Recent content by Koloth

It was for me. Kept most of the RPG stuff but boxes of magazines kept for many years found the recycle bin. Several shelves of non-RPG books got donated to the local Friends of the Library sale. Hundreds of VHS tapes also got culled. Mostly Star Trek stuff. I had binge watched them a few...

For a real life example of a fighting man that had many other skills, consider the Roman Legionnaire. Pretty much defines the basic D&D fighter. Sword, shield, armor, helmet. Kills things. Pillages the result. But when the legion wasn't fighting, it was the empire's engineering corp...

Probably not a good person to respond. I still have my white box D&D and black box Traveller sets. But even if you don't run them, there is a possibility that some talented GM that is financially challenged would be happy to run a group using those or other books. Sometimes as source...

Based on the clarification, still believe it is NOT railroading. Spell slot didn't work as the material component was missing. Chance for investigation into how the fork was stolen? Did any of the players think of trying Dismissal? After all, while on the Feawild, the party ARE extraplanar...

Nothing says you can't do both. A brief 'just the facts' recap and a more verbose story telling. Link to a long abandoned campaign blog from 2007ish : Greyhawk's Cauldron IIRC - 3 folks contributed to that one. Other things like next game time and food plans were handled via a separate...

IMO - Question 1 - No, the party had at least two options - A - help the locals deal with the Winter Court takeover. B - Wish themselves out of there. I suppose there was - C - Join forces with the Winter Court and split the spoils. Just because the first thing the party tried failed isn't...

IMO - session write ups should include The RL date of the game session and the in game start date and end date a brief recap of the session's events notable things lost, destroyed or used up notable things found and who in the party has them. XP, character build points or similar awards...

A bit into senior status. On average, smaller dogs tend to live longer then large ones. Check with the vet on ideal weight. A lot of older dogs are too fat. Nothing wrong with breaking a dog treat into 2 or more pieces and using 1 piece as the treat. Dogs seem less concerned with the size...

Absolutely, D&D borrowed heavily from many sources, including Tolkien. But fair to say that many folk's first contact with elves, dwarves, hobbits/halflings, orc, dragons, many of the deities and monsters were from playing D&D, not the earlier source/inspirational material. Considering that...

Classes - Traveller, by comparison, allowed characters to learn and do about anything. Your initial pick of Service Branch influenced your initial skill set but once you began your Travelling life, any character could learn any skill, if the physical stats were good enough. D&D classes really...

Puppy or adult? If adult, he already has an established pattern for life. Up to you to figure it out and try to modify to fit your home and life style. If puppy, YOU are now mommy and have to teach him how to be a member of the pack. 2nd the idea that at least at first, you, or mom, will...

Depends on the game. Recent Fantasy type RPGs often turn into the discussions about the 5 minute day. Traveller is generally more about how many days have passed as characters track progress on the next skill increase. When jumps take a week, there is a lot of down time for self improvement...

Pretty sure that D&D was the first purchase but Traveller would have been a close second. But is it possible that the black box was bought before the white one. Enough years ago that I am not sure. Played plenty of both in college.

Realistic Minimus 7 speakers - 1 pair is primary computer speakers, 2nd pair - rear speakers on surround setup, 3 pair - speakers in shop. First two pairs were purchased in the 80s. Last pair a couple years ago from a local Habitat for Humanity thrift store. Realistic subwoofer from the 90's -...