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<t>Hey, you stole my thread name! But welcome to the Crusade anyway.<br/> <br/> I have to second what everyone here has already said. I've tinkering with converting the old Council Of Wyrms setting to C&C, as well as developing a homebrew world for more standard fare.<br/> <br/> I haven't had th...

phadeout wrote: When converting, 2E is I'd say is closer to C&C than 3E. Yes, but I hated 2E psionics. Not particularly fond of 3E or 3.5 versions, either. Truth be told, I don't like psionics at all -- I think it's redundant in a game with wizards and clerics. But, the original setting include...

<t>I'm finding that most of CoW will port over just fine to C&C, which is a big plus. It shows that Troll Lords advertising is true!<br/> <br/> Anyway, CoW had four basic "classes" for dragon PCs -- the dragon (duh!), dragon-mage, dragon-priest and dragon-psionicist.<br/> <br/> With the exceptio...

<t>When I run combats, I break the round up into a declaration phase and an action phase.<br/> <br/> During declaration, the players declare what their characters are going to do in that round. Declaration goes from lowest (worst) initiative to highest (best), so that characters with better initiati...

<t>So, my first thought is about dragon character attribute generation. In the original boxed set, dragons rolled the same 3d6 as everyone else, but had some fairly significant ability modifiers. They also had to adjust their Strength scores downward by -6 at first level; it increased each level the...

Metathiax wrote: This may help as far as the psionics go. I use Grey-Elf's fine work for those and I recommend it. Here's the link in case you didn't know about it. That's some nice looking work on his part, too. If original D&D psionics had been more like that, I might have taken to it. I'm st...

Rigon wrote:
PM sent. I based it off of the free download from WizBro site, but it should work for what you want.

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Thanks again, Rigon. Looks like solid work.
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Rigon wrote: AW, I have a half-dragon write up that I'd be willing to share with you. R- Thanks! Feel free to PM them to me, or post them here. Either way, the offer is most appreciated! _________________ "I didn't play Dungeon & Dragons all those years without learning something about cou...

Jynx wrote: I learned something from C&C while playing this level 20 adventure. The black dragon is terribly weak as compared to D&D 3.5 ! I also learned that a character at level 20 using some of the spells in the C&C PHB is ultra powerful and the dragon has little chance! A fireball t...

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<t>I'm thinking about converting the old 2e setting Council Of Wyrms, which was designed for dragon PCs. I always wanted to run it and never got a chance to; when I switched to 3.5 and saw how it handled dragons, I gave up forever.<br/> <br/> But as I've been reading the C&C rules, it occurs to ...

Aha, now I get it. Thanks, Treebore!

<t>OK, so I have been reading like the dickens and liking what I see, a lot. I've only spotted one thing I'm not clear on.<br/> <br/> In M&T, each monster has an XP award rating listed as "X+Y." What do the numbers after the + mean? For the life of me, I can't find where this is explained.<br/> ...

Well, my books just arrived! Flipping through them gave me the willies (in a good way). They look like I remember 1e books looking, which gave me a wee bit of nostalgia.

I'll be reading them over the next couple of days. Yippee!

nakkers,

I'll be in your shoes shortly. I am awaiting my copies of the PHB and M&T, and already working on a campaign idea.

A belated "hail, and well met" to you, goodly sir.

Deus le volt!

moriarty777 wrote: If you're looking for another multiclass variant that *might* help... this is the strict basics of one an idea I've had and I'm playtesting. It's very similar to some of the base rules that most people seem to use for Multiclassing in C&C already but with one key difference. ...

The Venomous Pao wrote: Oh heck yeah. I was completely geeked out about the concept of C&C when I first heard about it. I nearly went nuts waiting for the fist printing of the PH to be released. I am so feeling that right now, TVP. But I've learned to put all that anticipation energy to good us...

Serleran, Nifelhein... Thanks for the links! Some of them I'd seen already, but others are new to me, so they are much appreciated. Nifelhein wrote: Reason? I would make arcane archer a new class myself, this would allow your character to have a nice thing from start and enjoy it from the ground up,...

serleran wrote:
No, but I was involved in the playtesting / development... so umm, I was playing as the books were existing.

I hate you so very, very much.
Seriously, that's cool. I will now look for your classless system...

Rhuvein wrote: Glad to hear it, artemis! When I started there was very little if any fan material and no books. I had the box set which sat on the shelf for a month or so. But after reading stuff online at the old TLG forums, it got me totally pumped up to try C&C and it's been non stop since t...

Nifelhein wrote: Well, I have learned of this quite a while ago, as tiem apssed i thought it would be nearly perfect for a friend and last month i bought him and myself a copy, they both arrived 1 week and a half ago, in a friday, he then started DMing a game in the monday. So far we all love it, I...

Treebore wrote: I kind of did. Of course cncplayer.net and all these other great resources hadn't really been created yet. But when the book (PH first printing) came out and I read it I spent several months just developing how I wanted to handle it. Nothing intense and in depth, just checking out a...

<t>I have convinced my fellow players to give C&C a whirl. We've got two campaigns in other game systems to finish off before then, so it'll be a while, but...<br/> <br/> I just can't stop looking up all the material online. I haven't been this excited about a new game in a long time. I'm even m...

Treebore wrote: Welcome! I hope its as good for you as it has been for me. I would say even better, but I think we would have to get into the realm of near-sexual experiences for that. We try to stay kid friendly on these boards. Good, cuz you're probably not my type anyway. I should have the core ...

Nifelhein wrote: From a player's view 3.X is the dream thing, customizable, power expanding, variable and ultimately, appealing, from a Dm's view it is a world of dreams gone wrong, long preparation time, re-read everything that may see use in the game, a lot of mechanics specific for each skill, f...

<t>Thanks, everyone, for your insightful responses. <br/> <br/> I just finished reading the 'Why Play C&C?" page, and I think I'm just about converted. Most likely, I'll be ordering the PHB and MT this weekend.<br/> <br/> I'm usually the DM (for a group that converted from AD&D 2nd ed. to 3....

<t>Actually, I'm not even a newb yet. I'm just considering buying the two C&C core books, based on the reviews I've read. Like a lot of DM... erm, ahem, 'scuse me, I meant CKs... I've been looking for a way to streamline the paperwork and preparation time of my games. What I've read about C&...