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Mannahnin replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.I think this is a fair point. The difference both in scale principally considered and in gamist vs. simulationist priorites. OD&D and... -
Mannahnin replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.They certainly could have, but doing it in 1E would have required ditching the attack matrices in favor of an attack bonus system, and...
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Mannahnin reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with
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And it was fine to change anything you wanted. To me the biggest change - that actually disturbs character advancement - is dropping... -
Read Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton, which is a nice short read because (unlike most things Beaton is known for) it’s...
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Mannahnin replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.And ironically Gary tells us in the 1E DMG that he used descending AC in AD&D "for the sake of continuity and familiarity" (DMG 164)...
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Mannahnin reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I don't think it's a bitter pill at all. One of the key things I like about 1e combat is that it supports reasonably large scale combat...
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Mannahnin reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Yeah but Tolkien's Dwarves could cast spells :unsure:
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Mannahnin reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Oh, this is one I missed- we allowed Dwarven Diviner Wizards (based on a misprint in one version of the 2e PHB), which eventually was...
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Mannahnin reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
2e's ability to fairly easily swipe anything from previous versions of the game without much fuss was certainly peak. It's sad that's...
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Mannahnin reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
TSR was very much a trial-by-fire sort of workplace, where you were challenged quickly and expected to step up and learn multiple jobs...
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Mannahnin reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
In the 80s and 90s there were other companies where you could work full time--West End, GDW, Chaosium, eventually White Wolf, and so on...
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Mannahnin reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters? with Like.
By the book, encumbrance works the same whether you are walking or flying. A character normally carry 15 x strength score, so for a...
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Mannahnin reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters? with Like.
depends on STR of the flier and mass of the one being carried.
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Mannahnin reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters? with Like.
Yes but in accordance to the table's encumbrance rules. I don't usually mix and match encumbrances based on travel mode. So If the...
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Mannahnin replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.Mostly. Rob Kuntz, Jim Ward, and Mike Carr were among those lucky few who got royalty deals before TSR reneged on those or stopped...