Tenkar's Tavern: Never Rob a Tavern Frequented by the Watch

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Never Rob a Tavern Frequented by the Watch

It's rare that I embed (or attempt to embed) a video, especially one that isn't directly gaming related, but in a way, it is.

How many times have your players robbed a merchant, trashed a tavern or just caused general mayhem? Now, imagine if the person that they messed with were connected to law enforcement. Or if the town's law enforcement had magical access to getting the word out quickly and effectively. Oh, and of course add in a 1000 GP bounty by the town on the PCs heads.

This Deputy Sheriff is definitely going to be a character in my next campaign...

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Evan EdwardsJuly 26, 2015 at 10:47 PM
I just sent this to all my local GM friends. Law enforcement in Nashville games just stepped up a notch.
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Anthony BirdJuly 27, 2015 at 1:43 AM
Wow that filled me with glee. So *that's* what the Lawful alignment tongue sounds like.
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Anthony BirdJuly 27, 2015 at 1:47 AM
Seriously, this guy is a goldmine:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7fvAfVyr7as
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Smokestack JonesJuly 27, 2015 at 8:59 AM
"This Deputy Sheriff is definitely going to be a character in my next campaign..."

Not if I do it first! :D

Oh man, I gots me some Law for my next Mutant Future game!
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Greyhawk GrognardJuly 27, 2015 at 11:19 AM
That is awesome!
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Smokestack JonesJuly 27, 2015 at 7:54 PM
Another thought: can we sic this guy on Ken Whitman?
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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, July 26, 2015

Never Rob a Tavern Frequented by the Watch

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