Troll Lord Games

Hah, classic. Sad, but classic.

Okay, movie over. Whew.

Now I just have to make it through the Hannah Montana with Jonas Brothers episode on next. Its sad; I realize I know more about whats happening in the kiddie pop world than I do with adult music.

Different strokes for different folks. I liked Sinistar, my friends liked Defender. I don't begrudge anyone their fun. (Well, most anyone.)

I figure that we'll be here for the folks that want to remember their character by what they did, not what was on their character sheet.

<t>For those who don't p*ete*n girls, the premiere High School Musical 2 just started (CST). And here I am, with the TV blasting, and a collection of 7 and 8 year old little girls screaming - like it was 1964 and the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show or something. Not only are they over to watch ...

<t>Heh. We actually didn't try it for that first session - we used the standard d20. (I think that was buried in the text of my post). My reservations about making non-prime rolls more difficult were theoretical only (and based off an the usual 18 CB, not my house-ruled 16). <br/> <br/> More theory:...

Fizz wrote: I've been thinking about this. I'm surprised you had a problem with non-Prime abilities. ... So maybe you just had some rough rolls that session. The odds indicate that your 2d10 non-primes are actually a bit better off than the 1d20's non-primes. Something maybe didn't come out right i...

<t>I think you'll see the same kind of phenomena that happened with 3x: big marketing push that will again focus the spotlight on D&D, and by extention RPGs. New people will start to play, old players ("lapsed" players) will start playing again (like me), and when they tire of rules bloat, power...

Thinking more about it, the flip side of either of those systems is that it punishes lower AC monsters ... and PCs. Wizards, Illusionists, low level Monks and various others get a proportionately bigger short end of the stick (as it were) with the move to the curve.

<r>I brought this up awhile back, here: <URL url="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2339&mforum=trolllordgames"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames">http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2339&mforum=trolllordgames</LINK_TEXT></URL><br/>...

Julian Grimm wrote: This is for those that have done this type of thing before. I have some free stuff that I have DL'ed from various gaming sites that I would like printed but at better quality than my home printer can do. Where is the best place for getting maps printed to size, free legal module...

<t>I end up keeping nearly everything transparent, except for Find/Notice-type rolls, even up to the point of having the players roll for their opponent's to-hit rolls, damage rolls and even saves. Makes my job as DM much easier, and there is nothing like watching a player's face when they roll some...

Treebore wrote: This does prove that there is a market (of at least one) who may be interested in a "spell card" product for C&C. I don't like those so much, because its harder to change spell effects, durations, etc. You also can't personalize them for the player/character. I'd rathe...

gideon_thorne wrote: And this, is precisely why PDF is not the way to go. It just takes one dishonest person... This is where I disagree with you. The reality is there are going to be pirates no matter what, and there are people that will not pay for your product, period. And so, even while the Tro...

<t>I respect that that is the decision of the Troll Lords, even if I disagree with it (and have seen a number of publishers - RPG publishers, even - make a pretty fair living being PDF-only or having lines that are PDF-only).<br/> <br/> I do with at some point they'd reconsider that. We were doing a...

<t>I don't think max HP at 1st level is in the PHB. I don't recall seeing it. I don't think its in the 1e PHB or DMG, or any of the Basic sets, either. But it is one of the most ancient house rules that I know of. <br/> <br/> I use it in my games. I waffle about adding additional HP at first level. ...

I liked the E6 article - some great ideas. But I still dislike the system.
This is another good article on Enworld, about D&D Demographics: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=203642

DangerDwarf wrote: THAT sounds like some gaming goodness. SW seems like it would be a great way to play that setting. Yeah, it is. The guy running it - a regular in my completed Savage Worlds Evernight game - wanted to run the next campaign, and wanted to run Midnight. He was going to do 3.x, but a...

<t>Playing<br/> <br/> * AD&D 1E Game online<br/> <br/> * Savage Worlds - Midnight<br/> <br/> I just bowed out of a BECMI D&D game (time constraints), too. Running<br/> <br/> * C&C Wilderlands Game - running first adventure this Friday!<br/> <br/> I'll be running mostly DCCs and 1E module...

<r>I'm a huge terrain fan. I make most of mine from cardstock, though, from companies like WorldWorksGames. You can see a gallery of some of the stuff I've done here:<br/> <URL url="http://wwgallery.pcinfoman.com/index.php?cat=10024">http://wwgallery.pcinfoman.com/index.php?cat=10024</URL><br/> <br/...

Fizz wrote: Well, the CKG has been #1 on my list for a while because i'm a big tweaker and modder of rules. I'm very keen to see what it has to say on things like modified classes (and the XP charts), variations on the SIEGE engine, etc. I'm right there with you on this one. This is the #1 book I w...

Mana Trance wrote: I think the visuals are nice. While I hate Angelina "Lips From Hell" Jolie, the other casting choices are good ones in my opinion. Who looks at her lips? IMO, she's firmly in the "neck down" camp. <- almost forgot obligatory smiley when being a male pig

serleran wrote: Toxic Avenger rocks, but I'd place it in horror and not sci-fi. Then again, people put Alien in horror and it is sci-fi... I dunno. To me, Alien (the first) was far more horror to me than SciFi (like Event Horizon, only infinitely better). All the rest of the Alien movies were squar...

<t>Favorite is easily Star Wars, hands down. And nothing else is in the same stratosphere. <br/> <br/> After that, I have to put Aliens, T2 and LoTR (the 1st and 3rd, the 2nd, like the book, was just okay) next.<br/> <br/> My guilty pleasure movies are Underworld and Ladyhawke. I have a hard time re...

I like it. I may test this out in my upcoming game.

jman5000 wrote: But this is an odd notion. we have insta kill monsters, insta kill poisons, insta kill magic weapons (+4 vorpal swords), so why no insta kill called shots except for a very rare chance? Should it be the onus of the attacker to challenge the very difficult shot, or the onus of the de...

<t>I got the boxed set first, and then got the PG. Its worth it - not for the Gods, but for general data about races, more history information (which can be useful) and other basic world info - pretty much all fluff (woot). <br/> <br/> The setting is great though. Pretty much supports anything and a...

<t>I know what you're saying, and I'm right there with you. I love visual aids.<br/> <br/> Some ideas:<br/> <br/> I have the Paizo item cards. They're pretty cool, and the artwork is great. I'm going to use them for special and magical items only, though, to enhance their coolness. (Besides, they do...

That obviously means he knows that 4E is coming out, right? I mean, he's telling us to duck!

moriarty777 wrote: Items of Protection (such as a Ring or Cloak) will stack with other items so long that it is not another item of Protection. If some yahoo is trying to wear a ring and cloak of protection at the same time, the more powerful bonus overrides the lesser. However, they would be able ...

<t>I think the Paladin is a good example of a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Individually each of their abilities might not seem like much, but as a whole, its a pretty nice package. In most games, unlimited Detect Evil and always-on Divine Aura are pretty nice abilities ...