a very long time, and many are now found "in the wild." Bonebats are usually constructed by evil priests and wizards working together...

Right, as I said. :) Right, you have to add the modifiers to your roll in both. In AAC however you do one less step, you add all the modifiers to your roll and you get the AC you hit. You don't need to look it up in the chart to see what AC you hit. A small difference but I found repeated...

I'm not sure how you are saying this is different from 1e. In both stuff like applicable dex bonuses versus strength bonuses, magic bonuses on individual weapons, weapon specialization, etc. could make the base THAC0/attack bonus different for different attacks. For instance here is something I...

3e power attack feat was pretty common allowing different adjustments every round and 3e barbarian rage and bardic inspiration were core easy ways to get temporary bonuses along with a bunch of more common buff spells compared to 1e IME. 4e built buffs into a lot of class powers with granting...

Was there a 1e elevation/high ground bonus? I know 3.0 and 3.5 had a +1 bonus for being on higher ground. I don't remember one in 1e but a lot of 1e rules were in weird one off spots in the books.

Common situational modifiers for my 1e games that could change round to round were things like the +4 for backstabbing (two assassins in my years long 1e campaign), +2 for rear attacks (DMG 70), the +2 for charging (DMG 66), and the page PH 38 and DMG 28 adjustments for weapons versus specific...