Recent content by scruffygrognard

I backed the JG Kickstarter and got nothing, except for grief, for my money.

Thank you! I can't wait.

From one D&D-playing Chris Perkins (who's also retiring this year) to another, I wish him all of the best in his future endeavors! He was an awesome ambassador of the game during his time at WotC.

Hi, I've been playing D&D since 1981 and have a nostalgic love for BX and AD&D but would never play them again. In order to "update" them, I came up with my AD&D3e rules and a d20 take on BX (with some advanced options tacked on in the appendices). The rules are a mix of 3e, Castles &...

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Never tried it. I'm from NYC, so it's considered to be sacrilegious to do so. Still, I can imagine it working with prosciutto, shaved parmesan cheese, arugula on a pizza that's drizzled with balsamic reduction (if the pineapple is grilled beforehand). I can't see if working with a typical...

DOPPLEGANGERS: These are creatures with mutable form, able to shape themselves into the double of any person that they can observe. Dopplegangers are subject to neither Sleep nor Charm spells. They are also magic-resistant, saving against all forms of magical attack as if they were 10th level...

That's a tall order for OD&D. Maybe something like: 9th level doppleganger wizard. Level adjusted due to doppleganger abilities. 9th level hairy hill giant druid. Level adjusted due to giant abilities. 13th level human fighter with two 6-shooters, like Murlynd in Gary's Greyhawk game. 13th...

Barbarians of Lemuria is a good, rules-lite game. Everywhen is a generic, multi-genre take on BoL.

I like the idea the Hit Dice pools as a being form of "resource management" that extends the adventuring day and makes the party less reliant on having a dedicated healer. Long rests would replenish the Hit Dice pool completely (rather than only 1/2 of the expended Hit Dice). I'm sure the end...

It would depend on the circumstances but I'm guessing 2 to 3 short rests per day, so long as there is a safe area to do so.

The actual rules for Long Rests are actually more restrictive than my houserules. According to the rules, an hour of strenuous activity during a Long Rest requires characters to restart the Long Rest from the beginning. In my houserules, characters can simply make up that hour of interrupted...

It makes Short Rests much more important, allowing for non-magical healing and the recovery of exhaustion. At the same time, Long Rests simply reset the Hit Dice pool that players spent during Short Rests and reduce exhaustion better than they did before. The change also allows for...

I'm thinking of running a 5E game in Greyhawk but want to houserule Long Rests as follows: A Long Rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps or performs light activity: reading, talking, eating, or standing watch for no more than 2 hours. If...

Attacked pirate ship... and lost.