The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Hussar]

Thanks a bunch for the heads up about Owl House. I'm always looking for some fun cartoon to watch with my students from time to time for a break in class. It's hard finding stuff that is just hte right level for them. Great.

 

[Hussar]

Well, that was kinda disappointing. On a whim I noticed that some folks have "first post" under their names and I wondered what my first post on En World actually was. Now, since there have been a couple of crashes on the site, my actual, true first post has been lost to time. But, doing a bit of clicking through (man, I have spent far too much time posting on this site over the years), it's a bit disappointing that my very first post on record on the site is this: How many cohorts?

Well, according to the 3.5 SRD:

LEADERSHIP [GENERAL]
Prerequisite: Character level 6th.

Benefits: Having this feat enables the character to attract loyal companions and devoted followers, subordinates who assist her. See the table below for what sort of cohort and how many followers the character can recruit.

Right off in the table it shows one cohort of x level. It does mention later that lost cohorts and followers are replaced over time.

Not exactly pithy is it?

 

[el-remmen]

The D&D I want is 2E power level and class feel with 5E mechanics. Take kits, cut the chafe, make them subclasses, and keep them basically balanced.

Seriously considering doing the work of making this as a side project.

 

[CleverNickName]

Now that you mention it, I wonder what it would be like to convert 2E Kits into 5E Backgrounds.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Not exactly pithy is it?

First post-

The Thief first appeared in Great Plains Game Players Newsletter #9 prior to OD&D (Greyhawk). It used percentiles in both.

It was "borrowed" from Gary Switzer (Aero Games). The original thief used an MU chassis and had thief abilities that could be invoked like spells.

Let's see.

1. Gratuitous history? Check.
2. Is Greyhawk in there in some fashion? Check.

Seems on-brand. If only it was a thread-starter of gratuitous length.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Now that you mention it, I wonder what it would be like to convert 2E Kits into 5E Backgrounds.

You know, when you take one of those linoleum knives, with the double edge, and you spread your toes apart and just start sawing, back and forth and back and forth in between your toes?

That's what it would be like.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Now that you mention it, I wonder what it would be like to convert 2E Kits into 5E Backgrounds.

Seriously considering doing the work of making this as a side project.

Here is something

EDIT: Where is @I'm A Banana these days? He was great for the forum as a mod and a poster.
I see you have to request access for some of the guides. I'm going to take a look on my hard drives this weekend - I'm pretty sure I downloaded those back in the day.

 

[payn]

You know, when you take one of those linoleum knives, with the double edge, and you spread your toes apart and just start sawing, back and forth and back and forth in between your toes?

That's what it would be like.

 

[Cadence]

First post that shows up in search, ten years + almost two weeks ago:

Fudging is not your friend

Yes, but how do you really know? Even with dice rolled out in the open it is not like the players are always double checking the DM to make sure he's not lying. They are looking at their character sheet, reading a spell, deciding what they are going to do next, or just sitting on the other...

www.enworld.org

And I'm still about where I was in terms of trying to do better. A bunch of names I haven't seen in a while in there, although @Hussar shows up on the next page.

 

[CleverNickName]

My first post was WAAAAY back in March of 2007.
15 years and 10,733 posts ago.

How would one go about making anything that boosts stats an addiction?

In a previous campaign, I placed a cursed magic item for the party to find. It was a morningstar +1, which gave its wielder the ability to rage once per day as a 1st level barbarian. But this unnatural rage was very addictive; each time the character used it, he had to make a DC 15 Fortitude save when the rage ended. When the save throw eventually failed, the character became cursed to always want to use that particular weapon in battle: he became nonproficient in all other weapons except the morningstar.

The curse was simple enough to remove, but every time he used the rage ability he ran the risk of becoming addicted to the magical endorphins created by the weapon. It became one of the most memorable weapons in the campaign, and one of the players' favorites (he ended up enchanting it all the way to +4).

Not sure if this was what you were looking for, but I thought I'd chime in.