Troll Lord Games

Hi everybody, there are a couple of features from other games, namely Pathfinder and the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, which I'd really like to incorporate in my C&C games and version. 1) The possibility for Clerics to heal people even at distance, with Channel Divinity, Channel Energy ...

Hi, just read this topic: all my prayers for Treebore and his family! Glad to hear about the recent good news, all my best wishes of you full recovery and health Tree!
Galannor

In Castles & Crusades Monsters add their Hit Dice value to their Saves and their To Hit Rolls: that is their Base To Hit Bonus. So a 4HD Monster adds +4 to its To Hit Rolls.
Hope that helps and good luck for your games!
Galannor

So far I've never used them: I agree with you, Snoring Rock, they are really too over powered!!!
Happy summer, happy gaming and happy life to everyone!
Galannor

Done, even if a couple of days ago!
Cheers & Good Luck!
Galannor

Thanks Chris, I'm thinking of printing both the last versions of the PHB and the DMG, and I'd like to have printed them both when they're finished. The PHB is done, and it's terrific, and I'm waiting also for the DMG to be completed. By the way, will there be also a Monster Manual? In any case, what...

Hi Chris, please, could you tell us when your DMG is finished? I just downloaded the most recent version of both you PHB and DMG and I really like them: I particularly appreciated the Warden and the Scout, very cool and nice additions! Now AD&D3 is really one of my two go-to games when introduci...

I really appreciate and like it! I'd be very interested in flavourful "racial spells": I'm all for "any race - any class" style of game, differently from the race -class restrictions of 1st and 2nd editions, so I really like this Dwarven Rune Wizard! Thanks for sharing and keep u...

I've seen the game (but not played it), and I like it as a good clone of "all the previous versions of D&D but particularly of the 4th". I feel the absence of a clear Skill System: however it shouldn't be too difficult to house rule it, even using D&D 4h ed. as a base. It seems to ...

P. 257 of the Castle Keepers Guide, Table 17.5 Rate of Fire: Bow: in the first columns/row there is written that 1 arrow shot per round gets a penalty of -1. What does this mean? It means that if a character fires 1 arrow in a round, he gets in any case a -1 penalty to the to hit roll? Or does it me...

Hi everybody, fellow gamers! Just a simple question: imagine a character armed with a bow: seeing the enemies closing distance she decides to take her sword and shield. According to you, how long does it take, in game terms? And how long does it take if a character armed with sword and shield wants ...

Kudos and Two Thumbs Up for Omote's Advanced Castles & Crusades!!! I LOVE all of his stuff! I use everything from his supplements (except, up to now, the Weapon Mastery, a little too power creepy and deadly for me...). That said, I have two questions about this AWESOME AND FANTASTIC STUFF: (Plea...

Hi guys, another doubt on another class ability: this time is Knight's Battlefield Dominance. It says: "At 8th level the Knight can use all three abilities: demoralize, embolden and inspire in the same round. This is in addition to their regular use individually " (mine the italics). What ...

Hi everybody,
pretty much what the title says: can a Barbarian attack AND use her Intimidate Special Ability in the same round (not necessarily against the same target)?
Many thanks & Cheers,
Galannor

Hi folks, I've been reading this thread with great attention, and I want just to add what I am doing with my group to solve this problem. It is by no means a "make it so!", obviously, just what we' re doing and fits very well with our games. We all like Castles & Crusades a lot, but ri...

In my opinion some of the best adventures for AD&D 1 ed. were the entire DL series for the Dragonlance Chronicle Campaign Saga!
Cheers,
Galannor

I'm really interested and curious about your system resolution, and I think I'll try it in my next sessions of C&C, along the usual SIEGE Engine: just a question - how do you handle skill training? How many skills can a character choose to get a training in, at the beginning of his/her own caree...

I read your blogspot: I'm with you and I grieve for your loss.
Many years ago I too lost a dear friend of mine in a car accident, and perhaps I can feel how you're feeling now: as I said, we don't know each other but I'm by your side.
Take care of you,
G.

Sometime ago someone wrote on this board about a product called "Adventurer's Backpack", or something like that, a supplement with new classes and more options for the existing ones ( a la Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide): I would definetely like to see a product like this, in the line ...

Hi, if I choose to adopt the optional and alternative attribute modifiers from CKG, p. 10 - 11, do bonus spells for high attribute scores change accordingly? For instance, with Method 2, Table 1.3, CKG p. 11, a score of 15 gives the character a bonus of +2: does this bonus refers also to bonus start...

Paladin, Paladin: I've always liked the spiritual flavour of the class, and its being a good healer/protector for the rest of the party (even if sometimes I've found the LG Alignment very difficult to portray and roleplay, with NPC and fellows as well :D ). However, I like both of the classes a lot:...

Hi, I allow my players' heroes to track, even if they are not rangers, but if they are not rangers in my games they don't add their level to their tracking ckecks. If general conditions are particularly hard and harsh, a non ranger could also suffer from a higher Challenge Level. Hope that helps, Ga...

Hi Tylermo, I think that it really depends on how you handle multiclassing. For instance, in the 4th printing PHB multiclassing rules you have to decide as you're creating your hero if you're going to play a single class, a multiclass, or even a class and half character: you can't gain level in diff...

Hi tylermo: 1) Yes, I think that magical healing would definetely help to quickly bring back the character from the brink of unconsciousness. 2) No, if a PC, or a monster, use the fighting disengagement maneuver I usually don't allow a free attack against, but he/she/it must find a way to get free f...

P.S.: One of the few things I didn't like of 2 ed. AD&D (and of 1 ed. AD&D as well) at all, was that it wasn't clear what happened (and how to handle) if or when a "non - thief" character tried to Move Silently, Hide in Shadow or use any one of the Thief Skills: I think that about ...

Wait Wait Wait... AD&D 2 ed. was my FAVOURITE edition of AD&D, above all because it focused the game more on travelling, exploration, interaction & roleplaying and character customization (at least for the standards of that time), rather than dungeon crawling. I liked the streamlined ski...

Hi, everybody: the spells Detect Magic and Detect Evil say that the strenght of the auras detected can be lingering, faint, moderate, etc. (pp. 75 - 76 of the PHB 4th print.): how do you determine the actual strenght of these auras (I mean, if an aura is lingering, faint, moderate, etc.)? By the lev...

Hi everybody, do you use the rules "as written" for the spell preparing time? If so, daily spell learning can take quite a lot of time, particularly at higher levels, since it takes 15 minutes to prepare each spell; even if you want to prepare a spell, having left a slot free, during the d...

P.S.: I think also that in the latest incarnations of the oldest rpg there is WAY TOO MUCH MAGIC!!! Almost any class can cast at least some spells, with or without preparing them, without considering the fact that you can multiclass almost at will. As always, it's just my opinion, but I think that C...

I really like Paladins, Rangers and Bards without spells, too. I think the idea behind that was that each classes would have to be VERY ICONIC, more than in any other previous edition of D&D and similar games. So the Cleric is the hero with Divine Spells, the Druid is the guy with Spells given b...