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You have an exceptionally stubborn group. I will note that up until your "TPK" the group was enjoying Dragonbane, and I do feel it shares a lot of DNA with D&D and fixes and simplifies the wonky stuff (AC, etc). (Still think a good revenge campaign could work after that loss). Is the main...

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Reynard, when you say in your OP... ...You lead people to believe that using die rolls and the rules aren't allowed. Your original thought experiment post is misleading. You've since clarified, but you shouldn't be surprised by people's reactions based on your initial description.

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Good point -- I'm looking at most of the DB spells, and they are going to pretty standard 10m, 20m, 30m increments. These translate easily to 5sq, 10sq and 15sq on the map. Easiest to just go with these flat distances to true up with other DB spells. On another note, I'm finding it pretty easy...

Thanks Retreater, those are great tips. I went through today and did a spreadsheet and mapped all the spells as best I could to the D&D spells/schools - think I'll use the D&D schools (abjuration, evocation, etc) and replace Animism, Elementalism, Mentalism. it should work pretty well with the...

Yeah, looking forward to that book from Freeleague! I'd like to keep to the schools of magic model but adapt it a bit more to Greyhawk (and the many published modules), so I think the schools will work pretty well. There's already a lot of spells that carry over and I am sure I can adapt them. I...

Actually in looking at it more closely, it seems I'd need to map the more basic schools of magic rather than worry about class. Abjuration Prevents or reverses harmful effects Conjuration Transports creatures or objects Divination Reveals information Enchantment Influences minds...

I'm thinking 5e here, but really any edition. My initial thought is that tbe schools would need to be changed to Bardic, Druidic (Animism), Divine, Sorcery, Wizardry and Summoning (Warlock), and then use Dragonbane examples to alter the original spell effects. Everything else about the...

Question: if one wanted to use D&D spells, as in run a Greyhawk game with all of Mordenkainen and Tenser's spells available, how would you adapt them to Dragonbane?

Logan’s Run would make for a pretty cool setting. Oddly, Stranger Things could actually be a pretty fun rpg, with a meta d&d theme going to boot.

My suggestion - take it or leave it - would be to stick with Dragonbane but offer a clear path to redemption and victory to the party. Perhaps a new item or piece of information about a secret weakness of Koth they could use to plot his downfall. Let them work toward it slowly but offer a clear...

It’s a tricky one. I played a one shot Traveller session I really liked, MERP was in there and Rolemaster not long after. Started with blue box D&D but switched to AD&D pretty early. I do think the Traveller session was first as we were also playing GEV/Ogre and Star Fleet Battles around this...

Agreed - we ran an RQ campaign for 3 years, and a Cthulhu game for 2. Players learn when to engage and when to avoid combat. They learn the healing routine, and combat is tense and exciting. I also don't know what style of play you like has to do with respect.

Quite awhile ago, we played the Classic Fantasy supplement for BRP and were surprised how much it felt like an old school AD&D game. The thing I remember was HP = CON+SIZ which was enough to make you feel a bit less fragile. I think Dragonbane may even work better, but I need to do some work to...

Strangely enough we’re getting ready to use Dragonbane to run some 1e AD&D modules. I think a beginning Dragonbane character is actually tougher than a Level 1 AD&D character. 5e really has upped the power scale.

I am reminded of A3 and A4.

A chance to catch Koth unawares could make for some sweet revenge.

Hard agree.

The Last Caravan looks very intriguing and sorta ties to a game I'm running. Goin to snag this.