Troll Lord Games

angelius wrote: With this official ruling in Canada http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2005/11/17/megabloks-051117.html and in the EU http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/12/business/lego.php what does this actually mean? Does this ruling apply only to the brick or to minifigs as well? Does this mean tha...

<t>That's the thing. The standard -1 to CON penalty actually contributes to trivializing death and resurrection. How many examples can you think of in literature or legend where someone comes back from the dead? Ok, there's actually quite a few. But twice? I can't think of any. <br/> <br/> I also ca...

DangerDwarf wrote: But, if there is no penalty for dieing, its not a negative at all. The penalty for dying is death itself. That should be a significant moment in a campaign! Either the character's gone for good or he's miraculously returned to the living after considerable cost and effort by othe...

DangerDwarf wrote: IN a 2 year campaign, the guy who still has his same character at the end of it should be a bit above those who frequently die and switch. Lots of people play that way, sure. I don't understand why. Is having the same character for a long period of time considered superior to hav...

Treebore wrote: So when they opt for a new character they get the same XP's That's what I'd do too. Quote: unless Raise is available, then I will put them at the bottom of their current level for wanting to switch characters. But I don't get this part. What's so wrong with wanting to switch charact...

DangerDwarf wrote: My son has longer hair than every other boy in the elementary school and while he was in the first grade the principal sent home several notes requesting us to cut his hair. Your school has a policy on hair length? That seems rather odd, unless it's a private school. Is the conce...

<r>I already posted something to this effect, but it's buried in the Lejendary Adventure forum, and will get more views here.<br/> <br/> The Acaeum has a new wiki for chronicling various RPG games in detail.<br/> <br/> One or more people should add the Castles and Crusades game material. (There's al...

Rhuvein wrote:
Some of those shots looked like our moon - slightly altered.

"That's no moon. It's a space station."

Lord Dynel wrote: I know Mrs. Gygax wants to focus on CZ and all, but this sounds ominous. I'm not trying to be snarky, but is something else going on? Did I miss the memo? We've all missed the memo. Gygax Games has been silent on the matter, since the licenses were pulled. LA is a great game. If y...

Relaxo wrote: Whing it with confidence, sell it all as great storytelling and roleplaying in lieu of stoopid rollplaying. I completely agree, but I find it handy to have an official rule to completely ignore. (That way the players think they're in serious trouble, when in reality you're just making...

jaguar451 wrote: Of course, the question is where to draw the line -- offensive spells only? Anything that 'creates' or 'changes' something physical. Although if go too far, might end up with only a single spell per level that doesn't cost extra.... Yep, that's always the tricky bit. I'll PM you a ...

Fiffergrund wrote: Wow, I hadn't considered that angle, either. Granted, with low HD creatures, fireball might take them out anyway, but in this case it's guaranteed, saving throw or not. Better yet, research something like: Minor Inconvenience 2nd level magic-user spell Description. This spell cau...

jaguar451 wrote: So, anyone add special handling of "offensive" spells, making them cost more points or having one 'mana' bucket for combat spells, and one for other spells? I don't, but it is an interesting idea. How do you define an "offensive" spell? Also, in the event of a m...

The spell point system you are describing somewhat resembles that of LA, including the front-loaded power curve.

<t>Ok, I'll share. Long ago I did something similar to what Gideon said earlier in the thread, making a more "generic" paladin, which I called a templar. They aren't necessarily lawful good -- whatever churches exist in your campaign determine which templars options are available.<br/> <br/> Below i...

Foxroe wrote: My impression was that the Weyland Smith Catalog was going to be sort of a spoof Sears & Roebuck catalog full of wacky magical items and such. -Fox It is. The original can still be had here: http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetailSearch.asp_Q_ProductID_E_12389_A_InventoryID_E_138...

Fiffergrund wrote: Does anyone have any data about the time it took for the 1e DMG to go to print after it was started? Er...no, I don't. But I do know it went to print about 18 months after the first book (the Monster Manual), and even when it did go to print, there were quite a few hiccups that d...

Calmly explain again that it's the number that ends up on top which counts.

Julian Grimm wrote: Look there are a few things that the whiners need to realize, 4e is here, AD&D, 2e and 3e are yesterday's news and like it or not WOTC is the big player now. And nothing is going to change that. Wow, apparently not. It's pathetic, but you go ahead and be the perfect little c...

rabindranath72 wrote: So, when you stop saying that something you have not even seen is "junk", I will stop saying that you need to try something before giving any judgment. This is called intelligence: learning from experience. But learning comes after experience, not before. *sheesh* Lo...

rabindranath72 wrote:
And this is what? Humour?

Not remotely. You want to buy more junk, you go right ahead. But quit trying to label those of us that actually learn from our mistakes as being somehow closeminded.

rabindranath72 wrote: Well, I do not know how one can take an informed decision without even looking at the books *shrugs* I don't know how anyone can make an informed decision about a medusa without looking at it, either. But somehow people manage, and the smart ones bring mirrors and pitchforks. ...

Deogolf wrote:
A little insanity brought on by the "were"-ness will slowly degenerate his PC into a raving lunatic that can't be controlled!!

Huh. You ever get the feeling everyone else in your party is a wereboar?

bighara wrote: the white box can vary a lot depending on which printing & condition, etc. If you have only a casual interest in owning the white box, particularly the OCE, I'd strongly suggest waiting to purchase one for a few months. The market (eBay) has gone nuts on these since Gary's passin...

<t>If price isn't an issue, go for it. <br/> <br/> However, there's no earthly reason why you'd need 8 GB of RAM to run a video game. Most of the memory-intensive stuff is being handled by your video card. <br/> <br/> What more memory will do is give you a bit of breathing room before you have to ta...

<r>As for why they might be destroying the books, i think it's analogous to a "stripped" or "remaindered" book. They don't want anyone thinking they're doing something underhanded with the books they receive.<br/> <URL url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_book">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str...

S'funny. I was talking to my brother just yesterday about how his group always wanted to play "Werewolf" years ago...

The members of his group: 3 Vampires, a Mage, and a Changeling. It turns out everyone wanted to be the "cool outsider", nobody actually wanted to play a werewolf.

<t>I think this is one of those situations where you're essentially damned either way. <br/> <br/> If you don't make announcements, people don't think you're working on anything. If you do, they want status updates. If you don't give status updates, they think the project's stalled. If you do give s...

Eisenmann wrote: I've seen horses not like what I'd consider to be weird people on their back. Horses don't really like anybody on their backs, they just tolerate those they're accustomed to, and depending on the temperment of the horse, maybe others. I can't really see a horse making a distinction...

slimykuotoan wrote:
I was wondering if the world itself is interesting.

Yes.