D&D General Record of Lodoss War reverse engineered and ran in B/X.

[Jahydin]

Does anybody know of the house rules used by the original game is available anywhere?

Some great info here at the Pub!

 

[Bae'zel]

Interesting. At what level do you think the characters would have been in the first episode of the original series? Some of the spells that they pull off seemed much more powerful than standard low level BX fare...

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Interesting. At what level do you think the characters would have been in the first episode of the original series? Some of the spells that they pull off seemed much more powerful than standard low level BX fare...

They're using an MP-based system with spells at different levels (and presumably the spells do at least slightly different things), as you can see here:

 

[Count_Zero]

Those MP recovery rules are harsh.

 

[overgeeked]

Those MP recovery rules are harsh.

They're also more than made up for by the absurdly generous starting MP, MP per level, and low MP cost of spells. You start with 15-30 MP, gain 1d10 per level, and as an example shield costs 5 MP. So even your worst possible 1st level wizard can cast shield 3x a day. You can also counter magic and sleep cloud up to 3x a day as the worst possible 1st level wizard. And these are the most expensive spells. Everything else is cheaper.

So yeah, while the recovery mechanics for clerics and wizards are harsher, the power and versatility of clerics and wizards is way more than original B/X. Elves can rest anywhere and recover MP. It's only the wizard and cleric who have to be in town.

 

[overgeeked]

The OP shared a cleaner version of the magic sheet for elves.

 

[overgeeked]

The OP over on Reddit is slowly releasing more of his stuff in better resolution and cleaner images. It's really fascinating seeing where he pulled from.

 

[overgeeked]

And more...

 

[overgeeked]

And the cleric. That's all of it.

 

[Buzzqw]

Just hope for a pdf collection !

BHH