tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post4070114562213493853..comments2024-03-28T00:41:13.514-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Inverted Ziggurat (P.2)JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-83586847418645700192010-10-27T22:18:41.858-07:002010-10-27T22:18:41.858-07:00@ Fumers: You're so responsible man...
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Yo...@ Fumers: You're so responsible man...<br />; )<br /><br />You realize, of course, there are other more pressing concerns for the party?JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-36647079318388410292010-10-27T11:01:45.361-07:002010-10-27T11:01:45.361-07:00Level drain is possibly the lamest unfun thing in ...Level drain is possibly the lamest unfun thing in old-school D&D, especially from a wandering monster. Getting the characters restored will be a priority. Too bad BX makes that a 7th level cleric spell.Fumershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156302616243889562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-73265431905353889302010-10-26T18:59:35.884-07:002010-10-26T18:59:35.884-07:00@ Andrew: I got it the first time.
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RE: Mid-le...@ Andrew: I got it the first time.<br />; )<br /><br />RE: Mid-level characters...I'll be totally honest with you (and perhaps this should be the subject of its own post, but what the heck...) there are only two times I dig starting characters at 1st level:<br /><br />1) When introducing total newbie players to the game mechanics.<br /><br />2) When starting a new campaign with some TIGHT mother-f**ers who you KNOW are in it for the long haul.<br /><br />Once you've got a feel for the game, I think it's fine to let players start with mid-level characters for one-off games. Sometimes those one-offs develop into long-term campaigns, and that's fine...but if you wait for your players to actually ADVANCE their characters to 7th level (and you have the standard mid-20s flakey players I remember from my youth), you're going to be waiting a loooong time to ever play something like White Plume Mountain.<br /><br />I don't like to wait.<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-23974729060324632552010-10-26T16:10:08.362-07:002010-10-26T16:10:08.362-07:00Arrrrgh...braindeath. UU2 was inspired by them, I...Arrrrgh...braindeath. UU2 was inspired by them, I meant. Why is there no edit function on blogger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-88862371511320601872010-10-26T14:50:28.869-07:002010-10-26T14:50:28.869-07:00^ Should of course have read "many modules su...^ Should of course have read "many modules such as this one"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-39041679135542122612010-10-26T14:49:16.192-07:002010-10-26T14:49:16.192-07:00This is my favourite B/X Blackrazor post-session w...This is my favourite B/X Blackrazor post-session write up so far. It's making me want to suggest a couple of sessions with my Labyrinth Lord group rolling up mid level characters, which I've never done before as it just seemed...wrong. We only recently got back into RPGs and we don't have too much experience with "old school" approaches to D&D so I wanted to run games where everyone started at 1st level so as to get a real feel for it.<br /><br />Also, being a young scrub in my mid 20's, I know nothing of White Plume Mountain but it sounds excellent! Illogical constructions of wizardry have always intrigued me since playing Ultima Underworld 2 on the PC, with Scintillus Academy and its traps and tests for aspiring mages. No doubt heavily inspired my modules such as this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-3260854422759707432010-10-26T11:13:42.749-07:002010-10-26T11:13:42.749-07:00Argh! Cliffhanger!Argh! Cliffhanger!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-39998069862296843162010-10-26T05:45:30.208-07:002010-10-26T05:45:30.208-07:00Chello!
Awesome journal. Nights like that happen....Chello!<br /><br />Awesome journal. Nights like that happen. The fact that they survived the zigg with only one death is a good thing. Sounds to me like they had fun trying to solve the riddle of the zigg. +1.Anthony N. Emmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017952532295866111noreply@blogger.com