tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post955069398737647870..comments2024-03-29T06:49:41.107-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Reclamation ProjectJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-82771120049446886422020-11-11T11:08:39.585-08:002020-11-11T11:08:39.585-08:00Fun, yes. But also a little problematic.
I am fin...Fun, yes. But also a little problematic.<br /><br />I am finding going through the DL stuff to be...*sigh*...not daunting so much as tedious. And a lot of the layout is pretty opaque.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-54320568766770786742020-11-11T07:13:38.955-08:002020-11-11T07:13:38.955-08:00This is interesting. I guess there is something i...This is interesting. I guess there is something in the water because I have also considered picking back up the Dragonlance novels for a reread.<br /><br />I bought them when they came out and enjoyed them, but I was also what 13 at the time? <br />I tried to reread them a a few years ago and could not get into them at all, but at the time my kids were little and my free time was limited, so I only got in a page or two at a time. <br /><br />I never ran or played the Dragonlance modules and never really had any desire to do so. I did enjoy reading the materials and thought some of the world building was fun. Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-84240632407264258762020-11-08T09:40:28.056-08:002020-11-08T09:40:28.056-08:00Post-fantasy-apocalypse D&D is awesome, I must...Post-fantasy-apocalypse D&D is awesome, I must say, as someone who's been running a lot of it these past three years. A lot of things make a lot more sense in general if you start with that premise.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-28319331371966975842020-11-07T17:38:26.355-08:002020-11-07T17:38:26.355-08:00This is a really intriguing and exciting idea. I ...This is a really intriguing and exciting idea. I have so much nostalgia for the Dragonlance Chronicles and the world of Krynn, Draconians included! A revamp/rehab of the setting without most (or any!) of Weiss & Hickman's PC's or heroic NPC's is something I could really get behind. A Companion-level campaign, with domains, mass combat, etc. set in post-Cataclysm Krynn, defending Ansalon against the Dragonarmies, would be a dream-come-true!Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13922457804775572921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-9173438972777282492020-11-07T12:19:49.306-08:002020-11-07T12:19:49.306-08:00Im not sure its worth saving. The maps and the cov...Im not sure its worth saving. The maps and the cover art are great but to write a non railroad version of any war time scenario is a daughting process. <br /><br />I think it can be run but one of those things that is easier to do than explain how to do if that makes sense. sevenbastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961009160456478009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-92219565437671239062020-11-07T08:57:41.603-08:002020-11-07T08:57:41.603-08:00I was thinking more like Tanis in the ditch...and ...I was thinking more like Tanis in the ditch...and he was (probably) my favorite character.<br /><br />The whole subplot of Riverwind, “Chieftain’s Daughter,” and the quest to find True Gods is something I find...oh, boy, SO silly, overworked, and unoriginal. But even before THAT the *concept* of the plainsman tribes is so ugly (to me)...we’re not talking about a population of people living (and developing) in parallel on a separate, newly discovered and explored continent. We’re talking about a people living for CENTURIES in close proximity to pseudo-Medieval/Renaissance cultures...even after a world-changing Cataclysm! Certainly one might expect more “cultural exchange;” how many years before the indigenous people of North American adopted European methods, especially with regard to weapons (hint: not many). But that’s probably a subject for its own post, too.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-76720944313998133472020-11-07T08:45:04.230-08:002020-11-07T08:45:04.230-08:00Hey, Redbeard: good to hear from you. Hope you’re ...Hey, Redbeard: good to hear from you. Hope you’re doing well.<br /><br />I am “all in” on the Mandalorian for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its detachment from the Skywalker family and all the Jedi rigamarole. As, I think Rogue One showed, there’s still some good stories to be told in the SW universe outside the usual heroes.<br /><br />I think there’s a little more to DL then just another “high concept” fantasy. I hope to talk about that specifically in a future post (hint: it has to do with both the PA setting and the war backdrop).<br /><br />I decided to go ahead and publish Cry Dark Future “as is.” At the moment, I am waiting on my commissioned artwork. However, my artist is slooooooooow...I’ve been waiting more than a year now, I’m large part due to the pandemic. I will post updates on the book as there are updates to post. ; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-12133562150392650372020-11-07T05:43:57.566-08:002020-11-07T05:43:57.566-08:00Regarding Draconians, they seen nessesary if you k...Regarding Draconians, they seen nessesary if you keep the reason for the metallic dragons not interfeering in the conflict intact and also want them (metallics) to interfere later on. But of cause you don't need to have metallic dragons in your DL world at all. Might be cooler to only have neutral and evil dragons. I just thought about it.<br /><br />Don't have Goldmoon die in a ditch, man. Come on! :DJanichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721807584724013590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-38182255886899064122020-11-07T03:52:21.882-08:002020-11-07T03:52:21.882-08:00Regarding Star Wars "properties". Large...Regarding Star Wars "properties". Largely share your opinion though mine is mostly informed. Don't need to know, don't want to know.<br />But I took a recommendation and gave "the mandalorian" a chance. I think you should as well.<br /><br />I skipped all of dragonlance bitd. I was still confused by "realism" for RPGs and was playing GURPS and role master by then. Very silly. So I never had any romance for DL, "story", and railroads. <br /><br />I do have my own existential angst about starting a new campaign and trying to make something useful of the otherwise paralyzing navel gazing. Am I ruining the fun and missing the point with a " high concept" world, even as it still is a sandbox?<br /><br />Did you ever do anything with your B/X version of Shadowrun? redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600098550347299095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-88458262882475833662020-11-07T03:05:56.703-08:002020-11-07T03:05:56.703-08:00This sounds a great idea. Perhaps you could take i...This sounds a great idea. Perhaps you could take it one module at a time explaining what needs to be fixed, why you think so, and what you would do to fix it.<br /><br />I agree with the idea that there's a good campaign in the original modules, I'm just not sure how to deal with setback. Perhaps there's a wider 'scorecard' of which side is winning and if the players' side falls below a certain value then they have failed.<br /><br />Draconians work okay but perhaps evil humans would be better.<br /><br />On your point about the exploitation of IP you are right about the cycle, and I always find it disheartening that there's very little nurturing of something which is good. It's very much make a buck as quickly as possible and find the next thing.<br /><br />The one IP which I can think of which resisted this is Bill Watterston's Calvin & Hobbes, which as much as I wanted a t-shirt or poster you couldn't get. He explained his reasonings which at the time seemed daft but in retrospect were correct. Because of this I can give my kids the Calvin & Hobbes books from the 90s and they can enjoy them as they are - true to the author's idealsJacob72https://www.blogger.com/profile/17268402292420473229noreply@blogger.com