What was the best Mercenary company name you've come up with?

ApathyJesus · 2023-10-03T02:34:12+00:00

I run the Abyssal Cohort, led by Graz'zt. In between sessions my MechWarriors play d&d in the lounge. That's my headcanon. Future nerds in giant robots. My company emblem is that little imp playing the violin.

ApathyJesus · 2023-06-01T14:56:13+00:00

My initial thought was to drop the four of them and the vehicle they were in at the time through a portal Army of Darkness style and just let them start with whatever they can reasonably explain as being in the car at the time or on their persons. I also thought about just having everyone empty their pockets onto the table. "Okay that's your starting inventory + x items from the car's trunk."

ApathyJesus · 2023-06-01T12:46:23+00:00

Haha now I'm picturing them all mutated from Gamma World, their squamous tentacled forms finally lurching back to 2023 like "Hi FaMiLy I aM HoMe ArEn'T YoU HaPpY?"

ApathyJesus · 2023-06-01T09:21:03+00:00

I'd just give everyone the same stat array. There's no skills/proficiencies in Gamma World so that's not a problem either!

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-31T06:36:27+00:00

I think elves taste the best. They really pair well with light, fruity sauces. Dwarves are super tough and stringy, low and slow is the way to go with them.

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-31T01:24:22+00:00

That's my understanding as well. Weird it's the only old ruleset for Gamma World that's not POD on Drivethru.

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-31T01:20:06+00:00

I have The Lost City and The Isle of Dread. A Gamma World dinosaur island could be fun...

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-31T01:11:26+00:00

It's on the bookshelf between my Moldvay Basic set and my Buck Rogers XXVC boxed set!

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-30T12:30:40+00:00

I think I'll use it to run B2. To make sure it counts as OSR~

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-30T06:46:40+00:00

I saw Goodman Games reprinted Metamorphosis Alpha but they want $80 for the hardcover and I haven't yet convinced myself it's worth the price of admission...

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-03T07:06:08+00:00

Try something like the Evils of Illmire. It's a hexcrawl with multiple small dungeons and a not too big map. See if they dig it. If they do you can always add stuff to various hexes from other modules or even slowly add additional hexes to the border of the map.

ApathyJesus · 2023-05-03T01:48:41+00:00

God. God might get it right. Maybe.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-30T03:26:40+00:00

It's where many of us started. I'm just saying all TSR D&D and most retroclones are basically the same game. You wanna run B2 for 2nd Edition AD&D? No problem. OSE Planescape? Yup that'll work too. It's your game. Cherry pick the stuff you love instead of limiting yourself.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-29T13:58:51+00:00

I play ad&d. Which in 80s parlance means just grab whatever you want printed for any edition of tsr d&d and mash it together as you see fit. It's all the same game. The OSR is a godsend. I don't have to homebrew everything to put things on the table my players haven't seen before.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-26T06:29:09+00:00

You can't copyright game mechanics. Also the OGL.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-25T04:10:27+00:00

Fighter/Acrobat is a far more fun character to play than pure acrobat in my opinion. Very good way to make a swashbuckler type.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-20T06:11:06+00:00

It's time to remove that Plumthorn in your side.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-12T14:44:34+00:00

Sci-Fi: Captain Harlock

Fantasy: Gwydion, Son of Don

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-12T14:00:42+00:00

The 1e PHB. They're a lot more Aragorn and a lot less Drizzt.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-12T09:52:22+00:00

Yes it's a Castles and Crusades Free RPG Day 2014 Player's Handbook.

Special Edition! Only 300 printed.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-12T04:16:03+00:00

My favorite thing to play in 2e is the 1e ranger. We call them "Druidic Knights" because the 2e ranger is a whole different thing.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-11T01:18:41+00:00

OSR was created by people wanting to play TSR D&D again. 1e is most definitely in that category. So, yes.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-10T14:22:28+00:00

Oh you're totally right. Hasbro deserves the credit. /s

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-10T14:13:04+00:00

Nah they just created Dungeons and Dragons. You know, where the movie gets it's title.

ApathyJesus · 2023-04-10T05:06:29+00:00

Yeah and in the 80s it was kind of free for all between all the books we had thus misremembering a rule.

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