tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209855737812016509.post8854683729358195059..comments2024-03-27T10:03:08.323-07:00Comments on Methods & Madness: Moldvay's ORACLE (Basic D&D is the best, and it contains multitudes)Eric Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196219031821755216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209855737812016509.post-41288166126750620272019-11-23T14:39:58.108-08:002019-11-23T14:39:58.108-08:00To me, if I can set things up as the table ties a ...To me, if I can set things up as the table ties a flat d20 roll to a result, I am more than happy for that. Worst case scenario is a couple of dice rolls to hit and it flows well in my experience.<br /><br />But I also got really used to how B/X matrices worked at my table. The maths wasn't bad because you just moved up or down from your roll (-4 to roll, go 4 back from your original roll result on the table).Sean Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15330718937738010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209855737812016509.post-71725875884366391012019-11-22T19:45:35.626-08:002019-11-22T19:45:35.626-08:00Hahahaha, well, I like some tables I guess... What...Hahahaha, well, I like some tables I guess... What I dislike is stopping the game to look a them.<br />But yeah, you're right, 5e could be a lot better if it had carried more stuff from old editions.Eric Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196219031821755216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209855737812016509.post-61773274218802883762019-11-22T19:44:23.741-08:002019-11-22T19:44:23.741-08:00B/X plus character options is my holy grail... I t...B/X plus character options is my holy grail... I tried to do this with Dark Fantasy Basic, and still working on it.Eric Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196219031821755216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209855737812016509.post-12668867857910287072019-11-21T08:21:37.674-08:002019-11-21T08:21:37.674-08:00Not a fan of tables! Blasphemy I say!
In all seri...Not a fan of tables! Blasphemy I say!<br /><br />In all seriousness, when I had first heard of the 5e playtest, I thought they would start from the beginning and draw on the decades of game design experience since then. I always feel like a lot of good things were left on the cutting room floor (look at discussions on this blog regarding gold = XP? Take the idea of "Level teaining" and integrate it into other downtime activities and voila! You keep the dynamics of the original system, and can also tweak or ignore the set up entirely.<br /><br />Use the bond,flaw,ideal system as a means to give advantage to Charm/Illusion effects or Charisma/Wisdom based checks. Complementary bond flaws grant a boost to NPC morale...<br /><br />There is much that could have been done to make 5e truly more streamlined. But if they had, would we have so much to work with? Sean Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15330718937738010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209855737812016509.post-10399577923114121452019-11-21T05:30:53.491-08:002019-11-21T05:30:53.491-08:00This is the first version of D&D I ever played...This is the first version of D&D I ever played. I still recall my dwarf getting gored by a minotaur. <br />I bought this a few years back from ebay and it brought back so many memories. I even ran a couple of sessions of it with my group. Unfortunately the players felt limited by the Character options so we moved on to 5E. The Shadowplayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290750258778801256noreply@blogger.com