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  1. GreyLord

    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    Hard to say, but probably Humanity outbreeds everything else. Sort of like Rabbits. Doesn't matter how many you kill, they always come back. At least that's a big problem Elves have had in many of the humanocentric fantasy worlds. The biggest competitors sometimes seem to be either goblins...
  2. GreyLord

    AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?

    This is from AD&D. Use this as gospel. If they roll a character without these traits...reroll. 16 or above in at least one, just to make sure. Using that as a qualifier means that you usually can end up with a feasible character. It may be fun to ignore it and see how well you can do, but...
  3. GreyLord

    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    Also, sort of like today in our lives. A normal person is not going to go toe to toe with a Bear (or perhaps even an angry horse that cannot be calmed). Even a spear in hand will probably have that fight go somewhat badly for the human. Human's are successful (even with primitive weapons...
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    OD&D For no reason that just because

    Conan Class - Fighter/Thief Levels - 15/9 STR: 18/00 INT 16 WIS 10 CON 17 DEX 18 CHA 15 Hitpoints: 117 Only surprised on a roll of 1 on a D12. Can open any door, even locked ones. If wizard locked can open it on a roll of 3 (d6). Gains an additional +4 to hit and a +6 to damage on top of...
  5. GreyLord

    D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set

    If we take your opinion as truth, no...you did not. YOU have to actually be playing an RPG called D&D to be a DM. As per your statement, 4e is not an RPG...therefore...you didn't start DMing with 4e as there was nothing to DM. Afterall, it's just a miniatures game...(like warhammer, or...
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    D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set

    On the Basic Set, I've already gotten it pre-ordered. As someone who did not get the new 5.5 rules, I'm pretty excited to try this new set out. Maybe it will win me over to 5e anniversary.
  7. GreyLord

    D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set

    Are you purposefully trying to taunt people. I've been playing D&D since the 70s. I've played OD&D all the way to 5e. The only people who make the claim you do above are those who don't know what an RPG is...OR, they never really played 4e (maybe they played some poor imitation, or played...
  8. GreyLord

    D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome

    Jameson is an idiot though. Moreso in the comics (especially at the start, he's actually more like the Greatest primary villain spiderman has. Spiderman/Peter Parker has other villains, but JJ is by far the biggest one and greatest of them all. For some reason many modern readers don't get...
  9. GreyLord

    Which 80s wargames and adventure games do you still play?

    Too many to really list. Some more popular ones though... Dungeons and Dragons (BX/BECMI) Star Frontiers Axis and Allies (2e, which is the Game master version). Conquest of the Empire (Gamemaster) Shogun later Samurai Swords (Game master) Fortress America (See a trend here...Gamemaster). For...
  10. GreyLord

    D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome

    I had a magic-user that used a Sword (ala...Gandalf). I think he had one level of Fighter though (common popular thing at times, start as a Fighter and dual to a Magic-User if you had the Stats for it). Of course, he normally didn't USE the sword. That was an emergency back up...and...just...
  11. GreyLord

    AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?

    I loved using UA, but I found that it was easier for class combinations to use Dragon lance Adventures for class and race rather than using the UA classes as they were written (aka, instead of Cavaliers we have Knights of Solamnia, and in addition, level 18 is a hard cap for EVERYONE...though...
  12. GreyLord

    Starfinder SF2e CRPG coming to Kickstarter?

    I like Starfinder, not sure what I think of this after the ad though. Going for a GotG vibe or something?
  13. GreyLord

    Pathfinder 1E Best APs to Buy: Curated list.

    1. Kingmaker is probably the one considered the best out of all of those. Several of those were not considered highly by many players. I think Council of Thieves was the one considered the lowest of the totem pole of those you listed. Iron God's was considered well liked by many, it's...
  14. GreyLord

    Paizo Ends Pathfinder Adventure Path Softcovers, Switching to Quarterly Model

    Question on the new Hardback APs if anyone knows. Are they going to continue the numbering of them, or are they discontinuing numbering them, or are they restarting over at 1? Edit: Found the answer to my own question. The Spines will no longer be numbered, but internally and on the PDF's it...
  15. GreyLord

    Paizo Ends Pathfinder Adventure Path Softcovers, Switching to Quarterly Model

    I don't think I ever heard of Shattered City. I thought I had all the Hardback AP groups, including one mini-AP (Crown of the Kobold King hardback). (ah yes, can't forget abomination vaults hardcover either, haven't gotten gatekeepers though). I even have Shackled City (the 3.X conglomeration...
  16. GreyLord

    D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4

    I see that it could go two ways. A disaster of a game, made in the shadow of better games but a poor representation of what could have been...ala...Dark Alliance. Or...we see how Exodus turns out. If that is the winner I think it could be, we have that studio or one like it design a BG4...
  17. GreyLord

    Thundercats Are On The Move! Thundercats Are Loose! [Updated]

    I actually watched one of the videos for once! This could be an awesome RPG! I have to admit I didn't really start watching the Thundercats heavily until the early to mid-90s, but when I did I realized it was very much like an ongoing D&D campaign throughout the series. You had your Monk...
  18. GreyLord

    EU Vice-president says once a video game is sold, it is owned by the customer.

    I think most of those "license" agreements have been considered unenforceable in the past. The only tests against them have normally gone somewhat against the companies (the biggest one I think was a side track which led to a massive microsoft lawsuit which became an anti-monopoly case against...
  19. GreyLord

    OD&D Why is AC 2 the best armor class?

    Some thoughts... Because, as it was derived...a 1 is an automatic miss. I know...I know...that's not how it works in D&D with the AC vs To Hit Tables...but... Yes...a 1 is always a miss. Other reasons...it's guessed at strongly above, but it wasn't due to Chainmail, I don't think (Personal...
  20. GreyLord

    D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not?

    It's presently a large chunk, but I wouldn't say 100% of the profits. It's a lot though, and very significant. Also, though D&D is important to Hasbro and WotC, I wouldn't say it's a bigger part of the pie than MtG. MtG is the real crown currently of WotC. WotC also has other departments...
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