tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post7823889676302310359..comments2024-03-29T03:53:01.413-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Holmesian BrevityJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-27034279946583826162013-05-05T03:36:00.460-07:002013-05-05T03:36:00.460-07:00It may be short, but it misses a lot of stuff that...It may be short, but it misses a lot of stuff that is in the next Basic iterations. There's no free lunch, I suppose.Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258180992723371727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-23239271480699325312013-05-02T21:34:12.972-07:002013-05-02T21:34:12.972-07:00Holmes did leave out normal animals, but that stuf...Holmes did leave out normal animals, but that stuff is barely in OD&D to begin with. Most animals, including giant animals and dinosaurs, are just covered by "Small Insects or Animals" or "Large Insects or Animals" - two short paragraphs in Vol 2 of OD&D. Even in Greyhawk where we see some attack/damage listed for giant animals we still don't get any other descriptions for these creatures. I think he was following the lead of OD&D in that you don't really need separate descriptions for ordinary beasts, even if giant sized.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-68463974589874778902013-05-02T21:06:04.304-07:002013-05-02T21:06:04.304-07:00The "TM" in BLUEHOLME™ is a bit of an in...The "TM" in BLUEHOLME™ is a bit of an in-joke on B/X, which I use as the format for my rule book writing - once I started doing it I just couldn't stop ...<br /><br />That, actually, is also an issue with Holmes - because the book has no sections or chapters, the text doesn't have to be split into separate pages. So, another trick is to have fewer chapters.<br /><br />Anyway, I think the key is simply to be succinct and not include stuff unless it's pulling it's weight (that includes the art). There's an old Japanese saying: "The garden is complete when nothing more can be taken away."Vile Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431855585620506995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-42584673018569841202013-05-02T14:03:34.611-07:002013-05-02T14:03:34.611-07:00@ Nicholas:
Thanks for the tip...downloading it a...@ Nicholas:<br /><br />Thanks for the tip...downloading it as I type!<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-84194242212432152202013-05-02T14:03:03.638-07:002013-05-02T14:03:03.638-07:00@ Michael:
Thanks...I appreciate the vote of conf...@ Michael:<br /><br />Thanks...I appreciate the vote of confidence! Great work on BLUEHOLME by the way (sorry I didn't include the "tm" above), and that's pretty good insight on the Holmes stuff...I haven't really looked all that closely at the monster/spell lists in Holmes (I wasn't trying to deconstruct THAT) and was probably blinded with entries like Mummy and Purple Worm.<br /><br />I'm still going to shoot for under 50 myself...we'll see how it goes. Good luck on your Compleat book. Just BTW...love the Ford artwork...I actually used his stuff from Arabian Nights for MY game.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-70813261334528719722013-05-02T09:27:06.001-07:002013-05-02T09:27:06.001-07:00Great !
"5AK only uses D6s, being based on C...Great !<br /><br />"5AK only uses D6s, being based on CHAINMAIL"<br />Have you read Epées et Sorcellerie (Nicolas Dessaux's French retroclone which has been translated into english)? <br />It's an OD&D (very personalized) clone with only d6 as in Chainmail.<br />http://hobgoblin.fr/epees-sorcellerie-english-version/ Nicolas "Ungoliant" Senachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564991062528970332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-23380974075401206622013-05-02T08:25:44.326-07:002013-05-02T08:25:44.326-07:00I'm sure you can do it. :)
The way to keep th...I'm sure you can do it. :)<br /><br />The way to keep the size down would be primarily by limiting the number of spells and monsters. Those two are eating up a lot of pages in BLUEHOLME™ Compleat Rules but I bet (not cash, mind you) that I can still get it in below 150 pages. Or make spells variable by level so you only need one description for 5 or 6 spells. Holmes made a smart move with his monsters, leaving out all that mundane stuff like apes and bears and cats and snakes and spiders and concentrating on the iconic stuff instead.Vile Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431855585620506995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-58820260711497449102013-05-02T07:26:21.651-07:002013-05-02T07:26:21.651-07:00I'm pumped about 5AK, but now I'm looking ...I'm pumped about 5AK, but now I'm looking forward to this as well. I'm in for both.RMDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814715698091101060noreply@blogger.com