Troll Lord Games

Overall I liked what was said. The grid is now gone, there is a simple set of core rules and the game is going to be designed where you won't have to buy new books if there is an update and everything is being set to reflect the tastes of individual DMs. The problem, though, is that for those of us...

The first one that really sticks out in my mind was a 3.5 druid I ran. He had a run-in with a bearded devil. It didn't turn out well. He was a special build that focused more on shapeshifting than on other druid abilities. Cool concept...lousy execution. Although the execution itself was pretty spec...

I try to remove any cultural flavor from monks in my games. I try to view them as "people in search of perfect mental, physical, and spiritual attunement." I think that's a broad enough statement to have them be, "culture-less" in my games. Well said, sir! Wasn't it in the most ...

Very interesting thread. I haven't stuck to one single pantheon, but I've instead adopted OG&M, giving my players a wide berth as it were. I try keeping specific pantheons for specific regions on my map, but beyond that, all bets are off. For me, it's all the more fodder for RP. If a player thro...

Engineering Dungeons has some WM tables I've used in the past that are old-school in their feel. They work nicely.

The big thing I like with the Kindle edition is that when I'm writing adventures, I can keep the word processor window open on half the screen, and have the Kindle PC app running on the other half of the screen. The lack of artwork in the middle of the text makes the text that much more readable, an...

Arduin wrote:

MormonYoYoMan wrote:

Arduin wrote:Rare

It's better medium-well, depending on how it's tenderized.

I like my ectoplasm boiled...

I prefer fricasseed. Do you know what the penalty is for hunting fricasseeing ectoplasm without a fricasseeing ectoplasm license?

Normally, though, I don't restrict characters from using non-class abilities. I don't allow characters to add levels to their checks, however. It's a handy way to deal with instances when, for example, the party is without a rogue-type.

The other thing I haven't seen here is the bonus granted to elves on perception checks. Granted, it's not adding a level to a check, but for the first couple of levels, it's the same equivalent.

As I'm trying to write an adventure, the art-lite version on Kindle is actually a nice thing to have on the PC Kindle app. I can have Word and the Kindle app open side-by-side, and it's a good way to just get the information without having the graphics (which I love, btw, but found that the Kindle f...

My basis for giving the listen check to the guard would be along the lines of, if the fighter either forgot to remove his/her armor, he/she/it would be Mr./Ms. Clankypants. If they did remove the armor, that's something that would make noise. Odds are, the fighter would probably forget something or ...

I'm looking at running a pick-up game as well.

Great story! It's always good to see the next generation being brought into the hobby by a GM who cares enough about the game and the players to treat them to an experience like this. Bravo!

Hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas!

Danger wrote:No hurting of the posterior here; 2nd was where I played the most D&D in my heyday years and I've nothing but fond memories of it. Still got all my books too.

Funny how gripes over its complexity paled in comparison to the later editions/years.

+1 on all counts here. Well said.

...for me to go. I wish I could say "it's just fatigue" but that would be a lie. The reality is that the game stopped being fun some time ago. I'm tempted to say the years spent collecting errata are the sole reason why the game is no longer fun. While errata did have a part in this, erra...

I don't share in the ire at the Trolls. They're a small outfit and their products are a great addition to a small but passionate subset of the table-top RPG community. Plus, they seem receptive to feedback and I feel confident the eProducts will improve over time because of it. I think this is a va...

That being said, since it's something that doesn't exactly serve as an offensive spell, why not drop it do a 1 hr/level duration, and make it a 0-level spell? It seems like more of a cantrip to me than a real spell that a character would have to burn (no pun intended) regular slots on. That would w...

The main benefit of the spell is being able to cook without being seen at night. I was thinking along the same lines from when I read it, and through the comments until I got to this point in the thread. This might be a fun way to play around with things too, such that if you have the irresponsible...

1. First is ALWAYS death before dishonor, regardless of alignment.
2. Faith to the extent of boastful, gloating pride in himself.
3. Loyalty...this one's easy to abuse.
4. Excellence...again, with a mouth as big as his, he needs to be able to back it up.

My update notice from Amazon finally arrived on Monday. Trollzah!

Good to hear. It's on my "must see" list at the moment. (I would go today, but our local theatre is hosting "The Exorcist" and Linda Blair is supposed to be there. I couldn't pass that up, so maybe I get Musketeers next weekend.) Did you go to the Boulevard, or the Palms? I got ...

I just use note cards anymore. It helps to have each encounter in a single place that I can quickly go back to. Leave one side blank for recording hits on monsters, as well as any other assorted notes I need to make, then keep the treasure/rewards for completing the encounter on the other side of th...

I tend towards the ideal that if a race has a specific divine pantheon (assuming that most members of the race will worship/pray to at least one of those deities), then they have souls. OG&M covers all the standard races, as well as a variety of humanoids. I've also worked out of AD&D 2/e Mo...

+1 to what everybody else has said. You've raised the bar. I hope you and your husband can recover your health and we can see more from you soon.

ssfsx17 wrote:Just got mine today!

Same here! Trollzah!!!

bc99 wrote:
I second that. It's games that do something different that really get players to remember.

+1 to that.

I've got one of the earliest hardcover CKGs produced, and the print in mine is just fine. No problems.

Arduin wrote:Look at it from the point of view of the deity. To what mortals would you invest powers in and why? Why not?

Answer those questions for YOUR game world and that is the answer.

+1. Very well said. Harrumph.

I need to get on that. Looking forward to seeing it.