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Tenser's Floating Disk wrote: The "secret fire" is a piece of occult jargon used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Could have something to do with the Stoic school of philosophy originally. Anor is the sun. I don't think the Balrog is immune to everything except Gandalf, it's just...

Joe Mac wrote: However, I don't recall Tolkien specifically refuting the existence of other wizards, either. (Again, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.) The number, IIRC, is unknown but the 'Chiefs' were 5: Saruman (head of the order), Morinehtar/Alatar, Gandalf, Romenstammo/Pallando & Rad...

There are also the Froglins from Blackmoor, which are essentially the same creatures (albeit as a genetic experiment by The Temple of the Frog).
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I just read this over at the Champions Online forums and thought I should pass it along, eventhough its 9 days old. Quote: Aaron Allston, who most of you may know through his science fiction novels including Star Wars novels, has had a heart attack and had quadruple bypass surgery. Here is a link to...

Joe Mac wrote: WEAPON TRAINING: The long lives of elves allow them to become highly skilled in their favored weapons. Elves begin play with a +1 bonus to hit with one of the following weapons: longbow, shortbow, longsword, shortsword, dagger/knife (of any kind). Just to quibble for a moment, but th...

<t>The way I have it is that Assassins are more politically connected. They aren't simply hired killers as you could get gutter trash for that. As was said earlier, think James Bond (thats a good fit, btw). I have it that the 3 'main' guilds all dislike one another intensely: Thieves, Assassins &...

<t>Thanks for the linky. I skimmed my copy and noticed that this level SOUNDS like where Erac (Ernie Gygax) died, but I didn't see any reference to that. I guess thats another sub-level somewhere.<br/> _________________<br/> Lord Lamorek Steelguard, Baron of Calx Mons Montis - The Castles & Crus...

<t>While I like Mr. Holloway's art, I have to be the one wet blanket. I hate plate armour, especially on Elves. The Dvergar are done awesome, but the Alfar look way out of place. Sorry. <br/> _________________<br/> Lord Lamorek Steelguard, Baron of Calx Mons Montis - The Castles & Crusades Socie...

koralas wrote: Similar concept, still needs some work and balancing, have more notes if you want them. Can send here or offline as you would like. Merge the thread if you want. Share one and all. Post it if ya got it. Never hurts to get more input. _________________ Lord Lamorek Steelguard, Baron o...

Joyous Natal Day, oh moriarty777! Conga Rats to you.

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Frost wrote: It's my humble opinion that Prestige Classes were meant to be "fixed" kits. The term "prestige" was used to mean that they were special and not everyone had them. I also thought it was noteworthy they were in the DMG (at first), as if to say, "you might get one...

ckutalik wrote: Another thought, what about an attribute penalty as a balance? Charisma seems like a possible hit since barbs tend to be a surly bunch in civilized society. No, simply because several classes depend entirely on Charisma (Noble, Bard, Merchant). Its why I said they could not multi-cl...

Lord Dynel wrote: So...good idea? Bad idea? I don't know why, but when I read this the first thing that popped into my head was the Good Idea/Bad Idea cartoon segment from Animaniacs. I think Kits are a great way to expand the classes. However, like the others have said, some control needs to be ke...

serleran wrote: What of the civilized barbarians? Well, one could argue the Hyperboreans (based on the Vendel/Vikings) and the Steppes (based on the Scytho-Sarmatians and later Hunnic peoples) are civilized. After all, they both can be Merchants and the Hyperboreans can be Mariners. I'm using Barba...

<t>Just got through listening to it. Definitely these guys know their stuff, unlike WotC with regards to .pdf's. I will say that I think the overreaction by WotC was more Hasbro's doing cause its just so frakkin boneheaded. I think it was Erik Mona who said, rightly, that the move to end all .pdf sa...

Traveller wrote: This is the reason those two classes are specifically prohibited in my house rules. See, I keep the Knight, but not as published. I run a more Dark Ages/Migration Era setting for Blackmoor and a mounted warrior (knight for lack of a better term) is essential. However, I make the cl...

