yeah, iirc, another of the rules dealt with interruptions in training. meaning you had to start all over again. you trained the whole time.
so no "I go to the market and buy a pig" until you were done.
yeah, make sure you have interacts with the mentor.
finding one of appropriate level to train you, negioating why he should and the costs, potentially adding hooks for further adventures, and so on
if i recall correctly it was your rating (1-4) = # of weeks you needed to train with a mentor
cost was 1500gp per week * your current level
it wasn't cheap. but it was meant to be adjusted for the campaign. some referees were stingier than others so the costs came down. others were more monty...
if you have a fondue pot.
you could do a (black) Chocolate pudding monster. dip stuff into the chocolate like mushrooms, strawberries, and such
or a cheese (ochre) jelly. dip bread and such into the melted cheese
rothe (ox) tail stew
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We serve the rothetails with the bone-in, though if you want you can easily remove the bones from the meat before serving.
Ingredients
3 lbs rothetails with separated joints
Salt and pepper...
back a few years now. at the end of one session the group recovered some owl bear eggs. one of the eggs was unfertilized.
so for next session we had an omelet party.
the pcs ate the unfertilized owlbear egg and their players ate unfertilized chicken ones. ;)
next to last session the party...
and superheroes much like dragons were usually limited per side. ;)
it falls under the point value system in later wargames for "buying" your side.
my point started about races being included. they are in D&D from Chainmail. chainmail may have used them from LotR or the Hobbit. but that is for...
yeah back in my school days we gamed 3-4hr per session; 5 sessions per week; 50 weeks per year; for just shy of 11 years.
and starting in 1999 we gamed pretty much every 2 weeks. but
nowadays it is when we can. so it is down to about once a month.
hee hee. we have this problem at work. not the issue of time. the issue is floor number.
there was a decree basically that said no building could be taller than 8 stories. it was based on the original layout in 1951. so the first building was at street level. all the buildings since have been...
i've used minis since the beginning. but that just means pulling them from my wargames for use.
way back we used protractors, tape measures, string, and rulers.
since 1999 or so i've been using battle mats
nothing besides D&D at home.
but i have played a few games at conventions this past year.
Cineplexity
Heroes Unlimited (made a PC but didn't play it)
Trivial Pursuit
Last Night on Earth
Mutants & Masterminds
Carcassone
Savage Worlds
Geist
Red Box Hack
Munchkin
Paranoia using Dread mechanics...
really though that is not a fault of LotR.
it is a fault of the wargame origins. Chainmail in particular.
same with alignment.
it is sides in a battle.
humans can be any side
elf vs orc
dwarf vs goblin
gnome vs kobold
which get carried over into the write ups for the races in the monster books.