Tenkar's Tavern: The East Coast Will Cast "Summon Nystul" During Peak Blizzard Season ;)

Thursday, October 3, 2013

The East Coast Will Cast "Summon Nystul" During Peak Blizzard Season ;)

Alex Gray - Mike Nystul - "Alter Self" anyone?

How about: "I'll finish my commitments before living the life of a vagabond"?

Nah! Didn't think so...

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Greyhawk GrognardOctober 3, 2013 at 7:31 PM
And comments are turned off? The devil, you say!
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AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 4:17 AM
This guy is a world class twat.
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John YOctober 4, 2013 at 12:19 PM
I hope he means East Coast as in GA or FL (which, to my mind is the South and not the East Coast)? If not, he's about as good a trip planner as he is a kickstarter manager.
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AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 7:38 PM
Long Term Planning, AKA:

"Please let me into your house where I can sleep in your bed, eat your food, drink your grog, dirty your dishes, shower in your bathroom using your soap and your shampoo, dirty your towels, use your toilet paper, clog your toilet, mooch your internet, and avoid those annoying people who are going to be looking for me with court papers...."

(reprint of an earlier Reply of mine - it just seems to stay current)
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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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Thursday, October 3, 2013

The East Coast Will Cast "Summon Nystul" During Peak Blizzard Season ;)

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