Troll Lord Games

Treebore wrote: Inzae is part of Airhde. I think of it as the "inside out" part of the setting. Airhde was created by the All FAther, Inzae was created by the Mother of all Dragons (and many other species), then, much later, Unklar bound the two worlds together. There is a lot hidden in t...

<t>Liking this thread muchly, everyone.<br/> <br/> I too have a problem with the "all Barbarians are Berserkers" concept, because it doesn't fit with a lot of what you see in fantasy fiction. More to the point, when a new player wants to play "a barbarian", he or she is usually thinking of Conan. Th...

<t>I think Tree makes a valid point -- railroading occurs when you force players down a path; letting them know a path exists, so that they have more choices, isn't truly railroading.<br/> <br/> And as most of the others have said, when you're teaching new players, it's even more okay to give pointe...

Naleax wrote: To - TheNewGuy - You shouldn't knock the players, not every player is a perfect example of what you think a player should be. Without the players a DM has no game unless he likes playing by himself. You should always try to help dud players as you call them to become better players. I...

ThrorII wrote: As one of the 'deadbeat' players being talked about here, I feel a little clarificaiton is needed [...] I've been silent for months, but it's getting kinda personal, so I felt the need to defend us players. First up, I apologize unreservedly if my comments offended you in any way, Th...

Rhuvein wrote: Did anyone put in a bid on this? Beedle Not me. While I don't hate the Harry Potter series, or anything, it never grabbed me. I've never yet read one of the books, and I've never been able to sit through one of the films. Not that the films are bad, it's just that my attention drifts...

<t>Like Rhuvein, I'm a fan of simple, straightforward systems that can be added to as needed. I always find it easier to add to a simple game system, than to cut down a complex one.<br/> <br/> Favorite game?<br/> Classic Traveller by Marc Miller. You can find reprints from Miller available HERE, but...

Relaxo wrote: NewGuy, You sound like you'd be a fun GM! I do try, Relaxo. Thank you for the compliment, sir. I have a will to share my "toolkit of techniques' here, so that others might benefit from them without having to figure it all out for themselves, the hard way, like I often did. I also...

Troll Lord wrote: Hey, funny you should mention this product as I found the original maps for it the other day. In looking for something entirely different I stumbled on some old Map Tubes (the original Ahirde maps were rolled up and available via tube). I got to poking through them and what did I ...

Any new information or an ETA on the C&C translation of this?

I was thinking of buying a used 3e copy, but if a C&C version is soon to arrive, I'd rather buy that one new.

TheNewGuy

<t>An update ...<br/> <br/> I passed on Bergholdt once I realized it was native to a different game-universe (Inzae) than Aihrde. If I do make use of a third-party world setting, I'd like to go with the one most tied to the C&C ruleset. Still, thanks to Serleran!<br/> <br/> I did buy the Heart o...

<t>Joe!<br/> <br/> Respectfully, sir, I commend you for defending your friends as "quality players", but your examples of their behaviour still make me wonder.<br/> <br/> To me (and I fully admit I could be dead-wrong here), they still sound like whiney babies who expect you to somehow read their mi...

Treebore wrote: Life IS a railroad. Then again I can understand not wanting too much realism in a game. Tree, if life really is only a railroad in your experience, then that's your cue to jump the hell off the boxcar, mate, before it's too late. There's more than a railroad out there -- I've seen t...

<t>Hey Joe,<br/> <br/> Good comments all around here. I tend to agree with Matthew -- it sounds like your players are not holding up their end of the gaming experience.<br/> <br/> You and your players may have to talk about what people are expecting on both sides of the CK screen, in order to fix th...

Joe wrote: What a coincidence. (I don't believe in coincidence btw) ... To quote Monty Python, "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!" Joe wrote: But how do you make it an adventuring class? Oh, the cloistered cleric adventures, but the character's play mode is similar to that of wiza...

Harry Joy wrote: It's in the SRD: http://dndsrd.net/unearthedCoreClass.html#cloistered-cleric Apparently, the fact that I'm an idiot is in there also! Hahahahaha! But seriously, thanks, Harry. I confess I haven't been keeping up on 3.5 much since I got sick of being buried under seemingly-unending ...

