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giant.robot reacted to R_J_K75's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with
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I followed all the build up in Dragon until it finally came out in August of 2000. I bought the core books and we started a campaign... -
giant.robot reacted to MGibster's post in the thread 'The best designed, most attractive, and most effective traditional role-playing game I have ever seen' with Like.
I saw "most attractive" in the title and assumed this thread was about me. But I will grudgingly admit Pendragon is a very, very...
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giant.robot reacted to LordBP's post in the thread AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video? with Like.
@GM Lent Here you go. Previous Edition Dungeons & Dragons Downloads Link also has a bunch of Birthright and Mystara, stuff
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giant.robot reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video? with Like.
Red Steel was a subsetting of Mystara set on a distant continent (the Savage Coast) reminiscent of colonial South America (and the...
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giant.robot replied to the thread Would you purchase an expansion, from a different system than you use, to adapt for your preferred system? If yes why?.looks at shelf bowing under the weight of dozens of GURPS books Yes. I very much have. In fact I'd say about 80% of the game books I...
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giant.robot reacted to (un)reason's post in the thread Magazines [Let's Read] Star Wars Gamer with Like.
Portentious scrolling text about what has come before: Star Wars Gamer was a magazine published by WotC in the early 2000's, when they...
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giant.robot reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?" with Like.
I run SW d6 sometimes. When I do, I convert Force Points to something more like Momentum and Threat from 2d20. That is, there is a pool...
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giant.robot reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
The law level system in Traveller often limits the weapons and armor you can carry around town. Start a fight in a high law level bar...
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giant.robot reacted to Cordwainer Fish's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
cheat. Have more than the other guy. Have it where the other guy doesn't expect it. Be where the other guy doesn't expect you. If...
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giant.robot reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
Have played Traveller since the 1st ed black bock set. Most of the folks I game with now have done enough of the Accountants in Space...
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giant.robot reacted to Cordwainer Fish's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
I saw Dick Tracy with my Traveller referee.
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giant.robot reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Based on a lot of what I'm seeing in OSR circles and in person, it's a lot of "Play the way the creator played!" as a sales pitch to...
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giant.robot reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I agree. The intent of the 2e PHB even back in the day was to clean up the 1e rules, but leave it in such a way as to ensure backwards...
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giant.robot reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Combat in 2e is also simplfied to the way many people actually played 1e combat. But most importantly it's organized in a way you can...
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giant.robot reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
OK, the title is a bit click baity. Background: I started playing in 1981 with BX and quickly moved to AD&D. I've been saying for years...