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  1. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    Don't you worry: before we complete depart this area, we will explore an alternate timeline in which we retain our rod and then waggle our wand in front of Arno and Pazuzu. But first.... --- 210 We stare wide-eyed as "a horrible apparition emerges from the statue." The corrupt paladins'...
  2. Joshua Randall

    What’s OLD Is NEW links to some other game

    https://www.woinrpg.com/ Pretty sure that is not EN Publishing’s tabletop RPG. :ROFLMAO: (From the top menu, EN Publishing then What’s OLD is NEW.)
  3. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    Commentary: Almost all of the worshippers wear "the scarlet crossed logs of Blessed Dyan on a surcoat over full battle armor, some of which glows with the dweomers of various enchantments." Why would the paladins wear full battle armor to a prayer service? That'd be super uncomfortable...
  4. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    [If we get a result less than 17 here, we blunder into the wall of the secret passag and must flee before learning anything from the cathedral visit. Which is not only super lame, but also creates some continuity problems down the line as the gamebook will assume that if we made it out of the...
  5. Joshua Randall

    Let's play Bloodsword, book 3/5

    Ah yes, the well known wisdom then when lost, follow the large primate and it will never lead you astray. Also, absolutely keep your backpack full in gamebooks! There will inevitably be some section where you lose a random item from your pack, and this way you can buffer your valuable items...
  6. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    108 Garn leads us to a corner of the cathedral, then into a dark alley, past some empty barrels and rubbish, and to a small barred window at street level. Dalris marvels at the window, whose “bars and glass are mere stage props to confuse common thieves and divert their attention from the...
  7. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    Commentary: We say that if something happens to us and we can’t reclaim the item, Garn must ensure it is returned to Archdruid Perth. I’m not sure how that is going to help. As long as the protective charges last, Perth can’t safely handle our wand any more than Thayne could. I guess Perth...
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  9. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    81 Between gamebook logic and Rufyl’s telepathic eavesdropping, we sense that Garn is completely honest. We tell him we will let him touch the item under our cloak — HIDE. Hide the item under our cloak. But he has to agree to defend it with his life. “It belongs to the Kandian people and it may...
  10. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    You're forgetting that we practice safe sceptre-ing and have wrapped our package in skin.
  11. Joshua Randall

    Dice with character...when is using them cheating?

    It’s likely that the VTT’s pRNG is more random than your physical dice. The human mind can’t grok true randomness.
  12. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    Commentary: …"[the sceptre's] dweomer is likely to broadcast our presence to any paladin there." The paladins can sense the dweomer of the sceptre if and only if one of them has the Detect Magic spell up and is looking in our direction. If the sceptre “broadcasts” its dweomer like a radio...
  13. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    161 Before we go, Garn reminds us that he was able to use Detect Magic to sense the size of our -- sorry. The "powerful aura" of something we carry. We lie and say he must be detecting our Deeppockets cloak plus the components and spellbooks we carry. Garn shakes his head and says that he's...
  14. Joshua Randall

    [AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)

    That fits. Although I think the story is a Rorschach Test that we interpret according to our own beliefs. For an U.S.American audience the Kandians could be Native (North) Americans; and the church could be various U.S.American anti-Catholic fears. Or disestablishmentarianism in general. (And...
  15. Joshua Randall

    Dice etiquette, rules, and superstitions

    I have d4s shaped like d12s (they are numbered 1-4, 3X). What I used for my 4e rogue. The actual d4s are placed in their own box, ready to be scattered near my front door when the looting starts.
  16. Joshua Randall

    D&D 5E (2014) 2024 D&D is 2014 D&D with 4E sprinkled on top

    I just noticed that AFAICT, by RAW a character in 5e can never long jump more than 20 feet (STR capped at 20, right?) The real human world record is close to 30 feet. Whatever, 5e.
  17. Joshua Randall

    D&D 5E (2014) 2024 D&D is 2014 D&D with 4E sprinkled on top

    Are we now going to assert that Conan is a totally normal dude who could’ve existed in our real-world Earth, and that Conan never transcended human limits in any way? Because that is LUDICROUS.
  18. Joshua Randall

    D&D 5E (2014) 2024 D&D is 2014 D&D with 4E sprinkled on top

    I don’t care about the in-fiction reason, because I am playing a game, not reading a novel. And yes, I know this is probably an irreconcilable difference in outlook.
  19. Joshua Randall

    D&D 5E (2014) 2024 D&D is 2014 D&D with 4E sprinkled on top

    The ones who are controlled by players. The others, nope.
  20. Joshua Randall

    D&D 4E ChatGPT vs 4e!

    Hahaha! That has all the authenticity of a hostage video.
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