Tenkar's Tavern: Free Hoard of the Dragon Queen Supplement for 5e at WotC (who thought hot pink was a good choice?)

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Free Hoard of the Dragon Queen Supplement for 5e at WotC (who thought hot pink was a good choice?)

Not friendly to ANY sensibilities

Looking for some magic items, monsters and even new spells for use with the free 5e Basic Set? Look no further.

WotC has a downloadable document for use with Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Good, usable stuff even on it's own.

Grab the printer friendly copy or your eyes will bleed ;)

Much more friendly version, printer or otherwise

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TenkarAugust 9, 2014 at 2:34 PM
you are a strange rat stu
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UnknownAugust 9, 2014 at 2:35 PM
Looks to me like the same background as Basic, maybe there's something wrong with your reader? Or they oopsed and put out a messed up one that they've now replaced.
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Raging OwlbearAugust 9, 2014 at 3:32 PM
Yeah, mine isn't pink although the textured background has a light pink tint to it. Print friendly is still the way to go even without the corrupted file.
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Doctor FuturityAugust 9, 2014 at 8:21 PM
Mine looks fine....curious!
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UnknownAugust 10, 2014 at 1:08 PM
What are yall thinking of the content of this supplement?
Will it be enough to hold you over until the MM and DMG drop?
Personally, I like that the dragons seem very lethal.
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huthAugust 12, 2014 at 5:42 PM
It's a browser issue.
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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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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Free Hoard of the Dragon Queen Supplement for 5e at WotC (who thought hot pink was a good choice?)

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