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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 3882371" data-attributes="member: 40177">Ah, yes.  The Keep on the Borderlands.We ran it in fifth grade... around 1992 or so?  I already knew the rules for AD&D, but for some reason, we used original D&D rules (I think because I bought the D&D Boxed set, and wanted to use it).  It was really one of the first published adventures I ran, with a steady group (before that, I was one of those "read the books, and play in GM and one player games" DMs).  We weren't huge - I think there was me, and three players.  Can't remember the group, of course, but I think it was something like Thief, Dwarf, and Cleric.  The Thief loved to steal (who doesn't?), the Dwarf didn't know what he was doing (who did?) and the Cleric liked to be a jerk (they always are). We changed the names of the Caves of Chaos, especially the "Temple of Chaotic Evil" or something like that.  We also really developed the keep, because all my 2e books told me that's what DM's did.  There was a lot of role-playing that shouldn't have happened (my favourite was trying to have a theological conversation with the cleric, in character.  Man that was LAME). PCs got hurt, quite a bit.  So many great scenes.  I think it was the swarms of monster that hurt the most, though - big hitters like the ogre and minotaur weren't much of a threat, compared to a large number of orcs and goblins that would just whittle away your hit points.We added some 2e rules in there, though - namely the "hovering at death's door" rule, so no one died at 0 hp.  And I think critical hits and fumbles were added in, as well.  Probably a few spells, too.Later, we ran it again, but heavily modified, and I got a chance to play.  I was a fighter, who, at first level, had one hit point.  I've never played such a paranoid character in my life (since even 1 hp of damage, and he'd die!).  By the time I hit 2nd level, I had a full suit of plate mail, and a bow.  No close-range weapons.  And I didn't shoot if it looked like they'd shoot back (I hid).  When I hit 2nd level, I was ready to kick butt, and rolled for HP... and got another 1.  By the time my cowardly fighter was 3rd level, he had 4 hit points, and 1d4 neurotic complexes.  Fun character.  I think he got killed by a goblin dagger.And then I got to make Griffin, the coolest Halfling ever.  Still my favourite character.Yeah, the Keep is awesome.  I want to run it again, using Labyrinth Lord.  It'll be a blast.</blockquote>

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