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Celebrim posted the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Magic-User for 1e AD&D in D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants.Magic-users draw upon arcane powers in order to exercise their profession. While they have mighty spells of offensive, defensive, and... -
Celebrim reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D with
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Huh. New trick to this old dog. I guess I/we have always just assumed - perhaps incorrectly - that by-the-book spell studying happens... -
Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.Leaving one or two slots unprepared and then stopping for a few turns to memorize the utility spell you needed is an old trick. It just...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.Perhaps. But I think there are a considerable number of spells that have probably never been cast in play, or else are cast so rarely...
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Celebrim reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D with Like.
Yes I always used the % chance to understand. Otherwise every MU uses the same spells. Vancian casting is not just spell slots, it is...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.That's potentially fair. You are getting all the abilities of two 2500 XP classes. 4000 XP isn't out of line. As for the Barbarian, I...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.Just because I don't have sleep, doesn't mean I'm wasting my only spell slot on Burning Hands. Rolling randomly, let's say I start...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.Apparently, yes. I have no memory of staves not working like they do in my game, but yes, the majority of the time in staff fighting...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.Burning Hands is even pretty marginal in 3e when it goes out in a 10' arc and does 1d4 per level (save for half IIRC). The 3e version...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.I put up some initial thoughts on Revised Paladin. The main innovation is ensuring you can play something very close to the original...
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Celebrim replied to the thread Friday Fun: Your Formative Geek Media.1) Star Wars - This is of course the big one. Age five. The coolest thing I'd ever seen. 2) Battle of the Planets - Of course, this...
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Celebrim reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D with Like.
This is just my personal aesthetic sense, but I think you can fork AD&D pretty far and still maintain the “feel” as long as you...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.I really should have thought to check the 2e rules. They did a lot to clarify known pain problems. I do think I'm going to have to...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.That's a campaign specific thing. My dungeons frequently had "traps" in the form of "check for disease exposure" (there are fleas on...
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Celebrim reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D with Like.
When a paladin or ranger loses their status in 2e, they remain the same level and simply lose any excess xp which would, presumably put...