Tenkar's Tavern: I Went to the ER and All I Got Was Slightly Less Pain and Meds

Sunday, July 28, 2013

I Went to the ER and All I Got Was Slightly Less Pain and Meds

I'm trying to put together the list of the winners for the July DCC RPG Contest. I know who they are, I just need to link the prizes to them, and award all the other prizes and fun stuff.

I'm also enjoying the effects of antibiotics and a pain killer from todays trip to the private ER.

Yay I'm healing! Fuck I'm still in pain!

Is it wrong to want to drink a beer or two in the midst of all this fun?

In any case, I'm working on the post of the contest winners, but I seem to be having difficulty keeping it all in order. Not sure if it's because of the pain or the pain killer... sigh.

Hopefully it all sorts out tonight.

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Jason ZavodaJuly 28, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Beer and pain pills, not a good mix.
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Mystic ScholarJuly 28, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Friends don't let friends drink and . . . take pain meds!

Bad idea.
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AnonymousJuly 28, 2013 at 9:56 PM
Wrap it up in the tavern next time.
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AnonymousJuly 28, 2013 at 9:57 PM
That burning sensation is xp.
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TenkarJuly 28, 2013 at 10:09 PM
alright, no drinking :(

hmm - if I drink enough, i wont care about the pain and no need for those meds - need to think about that ;)
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The Happy WhiskJuly 28, 2013 at 10:31 PM
I could make you up a nice juice of raw organic garlic, ginger, lemon and honey, and teleport it your way. It's not the same as beer but it'll sure do the trick.

Hope you feel better SOON.
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Gothridge ManorJuly 28, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Man Erik, you are starting to sound like a Kickstarter. :P
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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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I Went to the ER and All I Got Was Slightly Less Pain and Meds

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