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Thursday, January 26, 2012

D&D 5E at DDXP

I like how the character sheets are "golden". Reminds me of my AD&D days. ;)

In any case, EnWorld has pretty good coverage of the D&D Experience Con that is going on through this Sunday. 5E is obviously the hot topic.

A Pic of D&D 5E in Action at DDXP
Originally Posted at EnWorld.org

Crap! Battlemaps in 5E! Noooo!!!!
Heh ;)
Originally Posted at EnWorld.org

So long as battle maps are optional I'll be okay ;)

Do I See EGG On the Cover?
Originally Posted at EnWorld.org

Alright, time for me to read what's new and pick through the pieces. Still, I loved the pics ;)

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Roger BurgessJanuary 28, 2012 at 3:47 PM
The pic on the front is one of my favorite new-school dnd pieces.

It's from the 3.x era Player's Handbook II: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97180.jpg

It's the second from the left on the bottom: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20060529a&page=5
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The Mad Builder of PeriwinkleJuly 22, 2012 at 10:44 PM
I have to say that is another thing I don't care for on the newer editions of D&D. Why did they have to make all the characters and races look like a cross between WoW and bad Manga? Ugh.
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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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D&D 5E at DDXP

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