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Sins of Our Fathers - 2/10 - Final Update
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<blockquote data-quote="Destan" data-source="post: 976845" data-attributes="member: 12157"><p>You betcha. Our old house system had spells such as <em>Minor Parasite, Phantasmal Disease, Mephindion's Sparks, Lanar's Lower Resistance,</em> etc. These mean nothing to the 3E crowd (and with my failing memory, they don't mean much to me, either). We also had different schools of magic - Ascendancy, Verdancy, Eradication, Nether, and so on.</p><p></p><p>So while I've taken some liberties with the spellcasting - especially when recounting the first session's adventure - I've tried to introduce those spells the party gained when we made the switch, and I've related these to their more common pre-combat actions. Hopefully this will allow a transition to 3E in the following posts that is transparent to the readers.</p><p></p><p>My poetic license doesn't stop there. I've had to adjust other factors, as well, not all of which my players approve. I've had to remove a couple encounters - wandering monsters and the like - just to, well, maintain some sort of pacing. I'd imagine that such editing will have to occur more, not less, in the future; the group will begin to have many, many combats - and I've set myself up for failure by trying to be overly descriptive on each. You can only read 'the sword skittered across the beast's scales' one or two times before it becomes trite and boring.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, the whole spellcasting headache becomes moot after one more post. As was mentioned, after Olgotha we are firmly entrenched in the blissful world of 3E. <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>And <em>pogre</em> - you surprise me! I think you posted feedback before I even updated the story hour on the boards. I figured you were too busy killing off your entire party and commencing your next story hour!</p><p></p><p>As always, fellas, thanks for stopping by.</p><p></p><p>Destan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Destan, post: 976845, member: 12157"] You betcha. Our old house system had spells such as [i]Minor Parasite, Phantasmal Disease, Mephindion's Sparks, Lanar's Lower Resistance,[/i] etc. These mean nothing to the 3E crowd (and with my failing memory, they don't mean much to me, either). We also had different schools of magic - Ascendancy, Verdancy, Eradication, Nether, and so on. So while I've taken some liberties with the spellcasting - especially when recounting the first session's adventure - I've tried to introduce those spells the party gained when we made the switch, and I've related these to their more common pre-combat actions. Hopefully this will allow a transition to 3E in the following posts that is transparent to the readers. My poetic license doesn't stop there. I've had to adjust other factors, as well, not all of which my players approve. I've had to remove a couple encounters - wandering monsters and the like - just to, well, maintain some sort of pacing. I'd imagine that such editing will have to occur more, not less, in the future; the group will begin to have many, many combats - and I've set myself up for failure by trying to be overly descriptive on each. You can only read 'the sword skittered across the beast's scales' one or two times before it becomes trite and boring. At any rate, the whole spellcasting headache becomes moot after one more post. As was mentioned, after Olgotha we are firmly entrenched in the blissful world of 3E. :) And [i]pogre[/i] - you surprise me! I think you posted feedback before I even updated the story hour on the boards. I figured you were too busy killing off your entire party and commencing your next story hour! As always, fellas, thanks for stopping by. Destan [/QUOTE]
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