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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9301273" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>Got it scheduled!</p><p></p><p>It'll be held on the weekend of my birthday (the last weekend in April). Myself, my five regular players, and my spouse will be invited. We've taken to calling it The Grognard Party even though "grognards" aren't supposed to play 5E. I can't tell if it's a term of endearment, or mockery.</p><p></p><p>It's not a "costume party," at least not officially, but I'm asking the guests to wear clothing inspired by 1970s fashion...RayBan glasses, bell bottom pants, leisure suits, cowl-neck sweaters, boogie shoes, that sort of thing.</p><p></p><p>The plan is to have a nice dinner here at our house, complete with cake and ice cream. The meal will be as close to classic 1970s as I can manage: I'm thinking fondue, baked ziti, pineapple upside down cake...using vintage recipes if we can find them. There are a lot of terrible recipes from the 1970s that we'll be avoiding (I'm looking at you, mayonnaise salad.)</p><p></p><p>Music? You know it's gonna be disco, funk, and classic rock. Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Bread, The Jackson Five, Eagles, KC and the Sunshine Band. Brad is going to build a playlist on YouTube, and will sprinkle in a few news clips about Watergate, the Iran Hostage Crisis, and Apollo 13, maybe a few classic TV commercials for Coca-Cola, Alka-Seltzer, and so on. Really lean into the 1970s vibe.</p><p></p><p>But that's all window-dressing. The heart of the evening will be the gaming session.</p><p></p><p>Instead of using pregen characters, I am going to convert ("recreate" would be more apt) their 5E characters into their OD&D counterparts. It's a daunting task, because we have:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An 11th level changeling artificer,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 12th level firbolg druid,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 13th level human gunslinger,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 13th level human bard,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 12th level goliath paladin,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">and a brand-new character of my spouse's creation.</li> </ul><p>And then I'm going to convert (again, "recreate" is probably more apt) the current adventure they are on. In the weeks leading up to my birthday, the heroes of the story are going to get thrown backward in time and have to stop a mad <s>Wizard</s> Magic-User from upsetting the timeline and preventing a powerful lich from being defeated.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to have to sit with this for a while. Stay tuned! (And post any conversion advice, notes, or experiences below...I've never played OD&D and I need all the help I can get.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9301273, member: 50987"] Got it scheduled! It'll be held on the weekend of my birthday (the last weekend in April). Myself, my five regular players, and my spouse will be invited. We've taken to calling it The Grognard Party even though "grognards" aren't supposed to play 5E. I can't tell if it's a term of endearment, or mockery. It's not a "costume party," at least not officially, but I'm asking the guests to wear clothing inspired by 1970s fashion...RayBan glasses, bell bottom pants, leisure suits, cowl-neck sweaters, boogie shoes, that sort of thing. The plan is to have a nice dinner here at our house, complete with cake and ice cream. The meal will be as close to classic 1970s as I can manage: I'm thinking fondue, baked ziti, pineapple upside down cake...using vintage recipes if we can find them. There are a lot of terrible recipes from the 1970s that we'll be avoiding (I'm looking at you, mayonnaise salad.) Music? You know it's gonna be disco, funk, and classic rock. Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Bread, The Jackson Five, Eagles, KC and the Sunshine Band. Brad is going to build a playlist on YouTube, and will sprinkle in a few news clips about Watergate, the Iran Hostage Crisis, and Apollo 13, maybe a few classic TV commercials for Coca-Cola, Alka-Seltzer, and so on. Really lean into the 1970s vibe. But that's all window-dressing. The heart of the evening will be the gaming session. Instead of using pregen characters, I am going to convert ("recreate" would be more apt) their 5E characters into their OD&D counterparts. It's a daunting task, because we have: [LIST] [*]An 11th level changeling artificer, [*]A 12th level firbolg druid, [*]A 13th level human gunslinger, [*]A 13th level human bard, [*]A 12th level goliath paladin, [*]and a brand-new character of my spouse's creation. [/LIST] And then I'm going to convert (again, "recreate" is probably more apt) the current adventure they are on. In the weeks leading up to my birthday, the heroes of the story are going to get thrown backward in time and have to stop a mad [S]Wizard[/S] Magic-User from upsetting the timeline and preventing a powerful lich from being defeated. I'm going to have to sit with this for a while. Stay tuned! (And post any conversion advice, notes, or experiences below...I've never played OD&D and I need all the help I can get.) [/QUOTE]
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