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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 1578128" data-attributes="member: 2013"><p>Me too. I was in a used bookstore once at the age of 7 and saw the Basic Set, and bugged my dad to buy it. He didn't want to, but when we got home, he asked my mom and she said, "buy it." When we went back to get it, it had already been sold.</p><p></p><p>A few months later, when I saw the (Blue 1983) Expert Set at the local drugstore, I said, "it must be mine!" or words to that effect - then picked up a couple of adventure modules at the local KayBee Toys (my first module was DA1 - Adventures in Blackmoor and my second was B6 - The Veiled Society) a month or two later.</p><p></p><p>I've been hooked ever since. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Henry, check your Private Messages... you've been evangelizing this so long, I figure you need to look.</p><p></p><p>No, my product doesn't include 5' steps. I don't know if it's attractive, but I think I pared the rules down as best I could. In retrospect, it needs a few more "hand-holding explanatory" sections for beginners to go along with a very condensed ruleset... it's not perfectly beginner-friendly, which means I need to revise it to be so (it's nice to look at it after being "away from it" for a bit, I can see its weaknesses) - but as far as a simple, workable ruleset goes, I still think it hits the mark.</p><p></p><p>You have (some) Feats, you have simplified skills, and you have simple combat (one move action, one standard action) that's mostly "slug-it-out until someone drops" with some classic cinematic wrinkles (e.g., disarm) thrown in. You have reduced spell lists and low-level support. You DON'T have multiple attacks, Attacks of Opportunity, and other stuff that can confuse newcomers.</p><p></p><p>--The Sigil</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 1578128, member: 2013"] Me too. I was in a used bookstore once at the age of 7 and saw the Basic Set, and bugged my dad to buy it. He didn't want to, but when we got home, he asked my mom and she said, "buy it." When we went back to get it, it had already been sold. A few months later, when I saw the (Blue 1983) Expert Set at the local drugstore, I said, "it must be mine!" or words to that effect - then picked up a couple of adventure modules at the local KayBee Toys (my first module was DA1 - Adventures in Blackmoor and my second was B6 - The Veiled Society) a month or two later. I've been hooked ever since. :) Henry, check your Private Messages... you've been evangelizing this so long, I figure you need to look. No, my product doesn't include 5' steps. I don't know if it's attractive, but I think I pared the rules down as best I could. In retrospect, it needs a few more "hand-holding explanatory" sections for beginners to go along with a very condensed ruleset... it's not perfectly beginner-friendly, which means I need to revise it to be so (it's nice to look at it after being "away from it" for a bit, I can see its weaknesses) - but as far as a simple, workable ruleset goes, I still think it hits the mark. You have (some) Feats, you have simplified skills, and you have simple combat (one move action, one standard action) that's mostly "slug-it-out until someone drops" with some classic cinematic wrinkles (e.g., disarm) thrown in. You have reduced spell lists and low-level support. You DON'T have multiple attacks, Attacks of Opportunity, and other stuff that can confuse newcomers. --The Sigil [/QUOTE]
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