tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2601323270883825758..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Dwimmermount, Session 30James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52730344122189870102010-02-17T20:37:07.457-05:002010-02-17T20:37:07.457-05:00You do seem to have a smart bunch of players, who ...You do seem to have a smart bunch of players, who take advantage of "old school" necessities like using henchmen, being extremely cautious of traps, running away when necessary, etc. Over on HEROPRESS http://www.heropress.net/, the author describes his attempt to run a pure old-school Labyrinth Lord campaign, but he had to give it up after repeated TPKs which saw frustrated players rolling up two or three characters a session.<br /><br />When I played D&D, we not only checked for traps for every square on the map, we often rolled a dead body ahead of us to try to set off traps before they hit us (or when we had an evil cleric, an animated undead would lumber in front of us as an unpaid, never-wavering henchman). Those were the days :)Jeremy Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398438801903631183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22323505014128021012010-02-10T19:44:30.417-05:002010-02-10T19:44:30.417-05:00When I first read this, the thing that came to min...<i>When I first read this, the thing that came to mind was The Tower of the Elephant. Do you ever draw inspiration from Howard and his Conan (or even non-Conan) works?</i><br /><br>Yag-Kosha was definitely an inspiration for Xaranes, so good call on your part for noticing it :)James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72066567428590063972010-02-10T19:42:35.367-05:002010-02-10T19:42:35.367-05:00Shaded, or line art? I'm thinking now about th...<i>Shaded, or line art? I'm thinking now about those pen drawings - a paladin in Hell etc.</i><br /><br>I'm thinking pen and ink.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15349723827533930982010-02-10T19:41:54.970-05:002010-02-10T19:41:54.970-05:00Regarding Brother Candor, can one be an initiate o...<i>Regarding Brother Candor, can one be an initiate of more than one cult at a time, or does the oath of priesthood make one the servant of a particular god, exclusively?</i><br /><br>This hasn't been specifically discussed, but I had been assuming exclusivity for clerics at least, although I may well change my mind on this before next weekend's session. That's the advantage of having a more vague world: I can change my mind.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86484740777748735942010-02-10T19:37:27.273-05:002010-02-10T19:37:27.273-05:00While the PCs are away, do the NPCs have to deal w...<i>While the PCs are away, do the NPCs have to deal with the possibility of wandering monsters?</i><br /><br>Yes, which is why the NPCs retreated to Muntburg after a short time and no evidence that their employers were returning.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80789337814474308842010-02-09T22:39:51.145-05:002010-02-09T22:39:51.145-05:00There's a certain safety in numbers at work, r...There's a certain safety in numbers at work, right? The DM may well kill one PC who's foolhardy enough to try out the alien table, but if the whole party tries it out and it turns out to be arbitrarily lethal, that's disappointing for the whole group. I think it shows esprit de corps.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78256027706818185602010-02-09T22:19:47.395-05:002010-02-09T22:19:47.395-05:00Let me get this straight....
One member of the pa...Let me get this straight....<br /><br />One member of the party gets into a contraption and disappears.<br /><br />Next, one by one, most of the rest of the party follows, without any indication of where they will be going?<br /><br />It could have been a Green Devil Face for all they knew!redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600098550347299095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73804070719201201242010-02-09T22:14:50.015-05:002010-02-09T22:14:50.015-05:00This is the first post I have read on your campaig...This is the first post I have read on your campaign, and wow, what great images and stories it conjures. Of course it sparked me to go back to your older posts, I am up to session 14 now and really enjoying it. I also love watching the rules evolve as the need and desire arise, granting some insight into some of the thought processes the original designers must have had.<br /><br /><br />I wish I could play in such a game, have had no luck finding like minded gamers in my area. Reading your game also makes me feel pretty uncreative as a DM myself, I shall endevour to be more creative myself in the future.Stacktracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778633676064958982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43284963850512372332010-02-09T19:35:26.831-05:002010-02-09T19:35:26.831-05:00Great job again, James. When I first read this, th...Great job again, James. When I first read this, the thing that came to mind was The Tower of the Elephant. Do you ever draw inspiration from Howard and his Conan (or even non-Conan) works?<br /><br />As always, I look forward to reading more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50286736086504295822010-02-09T19:06:20.943-05:002010-02-09T19:06:20.943-05:00very interesting. Shaded, or line art? I'm thi...very interesting. Shaded, or line art? I'm thinking now about those pen drawings - a paladin in Hell etc.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91239911813591963462010-02-09T18:50:01.553-05:002010-02-09T18:50:01.553-05:00Re: esthetics of Dwimmermount
If it makes any sen...Re: esthetics of Dwimmermount<br /><br />If it makes any sense to say this, I consider Dwimmermount to be a "black and white setting" and any attempt to "colorize" it would probably due violence to its mood.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21487684475754218772010-02-09T18:09:47.615-05:002010-02-09T18:09:47.615-05:00I am also very interested in how you envisage the ...I am also very interested in how you envisage the visual aesthetics of Dwimmermount. I am inclined to agree that the hyper-saturated pulp grotesquerie of Otus does not really accord with the descriptions of the setting. There is more of a sense of something muted and haunting.Tom Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893168729760333884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58689924654014645502010-02-09T17:52:55.886-05:002010-02-09T17:52:55.886-05:00I also have theological questions, but I guess we&...I also have theological questions, but I guess we'll see them play out. You weren't kidding when you said you favoured a freewheeling pulp sci-fantasy setting: my sense is that with this, Dwimmermount has rather broken free from any pseudo-medieval fantasy idiom - it's maybe a Riverworld or Zardoz moment? How will the PCs integrate these visions with the world they know? I'm on the edge of my seat.<br /><br />In terms of mood, I find that how I visualise a game setting strongly affects the kinds of things I expect to see going on there, and from your campaign reports I see Dwimmermount in rather muted colours - cool white downlighting by Stanley Kubrick, set-dressing and low ground fog by Kurosawa: this excursion into the uninterpretable perfectly fits that.<br />So I'd be curious to know how you see it: - if you see Erol Otus gonzo colours and lush, overdetailed Josh Kirby backgrounds for instance.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62200439861525533022010-02-09T12:21:38.070-05:002010-02-09T12:21:38.070-05:00Interesting developments. There's a nice "...Interesting developments. There's a nice "Million Spheres" feel to this. Regarding Brother Candor, can one be an initiate of more than one cult at a time, or does the oath of priesthood make one the servant of a particular god, exclusively?Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-67989700390144709892010-02-09T11:54:47.436-05:002010-02-09T11:54:47.436-05:00Sounds like some exciting developments in Dwimmerm...Sounds like some exciting developments in Dwimmermount! Here's hoping there are many more trips through the portal.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48362826836928255392010-02-09T10:34:16.949-05:002010-02-09T10:34:16.949-05:00While the PCs are away, do the NPCs have to deal w...While the PCs are away, do the NPCs have to deal with the possibility of wandering monsters?<br />Could be very disconcerting to the PCs to return and find evidence (and bodies) telling the tale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com