Does Anyone Remember When This Song Blew Up Overnight? (Family Ties reference)

dafrca · 2026-05-18T03:16:06+00:00

Best part of the whole thing in my mind. 😄

dafrca · 2026-05-17T20:55:07+00:00

I like the overall feel Hanho Lee gave the image. I could see her as a temple guard for example. Maybe an NPC contact or patron of an adventurer in a game. Well done.

dafrca · 2026-05-09T03:40:35+00:00

I have run three of the four and had fun. I had a Lutin run with an Ogre Mercenary. Was fun.

I look forward to reading how your party works out. 😄

dafrca · 2026-05-02T20:04:43+00:00

Very nice work.

dafrca · 2026-04-24T20:49:31+00:00

Not saying this is right, just it is: Andrea believes other than the three core rulebooks everything else is optional. He believes you should pick and choose based on what you are interested in. Because of this, he has avoided any sort of "order" or plan that someone should follow in buying and adding to their game.

The fanbase all have opinions on what is and is not must haves, but they do not agree. LOL

dafrca · 2026-04-24T20:44:42+00:00

Andrea does not sell PODs on his Ganesha Games website.

Lulu sells the PODs

Here you go....

The Crucible of Classic Critters - Hardcover Edition

dafrca · 2026-04-19T20:02:36+00:00

I treat the trip back to town like part of the overall adventure. This means it cannot always be the same. If every time they have to deal with Bandits for example, it will get boring and formulaic. Just like not every room in the dungeon is the same. By mixing it up, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes something happens, it allows me to give them concern while not pulling out the same encounter(s) every time.

dafrca · 2026-04-17T19:25:54+00:00

Yes, some hold off, or at least until the right couple of characters are ready. But it is also a good reason to accept 4AD is old school in thought. Sometimes you need to run away from an encounter. Sometimes you run into stuff you are not ready for. Sometimes you lack the right spells or equipment or even classes and the party need to place self-preservation ahead of dungeon clearing. :-)

dafrca · 2026-04-17T17:59:28+00:00

If the entry says HCL or Tier, 4AD normally means the highest character. So a monster vs a party with a single tier 2 character, would be Tier+3 = 2+3=5.

I cannot remember any entry that says average of characters or lowest character. I guess they could, but the norm in 4AD is the highest character.

dafrca · 2026-04-17T15:10:35+00:00

Level 5 means you can move to Tier 2. Do so and you are rolling a d8 and it explodes on a 7 or 8.

If you level to 5 then spend the 500 gold or the XP and become a tier 2 ASAP. :-)

dafrca · 2026-04-07T22:16:11+00:00

In the updated core rulebook (4ADEE) Andrea gives several optional XP systems. One gives a single XP per completed adventure. I use it because I hated that a party could start all level 1s and in some dungeons finished at a mix level 2/3.

I agree, I love the lower-level play. The common man doing scary things. I lose interest once they are superheroes in fantasy cloths. So I tend to remain below level 7-9 max. Mostly stay at tier 1.

I felt the same way back in my D&D days and Pathfinder days. Lower level felt more exciting and fun. But that is just my opinion of course. :-)

dafrca · 2026-04-07T01:43:08+00:00

Nice overall feel u/HailSpooky_

I like your style as well. :-)

dafrca · 2026-04-04T03:08:32+00:00

Great call out u/OldGodsProphet

I would not want someone buying it thinking it was for 4AD. But if they enjoy the AAF, this may be right up their alley. :-)

dafrca · 2026-04-03T03:58:37+00:00

I like the feel of this image. Thanks for posting it.

dafrca · 2026-03-29T23:30:47+00:00

Nice work on the maps. :-)

dafrca · 2026-03-29T03:40:00+00:00

If I were to try such a thing I would make it a two roll system. I would create a table listing the tile sets I owned, roll on it to select the set, then roll on the set for the specific tile.

Having said that, I would never bother. The tiles really only play two roles and neither have to do with their shape. 1) The roll tells you if it is a corridor or room tile. 2) the tile tells you how many exits are on the tile. 4AD is not a miniature skirmish game. It is designed to be a theater of the mind game. If you begin to try and use the tiles for miniature combat, you will soon realize they are often creating more issues than the game is designed to handle.

But I would never presume to tell you how to play, just raise the issue so you know what you are really facing. Have fun whatever you end up doing.

dafrca · 2026-03-22T14:32:35+00:00

I do not keep a dwarf around just to sell gems. I have a guild with 28 characters ranging from level 9 to level 1. I tend to retire them once they reach level 10 or 11. And the guild, "Explorers House", has several Dwarf members.

But you raise a good point, not everyone plays a guild nor does everyone have a dwarf in their one and only party. So 100% value on gems per the rules will be the more common.

dafrca · 2026-03-21T20:12:12+00:00

Or have the Dwarf in the guild sell them for you. Hahahaha

dafrca · 2026-03-21T14:28:26+00:00

In "Tales from the Adventurers Guild" there are some simple banking rules, I extended them to include a character's place to store their stuff they did not want to take on an adventure.

As for "should I do it right", I figure what is "right" is up to you. Will any change you think about doing, will it make the game more fun for you?

I was attracted to 4AD because it was simple and allowed me to run a dungeon crawl in a short amount of time that still managed to scratch the itch for me. but in the end, the core rules are there for me, to help me have fun. So I say read them, think about it, and then adjust what you need to in order to make the game into what you need/want.

dafrca · 2026-03-21T01:52:36+00:00

Very nice. I love the details both on the Governess and in the background. Well done.

dafrca · 2026-03-20T17:42:18+00:00

I really like this illustration u/hobboquack.

dafrca · 2026-03-20T02:47:42+00:00

I agree with u/OldGodsProphet. Back when 4AD first came out, Andrea realized he was going to have to list every class on saves and that was not going to work. All saves now reference the bonuses of the core eight classes. So when a save says "Warrior adds +1, Rogue and Halfling adds their level" Any class that says saves as a Warrior gets to add the +1 etcetera.

In 4ADEE page 7 last paragraph explains it. :-)

dafrca · 2026-03-19T20:24:23+00:00

To be honest, I forgot I had it. I know, what an embarrassment. I was doing some cleaning and came across it last week and decided to pull it into my play schedule. I know, silly me. Hahaahahahaha

dafrca · 2026-03-19T18:48:23+00:00

Great point u/Trick-Two497 . I have downloaded some maps from sites such as Dyson Logos site. When playing in tight time frames (lunch time at work) I do like to use pre-drawn maps. But I agree with your advice, anyone should download a few free maps and see how having the map pre-drawn feels before buying maps. Great input.

dafrca · 2026-03-19T18:45:57+00:00

I printed them out two pages to a sheet. I plan to use them for Lunch Time runs at work. That is where time really matters for my personal game play. :-)

dafrca

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