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Ddead replied to the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?.Thanks for all the info, folks! What about the short rest/long rest paradigm? Does it have a mechanic like that? And what about...
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Ddead reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with
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I don't have experience at the table nor own the books. The first edition has a SRD released under the OGL, available a few places... -
Ddead reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
Oh, another touch I really liked was a section on when to "fudge the dice"; quite the blasphemous topic in the OSR! 😮😄 But I couldn't...
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Ddead reacted to kronovan's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
Yes, this is the case @ RPG.NET and why you're not allowed to discuss it there. I'm by no means savvy when it comes to OSR flavors of...
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Ddead reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
It absolutely can and has lots of optional rules you can use to make that happen. For instance, there are separate treasure tables for...
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Ddead reacted to CandyLaser's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
My recommendations: Old School Essentials comes up a lot here, and indeed it is a very good, clean presentation of BX play. Just play...
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Ddead reacted to Baron Opal II's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
ACKS is a solid game with interesting domain play aspects. However, for OSR or BXCMI style play I prefer Old School Essentials by...
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Ddead reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
Some of the things I like about ACKS, which can easily be imported into other games: Warriors gain a scaling damage bonus starting at...
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Ddead reacted to Voadam's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
I have a bunch of ACKS 1e stuff but I have not really delved into it. My understanding of it is that it is basically B/X rules going for...
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Ddead reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
There are some changes otherwise, and it is very nice to have everything integrated and easily referenced, but that is largely correct...
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Ddead reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
1. The default game setting is the periphery of a crumbling pseudo-Roman Empire, but anything you can do in B/X you can do in ACKS, plus...
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Ddead reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
1) Yes, but not by default. The game does encourage hacking and has pretty detailed rules to do so, but it would take some work to...
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Ddead reacted to SteveC's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
I picked up the second edition due to some strong recommendations from friends who are very BECMI influenced, so I guess I'd agree. It...
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Ddead reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
I would direct you instead to Light Fantasy, which restates BX using more modern rules. More info at this link...
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Ddead reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
As far as I know, 2e is just 1e with all of the extras that they have in their magazines in the main game. Basically, if you have access...