tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post6939946323308549920..comments2024-03-28T23:33:47.438-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Third LevelJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-49081891329164598192020-06-29T13:10:19.894-07:002020-06-29T13:10:19.894-07:00@ Chass:
Yeah. I'm starting to feel that way,...@ Chass:<br /><br />Yeah. I'm starting to feel that way, too.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-47146364851040839772020-06-29T07:46:22.619-07:002020-06-29T07:46:22.619-07:00Sure, I thougt it was a decent idea when his OD&am...Sure, I thougt it was a decent idea when his OD&D house rules became known...but...start them with 0xp so they have to earn that 4th level rightfully.Chassetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465518380193180303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-50544406944682409062020-04-20T18:09:34.664-07:002020-04-20T18:09:34.664-07:00@ Alexis:
Agreed...I didn't mean to imply oth...@ Alexis:<br /><br />Agreed...I didn't mean to imply otherwise. Me stripping down the engine is (one of) the means to the world-building. JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-31565781956335304402020-04-20T18:06:52.058-07:002020-04-20T18:06:52.058-07:00@ G.B.:
As most of their clerics to date have sta...@ G.B.:<br /><br />As most of their clerics to date have started at 1st level (and 1st level clerics receive no spells in the editions we play), they weren't preparing anything. The last two times my son used his 3rd level cleric ("Father James") he prepared cure light wounds and detect magic. However, in two (three?) game sessions he never cast a spell. And the character perished in today's session.<br /><br />You have to understand these kids are complete NOVICE players. They have no preconceived notions of how to play their characters, and I'm letting them figure things out for themselves, develop their own strategies. My daughter (who turns six years old tomorrow) refers to clerics as "healers" but I don't think she's yet healed anyone.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-62058686729441945722020-04-20T18:01:11.948-07:002020-04-20T18:01:11.948-07:00@ Venger:
That hardly seems fair.
; )@ Venger:<br /><br />That hardly seems fair.<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-7150165786232815562020-04-20T15:31:26.955-07:002020-04-20T15:31:26.955-07:00Fair enough: but I feel I should point out that th...Fair enough: but I feel I should point out that the post you quote did not describe minimizing the rules or the game systems, but minimizing the amount of time spent on the nitpicky note-taking surrounding worldbuilding. One should not be mistaken for the other. A car does not run better by "simplifying" the engine.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-76171784312245566932020-04-20T15:05:22.673-07:002020-04-20T15:05:22.673-07:00Just out of curiosity... Your clerics typically ch...Just out of curiosity... Your clerics typically choose which spells to prepare?G. B. Verashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321019711309446662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-65549172352936809382020-04-20T14:54:43.387-07:002020-04-20T14:54:43.387-07:00Why not give PCs critical hits on a natural 20, bu...Why not give PCs critical hits on a natural 20, but not monsters, NPCs, or hirelings?Venger Satanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447932700800930510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-4830746840792012292020-04-20T11:38:08.544-07:002020-04-20T11:38:08.544-07:00I am actually a fan of starting at 3rd, even thoug...I am actually a fan of starting at 3rd, even though I stopped doing it a few years ago. I was doing it in B/X and 1e AD&D, but most of what your reasoning is remains true with those editions as well. I've gone back to starting at 1st out of a "purist" and BTB approach, but if I was designing my own version of the game, 1st level characters would be the equivalent of regular 3rd levelers.Lord Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095938934376683359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-90703844918931011452020-04-20T10:14:08.076-07:002020-04-20T10:14:08.076-07:00Indeed.
They *do* receive constitution bonuses......Indeed.<br /><br />They *do* receive constitution bonuses...just limited to the amount in the original book (+1 per hit die for Con > 14). Even as the scale has shrunk, I’m hopeful that the scale of the game (or, perhaps, the scope of the game) will widen. I’m hopeful, yes.<br /><br />Right now, I’m formulating that stuff that you wrote about in your recent “Vision” post...the world stuff, the setting stuff, the interaction of players with environment stuff. Minimizing the minutia (while still retaining “rules” that require following) is allowing me to focus on the construction of said vision, even as I build it from the ground up. If it ends up not sufficing, I can always “add to,” right?<br /><br />Keeping my fingers crossed.<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-42964307965022446812020-04-20T08:57:03.361-07:002020-04-20T08:57:03.361-07:00Given that you've gutted constitution bonuses,...Given that you've gutted constitution bonuses, the damage caused by weapons and many of the game's other benefits to characters, it makes sense you have to start them at 3rd level to ensure survivability. The DM taketh away and the DM giveth.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.com