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SpyLite (915) Microlite20 Zombie: ?

Yeah but there is no shocking grasp spell in B/X, just in AD&D where they have a whole section of DMG rules on casting in melee.

I think you are missing some big points on the page 65's SPELL CASTING DURING MELEE section and page 70's motionless opponent rules. "It can thus be understood that spell casting during a melee can be a tricky business, for a mere shove at any time can spoil the dweomer! Any spell can be...

Is there otherwise a way to cast and attack in the same round in B/X that this would prevent? Your interpretation is you are not fighting if someone is attacking you and you cast a cause light wounds spell to attack them back with it? :) Interpreting it as not being engaged in melee does cause...

This was probably the best bang for the buck gaming purchase I made, $25 for 250 issues. I still use it today, searching across issues to look up specific stuff like Greenwood's Down to Earth Divinities article on creating the pantheons for FR is fantastic.

I don't mind electronic versions. :) I had never heard of this. Are the PDFs still around?

That is the way 2e does it using their d10 initiative, roll a d10, add modifiers for individual actions (casting time, weapon speed) lowest goes first (with special things like multiple fighter attacks going at the start and end around the initiative numbers). I know that is the case in Moldvay...

Talking about spellcasting and initiative in another thread got me thinking about how much of a threat attacks to spellcasting have changed since 1e. 1e has 10 segment rounds and casting time in segments. Usually one segment per spell level (with power words only taking 1 segment, and oddball...

I am not sure on that, weapon speed, like casting time segments can easily push that to over 10 segments. Daggers and jo sticks are the quickest weapons at speed factors of 2 (and a fist has a speed factor of 1 for monks) and could always go within the 10 segments if it worked that way. Short...

Dragon had a couple like that. In the 3e era I remember a Shanara article as well. And AD&D Dragon had things like the Heroes of the Earth series for adapting stuff from novels and folklore.

I think the 1e Conan D&D books would be there, 2 Conan modules, 1 Red Sonja one. I have the two AD&D Conan modules and they are 32 page adventures with a little setting info. And Schwarzenegger on the covers. If you count the non-D&D TSR Conan game stuff it gets bigger though with its own...

It is pretty explicit that it uses a 10 segment round, it just does not really explain how the d6 initiative fits into that. Segments in surprise seems fairly well explained, it is just the normal initiative interaction with segments that is not clear. PH page 39: TIME Time in the campaign is...

M20 – VAMPIRES (907) Microlite20 Vampire, True Vampire: “Vampire” is a template that can be added to any humanoid. Normal people become Vampire Spawn. Those individuals who are 4th level or higher become true vampires. Vampire Spawn: “Vampire” is a template that can be added to any humanoid...

Another good one I enjoyed from a lore perspective was the end of 3.5 Grand History of the Realms. A 160-page timeline of the Realms just filled with lore. I read it straight through and found it accessible and interesting. And it is accurate, collating lore from a huge number of 1e, 2e, and 3e...

I tried to run a very RAW 1e campaign for years. Initiative, diseases, strict tracking time, and morale are the things off the top of my head that I used elements of B/X (init, morale) or didn’t use. I started with weapon vs armor and training stuff but eventually dropped both. Weapons vs armor...

As I have said before I could never figure out from the RAW how exactly casting time segments were supposed to work with the initiative roll system in 1e.

The three 2e FR god books. Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons, and Demihuman Deities. The high point in lore on gods in D&D for me. Myth stories of the gods and mortal religious organizations and practices. Lore I have used in my homebrew setting in 3e, Pathfinder, and 5e. And for 2e it had...

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