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Some suggestions: Change the background color to white. Change your text typeface to one designed for text, e.g. Galliard, Garamond, Goudy Old Style, Book Antiqua, etc. Papyrus is fine for a header typeface, after all it was used to great effect in Dark Sun. However, it will remind a lot of...

I started with the one true game (OD&D 1974) in 1977 but quickly added the supplements. And then the AD&D MM in early '78 and then the AD&D PHB in August '78.

1977. 15 years old. Started with the OD&D white box. I first heard of RPGs in 1976 but my same-age friends had no interest. In 1977 I joined a Science Fiction club at a nearby university and made some new friends who turned me on to D&D. For the life of me I cannot remember the RPG I...

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No issues with RAW.

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Back in the OD&D days I think every referee I knew had a "lost world" somewhere in their campaign. And almost everyone I knew had watched King Kong and read various yarns by Edgar Rice Burroughs — Pellucidar comes to mind. In fact, I think the players expected to eventually to find a lost...

IIRC the earlier version was an RPGA module by Frank Mentzer. I remember playing a paladin through it and it was a good and fun AD&D module. But I wouldn't pay $40.00 for it. *Edit* Yes, on the Acaeum (http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/r.html) the RPGA version R3 is listed. But boy...

Same here.

Shields give partial cover bonuses In Grymwurld™ I allow shields to grant a cover bonus to AC and Ref saves based on the size of the shield. Of course the shield might survive only one firery breath attack but that's besides the point….

In Grymwurld™ Orcs are always evil In Grymwurld™ Orcs are always evil. The women and children also fight as they are able or run away when they can't. Sure it's old school but that's the way I like it. The intra-party conflict arises when the paladin wants to put the Orcs to the sword...

I’ve thought about this some more and remembered that in High School sometimes I snuck in some wild and wooly anything goes stuff. I created cat-folk, lion-folk, dinosaur-folk, and winged humans as PCs. One time someone found a light saber in a hoarde. And one time a time-cop came to their...

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the shark.

Dolphins. So long and thanks for all the fish. :cool:

For the most part I agree with you which is why I believe that TSR's Historical Campaign Sourcebooks stand head and shoulders above the rest. GURPS's Celt book bore as much resemblance to history as the WoD books in my opinion. Inspirational? Absolutely. Accurate? Nope. On a related note...

Constantinople by Night for Vampire: The Dark Age The Dragon and the Bear: The Novgorod Tribunal for Ars Magica Tribunals of Hermes: Iberia for Ars Magica Blood and Sand: The Levant Tribunal for Ars Magica Ultima Thule: Mythic Scandinavia for Ars Magica Just off the top of my head. There are...

These types of rants (and most of us have had players like this) goes into the General forum. You'll find a lot of rants there and a lot of good advice which usually boils down to "talk to the player outside of the game."

Encouraging player creativity is a good thing. Consider the following options: Diplomatic Wizard: Skill Focus (Diplomacy), max cross-class ranks in Diplomacy, headband of charisma, and repeated castings of Eagle's Splendour. Stealthy fighter: (with DM's permission) swaps out heavy armour and...

As a matter of fact I ran that for one of my games back in the day and it was a nice break. But all of us knew going into it that it was going to be silly. Unlike the surprise cartoon attack in my example.

Were these linden shields? http://www.regia.org/shields.htm