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The Known World was so much fun! True, there was very little campaign setting specific stuff, back then- it was just the default setting for B/X.

Good! We made 4th level, after freeing a ghost to move on to the afterlife. (we returned the remains of his beloved to him- then they BOTH got to go on!) We also smashed a slaving ring, killing two of it's leaders, and forcing the rest to flee into the Underdark. An unhappy mob was waiting...

I just went ahead and rolled up a whole party of 6. Just to try a few things. I'm running them through a 3rd party OSR module "converted" to 3e. By converted, I mean I just swapped in 3e monsters/NPCs. The results were TOUGH combats, as the 2014 monsters are far tougher in most cases...

Well... This guy is going back to his job at The Wasted Wench. NEXT character! (or campaign, if I lucked out and got a grumpy old grognard DM. No rerolls!! 3d6, you get what you get!)

No, not a DM PC. Just an occasional ally they might meet. Perhaps to cast a timely Revivify or Leomunds tiny hut at a crucial time, or a fortunate encounter on the road. A pseudo-patron. Or an actual patron (assuming a more or less goodly party, interested in going on quests to help...

I have the 2014 books. I should have probably added that detail, lol.

I used the standard 4d6 x6 method. With re-roll 1s. The results were remarkably close to the standard array- all were between 10 and 14, save one, and I rolled 6 sets. so all ability modifiers were 0-+2. no penalties, but no really good scores, either. I like it.

Today, time weighed heavily on my hands, so I decided to roll up some characters. Why? Because I could. I figured, if nothing else, they'd be useful NPC's or villains in my upcoming campaign. One of my players recently asked me if they could play a Gnome Druid Circle of Spores from...

So true, on that last point. I had an entire party get wiped- all 4 making death saves- from that cave with the orcs and an ogre. They tried to snipe the sentry, and couldn't pull it off, they just winged him. So he ran inside and alerted everyone. The PC's then had the bright idea to...

Been wondering this myself. I'm going to be DM'ing an upcoming game- and my players have a mix of 2014 and 2024 books. I have all 2014. so that's the version I'm using. I'm a tad concerned about being blindsided by a player "speaking a different language", when a character has abilities...

I'm currently preparing a 2014 campaign. Much of what I take from this (and other similar threads), is: PHB only I'm not using multi-classing or the optional feat system. That should take care of a lot of the mechanical and weird nonsense. The PHB sub classes are all pretty decent...

YES!!!! I was too lazy to get up and go look for it.

The 3E campaign setting. Silver Marches Magic of Faerun Likely others, I have an extensive collection, some of which is still in the yet-to-read pile, others haven't been cracked open in forever... lol. Yeah- I have a "problem" with Ebay... Having stuff dating back to 1e, I have an...

My favorite Monster book to date is Volo's. Expanding on some of the quintessential monster races, to make them way scarier! I especially love what they did with Gnolls.

I ended up with a Gully Dwarf PC, because I saw a picture in the Dragonlance Chronicles compilation (it was my book), showed it to the DM, and said "I want to meet THIS guy!" He ended up being the guard at an out of the way intersection, outside the sunken city. STILL not certain anyone...

The standard, classic races. (and variants thereof) Possibly adding in some from the 3e FRCS, like Aasimar, and tiefling. (with THAT flavor, not the 5e kind) If we're in the Realms. The monster races, anthropomorphic animals, warforged, odd Spelljammer races etc are excluded...

Darn tootin' I would!! Scribes aren't what they once were... Atrocious handwriting, ink blots and spots everywhere, and now they're putting in snarky little opinions in the side margins.

When I read "Charge for adventure hooks, I thought HA!! For each hook I dangle that they ignore or refuse? 300gp! Those players with zero ambition, but to sit around town jacking their jaws, and soaking up ale will quickly be broke, lol. Anyhow, carry on.

I had similar thoughts when reading thru the 3E metamagic feats. Neat, but... REALLY expensive! +2 or more to spell level hurts- esp when you only have a few slots available at +2 levels higher... Same with Quickened spells. Just how fast do you intend to burn through your daily...

I'm curious, having seen the discussions for decades, the carrying of lit torches and pitchforks, etal. Would it effectively stop the abuse, if I simply disallowed the ability to cast a second spell in a single round? I ask, because in all my years of playing and DM'ing, I've never used...