Tenkar's Tavern: Let Shorty Monster Hook You up With a Free NPC :)

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Let Shorty Monster Hook You up With a Free NPC :)

Paul Thornton, proprietor of the Shorty Monster blog has surpassed 10k views on his site, and wants to share some love. Paul has offered to do a free NPC write up for anyone that comments on the blog post linked above.

The more info you give him of what you want, the more he will tailor it for you.

I might ask for a fleshed out one armed halfling bandit lord. Just because ;)

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Paul ThorntonOctober 18, 2012 at 5:46 AM
that's six done already, and it's been a great exercise for me. really got the creative muscles pumping. Keep them coming though, the offer lasts a whole month!
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thesethingsthatiwriteOctober 30, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Wow! Thanks Tavern dwellers, and the management! passed 15k last night mostly on the back of this offer, and if it wasn't for the support of other bloggers, there's no way that would have happened. You need anything from me, just ask!
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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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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Let Shorty Monster Hook You up With a Free NPC :)

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