Recent content by Cruentus

Where is that rule from? Its not in the MM1 or under the Red Dragon. I know we never played with any rule like that back when we played Ad&d in the early eighties.

Nuh uh. Nuh uh. Nuh uh. Moves goalposts

Having done a ton of research to add some Netheril into an ongoing campaign I'm running, my take on Elves, and Netheril, lines up almost exactly like @Maxperson. Elves in my campaign have deep lore knowledge, pass that lore and learning down amongst themselves, and things that are 3,000 to...

I added "Myth Drannor" into my Moonshaes campaign. I shrouded it in rumor, and made it very clear how dangerous it was to enter. That didn't stop the players from beelining directly to it anyway. I used it primarily as a ruined city, full of atmosphere and wandering monsters, which could be...

I tried to extend the Fighter's weapon specialization and Combat Dominance (Surge mechanic) to "martial characters", with the effect that no one took the Fighter, ever. A Knight is better, Paladin and Ranger have more "stuff", etc. There is no actual reason to take a Fighter, particularly...

I've not seen any encumbrance systems that worry about your injury level. We use coin based encumbrance (using OSE) when we play on a VTT, as the VTT handles all the calculations for weight, your encumbrance, your move speed, and any changed therein in real time. When we play at the table, we...

We used Owlbear rodeo, which was simple for throwing up a map, putting tokens on it, and away we went. We used it, though, mostly for TOTM, and a dice roller. I've seen people use virtual white boards, specifically Miro, to do just what you mentioned. Have the players draw their own maps...

I have the current Advanced OSE Rules (Player's Tome and Referee's Tome). As has been said, those two books include all the rules you need to run OSE, in either an "advanced" manner, or "basic" (usually by sticking to the provided "race as class" options. I'm using it for my current campaign...

What about that new 'adventure' everyone was supposed to be able to get on D&D Beyond for free? It sounds from folks reviews that its a simple couple of encounters with a nice map. Maybe that would work?

It certainly helps me and my table innovate. We get all kinds of ideas from everywhere and incorporate it into our RPG experience (currently OSE Advanced). I don't care anymore what WOTC does or doesn't do with the D&D brand or game. 5e is not the game for me, so I play something else. When...

And I wish that I had bought Games Workshop stock when all the armchair financial experts were calling for their "imminent demise" over the last 30 years. Or at least if I had a dime every time someone posted they were going to go bankrupt 'soon'(tm). Must have something to do with fanbases or...

I'll need a source or citation on how normal it is. Just kidding. Really, in my opinion, I think it boils down to "citation please" being a way to not engage with the discussion. And this board is about discussion, its not a medical conference or academic setting. People put out their...

Boy, some people take their RPGing waaay too seriously... sheesh...

I've been enjoying watching CFL games a lot more than NFL games... there, I said it. I just hope the CFL Commish gets his head out of his whatsit before trying to make the CFL a copy of the NFL.

We've always played that "displaced" distance was counted, regardless of how many hexes the mech moved. We found that the opposite led to some daft and unfun gameplay (for us). So I guess we were always houseruling that particular element, and we've been playing since the second edition CBT...