Someone on EN World asked about a rather strict Star Wars GM who gave out Dark Side Points for any use of Force Grip. I had a think about the situation and gave my reply; I repeat the reply here. I think it provides a useful solution to the Move Object debacle we’ve had in our games, although Martin will need to make the final … Continue reading Dark Side Points and Force Powers
It’s a funny thing, but with the end of D&D 3e, I seem to be now buying some of the OGL products. Oh, I wanted to before, but being in rural Australia does make it quite a lot more difficult to get those products. Especially when you’re not being paid very much and you don’t have a credit card. I’m being paid (slightly) more these … Continue reading …but I still like Paizo
Once upon a time, I adored 3rd edition D&D. I thought it was the best edition of D&D ever. Then Paizo came and tore up my good feelings, stomped on them, poured gasoline over them, set fire to them, and then buried the ashes in a garbage pit and stomped on them some more. No, not really. It is true, however, that a lot of … Continue reading How Paizo made me hate 3E
Friday night’s Star Wars was cancelled on account of a party almost everyone (but me and the GM) were at, so instead I spent the night at home. Randy came to visit, and we played a few boardgames. Life is hard. We started with Battlelore, using the Scottish Wars expansion, and the Stirling Bridge scenario. That was fun – imagine if William Wallace was a … Continue reading Weekend gaming
In our last session of my Castle Greyhawk campaign, Peggy’s magic-user “Mya” used her magic to destroy an altar to the Chaos Gods. She was promptly cursed by those gods, who made it impossible for her to heal. Luckily she was able to get the curse reversed (Into the Woods line there) at the temple of Rao, although she’s now engaged on a quest for … Continue reading Faith in D&D
I picked up Dark Chateau earlier today, another part of the Castle Zagyg series of modules from Troll Lord Games. In actual fact, the copy I’d ordered from MilSims hasn’t arrived yet – I picked this up as a pdf, as it was on special with a bunch of other Castles & Crusades adventures at RPGnow. I then printed it out in booklet form and stapled … Continue reading More conversions
Once upon a time, there were these D&D designers who decided that clerics were boring. Why should every cleric have the same powers, even though one cleric was a priest of the god of battle, and another was a priest of the god of love… Now, all of this makes a lot of sense. It really does. Why should the powers that one god grant be … Continue reading The trouble with speciality priests
Well, I’ve spent a few happy hours today preparing for Friday’s session. I started running this new Castle Greyhawk game a fortnight ago, and between then and now have picked up part of Castle Zagyg by Gary Gygax. So, I’m integrating my CG material with his… Of course, all of Gary’s material was originally for oD&D, ported into Castles & Crusades, and now being ported … Continue reading Preparing for Friday D&D
At the beginning of this year, I’d planned to wrap up my Sunday afternoon (Ulek) campaign and start up new a 4e campaign for that group with Keep on the Shadowfell. I’d also planned to continue running the Friday Nighters through Savage Tide until we finished it (most likely at the end of 2008 or in early 2009) and then start playing 4e. The latter … Continue reading D&D 4e Dungeon Design Experiences
You know, it’s really weird, but the 4e cosmology as described in the new DMG seems almost perfect for Greyhawk. Let’s face it: if you, like me, rely primarily in the 1983 boxed set and the Gygax “Gord the Rogue” books for inspiration, along with the early AD&D adventures, there isn’t really all that much information on (a) the origin of the world and (b) … Continue reading The new D&D Cosmology and Greyhawk
