tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post8994176604410414457..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Winter War recap, part IIIJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-37297034299398272272008-02-13T14:41:00.000-06:002008-02-13T14:41:00.000-06:00Jeff,You know my email. Send those maps or my 36th...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>You know my email. Send those maps or my 36th level Pit Fiend magic user will case "The Curse of Tindalos" on you.<BR/><BR/>Consider it a trade for "house of the axe"!<BR/><BR/>Good job keeping the flame alive.<BR/><BR/>CalithenaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-39899444030080883322008-02-13T13:11:00.000-06:002008-02-13T13:11:00.000-06:00I do feel lousy about falling asleep - sorry about...<B>I do feel lousy about falling asleep - sorry about that!</B><BR/><BR/>Don't worry about it. I knew there would be folks like that when I signed up to run on the last day of the con.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-91332402865030200722008-02-13T12:27:00.000-06:002008-02-13T12:27:00.000-06:00Awesome game report. I love reading about dungeon ...Awesome game report. I love reading about dungeon delves especially!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-13389208768395447722008-02-12T23:09:00.000-06:002008-02-12T23:09:00.000-06:00Er, I should say that the immediately preceding an...Er, I should say that the immediately preceding anonymous is me. I'm not Chris/R.A./Omar or mearls, obviously :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-24908436972696468322008-02-12T23:08:00.001-06:002008-02-12T23:08:00.001-06:00"Anonymous" is me, Sjohn. No sure what's up with B..."Anonymous" is me, Sjohn. No sure what's up with Blogger lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-59997116117283855312008-02-12T23:08:00.000-06:002008-02-12T23:08:00.000-06:00D&D has always been great for chargen compared to ...D&D has always been great for chargen compared to the various AD&D/d20 flavors. A couple of years ago (maybe three years, now ... how time flies) when I was turning on some of my current campaigners to gaming, I ran an upper-mid-level D&D game and we created 4 characters in about 45 minutes. The circumstances were:<BR/><BR/>(A) Two of the players were utter, absolute RPG newbies.<BR/>(B) We had only a single copy of the rules between us to pass around.<BR/>(C) The characters averaged around 7th level depending on the XP breaks<BR/>(D) Everyone was fully equipped, had full stocks of spells and spellbooks, plus a modest selection of magic items appropriate to their level.<BR/><BR/>And that's starting from blank character sheets, no shortcuts, no prefab anything. We were using the Third Revised Edition (or, as some folks call 'em, the Boxes With the Larry Elmore Covers).<BR/><BR/>It was also a truly kickass run that we still all talk about and remember fondly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-35405304520776994852008-02-12T22:35:00.000-06:002008-02-12T22:35:00.000-06:00The game was a blast. I do feel lousy about fallin...The game was a blast. I do feel lousy about falling asleep - sorry about that! Guess a con weekend was too much for my convalescing self. Ah well, Hirsuita got to hit things with an axe, and that was my goal.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248105744263116792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-35513858005646074582008-02-12T19:31:00.000-06:002008-02-12T19:31:00.000-06:00steve: I don't think we spent much more than 30-45...steve: I don't think we spent much more than 30-45 minutes on chargen. I photocopied the equipment list and created a spell list handout, which speeded things along nicely.<BR/><BR/>skeleri: The little brown book I was often referencing is entitled "Miscellaneous Modifications to Men & Magic". It's actually a little moleskine notebook were I scratch in my own interpretations of the OD&D system, house rules, and a handy chart compilation.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-33516130024836725282008-02-12T19:18:00.000-06:002008-02-12T19:18:00.000-06:00Excellent play by play! Very glad to hear your ga...Excellent play by play! Very glad to hear your game had such a warm reception. I'm running my own OD&D game next week at a local con and am looking forward to it. By the by, how much of the session did chargen take you guys? I haven't decided to use pregens or use the route you took.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382001986218250618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-45967032986275310122008-02-12T19:13:00.000-06:002008-02-12T19:13:00.000-06:00Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. A co-worker an...Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. A co-worker and I rolled up 1e characters at lunch last week, but we couldn't convince anyone to run a game for us. Alas, my half-orc fighter had to just sit there on his character sheet, destined to never do anything.<BR/><BR/>- MearlsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-69109333876714914162008-02-12T18:04:00.000-06:002008-02-12T18:04:00.000-06:00I was insanely surprised at how well you handled l...I was insanely surprised at how well you handled like, what, eleven or so players? Reading suggested party sizes of that magnitude in early modules always made me cringe. So that little brown book you kept referencing (the one with the mostly dead table) was that the Judges Guild supplement you were referring to?skelerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915816887020537340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-4212037972271903692008-02-12T13:21:00.000-06:002008-02-12T13:21:00.000-06:00Yeah, I was with Skeleri. I meant to say hello and...Yeah, I was with Skeleri. I meant to say hello and such before leaving, but I was pretty tired and we had a 3 hour drive ahead of us. And also our wives were waiting for us downstairs.<BR/><BR/>That poison gas went completely over my head; because it was found while searching for secret doors I'm pretty sure we all thought we were meant to open it, and I'm pretty sure Skeleri thought it led to the dragon's lair. I didn't even notice the player who suggested it was poison gas. D'oh!<BR/><BR/>As for the last surviving member of the party, that rocked. Heres this poor halfling, running for his life, when out pops a random berserker. Everyone was cheering him on, blow by blow, and even though we were all already dead it still felt like a party victory to me when he made it out alive.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for running an awesome game! I'm hoping we'll make it out again next year a little earlier in the week so we're not all kinds of tired by Sunday.Infamous Jumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325095907854089585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-72053922415072745152008-02-12T12:57:00.000-06:002008-02-12T12:57:00.000-06:00Jeff,Thanks for the great game last Sunday. I had...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great game last Sunday. I had a blast. Look forward to doing it again next year.<BR/><BR/>Don't know what we were thinking in bashing in the door to the dragons' lair. Just mentally spent after 3+ hours of dungeon delving, I guess.<BR/><BR/>The poison gas is fantastic!!! I almost wish we HAD started dropping dead. Anything else we missed?<BR/><BR/>You forgot to mention the illusionary flaming cats and funneling the holy water onto the ogre wight.<BR/><BR/>See ya next year. And don't be a stranger on DF and K&K. If I'm ever back in Cham-Bana (which happens often) and have some gaming time (which hardly ever happens), I'll let you know.<BR/><BR/>Chris/R.A./OmarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com