Troll Lord Games

For my group it puts the focus back squarely back on having fun, not on the rules. And allows me to run an old school game the way that feels like AD&D.

4 years and coming up to the 120th session in our campaign, cant see me ever moving to another system.

Craig

3 years 110 sessions and highest level character about to hit 9th level tonight, have had quite a few character deaths and players swapping characters- the 9th to be has probably been used in 60-70 sessions at a guess

Craig

I use a similar system to Mathew

1 attacker no bonus

2 attackers +1

3 attackers +2

4 attackers +3

etc etc.

Has worked for us over the past 3 years

Craig

We use the 2E NWPs- mainly as fluff but the players wanted to be able to write skills down

Craig

<t>I roll in front of the pcs for attack and damage- we do have a parry system though so they always have a chance of parrying hits.<br/> <br/> I also get players to roll for most wandering monster checks etc and just roll random dice for the hell of it then tell them that nothing happens to them <b...

<t>My system is as follows: <br/> <br/> Each week players that show up and play (we only game about 3 hr sessions so 2 hrs max after shooting the breeze etc) get a base XP total based on the average party level:<br/> <br/> Base XP Per Week <br/> <br/> Level (base XP per week)<br/> <br/> 1---- 200 <b...

<t>I never really got T1-4- have run T1 several times but we tended to get bored half way through (or less) the temple proper and move onto other things- makes too long a time before I can start the Slavers too.<br/> <br/> Skywalker, will e-mail my brother and if he's interested will get back to you...

<t>Ive been running a combination of AD&D/ modules (just finished Pharaoh and Oasis of the White Palm) coupled with homebrews & Dungeon adventures in my campaign over the past 3 years. <br/> <br/> Currently heading towards Prism Keep (Dungeon 45) via the wilderness from Lost Caverns of Tsojc...

<t>We dont worry about encumbrance too much. However, Ive grouped armours into 3 categories: light, medium and heavy. Each category has a base movement rate: <br/> <br/> Heavy armour= 10ft move<br/> <br/> Medium armour= 20 ft move<br/> <br/> light armour= 30ft move<br/> <br/> Works for us. <br/> <br...

<t>Hunters are right up there too- and one of my favourite Aussie bands. <br/> <br/> Shane McGowan celebrated his 50th of Boxing Day- it was on the news over here. He could hardly speak and looked about 70! He was celebrating with members of the Birmingham Six and Gilford Four who thanked him for su...

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Thanks for the ideas guys, I will put some of the suggestions to our group next week and see what we come up with. I personally like the if within 5ft of the target save for 1/2 or no damagebut will put a few options out there for discussion.

Craig

<t>In last nights game the wizard dropped a fireball with a 40 diameter. We use figures so the wizard was able to position it exactly so that the bad guys were affected by the fireball but that the front line of the party was not. This to me seemed very similar to the problems we had with precision ...

<t>Week 9 & 10: Bloodbath in Pax Tharkas<br/> <br/> Date: Oct 21st & Nov 24th 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 5, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darius Davonque: human, male, cleric 6, LG (Cal)<br/> <br/> Clash Morningwood, elf, male, ranger ...

<t>Its been a while but here are the last couple of updates: <br/> <br/> Week 8: Sla Mori<br/> <br/> Date: Oct 14th 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 4, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darius Davonque: human, male, cleric 5, LG (Cal)<br/> <br/> Clash M...

<t>I agree 100% with moriarty777. Damage for 2 handed weapons is factored in already- hence the larger damage die/range for msot weapons. For 1 handed weapons used 2 handed I give a bonus of +1 to damage (I think I grabbed that from 2E, or was it always one of our house rules?).<br/> <br/> One of th...

<t>I use D20.<br/> <br/> I roll for monsters, players roll. Highest goes first- don't botehr with dex mods, or individual init. <br/> <br/> For players we go round the table in order.<br/> <br/> It is only modified for individual combats and the like (or PvP fights- which occasionally happen in our ...

<t>Week 7: Qualinost<br/> <br/> Date: Oct 7th 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 4, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darius Davonque: human, male, cleric 5, LG (Cal)<br/> <br/> Clash Morningwood, elf, male, ranger 5, NG (Dave) <br/> <br/> Hurat Smatter, ...

<t>Fighters aeeem ot be the most poplular class in our group- we've only jsut had our first knights and paladins and are about to have our first ranger starting next week.<br/> <br/> I too use cleave instead of combat dominance.<br/> <br/> I did give fighters 2E specialisation attacks but have since...

<t>Cheers Omote<br/> <br/> Feel free to grab any ideas you feel might work in your game.<br/> <br/> I'm happy with the way things are going so far, the players are getting into it and the game has "clicked" with everyone. My aim now is to try and hit them with the odd curve ball to keep things amusi...

<t>Week 6: How to make friends and influence people, Cod style.<br/> <br/> Date: Sept 30th 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Nazarith Godsmack: human, male paladin 5, LG (Dave)<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 4, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darius Davonque: human, male,...

<t>Week 5: Battle on the Plains<br/> <br/> Date: Sept 23rd 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Nazarith Godsmack: human, male paladin 5, LG (Dave)<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 4, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darius Davonque: human, male, cleric 5, LG (Cal)<br/> <br/> E...

<t>Week 4: Into the Dragon's Lair<br/> <br/> Date: Sept 21st 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Nazarith Godsmack: human, male paladin 5, LG (Dave)<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 4, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darek: human, male, rogue 5, NG (Matt)<br/> <br/> Darius Da...

<r>Week 3: The Temple of Mishakal<br/> <br/> Date: Sept 18th 2007<br/> <br/> Characters<br/> <br/> Nazarith Godsmack: human, male paladin 5, LG (Dave)<br/> <br/> Silvanus "Silvia" de Fenn: elf, female, fighter/wizard 4, N (Nigel)<br/> <br/> Darek: human, male, rogue 5, NG (Matt)<br/> <br/> Darius Da...

<t>Some interesting ideas there guys, I think I might borrow that can move, attack and move again up to your full move idea SavageRobby, it would make charging past opponents on horseback lots of fun! <br/> <br/> I also like the full move and still attack system TB also might be the way to go. Looks...

<t>I must say that I always liked the original AD&D combat round and turns as it made it easier to keep track of time in the dungeon, at least IMO. Under more modern systems it seems that parties can explore a dungeon in an hour or less and the whole combat turn breaks down when trying to figure...

<t>I am running DL 1 at present so it was the infamous first ever encounter with a dragon at the well if you are familar with that particular module- giving the 8HD dragon 8D6+8 (the damage I'd decided upon rather than HPs as per AD&D) kind of worked- luckily the fighter/wizard made his save and...

My suggestion would be to increase the breath weapon dice to D6/8/10 respectively. I tried D6/HD the other night and was a bit disappointed so have decided on D8+1 per HD of dragon from now on. I like the HD type based on the size of the dragon idea too.

Craig

Another interesting varient Dangersaursus, some more good ideas I might borrow there

Craig

<t>I don't hand wave levels but use a reasoanbly quick system. I track XP for combat but also give a base XP per week based on the average party level (we tend to have less combats these days). On top of that there are story rewards (500-1000 x average party level for major story goals) and also bon...