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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Should All Weapons Do 1d6 Damage?
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For the fun of it I thought I’d dissect the arguments for the OD&D pre-Greyhawk/Holmes Basic/S&W Whitebox convention that all weap...
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Breaking the Other Guy's Weapon
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Weapons break. Battlefields are littered with broken weapons as well as broken bodies. In my view, most breaks should be essentially ran...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Disarm Rules
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As with any rules set, you want something that will appear realistic without being too complicated. The particular problem with creating...
Friday, October 7, 2011
Fighting with Two Hands
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Here are the two-handed fighting rules for MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH--my OD&D/S&W Whitebox 16th-century knockoff, in progres...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
"Do not Smite!" "Smite!" "Do not Smite!"
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The first and third of those phrases were the last words of Snorri Sturluson, the great medieval Icelandic poet, Saga writer, lawyer, histo...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
D&D Unplugged: A Golden Age?
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In his seminal old school Musings , Philotomy Jurament makes a strong case for why one should consider playing OD&D with only the ...
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Ability Point Swapping and Experience Bonuses in Men & Magic
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On p. 10 of Men & Magic Gary Gygax explained how characters could use points from another ability score to increase their score in the ...
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