Troll Lord Games

Treebore wrote: I wish more of the spells followed the rules for what stat gives what save. In fact, in my next house rules document I am going to say that all saves are based on what Attribute is described as being the basis for that type of save. When the spell description conflicts with that, th...

<t>Couple questions for those in the know.<br/> <br/> Is it best to convert 3E spells to C&C, or 2E spells? <br/> <br/> Are there guidelines for converting 2E and 3E spells?<br/> <br/> I have access to pretty much every 2E spell in 3E form, so would I be best to work with my 3E material for spel...

Nelzie wrote: Which means, tactically speaking, you get up to a free 10' Move. That works too. I wouldn't count it as "free" if you're keeping track of all movement in combat... I'd count it as 10 feet of movement that you can't take during the rest of the round (unless you've all ready m...

<t>1e and Early 2E Forgotten Realms<br/> <br/> Midnight (the world I would have made, if I had the time <br/> _________________<br/> "If everyone was drunker, was beer cheaper? And if they were more drunk the further back one goes, is there a time when everyone was completely soused all of the time?...

Julian Grimm wrote: I'm going to be real honest here. I never liked adding XP per HP. I liked the 2e method of HP's better. I don't like it only because it's more paper work. The 2E "flat number" is also one of my favorites, I like it MUCH MUCH better than CR (I need a bloody online based...

jman5000 wrote: sorry, didn't read the whole thread so not sure if this got addressed or not, but couldn't sit and let this go... why do the monsters have the HD that they do? if this question is being asked by your players, you should immediatly stand up and slap them on the head for meta-gaming.....

erc1971 wrote: There is no 4th edition of D&D being released. What WotC is releasing is the 1st edition of Dungeons and Dragonballz. ROTFLMAO [rolling on the floor laughing my @$$ off!] That is the BEST I have seen of 4th Edition being summed up in 2 words. Dungeons & Dragonballz I need to ...

Troll Lord wrote: But, say, at 5th level, he wants to take a few months off the road and perfect some of his skills. He does so and can now mend ring mail, reattach scale from scale mail, get dents out of helmets. Steve Another way to emulate this is to assign CL's to things like armor based on the...

<t>I just had a thought on having Player's choose their backgrounds (and therefore their skills) in C&C. Also, keep in mind I use the traditional "My class would allow me to do this" as well, so a Ranger would be able to Swim in my game with a CB 12, a Knight would be able to fix some damaged ho...

Gnat wrote:
All class abilities are treated as primes (CB is 12)

An easy way to do this is just make everything CB 15. Ignore Primes and Non-Primes. It would be pretty balanced, if you only have one PC in your group.

<t>How about this:<br/> <br/> I'd allow monks to wear Padded Armor.<br/> <br/> (Incase you're wondering where that came from, it's from the Defender in the Midnight campaign setting. Ever since I've seen the rule, it just seems to work well. Also means someone might actually Wear that +1 suite of Pa...

Tank wrote:
The way I think about it is this: I can swing my sword at will, a dwarf can swing his axe at will, and a sissy elf can shoot his bow at will. I treat monster "at will" abilities the same way.

Cheers to that.

<t>Would it be possible for the Trolls to release a 3rd Print Errata for those with previous editions? At least a list of what has changed for Poisons and Spells (as I consider this a big deal). It would also help (a lot) with people that have different prints and are in the same gaming group (my bo...

Breakdaddy wrote: Or you could make them more like Gandalf and not reduce the XP chart at all. Just go ahead and give them a decent attack bonus progression like that of a Cleric. That way when the spells are gone, the staff can whomp on some baddies to good effect. If you want to, you can even ope...

You know what else we need:

1001 Animals and Familiars

That would be handy!

(Including Giant, Dire and Legendary versions)

Treebore wrote: Its a simple fix and you have a CKG coming out. Put rules for determining what type of scrolls are found when using the treasure tables while your at it. Even somethng simple like, "The CK decides what type of scrolls are found based on the needs of his players at the time they...

2E Equipment Guide, still my favorite! I use this in my C&C games.

<t>If you want all the demons/devils/angels and other outerplanar goodness, I'd say pickup the Planescape monstrous appendixes. I bought the first one just for my 2nd Ed game, cause I didn't want to use the older 1st edition ones... it totally rocked, and the planescape "quotes" really breath life i...

<t>Too bad I'm in Edmonton, maybe it's worth ordering from them though. They DO have C&C in stock as can be seen here (the number at the end shows the number IN Stock, O/P meaning Out of Print):<br/> <br/> CASTLES & CRUSADES<br/> <br/> Series Title Part # Price In Stock O/P<br/> <br/> CASTLE...

Storm Queen wrote: Humans use EV to package and carry stuff. In M&T, the only pack animals mentioned (horses and ponies) have loads referred to in pounds rather than EV. I'd rather use EV consistenly throughout the game (especially as I don't even think in pounds and use Kgs. EV is a decent men...

<t>I can concur that getting TLG stuff is impossible in Edmonton, Alberta.<br/> <br/> I know one of the stores used to carry the 1st Print PHB and the starter set for a little while. But nothing since then...<br/> <br/> I bought my stuff online unfortunately. I like to support the LGS, but since I d...

Philotomy Jurament wrote: I like old-school level drain: no save, and get it back with restoration or earned XP. The reason I like it is because there it makes undead truly scary and dreadful. I don't mind the "insta drain" from Undead, BUT, there are a few things I like to see to go alon...

<r>If your looking for an improved system, that may well appear in the next update of the PHB, look here for the errata on the Encumbrance System:<br/> <URL url="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1244&mforum=trolllordgames"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ......

<t>Hmmm, this gets me thinking...<br/> <br/> Since every monster "technically" has 3 or 6 "Prime" saves, you'd think PCs would have have at least 3 too?<br/> <br/> Maybe the easiest option, rather than giving Monsters individual saves, is to give each PC a "free Prime Save selection" outside their n...

I think the only reason why some people would feel C&C is incomplete, is because they are use to so much more.

If you started your RPGing on C&C, you would never see anything "missing".

I voted Style.

<t>Just remember, Terminal Velocity. There is a point where you will reach a max speed and at that point the damage or saving throw should be at max as well.<br/> <br/> It also makes a difference depending on what you hit.<br/> <br/> Hitting Concrete is almost gauranteed to kill you if you parachute...

Omote wrote: Ugh... I couldn't beleive how many of my players wanted to be this class kit back in my 2E days. Very popular, very tough. .....................................Omote FPQ Before or after reading about Thibbledorf Pwent? In our day, we played them before Pwent, but after that... well, ju...

Fizz wrote:
If it was 2nd Ed, it was probably a character with the Berserker kit. Though the Vikings Campaign Sourcebook had a full Berserker class. I can look that up when i get home.

-Fizz

My favorite is (and still is) the Battle Rager from the Complete Dwarves HB.

<t>I'd just like to note something about the 2-Handed Sword and Initiative.<br/> <br/> This sword, was historically (lets say the Scottish version for fighting cavalry) was design to fight those that had a much longer reach and/or were on horse back vs. a footman.<br/> <br/> If you make the 2-Handed...

<t>Well, on Drizzt, I think the best version was in the Menzoberranzan boxed set. In the House Do'Urden booklet (page 6 and 7, I'm looking at it right now). It's a little over the top, so you could cut that down, it's the most accurate as to his abilities in the books. It doesn't follow the "normal"...