Troll Lord Games

If I were to run C&C I would use exploding dice on a natural 20 and a chart o'nasty effects for players to roll on if they took a hit equal to or greater than CON. Like, bleeder, broken bones, disemboweled, dead, etc. I am a Stormbringer GM, usually.

<t>True enough. The only rpgs I know that could that can do something like that with the mechanics would be Stormbringer 5 and Talislanta 4. That I have experience of.<br/> <br/> I am tempted to boost the shortsword damage as compared to the other weapons next time I run something, though. Other thi...

<t>Hey, I just got through watching 'Rome' on DVD and once again I am left with the impression that the gladius (aka shortsword) is vastly underrated in rpgs. It looked like the standard technique was to stab down over the opponents' shield while crowding him so closely he couldn't use a longer swor...

<t>Thanks again, again. Very much. I already have a number of the listed items, and the rest of the list look like the sort of material I am looking for. <br/> I had considered the two 2e supplements, but was not sure of the content. For starters, I will pick up those, Wizard's Spell Compendium, the...

<t>Probably the latter, I think. Like the 1e DMG and Arcanum. Whether I wind up actually running C&C depends on whether I can adapt to its free wheeling nature or not. There may simply not be enough structure. I will check out the listed material (that I am not already familiar with), and that w...

<t>Actually, what you are doing sounds like something I would buy in a heartbeat. Why not just publish it yourself, then? CKG or independent, to tell you the truth I think the gamers of the world would love it! And I have a feeling that the CKG as described in the fliers wouldn't be that useful. Bes...

<t>Although I realize it is most likely not going to happen, I would like to have a CKG much like the 1e AD&D DMG. Less 'options' and more of the useful stuff in one source. The sort of material in the 1e DMG Appendices, expanded. The fact that it contained most if not all that very useful mater...

<t>OK, I have read the rulebooks. I am tempted to run it, although it depends on finding another player or two. The short npc and monster stat lines are enticing and it looks easy to add houserules to 'cover' a perceived weakness or two. The lack of a 'real' skill system bugs me, but that is mostly ...

<t>Boone and Crockett were both famous as riflemen, first and foremost.<br/> <br/> 'Up close and personal' happened a lot, but first you discharge ole Ticklicker. First line of offense, definitely.<br/> <br/> Couldn't resist, I grew up in East Tennessee and was inundated with stories about those guy...

<t>One way to have both DEX and STR involved would be to have 'weights' for the longbows. Consider a longbow with a 1D6 as a base for the bows, the lightest effective pull, and say it needs average STR, or 9-12. Then every +2 points of STR increase the 'pull' and thus the damage done. So, 1D8 at STR...

<t>Which reminds me of my next question. How do you do called shots in this system? I use negative modifiers to the attack roll in BRP, but that seems counter intuitive with this because essentially it seems like you would have better armor by wearing nothing sometimes? <br/> OK, I'm not making much...

<t>It is better, yes. But to understand where I am coming from all you need to know is that I have GMed and played almost exclusively BRP games, esp. CoC and Stormbringer. Low hit points and no increases at all.<br/> <br/> I see several ways around C&C's hit point system with a quick simple hous...

Over here it's pretty much 3.5. Period. ...and Exalted.

90 minutes to Port Angeles for you?

I am afraid that is a major trip for me these days. Too bad. If you are ever in this neck of the woods let me know.

<t>I don't mind low hit points, it makes me feel like I have accomplished something to get a PC through a scenario. If I run C&C...I don't know yet what I'll do for beginning hit points, maybe the CON bonus, maybe not. I am more concerned with the inflation of hit points at higher levels, which ...

Speaking of Charles Dexter Ward, did you see the movie based on the story? The best Lovecraft movie adaptation I've seen. 'The Resurrected'.

I'm trying to get a C&C group together. Or join one. Be worth the trip once or twice a month, on Sundays? Probably not, I guess. Are you in a group now?

Inkpot, I just noticed you are in Washington? Near Seattle/Bellevue?

<t>I'm with you on this. I would really like a sort of post holocaust gritty fantasy setting (that more or less describes my homebrew) but Talislanta is just too much, for instance. Sometimes it reminds me of the Wizard of Oz. In general I prefer settings like Hyboria or Tekumel. Or settings with ev...

I have mostly run Stormbringer. Which means I am a monster, but it's more fun to be a monster when I have victi...players, so I will give max hit points at first level and probably a bonus, like half CON.

I started to read it when I was about that age (thirteen). Didn't finish it until years later because I got sidetracked by Conan, Stormbringer, ERB, A. Merritt, Otis Adelbert Kline (ever hear of him?), and muchly other trashy pulp fiction (I say tongue in cheek, and affectionately).

There is a workable looking multiclass system for download at dragonsfoot, too. Which I am going to grab.

Anybody use weapon speed factors? Pros and cons?

I am writing up my houserules, looking for any and all info I can get my grubby little paws on.

Hey, why not? It was good enough for Arduin (kobbits) and the RC(thouls). Heh, it is one way I make up place names for my setting, too.

The Christopher Lambert 'Beowulf', the one where it was set post-apocalypse? That one is in my 'almost good' file. Just a little more editing, and I had a feeling a lot of the movie wound up on the cutting room floor anyway...

<t>The reviews on amazon range from 'garbage, why did I waste my money' to 'best movie I ever saw'. Some of the negative comments are damning, though. One guy said sometimes an extra would start bleeding before the sword blow landed, fake plastic body parts were obvious, one actress stumbled in a sc...

Actually I have read the LOTR trilogy-multiple times-and the only problem I had with the movies was some of the over done CGI. So yes, it is definitely possible to please someone with both the books and the movies...as they were done.

So you are a wife teaser too? It is fun, but dangerous...

How about 'Bad Taste'?

Hey, thanks. It looks good. Now I have Christmas movie to go see!

<t>It's like Stephen King. The scripts vary a great deal from the books. What works in a book doesn't necessarily work for a movie. Harry Potter, especially the last one...a lot of people were upset over the lack of a house elf side plot, as in the book, for instance. It probably would not have work...