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Treebore wrote:
From what I have been reading "whatever I want it to be" is just as good as what systems I have read today.

That's what I do.

<t>(Small spoliers) <br/> <br/> I ran "Beacon" last night for my 10-year-old son, my 12-year old nephew, and my wife. Over the course of several hours they completed the adventure (they didn't find the secret room, but used the dispel magic scroll to revive the wizard and gain his gratitude and rewa...

I'd just use the rogue and add the language ability (modifying the XP cost per serleran's method). And maybe make Cha the required prime, instead of Dex.

I weighed in on this over at Dragonsfoot.

Moorcrys wrote:
Anyone else uncomfortable with some of the class xp progressions at higher levels?

Nope; I agree with Korgoth.

It's not that one side or the other is right; it's just poor taste to insert religion or politics into the discussion when it simply isn't necessary.

IMO, comments that are loaded with religious or political baggage and that are inserted into a dialogue out-of-the-blue, for no purpose other than to ridicule are, indeed, mean-spirited and cause nothing but problems. It simply shouldn't have a place in this thread, IMO. Poor taste.

I use the Mac's ability to save as PDF. Anything you can print, you can save as a PDF (e.g. Word documents, web pages, et cetera).

Parachute pants? I admit nothing.

Regarding multi-classing, here are a few links:
Multiclassing by Al Krombach
Castle Zagyg: Options & Skills (multiclassing by G. Gygax)
Crusader #4

Of course, the multi-classing rules in 1E work fine, too.

tomjscott wrote: I was only interested in whether or not C&C players are interested in using published material that is compatible with "you-know-what." ... As a publisher I was curious if my target audience encompassed a broader range of players. I'd be interested. I've purchased sev...

Omote wrote:
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Yeah, I took advantage of that, too.

Korgoth wrote: I'll just do what we did in AD&D 1st edition: you have a background that describes your origin and/or apprenticeship. Like "woodsman" or "town guard" or "sailor", etc. You can do whatever somebody with that background could do. You don't have to roll...

Julian Grimm wrote: Yep, we broke the tie and with tonights win we'll meet the Tiggers. I can't wait until we win tonight so the Mets fans can officially shut the hell up! Being from Houston, I can't say I'm a big Cardinals fan. They've been the "team to beat," lately, in our division. Ho...

babbage wrote:
So how do I explain the difference in XP for each?

C&C has slower progression, I suppose. I'm using the XP awards from the Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh book.

I like the idea, but I'd add it to individual bards using the Judgment secondary skill, rather than adding it to the class a whole. Although if the idea of arbitrator-bards was widespread in your campaign world, it would make sense to add it to the archetype (i.e. class).

gideon_thorne wrote: Although I'd just treat it like a scroll reading ability, which i believe bards get? Yes, bards can read scrolls with their Decipher Script ability. I'd actually be doing something very similar to what you suggest. To use a rune, the bard would need to carve and activate it (wh...

serleran wrote:
I have a runecasting system, if you're interested.

Yes, I'd like to take a look at it.

<t>A Bard's Decipher Script ability gives him a (small) chance to use arcane scrolls, which makes sense, given his affinity for and study of language/symbols/et cetera. I've also been kicking around the idea of allowing Bard's to learn runes as presented in the 2E supplement HR1: Vikings Campaign So...

<t>I roll, but arrange to taste. That way you get the randomness, but you also can nudge the character in the direction you have in mind.<br/> <br/> Also, don't forget that, in C&C, assignment of Primes makes a huge difference. It goes a long way towards modelling that "focuses and practices to ...

Inkpot wrote: Hmm...where can one acquire said rules? You can get a PDF of the Rules Cyclopedia for $4.00; it includes both the War Machine and Siege Machine rules (along with almost everything else from the BECMI boxed set rules). If you'd prefer the original boxed set rules, you'd need to pickup ...

<t>Veritas speaks the truth. (sorry, couldn't resist...)<br/> <br/> Anyway, don't like point-buy systems, either, but if you want to use one, why not borrow the point-buy system from d20? If you want to only record the bonus, I guess you could -- just consider the 3-18 number part of the "point buy ...

<t>I like this approach to Helmets, presented by Elfdart on Dragonsfoot (note that this is for 1E, so the AC values of the helmets would need to be modified for C&C):<br/> HELMETS<br/> <br/> if Helm AC is better than the base AC then improve the latter by one point; <br/> <br/> if Helm AC is wor...

rabindranath72 wrote: I would suggest using the War Machine rules from Classic D&D (from Companion set and Rules Cyclopedia). They are the best set of rules I have ever seen for use in a RPG campaign; they are easy to setup, use and are really fast. I'll second that. War Machine (and Siege Mach...

gideon_thorne wrote:
For all you lot in the St Louis area this weekend, stop on by.
http://www.archonstl.org/30/index2.html

I attended Archon back in the mid-80s, when Glen Cook was the guest of honor. Good times.

johns wrote: As a CK, I wouldn't allow the 3 STR halfling to have any chance to beat the 18 STR half-orc in arm wrestling - unless cheating was involved. I would only allow the contest if there was some ambiguity as to who would win, at which point making normal attribute checks and awarding the wi...

Quote: If you change the CL depending on the character, it is equivalent to that character having some sort of bonus on the roll with a fixed CL. I think an explicit bonus reduces the work of the CK and puts all tasks on the same "baseline" difficulty; this is the role of the CL concept, ...

Witterquick wrote: Now here's an interesting conundrum: while I like your basic notion, the math doesn't add up in this case, because everyone is first level. To give a +2 and no level bonus, the non-illusionist PC essentially has the same chance as the illusionist (+1). Hah! Yeah, that's a quirk i...

Witterquick wrote: First of all, the rulebook says that an Illusionist can use "a combination of magic and props to impersonate others." Can he disguise someone else (say, another PC) to look like someone else? The Illusionist's disguise ability is Charisma based, which means the signific...

Rigon wrote: Would you add a bonus or just make it a stright attribute roll (for critical situations)? I'd make it a straight attribute check against whatever CL I thought appropriate. In other words, instead of setting one target number/CL that all characters must aim for (a situation which requir...