Tenkar's Tavern: Trying to Decide My Magic Mayhem Monday Entry For Tomorrow

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Trying to Decide My Magic Mayhem Monday Entry For Tomorrow

I'm having fun designing magic items based on the art in the DCC RPG rulebook.

I have a few possibilities to use for tomorrow's item.

Hmm, 3 out of 4 are staffs or wands this time around. Go figure.

If you have a favorite, let me know. One of these will get stated out for the DCC RPG sometime tomorrow.

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NickAugust 11, 2013 at 8:05 PM
The pipe!
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UnknownAugust 11, 2013 at 8:12 PM
My vote is split between the first and last one (though the others for a future date would be fun as well). Something about wings or double-headed serpents just makes me that much more curious.
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Mr. BlueAugust 11, 2013 at 8:34 PM
Gotta go with the pipe.
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Mystic ScholarAugust 11, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Love to see what you come up with for the pipe!
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AnonymousAugust 12, 2013 at 4:05 AM
Ceci n'est pas une pipe...
But go with the two headed staff-thing. ;)
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Hex OxAugust 12, 2013 at 4:21 AM
First, or second if the imp comes with it ^^
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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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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Trying to Decide My Magic Mayhem Monday Entry For Tomorrow

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