B/X Campaign Development

[Sepulchrave II]

That sees reasonable (though note that you actually used a conversion rate of 20gp/lb rather than 200gp/lb for Danegeld and the castle of Dover).

L1 (silver) = 200sp = 20gp

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

14. Cauldron (Cleric or Magic-User only): You are in possession of a magic cauldron. With it, you may make magic potions in half the normal time and at half the normal cost.

Does B/X have magic item creation rules?

 

[Roman]

L1 (silver) = 200sp = 20gp

OK, that does explain it. I assumed that L stands for a pound (of gold).

 

[pdiddy]

Does B/X have magic item creation rules?

Yes it does. "Magical Research and Production" page X51 of the Expert book.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Yes it does. "Magical Research and Production" page X51 of the Expert book.

Cool. I'll have to scare up a copy of that and take a look; I've been trying to figure out ways to redo the 3E magic creation system and looking at as many previous versions as I can find...

 

[Guilberwood]

Hey Sep,

Does this new campaign mean that the “Tales of the Wyre” is over, or are you going to run both as parallel games?

 

[Sepulchrave II]

I've been fiddling with a mass combat system, trying to get all the relevant info (lots of tables) on one side of paper. It preserves the Basic D&D combat mechanic (mostly), but is scaled to averages.

 

[ajanders]

Basic/Expert D&D does have mass combat rules, you know.
I think I've got the Rules Cyclopedia tucked away in my archives: not sure what the rules are about public posting of abandonware, but fair use should allow a good summary.
As I recall, you picked a tactic for each side, related them, and then rolled some dice to determine wins/loss and casualties.

 

[Rhun]

I've been lurking in this thread, since I no longer possess any of the B/X rules (lots of the modules, though)...but I'm getting a lot of great usable ideas here for my other campaigns. Please keep up the good work!

 

[The Forsaken One]

If this is going to be a PBP and there's room for one more I'd love to get in on it..

Looks good, low magic/low power makes for better games imho, makes characters more special and their achievements more meaningful.

Cheers