tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4796465951731678637..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: If this be madness ...James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79244394689159527772010-04-22T04:22:32.853-04:002010-04-22T04:22:32.853-04:00Thanks very much to both of you. Matthew, that loo...Thanks very much to both of you. Matthew, that looks like a very interesting sword & planet setting, and I like your implementation of the psionics rules.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82149052712688281772010-04-21T15:10:02.638-04:002010-04-21T15:10:02.638-04:00Cheers. If anyone wants to see the current state ...Cheers. If anyone wants to see the current state of my thing, it's at [http://sites.google.com/site/thefiendish/Home/under-the-dying-sun]Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49862813250839725842010-04-21T11:15:11.893-04:002010-04-21T11:15:11.893-04:00I haven't done much work on it since last year...I haven't done much work on it since last year. I've been distracted by other things and, honestly, I think Matt Slepin's take on S&W psionics is better than what I had in mind.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17391428097668376932010-04-18T04:31:52.950-04:002010-04-18T04:31:52.950-04:00Did I miss the final version of this? How is it co...Did I miss the final version of this? How is it coming along?faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5245020390807693822009-03-16T13:16:00.000-04:002009-03-16T13:16:00.000-04:00Now, get to work James! :DA preliminary draft of t...<I>Now, get to work James! :D</I><BR/><BR/>A preliminary draft of the rules should be done sometime this week.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13588305128233213612009-03-16T05:14:00.000-04:002009-03-16T05:14:00.000-04:00Well, my imagination has really gotten away from m...Well, my imagination has really gotten away from me. I have not only started work on this little thing, but I decided to start a blog for working on it. So, if anyone is interested in this little project, hop over to http://wheel-of-samsara.blogspot.com and help me out.<BR/><BR/>Now, get to work James! :DMatthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17518892602743653512009-03-13T20:38:00.000-04:002009-03-13T20:38:00.000-04:00I tell you what--you finish up those rules and I'l...<I>I tell you what--you finish up those rules and I'll start working on it. :D</I><BR/><BR/>Deal.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20554681223779577692009-03-13T20:37:00.000-04:002009-03-13T20:37:00.000-04:00I tell you what--you finish up those rules and I'l...I tell you what--you finish up those rules and I'll start working on it. :DMatthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32227131226661775992009-03-13T19:42:00.000-04:002009-03-13T19:42:00.000-04:00I have this image of a far future Antartica, where...<I>I have this image of a far future Antartica, where mankind's last civilization has risen and fallen and struggles to rise again.</I><BR/><BR/>That's awesome.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46380796590553392602009-03-13T16:25:00.000-04:002009-03-13T16:25:00.000-04:00Without meaning to, I spent too much time last nig...Without meaning to, I spent too much time last night already beginning to think of a setting with psionics as the magic. I'm seeing a sort of love-child of Gamma World, Kamandi, Thundarr the Barbarian, The Dying Earth, and the Book of the New Sun.<BR/><BR/>I have this image of a far future Antartica, where mankind's last civilization has risen and fallen and struggles to rise again.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1230555001987200032009-03-13T09:16:00.000-04:002009-03-13T09:16:00.000-04:00I never liked Psionics in a world with Vancian mag...<I>I never liked Psionics in a world with Vancian magic, but the idea of replacing magic with psionics...that has some legs.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree. One of my hopes is that, once I finish this, someone will take it and run with it to create a more elaborate system that could handle such a thing. My own approach is primarily recreationist, at least initially.