Treebore wrote: The cool thing about this is it will also fit very well into the Wilderlands setting too. I've been meaning to look into the various Wilderlands settings. Any helpful advice? I'm really trying to track down a copy of the original Great Kingdom Map from the original Domesday Book sin...

Riders of the Hak from Zeitgeist Games for Blackmoor as well as Castle of the Mad Arch-Mage.
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<t>I like the idea of the Barbarian being more of a 'race'/culture than a class. What is called the Barbarian class in the C&C PHB I consider to be the Berserker class. For myself, I'm using semi-canon Blackmoor as my base setting. Steppes Barbarians, Hyperborean Barbarians, Desert Barbarians an...

<t>Keoland = Greatest kingdom of The Flanaess, based in The Sheldomar Valley. <br/> <br/> Keolander - Someone from Keoland. <br/> And just a guess, Keo Land = Land of Tom Keogh (famous for Keoghtom's Ointment). <br/> _________________<br/> Lord Lamorek Steelguard, Baron of Calx Mons Montis - The Cas...

<t>I'll watch it later today. A few quibbles based on the trailer. <br/> <br/> 1.) Middle-Earth has NOT been at peace for hundreds of years. Not only was The Battle of Five Armies only a few decades ago, Aragon himself lead an action against the Corsairs of Umbar that put their fleet at the bottom o...

First video game was Space Invaders for the Atari 2600. Ah, those were the days.
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Lurker wrote: Don't forget the spear, and I believe there were both thrusting and throwing versions of the spear used by the viking and Saxon. The Spear and the Javelin. You primarily used the spear, but carried 3 javelins as 'battle openers'. Quote: Also the throwing axe, battle axe and two handed...

<t>I run non-canonical Castles & Crusades/AD&D Blackmoor set in The Wilderlands of High Fantasy (though I'm trying to track down a copy of the original map of The Great Kingdom from The Domesday Book). I basically take the 'kitchen-sink' view of things and have lots and lots of stuff from va...

<t>Langseax = Saxon version of the Spatha<br/> <br/> Scramseax = Saxon version of the Semi-Spatha/shortsword<br/> <br/> Seax = Saxon longknife<br/> <br/> At least this is my understanding of the weapons.<br/> <br/> Edit: Fixed where I had made a boneheaded mistake.<br/> _________________<br/> Lord L...

Traveller wrote: You haven't described the restrictions that are needed to balance out the increase in power you are giving the wizards. Well, for starters everyone but Golems & Undead PCs can potentially be killed with a Critical Hit. Won't do a 19th Level Magician much good if he is stabbed t...

Traveller wrote: However, the averages do not bear this out, and in fact significantly improve the Berserker, Fighter, and Priest types at the expense of the Thief and Magician types. Eh, I look at it this way. Magicians have already gotten a huge boost up over regular AD&D/C&C Magic-Users ...

Treebore wrote: I have never seen the version of magic you seem to mention. IS it from old school Blackmoor material or from 4E, or both? Its a modified form from that presented in the 3.5 Blackmoor Campaign Setting. _________________ Lord Lamorek Steelguard, Baron of Calx Mons Montis - The Castles...

<t>(Reposted from Knights & Knaves Alehouse)<br/> <br/> Ok, <br/> <br/> I like to basically use the 'kitchen sink' approach...aka 'Sand Box' for gaming. Sometimes less crunch, sometimes more. So, here is what I'm using for my Castles & Crusades/AD&D-fusion game: <br/> Hit Dice <br/> <br/...

serleran wrote: Modified elements, such as the Fenris Wolf, a trickster Loki, and lots and lots of giants... so, yeah, somewhat, but never by name, and never so obvious. Yea, same here. Odir from Blackmoor instead of Odin, The Fimbul Winter etc. Using the realworld mythology tends to break the susp...