Recent content by Stormonu

Having recently watched the Discworld TV series, I'd put Trymon as an example of an intelligent Chaotic Evil individual. Chao's "Strongest Rules ... until someone stronger comes along" doesn't circumscribe an individual bending the knee to someone that is stronger or curbing/hiding their...

Yeah, just after I posted that, I took a look on e-bay and the prices were much, much more sane - ~$45 USD. Still want that USS Flagg, even at the crazy prices though ...

Awesome! I'd love a Parkinson, Elmore & Caldwell (& Brom) boxed set if it were available. Especially if it was an XXL size ( ? X 14", I think?).

Yeesh! I can get a 1E PHB for a quarter of that. Is anybody actually willing to pay this sort of price for the 2014?

In some of the oldest D&D adventures (mostly pre-AD&D, I believe), there were instances where attacks or traps would do limb damage/severing but as the game got more and more codified, that seemed to go away. All instances I remember seeing were codified in the module (or monster) and never in...

A thousand plagues upon thine house for even metioning it! ...Actually I wouldn't know as I didn't dare watch that version.

As I recall, his martyring was also the reason wizards were allowed to carry daggers for defense. But, it's been years since I've read those original books ... well, except Dragons of Autumn Twilight, recently listened to that on Audible. Speaking of which, are the new books available as audio...

"Classic DragonLance" Will have to check this out. (I seem to remember reading about Magius before - maybe Legend of Huma? All I seem to remember was an Earth Elemental that walks off a cliff and Magius is too distracted to notice and goes tumbling after...)

It's always a good day when the bread tries to eat you ... and fails. Happy belated Birthday!

I like how Daggerheart did its mini settings in the book. I'd like a book of that - all new settings & genres - given a 5-10 page treatment with a "world" overview map and local map to get things started. The Book of Worlds as it were. If any of the settings become well-liked, then they can...

Heh, I use d4's for Masterwork versions (1d4 to 3d4). I used d6's for magic swords because it's easier to group it all together (I guess you could use different colored dice for different sources, that's what I have my group's rogues do for sneak attack).

Similar - in 5E I rarely hand out straight-forward magic items but flavor them up in some way. Also, when it comes to (plain) magic swords, +1 to +3 to damage doesn't cut it anymore - I changed it to 1d6 per plus just to make them feel worth seeking out. I also always give them some sort of...

I can't speak for OD&D, but my years of playing 1E - 3E was more striving towards Simulation than D&D just being a game. 3E was the ultimate expression of that trend - there were mechanics for everything, it seemed. I think the rise of computers that can do a far deeper simulation (and handle...

Thanks all, I simply could not remember what book she was in (or the name, which made it doubly hard :D ). While I can ignore the art if I need to, bad art sometimes turns me off from digging into certain things or make something seem too silly to bother with using it. (Not that the original...

The art mainly. I prefer the classic Boris Karloff or Brendan Fraiser look (1st two movies only). The Van Richten's looks like Ankhtepot stepped off the stage of Stargate (the movie, not the TV series). There was a female mummy (Tetnya?), but for the life of me I can't find her entry. She was...