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IME those of us who were wargamers first (counters and hexes) we had the idea "anything not specifically forbidden is permitted," that was the great attraction of RPGs to us. You mean I can try almost anything! To pull in another thread/recollection. I did find D&D magic much less mysterious...

Similar to apoptosis, I started in 1976-77 with OD&D and just assumed some base knowledge as described. And like you both, we also let anyone try to be stealthy or climb, we just assumed thieves could do it with all sorts of things working against them (like still carrying all their gear). Of...

Was this after figuring in pay for the army, fortifications, ship building, cathedrals, etc.? Actual medieval nobility were often strapped for cash to pay for all their ventures. Sure they lived high on the hog, but paying for wars and fortifications and navies really eats that away. A...

The market should be clean and well lit, unless speicalizing in necromantic items. Customers should be greeted promptly and offered a non-magical beverage. Employees should not be offended if the customer asks them to take the first sip. All items are sold as is, without any warranties or...

I can't see it working like armor would on a person. You need a certain minumum thickness to help stop a dagger thrust etc. On a small creature it just becomes too encumbering. Now if it is thinner it will still provide some protection agianst threats at the wolverine's level, badgers, rats...

In case you wish to provide tehm with a nutriotionally balanced diet appropriate to their social status: http://www.keskiaika.org/kirjasto/food/theories.htm http://www.godecookery.com/feastpre/feastpre.htm...

I've seen this a lot. I guess it depends on what you mean by "unique." If it is in personality and role-play how does that differ from any other role-playing game where you can play them differently. How does 1eAD&D let me make a Fighter that has some stealth and/or can climb, you know...

Quote: That's the beauty of Traveller actually... it can be practically whatever you want it to be. Wanted to fix that for both of you. :) Just drop the spaceships, advanced weapons and world generation. Since there seems to be no real "level progression," no real need for class based...

Check out TFT, a different feel from D&D. Basically casting a spell uses up a "hit point" so as you cast spells you get weaker. In D&D you might require some skill check (I don't know the 3e skills/feats so may be using the wrong term) failure means the sepll works but lose 1 HP per level of...

IME SOP is my preferred way as DM and player. To me it's part of the training of being a thief and I hate the game of gotcha. I do take out of the SOP actions (besides checking for traps) that requiring touching something, like listen at door, pick lock, etc., and have the player tell me if...

My experience as well. And IIRC, the item needs to save against fireball and such only if you fail your save. The thing that broke alot were flasks of oil, remember those, since they were designed to break it was hard to argue against them breaking if you fell down a pit. Same here on hiring...

Tracked in wilderness/dungeon settings. I track encumbarance so it's more a matter fo how much they can carry. I pretty much assume they each carry a half liter of water on them, just in case they fall down a trap etc. (I also assume they do alot of other survival oriented things like always...

Spoilers, in case players wander in text is in black, rather long but combines a few homemade and commercial adventures. Fairly edition neutral but based on low magic world, relatively speaking. Not checked for spelling. (1) The Caverns of Thracia My favorite module of all time. Good...

Forget the +1 sword, what magic item did you find to stop time? I'm amazed you could get so much game time in.

Not at all. Yet if that is an implicit rules assumption it can certainly wreck your setting.

Juries still out on this one for me. Now we are all 40+ our lives have settled into more of a routine and work wise we are all now the boss, or effectively so, so we have much better control over over our schedules. So far we've been very consitent and predictable, we schedule these things and...

Same here, we ditched xp for gold, or I should say never used it. Which most likely largely eliminated the need to soak up gold in training costs. And we also gave xp for getting past monsters etc. by guile, stealth, parley etc., so the lack of gold xp was not as much of a problem in xp or...

Actually I think the 1e DMG, at least my copy, is saying exactly that you can't gain anymore experience points once you have points to put you into the next level until you train. I'll quote the section, which appears as ALL CAPS in the original, I assume for emphasis: "ONCE A CHARACTER HAS...

My dad got me into wargames around 1974-75. Sometime in 1976 a friend of mine was talking about this game (D&D it was) his brother was playing at college. I got introduced to his older brother, who after a while of being "forced" to hang out with some junior high kids (well, really he was...

Check out the links I posted, I'm sure with some looking around you'll find the information you're looking for as there are several sites out there with much information on TFT:ITL.