tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post2580724200490292115..comments2024-03-25T22:48:31.750-04:00Comments on Dreams in the Lich House: Too many projects?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-25757611697569848642011-02-25T08:39:59.370-05:002011-02-25T08:39:59.370-05:00Thanks for voting sepulchre - the Black City is no...Thanks for voting sepulchre - the Black City is now starting to pull ahead, but for a while there it looked like Implied Setting was going to be the top.<br /><br />I agree the topic of implied setting has been breached superficially over at Dragonsfoot and K&K, just not to the level of a close page-by-page read.<br /><br />Take the training example I mentioned above, and the questions it raises about adventurers as a social class, the presence of trainers (everywhere), adventuring guilds, the economy around training and supporting adventurers, etc. Who plays like that?<br /><br />And yet, in the next poll, 52% of us try to use D&D or AD&D as is. (For many of us, OD&D has no training rules... whew.)<br /><br />And lest one thinks training is a straw man, the only AD&D home base penned by Gary (the Village of Hommlet) - goes out of it's way to mention training and importing trainers to the sleepy village of Hommlet.<br /><br />Funny stuff! But I agree, the Black City should be creative and fresh.<br /><br />Still time for the fence sitters to vote!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-55436207060936193412011-02-25T00:05:54.482-05:002011-02-25T00:05:54.482-05:00I voted for the Black City - there are enough BTB ...I voted for the Black City - there are enough BTB threads for AD&D between Knights-and-Knaves and Dragonsfoot. If anything BTB can be rather obscure, though salvagable. Once Unearthed Arcana comes into play the spirit of the game becomes more of a question than what is BTB. Honestly without an earnest retrospection of OD&D, explicitly Chainmail, it's pretty hard to understand how we got to the DMG. On the other hand, The Black City could be a rather ausome offspring of Lovecraftian influence and its derivative, the OD&D Blackmoor Supplement, for starters.sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952293440890212935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-61579709679743276002011-02-24T07:36:50.227-05:002011-02-24T07:36:50.227-05:00Good luck! I'm in the same boat: too many proj...Good luck! I'm in the same boat: too many projects, too little time. Just keep plugging away at 'em!Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775443433933924102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-2031373657875393392011-02-24T03:19:33.187-05:002011-02-24T03:19:33.187-05:00I voted for the Black City - epic and innovating a...I voted for the Black City - epic and innovating at the same time!Omer Golan-Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242085820257230639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-68626914831832942432011-02-23T22:43:54.633-05:002011-02-23T22:43:54.633-05:00"The Black City" is definitely the way t..."The Black City" is definitely the way to go, though if you can do both do both. I'd run the Black City myself if I had been smart enough to think of it.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-10648629350594514632011-02-23T22:35:15.430-05:002011-02-23T22:35:15.430-05:00Incidentally, I'll be playing in a game at at ...<i>Incidentally, I'll be playing in a game at at Total Confusion with Frank on Friday evening. He's the best DM I've ever played with...</i><br /><br />Nice - now I'm super jealous. Frank seems to be very practical when getting sucked into the contentious rules/judgment arguments on the various message boards, I'd be you could learn a lot watching him run some games.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-46810167263921918692011-02-23T22:07:43.189-05:002011-02-23T22:07:43.189-05:00I voted for "The Black City" because I l...I voted for "The Black City" because I like the sound of it, but I would ALSO really like to read your thoughts about how the hell to play the DMG by the book!Carter Soleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286436801953647693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-80709563327024157132011-02-23T21:46:43.925-05:002011-02-23T21:46:43.925-05:00I agree with both of those quotes. Incidentally, ...I agree with both of those quotes. Incidentally, I'll be playing in a game at at Total Confusion with Frank on Friday evening. He's the best DM I've ever played with. Anywho, There are a ton of implied things in the DMG and what I've been trying to do with my current campaign has been:<br /><br />1) Take the logic train right to the end<br /><br />OR<br /><br />2) Decide that it doesn't work the way I like it to so I'm ignoring the rule or replacing it with something that works the way I like it.<br /><br />So far I have players driving through snow storms to come play. I must be doing OK.Travis Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462669235840448896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-23558169458694531022011-02-23T21:05:55.860-05:002011-02-23T21:05:55.860-05:00Welcome to the dance. My writing experience has al...Welcome to the dance. My writing experience has always been about choosing something to care about more than the rest. :)Pontifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761338487255048337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-43818250818406081402011-02-23T20:59:01.027-05:002011-02-23T20:59:01.027-05:00I love the Mentzer quote!I love the Mentzer quote!David The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.com