[OOC] Playing Dice with the Universe

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Excellent!

Need at least two more!

(For class options, I'll be using all of the materials in the new reprint box set so the Thief is available as well as, I believe, the Druid and the Paladin).

 

[Binder Fred]

Bert will be playing a Fighting Man then (would have gone for a paladin but that 17 Cha requirement is not really in the dice this time around ).

Can you tell us something about the starting adventure, MV, or do you want to keep it all a delightful surprise?

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

I plan on using published adventures as much as possible so we'll probably be hitting Temple of the Frog first. I'll know more once I have the boxed set (it should be delivered today).

 

[Leif]

Now Where The Heck Did I Leave Those Rules....

Just so you know, I don't have the OD&D rules, but I have downloaded OSRIC [AD&D clone, I think?], Labyrinth Lord, and Heroes Against Darkness. I think (hope?) one of these is a retro-clone of OD&D. Any help that you can offer about which is which would be appreciated. Otherwise, HEY!, I'll just look at the rules themselves and see what they say about it.

....

Well, I've done so. All I can say for sure is that OSRIC is not OD&D, but rather a re-skinned AD&D. Labyrinth Lord appears to me to be a re-skinned BECMI-like system. Heroes Against Darkness appears to be a game of a different stripe altogether, more of a re-work or re-imagining of a conglomerate of various editions of D&D with a good dose of original material added for good measure. All of this leaves me without anything that I am sure can serve me in this game. So I may be wholly dependent upon our glorious DM for everything that requires rules, from starting money and equipment prices on.

BUT WAIT! I also have Swords & Wizardry, which is a retro-clone of OD&D, since it references the 'white box' rules of yore. Confirmation of this would be greatly appreciated, if anyone can help me out here. [Swords & Wizardry downloads are available HERE!.]

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

I fully expected for us to learn the rules together so no worries there. I'm doing this, in part, to get the experience of DMing the older editions.

As for retroclones, I have avoided most of them. I'm not a purist by any means, I just have two very important limits - money and brainspace.

 

[Leif]

Those are two limits that I understand very well! However, in this case, neither really applies, because the downloads are free [at least they were when I got them] and having the rules in a computer file means that no brainspace is required, either.

 

[willvr]

Don't have OD&D; not going to get the reprints; but am familiar at least with AD&D (both editions; so might be willing to give this a shot.

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Please do. As mentioned above, I'm not expecting anyone to have access to the reprint or the originals.

 

[willvr]

OKay can't post the link to Invisible Castle by the looks of it; which is annoying.

I'll post more when you're sure you have a full party.

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Need just one more player (would prefer two or three) and we'll be off to the races.