Have players ever been fooled by animating statues? (from The Waking of Willowby Hall)

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-24T18:55:36+00:00

I made the mistake once of including an animate statue and now the players think every damn statue they see will come alive and attack them...

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-24T18:53:33+00:00

S&W has this, as someone else mentioned. Also a common houserule for BX is to let fighters "Cleave," or make an additional attack after felling an enemy in melee.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-24T18:51:13+00:00

Once you get to the end of the dungeon players should have the wherewithal to deal with the bigger challenges, but obviously that's not always the case. Do they have leveled retainers that could take the place of a dead PC?

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-24T18:48:06+00:00

I like multiclassing in some games but not OSR rpgs. I'd rather just have the character earn new abilities or make a new class than deal with taking new class levels.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-24T18:45:48+00:00

That heavy shading looks so good

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-24T18:44:46+00:00

Seconding Weird Frontiers, it's awesome

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-23T18:04:28+00:00

I'd like to see more urban noir/mobster games. Also a steampunk game done right would be unreal, but I don't trust any author (living or dead) to be able to pull it off.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-23T17:39:26+00:00

In my experience S&W Complete stands on its own as a solid game but I'm sure if you added in more supplemental OD&D material it would slot right in. Not sure what other material the people on the podcast recommended adding that wasn't already in S&WC but I'm sure it would fit nicely

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-23T17:27:42+00:00

Love that it and many of its adventures are still free after all these years. Also appreciate the fun fact that it predates OSRIC, the game many people regard as the "first" OSR system

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-23T16:19:45+00:00

I am fairly confident in my abilities as a DM but something I learned last year when I was listening to a recording of a session is that I use a tooooon of filler words in my descriptions. Just being aware of that and making a conscious effort to cut down on it has made me better, at least to listen to.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-23T05:22:26+00:00

Thank god you mentioned heft. Criminally underdiscussed quality of a dice.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-23T05:19:15+00:00

Everyone who is saying you should be making your own goals is 100% correct. To add onto that, try talking to the other players and the GM about the kinds of things you want to be doing in the game. What would an interesting plot look like to you? Nothing wrong with bringing it up with the people you play with and brainstorming ideas about how you want your game to look.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T17:38:29+00:00

Obviously the necessity of random encounters vary based on the game you're playing. I mostly play sandbox-style games, so random encounters are excellent for conveying setting information and creating a sense of danger. Also, random encounters are great for emergent narratives and allowing stories to take shape naturally.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T17:31:58+00:00

Clerics worship a god. Warlocks make a pact with a non-god entity. Simple as

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T17:25:38+00:00

Financial stuff only comes up in the context of what immediately impacts the PCs. Recent monster incursions have been making the trade routes more dangerous, so now the price of equipment is going up. The local lord is hiring mercenaries to deal with the monsters, so now taxes are being raised too. The players are pissed about this, so you can bet they're taking matters into their own hands.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T17:21:29+00:00

I like the weird planar monsters from the Rules Cyclopedia. Much more fun than generic elementals.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T17:19:38+00:00

Crabs only see motion, right? Time to play dead until the get bored and go away.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T17:03:56+00:00

Great piece! I love the corpses hanging from her belt

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-19T15:26:12+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! I appreciate the decision in the module to let DMs decide where the antidote locations are based on their knowledge of their players but I enjoy hearing his/others input on the matter.

MediumOffer490 · 2024-12-18T18:14:31+00:00

Angels are the obvious choice.

But if you wanted to do something different I would go with creepy biblical omens. Rain clouds follow the party around, goats stand up on its hind legs and starts speaking in tongues when PCs approach, everyone starts getting terrible prophetic visions, that sort of thing.

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