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by JediOre
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Iron Flask saving throw
Replies: 6
Views: 410

Re: Iron Flask saving throw

Marcus Aurelius wrote:
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:29 am
Sent to TLs and said Steve will fix for 10th printing
I like reading that. Thanks. :)
by JediOre
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: outsiders
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: outsiders

Ancalagon wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:58 pm
How odd that the particular class ability is meant to repel angsty teens!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(film)
Nothing odd about it. There are days where you either repel the angsty teen or you may well fall from your paladin status! ;)
by JediOre
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: outsiders
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: outsiders

Isn't 'outsider' a 2nd or 3rd edition category for dwellers beyond the material world, not including undead, so elementals, demons, devils, and so forth?
by JediOre
Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Rosetta Stone?
Replies: 4
Views: 250

Re: Rosetta Stone?

As above, only I seem to take more time with the enemy spellcasters since old AD&D spellcasters had less spells per level. Beyond that, minimal prep, can do it on the fly as long as the spell casters are low level. Third edition modules, I run as is using a few easy conversions, like dropping ex...
by JediOre
Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: PCs Starting at Level 5
Replies: 6
Views: 400

Re: PCs Starting at Level 5

We are a couple of sessions in to the Desert of Desolation and everyone is really enjoying it. You picked an absolute gem of a module series! So many wonderful memories of running that adventure. :) Thanks everyone for the feedback. We are happy to have you aboard. Converting characters and monster...
by JediOre
Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: TLG News
Topic: Worlds of Gary Gygax...
Replies: 1
Views: 153

Re: Worlds of Gary Gygax...

Exciting times. :)
by JediOre
Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: PCs Starting at Level 5
Replies: 6
Views: 400

Re: PCs Starting at Level 5

This reminds me, C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness gave the player characters money and a list of various magic items they could purchase for the adventure. The players were told what the king thought they would be up against so they did not go in blind, but perhaps a bit mislead as I recall, but they...
by JediOre
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: TLG News
Topic: TLG & The Gygax Estate re-release Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh
Replies: 11
Views: 3436

Re: TLG & The Gygax Estate re-release Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh

Lurker wrote:
Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:47 pm
Time to start working overtime to get monies for all the books I'm going to have to buy !
Totally agree, but I'm on salary. Will have to get creative with the budget. Food, is it really needed? ;)
by JediOre
Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: What boardgame(s) are you playing?
Replies: 436
Views: 263835

Re: What boardgame(s) are you playing?

Over Christmas Break my family (plus mother-in-law and sister-in-law so six players) played two longish games of Settlers of Cataan (older version with the Cities & Knights and Seafarer expansions as well as the six-player expansions). We love that game. We don't use a set map, but build a rando...
by JediOre
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: PCs Starting at Level 5
Replies: 6
Views: 400

Re: PCs Starting at Level 5

Welcome aboard RyhopeWood. If you still own quite a few of the old AD&D adventures (I'm thinking 1st edition here), look at the pre-generated characters that many of the modules had and use them as a source for magic at the levels you seek. That will give you the TSR view on what a 5th level PC ...
by JediOre
Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Best psionics system for C&C
Replies: 28
Views: 3727

Re: Best psionics system for C&C

As a DM, psionics for PCs, I can take it or leave it. The chances are slim a PC will actually get it, but if the players like the option, and I'm speaking about AD&D and not C&C where it isn't an option if I'm the CK, than I give them the chance. That said, psionics are very important for so...
by JediOre
Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: 5E Type spellcasing Bard fro C&C?
Replies: 16
Views: 3450

Re: 5E Type spellcasing Bard fro C&C?

Paladinn,

Thanks for the reply on the connection.

I thought the druids all but exterminated by the Romans by around A.D. 70 or 80. I'm sure some survived, but enough to continue to have a strong influence in Roman and post-Roman Britain?
by JediOre
Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: 5E Type spellcasing Bard fro C&C?
Replies: 16
Views: 3450

Re: 5E Type spellcasing Bard fro C&C?

One other thing to give some thought to. Perhaps you should create some magic items only bards can use, similar to those in the old AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide, create ones from scratch, or augment magical musical instruments already in C&C to give more powers if a bard uses them. By having y...
by JediOre
Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: 5E Type spellcasing Bard fro C&C?
Replies: 16
Views: 3450

Re: 5E Type spellcasing Bard fro C&C?

If you can find it, take a look at the Bard class from Dragon Magazine Vol. VI, no. 6 (December 1981) issue. This is what I use for my AD&D game and might give you some inspiration. The article is "Singing a New Tune - A Different Bard, Not Quite So Hard," by Jeff Goelz. My C&C pla...
by JediOre
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: C&C Adventure Modules
Topic: Best AD&D module to use for one-off
Replies: 23
Views: 11693

Re: Best AD&D module to use for one-off

You cannot go wrong with any that have been suggested.

