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Yeah I think Bill Gate's being one of the richest people in the world really helped there. :) The difference is, from my recollection, that it was not like that wargamers called RPGers grognards in derision and now RPGers are proud of the term, but the other way around. Not that I care much...

Sounds similar to Classic Traveller descriptions of how to use various social skills, Carousing vs. Diplomacy vs. Steward vs. Administration vs. Bribery etc. There is even a classic Traveller adventure from the Dragon, "Stranded on Arden", I think, that was all about which social skill you used...

:lol: Odd thing is, and my old brain may be failing, I thought grognard was once a term RPG player's used in derision to describe wargamers who would knock the RPG hobby? Now it seems to be some self-adopted badge of honor.

Currently, you can advance at the end of a session (I calculate xp at the end of every session) so sometimes multiple times in a big dungeon. Afterwards I require some training if you went up more than one level, to have what you learn "stick." You don't need a trainer, but having one helps...

As a DM I demand to be questioned! Do you have enough chips? Can I get you another beer? These are questions a good player should learn to ask. ;) I never mind being questioned as so far I only game with people I feel I can call friends or who come highly recommend as reasonable folk by...

I can see that. When we first ran a commerical TSR module (G1), I think the general consensus of ouor group was that it had a whopping lot of treasure. Our DM had actually cut it down drastically, yet we thought we got a huge haul (or monty haul). It was only after the fact did we see how...

I'll try to drop by this weekend as well, I can probably easily get up to $200 or so, and I do like those "Camp Pandemonium" t-shirts, one for everyone in the group. :) I'd also hate to lose another specialty book and game store because of short term cash flow problems.

I think this goes to show the real variation in how AD&D was played, and I'm assuming T.Foster and others are talking from experience from when it first came out. I don't recall if training was in OD&D but when we went over to AD&D we didn't use training and all the groups we knew of, except...

I think that is a perfectly legitmate way of viewing hit points. Even if your not hit, muscles get pulled, bruises, scrapes, minor lacerations, etc. start adding up and slowing you down. This stuff represents "injury" maybe not deep wounds but "damage" that needs time to heal none the less...

"D&D Only" Pedigree 1976-1978 OD&D (and sporadically thereafter) 1977-1984 AD&D (started with integration of the MM and just kept going) 1985-present Highly House-Ruled / Bastard Child of "D&D" 2006-present learning about BD&D and 3.xe but not playing these editions Edit: To Include...

Based on “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” I'd have to vote that it is at least necessary.

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Don't spice them up much, more of a take on their origins. Ogres IMC are mutant orcs, about 1 in 100 orcs grow to be an ogre. They start off as normal orcs but quickly their strength and dim-wittedness flag them as potential ogres. Around orc puberty (9) they really start to grow to full ogre...

Same here. I also provide a history and geneaology as it were. All very non-published stuff since I came up with it before anything was published. I generally only use three types, Earth, Frost and Fire Giants. Earth Ginats being a mutant offshoot of neanderthals, and Frost and Fire giants...

I use a reputation system where players get points for deeds based on public knowledge and perception of them. A few points also figure in if your lugging around loks of magic weapons and such (I've a fairly low magic setting). Some of the answers depend if you are famous or infamous. As...

I agree as well. And would also add the cinematic and real world stab in the back by a trusted associate. A dagger stab between the collar bones should take almost any human down. It sounds similar to what I do. In addition to "HP", player's get Critical Damage Point (CDP). CDP are...

Two abit farther afield... Larry Niven's "The Magic Goes Away" series. The first story coming out around 1969 IIRC and the first novel a bit later. Harry Turtledove's "Videsos" Series. Of course much later in the influence chain. Although not a RPG per se, the campaign aspect of Squad Leader...

A very convenient analogy...and the one used throughout history to justify genocide. X aren't people they are [insert your favorite reason why they are inferior creatures needing destruction]. Or if we don't kill the children of X they will just grow up to kill us. Unless a sapient creature...

It depends on what "registering evil" means in your campaign. Does it mean they have a predisposition to evil, have committed evil acts, are there degrees of evil such that at some point one is beyond redemption? As another said, the Paladin's religion should have figured this out long ago...

I'd like to see how that turns out as well. Will details be posted anywhere?