tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post108289523085536884..comments2024-03-25T22:48:31.750-04:00Comments on Dreams in the Lich House: A Visit to the MuleJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-9322371881773947082011-09-21T23:05:16.978-04:002011-09-21T23:05:16.978-04:00Beedo, it was great seeing you guys! The kiddo her...Beedo, it was great seeing you guys! The kiddo here enjoyed simulating sword-to-green-slime combat at least as much as the traditionally roleplayed events. We hope to do it again soon!<br /><br />-C, the ACKS mortality tables try to do two things beyond AD&D or its later interpretations in Hackmaster or 3E that facilitate the emergency-room drama I enjoyed when playing a cleric from 1st to 23rd level in 3.5:<br />* make bleeding out indeterminate; getting to the victim fast always improves their chances, but you never have the situation where you know they have many more rounds before hitting -10 so there is no urgency to get the healing in.<br />* make falling below 0 hit points have consequences that aren't negated by raise dead; at high levels my 3.5 cleric's routine involved multiple returns from death per PC in a single combat, and we wanted to make death have more risk throughout the game.<br />- TavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-53071573774636499252011-09-21T10:53:01.110-04:002011-09-21T10:53:01.110-04:00-C, if you ever find yourself traveling east (lots...-C, if you ever find yourself traveling east (lots of folks come for business in NYC, for instance) - north of Philly isn't too far - trains go right to Trenton. One of the fringe benefits I noticed moving to the East Coast is that the major cities are a hop away. I don't exactly have the time to run a weekly table top game and a Google+ game, but I can certainly open up our weekly table to drop-ins.<br /><br />That Hackmaster sounds a lot like AD&D 1E BTB (which no one seems to play BTB) albeit with the addition of those pain checks.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-18712682302781505692011-09-21T09:59:00.159-04:002011-09-21T09:59:00.159-04:00I am jealous about being so far out of the loop. I...I am jealous about being so far out of the loop. I would very much like to meet and game with you guys.<br /><br />Um, I'm fond of the Hackmaster death rule - if you're alive and you drop to -3 or below you're instantly dead, but if you drop to -1 or -2 your down and bleeding out till -10.<br /><br />Most people drop long before that to threshold of pain checks.-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331863932906631618noreply@blogger.com