Tenkar's Tavern: Who Cast The Friggin' Ice Storm Spell?

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Who Cast The Friggin' Ice Storm Spell?

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baronzemoFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Same here! I'm from northern Ind. I live just west of Chicago. We are getting hammered. I think I've been teleported to frigid eighth plane of hell.
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JoetheLawyerFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:41 AM
I used a personal day today. I work for the state in the Court--they gave a 2 hour delay, but screw it. All my appointments were canceled yesterday so if I went in I would have nothing to do anyhow.

Me: Hi (Boss), Joe here, going to take a personal day. Not worth risking my life on ice covered roads for no appointments.

Boss: Well, if you were risking your life driving in, the state would have closed down the courts. No need to be dramatic.

Me: 'Thinking to myself that I wish she dies on the way in to work so my point is proven to her'
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TenkarFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I had no choice in the matter. I was coming in, but the walk to the train would probably have been mnore dangerous then driving.
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LoquaciousFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Similar conditions here in the midwest- but with drifts of snow on top.
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NevadaknightFebruary 2, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Northern Nevada is cold but clear. Hopefuly this is the last big storm for the season for all of you who live back east.
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Greg ChristopherFebruary 2, 2011 at 10:51 AM
BURN THE WITCH FOR HER NEFARIOUS PACTS WITH THE ICE DEVILS!
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JoetheLawyerFebruary 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM
2 hours later they closed the courts. My first thought was Ha!! Bitch! Guess I was right huh?!
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Who Cast The Friggin' Ice Storm Spell?

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