Troll Lord Games

<t>I tend to play a charismatic/persuasive guy. Whether he's a cleric who is good at making the group seem respectable to NPCs or a rogue who cons/shmoozes folks, that seems to be my preferred PC type.<br/> <br/> As far as race goes, I tend to play the shorties: Dwarfs, Halflings, and Gnomes. Why? I...

<t>I suspect the best way to balance a mixed-level party of such extremes is to vary the kinds of challenges they face. Ideally, there should be areas where your low level PC is the only one who can succeed (Class Abilities). i.e. the low level ranger tracks the baddies to their lair. The low level ...

Got my folio and Engineering Dungeons last week I'm in the middle of prepping a WFRP adventure, so I haven't been able to really read through the folio yet, but the maps are purty.

pactmaster wrote: Thank you, bighara, for the advice. The reason I suggested an axe/hammer thrower is pure Warhammer: the orange mohawked screaming madmen, the dwarf Trollslayers, have such a device (which seems to go against their wanting to die honorably in combat-unless giving your enemy an axe ...

<t>I like all those ideas, except maybe the axe/hammer lobber. If you want to make an anti-personnel war machine, there are more efficient and cheaper ways (catapults with baskets full of softball-sized rocks or bundles of arrows, etc.). Why give a perfectly good axe to your foe? <br/> Don't have my...

<t>I loved Beowulf when I saw it in the theatre in 3D. I've heard the issues some folks had with "accuracy", but I took a different stance.<br/> <br/> In the movie, you aren't seeing the story that's told in the original song, you're seeing a "behind the scenes" (albeit fictional) of events that led...

<r>The demon critter is posted over in this thread ("bone horror")<br/> <URL url="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=74880&mforum=trolllordgames#74871"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... ames#74871">http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=74880&mfor...

serleran wrote: 4-6 PCs of 4-6 level, with the thieves being higher than the paladins, obviously. Make things a little tricker by having some of the skeletons treated as constructs rather than undead, and put a single ghast in the mix. Or, you could simply have the area desecrated providing slight ...

<r>Well this is the baddie I came up with. The mini I plan on using to represent it inspired some of the features:<br/> <URL url="http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/bone%20horror/latest/14185_af"><LINK_TEXT text="http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/bone%2 ... t/14185_af">http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/...

<t>So I've been writing up an adventure for my group, it's pretty much intended as a one-shot, though it could be dropped into an ongoing game. It's definitely for higher than 1st level PCs, though. I'm trying to decide what a good average level would be. They'd need a goodly mix of classes too (not...

Omote wrote: I agree that the acting was fine, but I have not read the later books. I couldn't follow the details on why characters were doing what. The pacing of the movie seemed OK, but it seemed from my point of view there were big holes in character motivation, and the reasons they were doing w...

moriarty777 wrote:
Looking at the list, it seems like those are modules he's also currently looking for.

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Woops! missed that line! Never mind.

Let me know how much you want for G1, 2, and 3. I gave my Gary-signed copies away as a birthday present a couple years ago.

Omote wrote: Let's hope that it is put together as a film much better then Order of the Phoneix (IMO the worst of the Potter films because the film assumes you know much more then is presented). It's good to know that more of the material is going to go into thedeathly Hollows films then any of the...

pactmaster wrote:
dangersaurus has a few, look for his threads in this section.

Thanks

serleran wrote:
Yes.

There will be some in M&T II, too.

And, there is likely to be a soon push to see Gods and Demons released.

'Yes' which?

Yes, I'm lazy or Yes, they've been worked up (but you don't feel like sharing/aren't allowed to share), or both?

Has anyone worked up some nice Extraplanar baddies? I know I could just pull out my 1e MM and go from there, but I'm lazy.

According to the PHB, the casting time, etc. of a spell is no different when reading it from a scroll than casting it normally. But how would you handle that in the case of a spell that takes several minutes, or hours, or even all day to cast?

moriarty777 wrote: Broadsides: Naval Adventuring was quite cool ... another good d20 one I like and own was the Seafarer's Handbook from the Legends & Lairs series put out by Fantasy Flight Games. I was never much of a fan of Storm Wrack but the Seafarer's Handbook does cover undersea adventuri...

serleran wrote:
The folio.

Thanks!

aaaand Ordered. (Now if my copy of your "Engineering Dungeons" would just arrive... )

What's the best resource for getting a feel for the setting? Ideally a basic overview of the geography, culture and history, etc.

Not to hijack your thread, Zudrak, but how is playing C&C with a 5 yr. old working for you? My oldest will be 5 next month.

Check out Sea Machine from Classic D&D. Or Stormwrack from WOTC.

Sea Machine is mostly for sea battles, but has some decent stuff for ship stats.

Stormwrack includes underwater rules as well as ships. It should convert pretty easily.

Mass Battles, Strongholds & Dominions, etc. I'm good with that!

DCC1: Idylls of the Rat King and B10: Night's Dark Terror.

Though DCC1 was fairly tweaked (mixed with part of the Dragonfiend Pact) and B10 fizzled before finishing. Still, we got through the Siege, which is one of the coolest parts.

seskis281 wrote: I echo Treebore - C&C is great for zigging and zagging between other material. You can especially adapt the less crunchy stuff like campaign settings into it. Very true! The first C&C game I ran, we started with DCC1 "Idylls" followed by a short homebrew, and then...

The "Dungeon Crawl Classics" line from Goodman Games has some nice "old school" stuff in it.

Along the lines of BECMI/RC D&D, I'd like to see some more rules for things like Strongholds and Dominions, Mass Battles, Sea Battles, etc.

Heck for all I know, they're in the upcoming CKG!

Alwyn wrote: bighara, Your simplified feat system is a very good idea. If you don't mind, I think I will steal this for my C&C game as well. My kids were wanting to add a few extra specialties to their characters as they progress and this feat list of yours fits the bill perfectly. Thanks. Feel...

It's often a tossup for me which is my favorite Discworld protagonist, Vimes or Granny Weatherwax. Though I must admit I've really enjoyed the last couple with Moist (Going Postal & Making Money).