Hola Duglas,Hadit said:
No question that the internet is a really great boon to all, especially gamers!Dave Newton was working on the Phaeree Bestiary. I believe he had completed most, if not all of it. What happened to the materail I can't say. Seems to me, though, that I heard some of the entries might have been available throough the MythusL...
I wouldn't likely be involved in any re-release of the DJ system and Mythus--not that there'a any likelihood that WotC will ever do that... It would compete as much with 3E as it would with the LA game, right?
Getting shelf space for an RPG that isn't widely promoted and advertised so as to stimulate both "push" to make space and the "pull" of consumers demanding it is a fact of life for small publishers. If no shop will order the LA product you want--it is carried by several major distributors--then I suggest that you visit www.lejendary.com From there you can link to the online shop RPGme to order thus.
Great! I wish my memory for people was better, but it has never served me very well. I guess the space available is filled up mainly with "otyer stuff"Ulrick said:
Actually, no; that's never been called to my attention prior to this. Likely the artist was looking for inspiration and had some of Dpre's work around. Only the person or persons who did those illos can give you a firm answer, of course. My old DMG isn't handy, so I can't check them examples.
Poor Phil!jasper said:
[snippage]
We now return to Donahue show.
I think one good thing about 3e is that it satisfies my liking for tactical miniatures combat - the rules really require minis, or at least counters. 1e AD&D is the game I ran in high school (grammar school, we Brits call it), in 45 minute lunchtime sessions - it wasn't practical to use miniatures, so although I accumulated hundreds, they were rarely used. Now I'm at the time in my life where I can run games in my own home (I didn't play much during the 2e era), and the miniatures finally get to be used, nearly 2 decades later!Col_Pladoh said:Your comment about needing assistance was something that I noted when Luke and Ernie were running the LOST CITY OF GAXMOOR play-tests. Even when the player group wasn't over 20, more of a reasonable 10 or so, there was a lot of assistance needed. combats took forever--which was great for all of us who smoke, as we'd get our actions in and then duck outside for a cigarette, a must in game sessions that lasted six hours and longer.
Back to your accounts of the campaign, I must again say that they are well done. I can get a great sense of the play from the well-dramatized reports, and from that know that you DM the play in like, exciting manner. How you manage that with the 3E rules is a testiment to your ability, and I say that with complete sincerity. I know I couldn't. I've always "winged" much of the play, ignoring rules and skimping on DM duties so I could have fun in the adventure too
In the spirit of discussion - I bought your module, The Hermit, which is dual-statted with d20 rules and Lejendary Adventures rules. To be frank, the stat blocks for LA look to take up as much space as the ones for d20. I haven't yet picked up LA, but the impression I got from this module suggests that LA, in comparison to d20, also has a fair amount of rules. This isn't a judgement of either game one way or the other, since I don't really put a lot of importance on how extensive the rules are for a game, as long as it plays well. I guess my question is, could you explain why the LA stat blocks take up as much space as they do, given that you've emphasized the concise nature of LA? I'm not critcizing, or calling you onto the carpet; I'm genuinely curious about the game. This is a chance for you to expound upon it.Col_Pladoh said:
Good point, S'mon;0S'mon said:
I think one good thing about 3e is that it satisfies my liking for tactical miniatures combat - the rules really require minis, or at least counters. 1e AD&D is the game I ran in high school (grammar school, we Brits call it), in 45 minute lunchtime sessions - it wasn't practical to use miniatures, so although I accumulated hundreds, they were rarely used. Now I'm at the time in my life where I can run games in my own home (I didn't play much during the 2e era), and the miniatures finally get to be used, nearly 2 decades later!
The converse of this is that Monte Cook's 3e DMG has quite stringent indications as to what makes a suitably manageable battle: parties of around 4 PCs (maybe with 1 cohort each) and no more than 13 NPCs at a time. Obviously Gaxmoor wasn't built around these strictures and running the large combats, with dozens or hundreds of opponents, under 3e combat rules can be pretty tough. Now that the party has recruited their own army and cleared out most of the enemy hordes, I look forward to running smaller battles in future...
Hola, Geoffrey!Geoffrey said:
Well shucks! I was very pleased with them, or they wouldn't have gotten into print
I still had pretty firm creative control over the D&D and AD&D game systems proper. It was me who urger the completion of the series too, so Frank could go ahead and do that. however by then I was more removed from the creatibe process...
Hey!ColonelHardisson said:Aww, don't tell me I got put on the "ignore" list! I don't think my question was rude. I mean, I did buy The Hermit, so I must be kindly disposed towards ya, Gary.
Col_Pladoh said:
Great! I wish my memory for people was better, but it has never served me very well. I guess the space available is filled up mainly with "otyer stuff"
Hm - so if I want Slaad in stuff I write I now theoretically (ie assuming WoTC has enforcable IP rights in the use of the current version of Slaad) have to base them off their original appearance in White Dwarf magazine, which was copyright to the original author... assuming he didn't object.Bendris Noulg said:
