tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post8504191798981098584..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Beyond Vinland house rulesJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-67665956127766245872007-03-20T21:34:00.000-05:002007-03-20T21:34:00.000-05:00I'm digging your posts on the development of this ...I'm digging your posts on the development of this Vinland campaign, esp. this post on houserules. To me, the houserules that are implemented really are one of the the most interesting things to read about other people's games. Keep up the updates on your game.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>AdaenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57983401540560745842007-03-18T13:44:00.000-05:002007-03-18T13:44:00.000-05:00I have to give you props for saying the game ends ...I have to give you props for saying the game ends at 10:00pm, no matter what. <BR/><BR/>I unfortunately had to stop gaming with my friends because they would frequently game on weeknights to 10:30 or even 11:00, and that didn't mesh well with my having to drive 20+ minutes to get home and get up at 5:30 the next morning for work. I'm not blaming them for this, though, since it worked for everyone else's schedule but mine, and others weren't able to start gaming as early in the evening as I could.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477824741510688708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-7299324176749154242007-03-15T08:48:00.000-05:002007-03-15T08:48:00.000-05:00Calithena here.You wrote: "most awesome magic item...Calithena here.<BR/><BR/>You wrote: "most awesome magic items will have to be made or found."<BR/><BR/>Great idea. If you substitute "all" for "most" you have every D&D campaign I've ever run, from the brown books to 3.14159.Calithenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783899060873651832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-37453057298486066072007-03-13T00:37:00.000-05:002007-03-13T00:37:00.000-05:00The knots are great for Ur-Inca-type spellcasters,...The knots are great for Ur-Inca-type spellcasters, and bone runes could also double as fortune telling devices, and the Vikings were very big on consulting the omens.<BR/><BR/>There's something you may want to consider for your Viking clerics...<BR/><BR/>Give them something extra for giving the DM a "portent of doom" - like interpreting the jumbled mess in someone's backpack when they camp for the night as representing evil falling upon them when they are confused and ill-prepared. It's always nice when the PCs throw you the next plot twist to use.<BR/><BR/>And if you're going to use runestaffs as a spellbook, remember that the spell mastery feat can allow the bad-guy spellslinger to know a few even after someone snaps his staff. And breaking my staff doesn't take away today's memorized spells.donm61873https://www.blogger.com/profile/07855277967868713114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-23819522193782158962007-03-12T12:12:00.000-05:002007-03-12T12:12:00.000-05:00Longcoat, those are all awesome ideas.Longcoat, those are all awesome ideas.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-31040360871655534052007-03-12T12:09:00.000-05:002007-03-12T12:09:00.000-05:00Some of the better games I've played in have been ...Some of the better games I've played in have been where the GM did not limit spellbooks to just plain old books. He allowed us to use anything we wanted, as long as it was cool. I've seen players use strings with spells represented as a complicated series of knots, bone runes that needed to be spread out and solved like a jigsaw puzzle, and one enterprising player even made use of his characters sewing skill to sew his spells into a book of bound cloth pages. It took him forever to inscribe each spell, but it was a small price to pay for a waterproof spellbook.<BR/><BR/>Ever thought of allowing players to use something like that? I love the idea of using a specially enscribed staff, but what about the idea of enscribed bone runes as a spellbook? Maybe (for the more Aquilonian types) golden disks worn about the neck with spell runes enscribed on them? Or what about having spells scribed as tattoos all over their body?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-24490960891625669592007-03-12T12:06:00.000-05:002007-03-12T12:06:00.000-05:00The rune staffs rock, and so do the clerics. Oh, ...The rune staffs rock, and so do the clerics. Oh, and the pointy hats.<BR/><BR/>Okay, Jeff, there's my blessing. Get up get up get up and get <I>down</I>.Dr Rotwanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750632906878388570noreply@blogger.com