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John Quixote reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with
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For me the biggest misconception is that dungeon crawls are focussing on the combat pillar of gameplay. For me exploration is the main... -
John Quixote reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with
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I'd have to say that sounds like a really sad summary. - Broadly, exploration: A good dungeon crawl is an exercise in exploring new... -
I think that's perfectly reasonable and would explain a otherwise conceptual problem in the game which is that if cure light wounds was...
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Morphine and a Red Bull!
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John Quixote replied to the thread Hit points as luck.I like to conceptualize cure light wounds as curing wounds to both body and soul. The spell both heals bruises with divine magic and...
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John Quixote reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General [OSR] Holmes 77 Retro-Clone with Like.
Yeah, even at the time, the Holmes rules weren't particularly well-loved. I suspect that wanting to bring it back is a nostalgia thing...
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John Quixote replied to the thread D&D General [OSR] Holmes 77 Retro-Clone.I remember these clones from back when. And the drama. But it's understandable to me that a Holmes clone won't usually get a lot of...
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John Quixote reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Does Your Game Have Random Encounters? with Like.
The poll and question seems to be asking two unconnected questions. Scripted assumes both tightly balanced and predetermined vs...
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John Quixote reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread OSR What's more important for a retroclone? with Like.
To me, a retroclone is defined by copying the rules of an older game as closely as possible. Like Old-School Essentials. There are...
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John Quixote replied to the thread Other D&D Variant Basic Fantasy - Anybody here regularly play it? Why yes, why not?.I just use the Rules Cyclopedia, but the BFRPG "0-Level Spells" supplement is among the house rules I patch in.
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John Quixote posted the thread OD&D Designing Spell Cards in D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants.▯
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John Quixote replied to the thread AD&D 1E Atheist cleric situation....▯
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John Quixote reacted to Brendan Byrd's post in the thread AD&D 1E Atheist cleric situation... with Like.
...Or a Diety/Power/Immortal of Philosophy quietly grants specific Atheists higher level spells...😉 ...Or a Diety/Power/Immortal of...
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John Quixote replied to the thread AD&D 1E Atheist cleric situation....▯
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John Quixote replied to the thread D&D General Keying and how we all do it?.▯
