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Erol Otus is my absolute favorite D&D artist. I love Jeff Dee, Trampier, and Sutherland III as well, but there is something about Otus that defines D&D for me visually. The otherworldly feel of his work helps with immersion and his pieces are so evocative. He will be at NTRPGCon in Texas at...

Myst enters the side tunnel and makes his way to where Bosco stands looking to his right. He peers around the corner without stepping out of the side tunnel, trying to get a look at what Bosco is seeing.

Myst moves along behind Bosco at enough distance to let the halfling work. He stops at the entrance to the side tunnel and holds the torch aloft, letting it shed the requested light into the passage.

Myst picks up the torch and follows along behind Muzdim, ready to toss the torch aside and grab for his mace at the first sign of trouble.

I'll second what Frank said. Pick up Stonehell. It's a fantastic book! Huge megadungeon done in a very interesting and specific style. I love that book. It's done by the same author as the Dungeon Alphabet book from a few years back published by Goodman Games. As for Lich Dungeon and the...

"We are already in the well, Antares, no one wants to climb back out to go speak to the local law enforcers," Myst says, trying to ensure his voice carries back up to the elf without having to yell. "Anna is my priority now. I have no idea if she is down here but the sooner we find her, the...

I just discovered we've had a RG thread all this time. For some reason, I wasn't aware that it was out there. I have posted Myst in that thread. As for what he is carrying with him right now as he descends into the well, I am assuming that he is wearing his armor and shield, has his mace...

Mysthyr Aran Race: Human Class: Cleric of Pelor Level: 1 XP: 100 (1,500 needed for next level) Align: NG HP: 5 AC: 4 (Chain & Shield) STR 9 (1-2 open doors, +5 carry mod.) DEX 10 (+0 missile weapon to hit mod., +0 AC) CON 9 (75% Raise Dead survival) INT 7 (0 max. addl. lang.) WIS 13 (+5% xp...

Myst waits until Muzdim is clear of the rope and then grabs hold himself and starts climbing down.

Myst hands his lit torch to Bosco to throw down into the well. "Let's find something to attach that rope to," Myst says. The cleric takes the rope from Bosco and looks around the room for something sturdy to tie the rope off to, something within ten feet of the well so that there is enough...

"No rope here," Myst says, looking around at his companions. "Anyone else have any? I would say that we definitely need to get into that well and see what's down there." He looks again into the dark well, fingering his holy symbol and saying a quiet prayer to Pelor asking for protection in...

The whole frequency and amount of XP awards, particularly as it relates to the published modules, in 1e is a very interesting topic and probably deserves its own thread. On Dragonsfoot, someone did a calculation for how much XP is there for the taking in the G1, G2 and G3 modules. In G1, it...

I was off because I had forgotten that orcs were CR 1/2 instead of CR 1. So 3e orcs are worth 150 XP to a level 1-3 PC instead of 300. In 1e they are worth 20 XP on the top end. One orc fighting a lone level 1 3e PC might kill him and would be a difficult encounter. The same can be said of a...

You are absolutely right, Merric. But there is encouragement in 3e to offer xp awards for completing story goals or for defeating traps or for good role-playing. Some published 3e modules have story awards built in. Of course, some 1e DMs might give xp for these sorts of things too. In fact...

That and the fact that many DMs probably ignored xp for treasure. I remember many a DM telling our group, "Gold and magic items are their own rewards". Those guys didn't award xp for treasure. If you are only getting xp for monsters defeated in 1e, leveling is REALLY slow. Other DMs might...

Hey, we agreed earlier on the 1e DMG being one of the best RPG books ever written... ;)

Celebrim - Regarding the "norm", I think you hit the nail on the head. "Games as they ought to be in my opinion" is probably the most fitting. That is the basis for much of what has been said in this thread, at least what I have said in my portion of the discussion. I'm taking pains not to...

Chalice- I didn't take anything you said as an attempt to war with me. :) And I do know that in the 3e books there is advice to make the game your own, use the rules as guidelines, etc. I also know that they make mention of not rolling for everything if role-playing or the like will suffice...

Celebrim - Yes, I had my CRs for orcs and skeletons messed up but I do understand how CRs and ELs work in 3e. It has been awhile since I have run 3e and thus had forgotten about the low level monsters having fractions of CR1. Orcs are a 1/2 CR creature and skeletons are a 1/3 CR. But my...

I'm sure many people were doing this with monsters in 1e and 2e, adding class levels and ability scores and the like. And I know that this is one of the reasons many really liked 3e because it advocated doing so. But this works just as well in 1e. You can also modify monsters by adding hit...