Recent content by Gorg

My experience is very close to yours, except we moved to 1e first, then added stuff from 2e. Switched to 3e, and Skipped 4e entirely, partly due to adulting- and the fact that we lived 1000 miles apart at the time, lol, and partly due to it straying TOO far from the core of the game. We're...

they assaulted the Dungeon of the Dweller. Made short work of the Stinking Troglodytes and ogres guarding the enterance- so quick, an alarm was never raised! (module even says the dimwitted ogre with the horn only remembers to use it 30% of the time, lol.) They then decided to follow the...

I ususally go for Defense, as a +1 to AC is always useful! Though my Paladin took Protection. He took the traditional oath, and really leans into the protector thing. He and his battle axe and smite/ smite spells, dish out a lot of damage, too. Dwarf Paladin of Clangeddin Silverbeard.

I've just spent a bunch of time with the lewt sheet from the last module. It, too was from 2e, and there were plenty of discrepancies... For example, the wand of fire can cast the Pyrotechnics spell- which no longer exists. So I'll just use the 2e version, and made the fx a DC13 Wisdom...

I do this all the time, including using adventures written for past editions. Some of my most recent pulls: Minotaur Lizards. (1E) I also had to pull stats for Elite and chieftain Troglodytes out of my butt, because nobody at WOTC bothered, nor did Troll Lord games (my favorite non WOTC...

Imo, it is a descendant of all of them- B/X and BECMI included. Or, more aptly, and evolution of them. We felt like 3e was a better representation of how we ACTUALLY played the game, vs TSR's RAW version- with a bunch of extras thrown in. Like the unified D20 system. This included, but...

That works! Thanks.

I'm currently preparing a 3rd party module : The Labrynth of the Dweller, by Dungeoneer's Guild Games for my 5e party. The module is for the 1e AD&D rules, so I'm going thru and updating all the monsters. It's a classic romp through a large monster filled dungeon! I quickly came upon...

As a noob, I would definitely recommend NOT worrying about "builds", and just have a look at the intro blurbs for each class in the Players Handbook- and pick one that looks interesting and fun to play. Same for races. We can all give advice- but YOU are the one who will be playing it. If...

hmm. a. Have to agree with Concentration being too all encompassing. Could be my TSR era heart coming out, but sometimes it just seems arbitrary and even petty. b. non mechanical, BUT: as I experiment with more(sub) classes, 5e's decision to list spells only by level , and class list is...

Exactly, that's what I was talking about. I was out of the loop from the end of 3.5 to several years into 5e, so When I started hearing about the sundering, the spell plague, Azoun dying, etc I was not too pleased. Esp to find out Mystra was murdered AGAIN, and why. So, I decided, like...

My thoughts about the 3E Realms setting book exactly. A very well done book. I ended up collecting a ton of the 3E Realms books. The reason I'm not too interested in the newer stuff, IS the lore. I've grown rather weary and jaded of the world shaking events that always herald a new...

That'll make it more fun to run encounters with these- I can actually describe them to the players! I've come across these before over they years, and the concept was just wicked and nasty enough to add tons of flavor- and really make players despise those enemies who created and used them...

I'm currently attempting to solo play thru the Sword of the Dales trilogy from 2E AD&D. More or less converting it for play with my real group. I've found it needs a bit more work than I expected. One thing I found surprising, and not at all what I have seen in a lot of the old modules I...

While I have a bunch of 5e character sheets, I mostly just use a piece of notebook paper or printer paper- like we always did back in the day. None of these are "for reals" characters- they're mainly for playtests and solo play. I like to write down the important bits of text for all...