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I consider this a "3E / OGL" topic because I think it may be a trend which came about as a result of 3rd Edition and D20. When I recall how we used to play AD&D 1E back in the day, or how I run OD&D now, I would say that the style of game with which I am familiar (and enjoy) could be...

I don't think this poll proves anything of the sort. Your assertion may be partly or even wholly correct, but it isn't supported by the poll which is too flawed to prove anything other than that you can word a poll so poorly as to render it useless. You go from asking what people "mostly" did...

I'd buy reprints for the sake of having extras, and supporting an effort I actually agree with. I wouldn't buy a big, glossy 'premium' edition with WAR art and useless fripperies.

So it's Friday night in Canada and this seal walks into a club.... *rimshot*

Back in the day I played in a megadungeon but never ran one. Nowadays I have a megadungeon set below the city of Jakalla on Tekumel, for Empire of the Petal Throne (OD&D with Barker's house rules, basically). The dungeon is designed as a series of discrete locations linked by various means. So...

"Hypersensitive"? No, I just don't like bullshoot. "Nostalgia" means "The thing you like objectively sucks and you're irrational." But hey, if you like being insulted I'm not going to stop you.

The problem is, what Hussar said was that 3% played in megadungeons and 97% didn't. I could do that, too. Here's a poll: Do you still beat your wife () Yes () No With that poll I can prove that 100% of EN Worlders beat their wives.

Ouch! That sucks, man. I'm sorry to hear it. Hopefully they didn't accuse you of "nostalgia". :(

I don't see how you can draw any conclusion of the sort from such a poorly-worded poll. :confused: You're asking what people "mostly" played. And it's a single choice poll. I played in a megadungeon campaign, and also in some serial games.

I like it too and always use it. My idea is that the players will try to do whatever it is that they get the most XP for. So if it's for treasure, they will take risks and go to great lengths to get treasure. Which fits my conception of what adventuring is about. On the other hand, if all or...

Yes. I heard stories of a truly great sounding one (so large that it contained whole kingdoms), and I played in one of smaller scope (a reverse dungeon... or perhaps an obverse dungeon actually... we started the campaign trapped in the dungeon and had to fight our way out over numerous levels...

I don't know where the 10th level thing came from... maybe someone else's example. The campaign I played in was at level 4 or 5 when I dropped. My elven ranger needed a 10 to hit this pirate... which was the number I almost always needed to hit everything at every level.

If anybody in the party approaches the 7th level naked guy as if he's an ineffective combatant, I hope that guy has a blank character sheet handy. As far as being good at dodging blows... sure, they're great at dodging blows. An AC 9 guy standing next to a veteran warrior still gets missed by...

When I said -3 or -4 I was referring to Dex bonuses in AD&D... so that pirate would turn out to be AC 6 or AC 5, which are the equivalent of AC 14 or AC 15 in 3E/4E.

Traveller works great for this sort of thing. I'm talking here about Classic Traveller, because that's the edition I know. One thing that is interesting about Traveller, and a nice change of pace, is that Traveller is not a "bildungsroman". You don't start as an 18 year old kid out to make your...

I think KamikazeMidget and ByronD in particular have both had some good responses so far. I also prefer that the numbers reflect the semantic content of the world, rather than being wholly independent of the "skin" the DM chooses to apply. I think what is said about the NPCs and monsters has...

When I tried 4e (several sessions of a campaign, not just one session... and the DM was very nice and I liked my character, etc.) I found out that the problems I thought I would have with the game were not the problems I actually did have with it, or at least they didn't bother me as much as the...

Is "ninja" a class, or a character background? I think any of the three classes could be a "stealthy assassin". Alternatively, the ninja could be an NPC/monster. It's not like they would really adventure with a bunch of samurai anyway, would they?

I'm really looking forward to Ruins & Ronin. That looks incredibly cool.

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