If you don’t pay for it, you (and your habits and information and attention) are the product being sold

And if variations are grouped together, why is Giant Boar under G in the “Animals” appendix while Boar is under B in the “Animals” appendix?

Also confusing because this makes the second “5th edition” Talislanta.

While I prefer the original system (the original “d20” system - die roll + stat + skill = degree of success; used to resolve everything, predates WoTC 3.0 D&D d20, ironic since they use to distribute Talislanta and Jonathon Tweet worked on both), take what I can get

Because let’s face it - no player is going to enjoy that combat other than the setup flavor of “two statues are actually solid rats that swarm out and attack you!” So in less time that it would take to roll and figure out initiative, the effect of the combat is resolved (and the DM flavors it)

And then depending on how fast they clean the rats determines how many hits they might take (using static monster damage). Rat swarm is AC 10, 24 HP, 7 damage (3 if “bloodied”). One player clears one swarm with two hits, so make the DC 15, and if they hit they take 3 hp, 7 if they fail

Basically a combat like this would last one or two rounds, with players maybe hit once or twice. But with 5 initiative rolls, and probably a dozen attack rolls and 8-12 damage rolls. Just hand wave the combat with a single attack to determine how fast the players clear the swarm

And prices for Masque of the Red Death on EBay have nearly doubled…

Any idea what to use to replace the dried up pen with? Heating, vinegar don’t show the ink.

I literally just watched it before bed here! And I could have sworn G1-3 had said where in Greyhawk they took place (even dug my copied out to double check)

“Back in my day, we recovered one hp per day of rest (5 per day after 30 days of rest), and we liked it!”

I ran this as a 5E Feywild based adventure and it was a lot of fun. Players didn’t figure out the “secret” of the game, but they came close (and survived anyway, having assumed an Arch Fey)

Cyborg Commando had a unique percent system - you rolled two d10s and then multiplied the two numbers together, giving a much stronger curve. Not sure if any game before or since has used that

Jon Peterson’s (@increment.bsky.social) “Playing at the World Volume 2: The Three Pillars of Role-Playing Games” goes into wonderful detail of the development of “harder to hit” (AC) vs “soaks damage” through the history leading to D&D (and beyond). Well worth reading multiple times

Party like it was from 1974!

At least WOTC allows us to make apps for character sheets, DM tools, virtual table top support, etc…

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