Let me add: U1 - Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
by JediOre
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:01 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: 2e Players' Option
Replies: 4
Views: 1433

Re: 2e Players' Option

I've not touched any of the Player's Option material. Back in the day, my group went to 2nd edition and stayed with it for about three years and found we liked original AD&D more, so we reverted back and my 2nd edition books (just the core three) have set on my shelf every since. Sorry I cannot ...
by JediOre
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: DCC method to start PCs
Replies: 4
Views: 1398

Re: DCC method to start PCs

My group enjoys the DCC-RPG funnels and high death rate, but all of them (except one) find C&C their preferred RPG with DCC-RPG the back up where you never fully invest in your PC. My friend, the odd-man out, prefers DCC-RPG far and away over C&C or 1st edition AD&D because of the danger...
by JediOre
Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Your Favorite C&C
Replies: 54
Views: 7396

Re: Your Favorite C&C

As to favorites to follow the thread, I don't have a good answer at all for this. My favorite monsters are the "classics" (orcs, skeletons, goblins, the occasional dragon) and they aren't at all unique to C&C. Favorite magic items are basic +1 swords and +1 shields, and maybe the occa...
by JediOre
Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Wow - Yggsburgh is back...
Replies: 20
Views: 2980

Re: Wow - Yggsburgh is back...

I am really beside myself with the announcement that Mr. Gygax's work is coming back to Troll Lords. Like several others, I own this hardback book and do not need another. What I would like to see is the map sold separately and a player's map, without the numbered location spoilers, also become avai...
by JediOre
Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Your Favorite C&C
Replies: 54
Views: 7396

Re: Your Favorite C&C

As a Castle Keeper: Monster - The Shadow. Love to toss that undead at players. So creepy. Magic - Feather Tokens and both cloaks and boots of elven kind Spell - Magic Missile As a Player: Monster - Bandits or Goblinoids. I like fighting head to head weapons bashing. Magic - Anything the CK will toss...
by JediOre
Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Treasure Generator
Replies: 3
Views: 370

Re: Treasure Generator

No worries. Was more curious than anything else. My little gaming time gets split between C&C and DCC-RPG. Rarely, get some AD&D. Don't get me wrong, I love both C&C and DCC-RPG, but AD&D was my first system and still my all time favorite RPG. And I like the Unearthed Arcana addition...
by JediOre
Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:24 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Treasure Generator
Replies: 3
Views: 370

Re: Treasure Generator

Hi Alcyone. What RPGs are you playing currently if not C&C?
by JediOre
Sun May 07, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Primes and Class Abilities
Replies: 27
Views: 1501

Re: Primes and Class Abilities

You let him know that guys like me can come and go, but pillars of the community need to on the forum boards! :)
by JediOre
Sun May 07, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: How Much XP Do Henchmen Get?
Replies: 6
Views: 279

Re: How Much XP Do Henchmen Get?

Regarding henchmen, it all comes down to how dependent the players are upon them. Normally, I give them half of what their boss gets, but circumstances will dictate. I don't tell the players how much XP the NPCs get, so if they need that henchman meat shield to get a hit point boost for the next adv...
by JediOre
Sat May 06, 2023 8:10 am
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Primes and Class Abilities
Replies: 27
Views: 1501

Re: Primes and Class Abilities

Where is Treebore? I know I took a several year hiatus from forum boards (two jobs, two kids, etc.), but he was always a major force in the Troll Lord's forums and his absence is noticeable.
by JediOre
Thu May 04, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Proficiency Bonus
Replies: 17
Views: 745

Re: Proficiency Bonus

I don't see the Paladin as being under powered. No problems with Smite Evil not arriving until 9th level. The other abilities that the Paladin gets more than makes the class go head to head with the other classes. If anything, the Divine Aura and Divine Health gives him a great advantage against num...
by JediOre
Wed May 03, 2023 4:12 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Proficiency Bonus
Replies: 17
Views: 745

Re: Proficiency Bonus

Thank you for the clarification, Paladinn.
by JediOre
Wed May 03, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Proficiency Bonus
Replies: 17
Views: 745

Re: Proficiency Bonus

Do I dare ask? What does "OP" represent or stand for?
by JediOre
Tue May 02, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Backstabbing During Melee
Replies: 19
Views: 1084

Re: Backstabbing During Melee

The trickier part comes after the backstab. The thief has announced himself, so how does he get re-hidden in order to get the next target? Heh. -Fizz Back in my AD&D days, my players always had an answer for how to get the thief back into hiding and prepare for going after another target. The m...
by JediOre
Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Mace of Disruption
Replies: 6
Views: 446

Re: Mace of Disruption

My games never get to those levels of treasures, but I do use the AD&D for rings and cloaks of protection over their C&C counterparts.