Troll Lord Games

serleran wrote:
That is exactly how it works.

It is? Is that written somewhere and I missed it?

I like your reasoning Serl. I may apply that to rapiers vs. armor as well.

I can definitely make use of Gary's tables in the mean time while I await Serl's in the CKG.

I'm curious to know if anyone has created random encounter tables by terrain for M&T monsters.

serleran wrote: So, for example, anyone wearing plate mail (+7 AC) cannot be harmed by a shuriken unless the thrower has a +2 (or greater) Strength bonus (6 max - 7 +2 = 1). I'd probably rule a roll of a natural 20 would result in full damage because it found a c*i*k in the armor. This rule, though...

<t>It is taking some time for me to readjust to the AD&D style of monsters. Like when an ogre uses a weapon, it makes no mention of whether the weapon does more damage because it's large sized, or if there is any additional bonus for the ogre's strength. So, it's just normal weapon damage unless...

Sweet!

<t>I've thought about allowing a save for sleep, but playtested it instead. So far, it hasn't broken my game. And the party is around 4th level now and they are finding the spell less than useful.<br/> <br/> As for the Satyr, it states when and why the abilities would be used. The sleep ability woul...

The impression I'm getting is that the answer according to theC&C rules is no. So house rules are needed to make it possible.

<t>Can spells with a casting time of 1 round (CT 1) be interrupted according to C&C rules? If so, how is that determined if the player doesn't have to mention his character is casting a spell until his turn in initiative, and the spell goes off at that same time? Which is how I understand spellc...

<t>I did appreciate the Max Dex thing in 3e, though in design they worried too much about balance which made things unrealistic. Like full-plate having a Max Dex of +1 where half-plate had +0. 3e is a numbers game which I didn't like.<br/> <br/> For C&C, the Dex bonuses are so low, that IMO a Ma...

Fantastic work! You've really created a system of your own from the C&C groundwork.

One question...what is the "Colin 'Sez volume 1" or CSv1? I've seen it referenced in your work, but don't know where to find it.

phadeout wrote: Well, your players are less of a power gaming group then mine I can see Power gaming in C&C?? How is it possible? When I ran C&C for gamers in my area, the ones who really liked to power game were frustrated with C&C because they couldn't break the rules. LOL I find that...

<t>I have my players roll 3d6 and can reroll 1's up to 6 times. They can roll up to three sets of stats and they have to take the last one they roll. Results have been all over the place, but generally better than average. I have one player playing a wizard with a 6 Str and 8 Con and he's having a b...

As far as I know, there are no rules about what stacks or not. It's a CK call. For me, right now, anything that says it gives a +# armor bonus, will not stack with armor. But if it says +# to armor class, it would.

Yes, I figure I'd use the Monster XP chart for adding class abilities to tougher versions of those monsters.

<t>I allow the spontaneous casting of healing spells as well, but that's it. I had thought about making the clerics in my 3e games spontaneous casters, but it seemed too powerful. If folks seem to be okay with it in C&C, I may look back into it.<br/> <br/> I've been thinking of creating a 3e sor...

<t>Maybe I've been affected too much by the precise rulings of 3e. I would do the same as you all. But I like to follow along with what descriptive text says as much as possible and when it's vague, I guess I get a bit frustrated.<br/> <br/> For me, the actual classes are for the civilized races and...

<t>While coming up with some random encounters tonight, I noticed something which I think is kind of strange about the goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs. Each of them mentions more powerful ones of their kind when encountering a certain number, but mentions them in very different ways.<br/> <br/> For go...

catenwolde wrote:
2. It may be a violation of some sort of "advantages math" to stack them, however by wearing two rings you effectively deny yourself the abilities gained by wearing another ring, so it's a trade-off.

That's my thought on it.

I'm going to try allowing everything to stack and see what happens. In my game, PCs can't just go downtown and purchase magic items, so I won't have PCs walking around with two +5 rings of protection plus other protection items and such.

<t>I think a slight oversight on the Trolls part then. Experienced DMs will be able to work something out. But a CK who's new to RPGs in general, and never played D&D, might not figure it out. I think a small amount of guidance like Serl mentioned is all that is needed, like mentioning strengths...

It doesn't mention that wearing two rings of protection won't stack with each other, or does it someplace?

<t>In the descriptions of the detections spells like detect magic, detect evil, etc, it mentions the strengths of the auras (faint, moderate, strong, overwhelming, etc), but doesn't mention how a CK determines the strengths and what, if anything, the affect the strengths have on the caster. Is it me...

I know I'll be buying the 3rd printing!

Cool! I'll adopt that! But one question, if the caster assumes the spell research has been sucessful, what happens when they try to cast one that wasn't?

<t>I'm seriously thinking of awarding monster XP to each party member instead of split. The way I look at it, if a fighter is alone and kills an orc, he gets the full xp. But if a fighter is with a group, and kills the orc in one attack by himself, the xp is split?? It may also alleviate the dislike...

I now have a question on this subject. The PHB mentions that research is another way for a wizard to gain new spells, but gives no details. It's mentioned separately from the spell gained from leveling to make it seem like it's a different way. Thoughts?

<t>Gryffen,<br/> <br/> If your group has a problem with it, then feel free to change it. But if you're only guessing there will be a problem, then I say try it out first and see how it goes. It was a pain in 1e, but it was just the way of things for those who wanted the power of spell casting. It re...

The Bard in C&C is a Warrior Poet...yeah for that!!
I never liked the 3e Bard concept. Well, actually, I liked the class, just didn't fit my idea of a "Bard". The C&C one does!