Paul Cardwell
First Post
BADD
You sure know how to give an archivist nightmares! I have been fighting the old B.A.D.D. (Pulling) since the 1980s. I am Chair of CAR-PGa, the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games, which started as a game defense group. It still has to defend occasionally, but has gone on to more enjoyable studies such as using RPG in school curriculum, and improving the state of the art in rules and playing techniques.
It is in this region that we can work together. While our monthly Newsletter is $10.00 per year and likely to go up with the next postage increase, dues are non-monetary, being documented work for the cause.
In my personal prejudice, I would suggest abandoning D&D and trying a more realistic RPG. For instance, in Mythworld, dragons are: strength 8D6, constitution 3D6, size 4D6+12 (quadruped, which comes to 1.8-4m at the shoulders and 880 to 11,200 kg weight), intelligence 3D6+6, mana (magic powering and resisting) 4D6, trustworthiness 3D6, and sanity 3D6; they move on land at 5m/s for 100m; fly: dive 60, 100m 50, 1km 40, 100km 30, and gliding stall speed is 20 unless wingbeat hovering; swim: 100m at 3m/s, l km at 1, but rarely swim. Armor is D8+4 skin against impale and slash, 75% round down against crush. Without going into damage bonus, habitat, occupations, diet, etc. that should seem a fairly accurate dragon.
CAR-PGa has a discussion list on <yahoogroups.com> and subscribe for <car-pga>. Information on joining CAR-PGa can be found at <theescapist.com/car-pga>. You are welcome to join the discussion without joining CAR-PGa, but considering you would be paying our dues in doing so, you might as well join.
Paul Cardwell, Chair
You sure know how to give an archivist nightmares! I have been fighting the old B.A.D.D. (Pulling) since the 1980s. I am Chair of CAR-PGa, the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games, which started as a game defense group. It still has to defend occasionally, but has gone on to more enjoyable studies such as using RPG in school curriculum, and improving the state of the art in rules and playing techniques.
It is in this region that we can work together. While our monthly Newsletter is $10.00 per year and likely to go up with the next postage increase, dues are non-monetary, being documented work for the cause.
In my personal prejudice, I would suggest abandoning D&D and trying a more realistic RPG. For instance, in Mythworld, dragons are: strength 8D6, constitution 3D6, size 4D6+12 (quadruped, which comes to 1.8-4m at the shoulders and 880 to 11,200 kg weight), intelligence 3D6+6, mana (magic powering and resisting) 4D6, trustworthiness 3D6, and sanity 3D6; they move on land at 5m/s for 100m; fly: dive 60, 100m 50, 1km 40, 100km 30, and gliding stall speed is 20 unless wingbeat hovering; swim: 100m at 3m/s, l km at 1, but rarely swim. Armor is D8+4 skin against impale and slash, 75% round down against crush. Without going into damage bonus, habitat, occupations, diet, etc. that should seem a fairly accurate dragon.
CAR-PGa has a discussion list on <yahoogroups.com> and subscribe for <car-pga>. Information on joining CAR-PGa can be found at <theescapist.com/car-pga>. You are welcome to join the discussion without joining CAR-PGa, but considering you would be paying our dues in doing so, you might as well join.
Paul Cardwell, Chair
If so, I salute you). My players long to come across a dragon (they're only level 6). Hehehe.. We'll see what they think about that after they finally meet one...