<t>It works, and works well, for the flavor you seem to be seeking.<br/> <br/> A little more real-world/history-based than one usually sees, but that's certainly not a bad thing. I have many gripes with existing fantasy rpg pantheons, not least of which is that the powers typically seem to be lazy k...

I found this as a little 'throwaway" boxed-text variant in Paizo's excellent 3.5/OGL adventure module J1 - Entombed with the Pharaohs, written by Michael Kortes. It's something I haven't seen regularly in adventures since the days of Classic Traveller -- take-away material in addition to the ad...

vivsavage wrote: Is there a pdf available of the Players Handbook? I'd love to have it -- it would allow me to add my house rules to the existing document (using InDesign and other programs I have). Not a full version, no. There's a partial version PDF of the first-printing rules (they're now up to...

<t>Appreciate the example muchly, Turanil. I remember a similar sort of "group roll" mechanic from MegaTraveller (believe it or not, the game I run most often is Classic Traveller!), so I can see the usefulness.<br/> <br/> That said, I have to agree, in part, with buttmonkey, in that the example you...

slimykuotoan wrote: For my codex, etc. The only place I've seen the map for "free" was as a part of the After Winter's Dark Setting PDF bundle on RPGNow HERE. The world map is listed as free within the bundle price tally, but the bundle itself will cost you $11 US. Oddly, the world map it...

<t>I picked up issue four, specifically for the multi-classing rules by Davis Chenault.<br/> <br/> My players don't go ape for multiclassing, but when they have a character concept that would best be represented by multiclassing, they'll ask for it.<br/> <br/> I liked the mag more than I expected (n...

<t>No crits, no fumbles in my games.<br/> <br/> We flirted with the idea some years back, but it never stuck, largely because it was too much the (ahem) double-edged sword for everyone's tastes. The players liked being able to kill a monster with one lucky hit, but not so much losing their favorite ...

Rhuvein wrote: I'll recommend the Sea Towns of Ilsa in the United Kingdoms area of Aihrde ~ not far from Outremere (Blacktooth Ridge) or Ascalon. They are detailed in The Heart of Glass module/mini campaign book complete with map. I think the Trolls still have it. No worries, Rhuvein (love the Migh...

seskis281 wrote: I would suggest the city of Ascalon in New Aenochia (Outremere in the older Codex of Erde)... good large-sized city... Thanks, seskis. I found Ascalon quickly in my After Winter's Dark campaign PDF. Do you know if there's any additional material out there on this city (maps et cete...

serleran wrote:
Yggsburgh is not, officially, part of Aihrde.

That said: Bergholdt makes a great port city.

Bergholdt is in the same world (Inzae?) as Yggsburgh, then?

I found the PDF linked above, but I'm still too new here to keep all the campaign worlds straight.

TheNewGuy

gideon_thorne wrote: Might actually help to tell Joseph as well. Joseph pitched a right fit when I wrote a review of a different DCC adventure which (very respectfully) claimed that said adventure was not all it was promoted to be. I don't think he wants to hear from me, and I confess, I'm not real...

<t>Some of the human diversity in the world of Airdhe fairly obviously mirrors real-world human diversity: Zualans for africans; Nehians for asians, and so forth.<br/> <br/> I'm wondering if the Rykaard are intended to have a specific real-world analogue (Italian/Portuguese/Mediterranean folks?), or...

<t>Just wondering if anyone has an opinion on this. I've downloaded the After Winter's Dark PDF bundle, and a few adventure PDFs, but there's such a mountain of campaign detail available, it's hard to get a practical sense of it.<br/> <br/> Where do you think the best major city for archetypal C&...

<t>It occurred to me that it might be useful to someone if I actually listed which DCC modules I consider noteworthy, instead of just wondering why they haven't been converted for C&C yet --<br/> <br/> (Your mileage may vary, of course)<br/> <br/> 1. Idylls of the Rat-King -- Goodman's breakthro...