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voynich wrote: i just found it a funny misuse of the spell that people have been saying is very powerful. sure, it is, when used properly by a caster who doesn't blow you up with it. It's been my experience that the more powerful the spell, the more a goof up costs ya. _________________ Baron Greym...

I've never seen a reason to use either, especially not in C&C.
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Troll Lord Games
Castles & Crusades Society

Matthew wrote: Question is, though, when is it advantageous to use a SIEGE check? I think the answer to that is going to depend on the individual. For me, it is pretty much "never", but for other people it may be "frequently". There is no absolute right or wrong answer, just pre...

voynich wrote: remember that sound burst can easily affect the party members, so it is not as all-useful as it might seem. i recall an episode in a game i witnessed where the party were ambushed by some nasty greenskins, and the cleric had failed to be surprised, and cast sound burst on his action....

DangerDwarf wrote:
Thats what smileys are for.

Hehe...I love em so much I have to stop myself from adding them to official office documents and memos (and sometimes I don't bother).
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Troll Lord Games
Castles & Crusades Society

<t>There are a few points that have been missed (perhaps in my skimming). <br/> First, it's important to keep in mind that C&C is not a roll heavy game. A warrior with a prime str of 18 doesn't need to roll to kick in your run of the mill door whether he's 1st level or 20th so the difficulty doe...

<t>I also prefer luck dice to action dice. When I use them, I use a rule from an old 2e supplement which allowed each character to have X number of luck dice (d6). The player could roll as many of these as he wanted at a time (though the DM could limit this) but only rolls of 5 or 6 did anything.<br...

<t>On the other hand, I've been running a game of C&C pretty much non-stop since before the books were published and our clerics always do just fine. As a CK, I like that each spell level can't be filled up with healing. Makes the clerics actually look at something else besides how many hit poin...

Druw wrote: Fair enough, then i can honestly say that i have not see it. Crusader is not the easiest magazine to get this side of the water, which is a shame. (I live in the UK). Druw Not to worry, it wasn't anything terribly original. Besides, even I don't use those rules anymore. I found it easie...

Matthew wrote:
That's also how AD&D 2e deals with it, and from where D20 got the idea.

Yup, I cut my teeth on "red box basic" but I played 2e more than anything else, so I do it that way too.
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Troll Lord Games
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Druw wrote: Thanks, I must confess i do not have issue 4 of Crusader, though i do recall seeing an article in (i think) issue 5. It was part two of an article which had a selection of alternative classes, which combined two or more of the core classes to produce an alternative "multi-class&quo...

<t>Sound like most do what I've been doing, more or less. In my games, those weapons which require two hands can't be used by small characters. Then I have a list of those weapons which require two hands for small characters (long swords and the like). The only thing I had to do was change how spear...

Druw wrote: To be honest, i am not that taken with the official rules for multi-classing in the C&C game. What??! I wrote one of the articles in Crusader 4 which you are not taken with and....oh, who am I kidding...even I don't use those rules. Seriously though, what you've come up with is pret...

Lord Dynel wrote: You're probably right Jackal. I just can't get over having a dwarf know nine(!) languages to start, plus possibly more based on his intelligence bonus (if any)! I will maintain (even though it's probably wrong) the notion that I don't think the races were intended to know all the ...

<t>By default, C&C makes no distinction between a long sword used by a human and a long sword used by a gnome. I'm curious how (or if) people deal with this.<br/> <br/> Do you just leave it as is and say a long sword is a long sword (even though a gnome long sword would have to be shorter and we...

moriarty777 wrote: I think it's harder for WOTC to be aggressive about certain things. The Reaper Legendary Encounters Line (those pre-painted ones) has something called a 'Bathalian' ... unless that is its name. However the characteristics that make this stand out are quite unmistakenable! M Consi...

Lord Dynel wrote: I'm pretty much a "by-the-book" guy, too, but I don't have my book in front of me. I can't say for certain but, in the spirit of debate , I read that entry differently. I interpreted as a character typically knows Common, their racial language, and can select bonus langu...

seskis281 wrote: Don't worry - most of these guys are just having good fun here. It became "such a thing" because it Steve announced it several years ago and people like to rib him on it lol. Heh....I remember pre-ordering the CKG via phone (from Poland no less) when the 1st printing of t...

serleran wrote: Thanks for the vote of confidence. We'll see. Remember, I don't think I can. legally, produce such a thing since it might be construed as "official." Good point. And no worries on my end, mind flayers have never been a big favorite of mine. The Prismal Eye is more than eno...

serleran wrote: Is not the brain gobbler good enough? Oh, ok, ok. They are dinner. If a replacement critter is truly desired, I can make one no problem... I never used mind flayers all that much but I wouldn't mind seeing a replacement. _________________ Baron Greymoor Troll Lord Games Castles &...

Look forward to seeing it.
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Troll Lord Games
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Relaxo wrote: OK thanks for the feedback guys. the reason it came up is I was designing a class where gaining languages was one of it's class features, but then I spotted the half elf description that says something like, "common, elf and 3 of the following (listing 5 more languages) so i sort...

Traveller wrote: The physical description of the creature is WotC product identity, and that's why the simulacrum games and Castles & Crusades don't have this iconic creature. Castles & Crusades provides a Prismal Eye as a substitute. If I recall correctly, it's as deadly as an Eye Tyrant. ...

<t>Heh...leave it to me to be "by the book guy". <br/> On page 31 (3rd printing) of the PHB under Languages it says that each race typically knows the languages listed plus any bonus languages for high intelligence. It also notes that the languages on this list can be changed to suit the CK.<br/> <b...

Very nice...it is, indeed, time to update my signature.

<t>First off, welcome to the Crusade! <br/> As to your points...<br/> <br/> 1- Race abilities are siege rolls which always add level unless specified otherwise (such as a fighter checking to see if he can "move quietly"). There is a pretty large section in the PHB regarding siege rolls, what they ar...

<t>Thanks for the links. Some very interesting stuff there. I didn't finish them all but I'll throw them on my mp3 player and listen while going down the road. lol<br/> <br/> I got my start with the Mentzer "Red Box" so it'll be interesting to hear what he has to say on the various versions of D&...

<t>My suggestion is to start with Rising Knight (free, as mentioned above) and use that as an introduction to the Castle Zagyg setting. Rising Knight isn't set in the CZ material but it would take very little work to make it so (like changing a name or two in the back-story).<br/> <br/> Rising Knigh...

Buttmonkey wrote: I was horrified by how much the writing changed once Aspirin brought in collaborators. The new stuff is just terrible. I don't think I got more than a couple pages into the first Jodi Lynn Nye book before giving up on the series going forward -- a very sad day for me. FWIW, there ...

I've got the entire collection as well (even though I'm not big on the collaborations since Sweet Myth-tery of Life). And, as gideon_thorne said, you can find the entire series on Amazon.com (either as single books or many in collected works).