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56835829707143311032009-03-13T03:55:00.000-04:002009-03-13T03:55:00.000-04:00I'm excited to hear this. I've always had ...I'm excited to hear this. I've always had a soft spot for psionics, partly because my first foray into AD&D was through Dark Sun, a setting that would be right at home in the Planet Stories collection. I've had a hankering for running an adventure through my own Planetary Romance setting... I think I might even rework Moldvay's Lost City to that effect. <BR/><BR/>Still, I've always found psionics work well even in a relatively 'pure' fantasy setting with nothing more than a little semantic drift. Much of the terminology is borrowed from scifi and pseudo-science, but if it were relabeled with more fantasy-friendly terms, it would blend right in. Mentalism, Psychic Powers, Faerie Magic, Chi Magic - take your pick. <BR/><BR/>As my sleep-addled rambling draws to a close, I will note that my verification word was, no kidding around here, "bless," the first actual word I've had. I'm prepared to take this as a favorable omen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49405883054071454552009-03-12T18:01:00.000-04:002009-03-12T18:01:00.000-04:00I was just thinking about this yesterday in reposn...I was just thinking about this yesterday in reposne to Jason Vey's on-going rpgnet thread, rereading AD&D. I never liked Psionics in a world with Vancian magic, but the idea of replacing magic with psionics...that has some legs. I've idly pondered running a game where psionics was the only sorcery (soemthing like the Deryni novels). I'd use the Psionist class (from some old issue of the Dragon) as the MU stand-in. The benefits would be:<BR/><BR/>1. An easy way to represent a setting where anyone could have a little magic, but where there are also dedicated wizards; and<BR/><BR/>2. A nifty little game of Duel Arcane via Psionic Combat, which has this almost formalized feel to it. I always get the image from an old X-Men comic where young Charles Xavier is in Cairo and he fights this psychic duel with a guy sitting in a cafe. They just sit, drinking coffee, until the guy keels over dead. I love that idea.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46408600088890234672009-03-12T12:41:00.001-04:002009-03-12T12:41:00.001-04:00Victor,You've just intuited the germ of the next p...Victor,<BR/><BR/>You've just intuited the germ of the next post I'll be making to the blog later today :)James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89850632589389321202009-03-12T12:41:00.000-04:002009-03-12T12:41:00.000-04:00The Freudian attack forms are a couple serial numb...<I>The Freudian attack forms are a couple serial numbers I wouldn't mind seeing filed off.</I><BR/><BR/>Unlikely, at least in my initial pass over the system. The goal here is to recreate the OD&D version of the rules as closely as is possible under the OGL and that includes the terminology.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86121236916638588202009-03-12T12:40:00.000-04:002009-03-12T12:40:00.000-04:00But... why?Because I like it :)Much as I revere Ga...<I>But... why?</I><BR/><BR/>Because I like it :)<BR/><BR/>Much as I revere Gary's memory, I think his dislike for the system was colored by a number of issues, not least being his preference for more "pure" fantasy in his later years. I don't see anything necessarily incoherent with the idea of psionics in <I>D&D</I>.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58859317683895945232009-03-12T12:38:00.000-04:002009-03-12T12:38:00.000-04:00For me, the hardest part was making the attack &am...<I>For me, the hardest part was making the attack & defense modes used for psionic combat make sense.</I><BR/><BR/>The psionic combat is a tricky thing to get to work properly, I'll admit, but I think it's doable.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80960512665977396052009-03-12T12:37:00.000-04:002009-03-12T12:37:00.000-04:00I can see a Barsoom S&W game on the horizon.I ...<I>I can see a Barsoom S&W game on the horizon.</I><BR/><BR/>I think that would be very cool.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46954642677445302622009-03-12T11:12:00.000-04:002009-03-12T11:12:00.000-04:00Huh...I have never thought about the evolution tha...Huh...I have never thought about the evolution that Vraymond suggested. Interesting. I for one, like OSRIC, but then again I don't see the need for only "one" flavor of RPG in this arena.<BR/><BR/>The nice thing about this creative momentum is that much of the stuff produced is easily translated across systems. (LL, S&W, OSRIC)<BR/><BR/>More power to you James.Gamer Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006232842482959060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79256367259873120502009-03-12T06:08:00.000-04:002009-03-12T06:08:00.000-04:00I would really love to see this happen. I would li...I would really love to see this happen. I would like to S&W-ize races like the githyanki (with another name, of course) for Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets. I cannot wait to see what you come up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12662775026320890402009-03-12T00:17:00.000-04:002009-03-12T00:17:00.000-04:00What's interesting here, I think, is the way i...What's interesting here, I think, is the way in which we're recapitulating the evolution of Original D&D - various discussions of various supplements, <A HREF="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-favorite-od-supplement.html" REL="nofollow">like here</A>, and finding ways to adapt or recreate these systems for availability and use today. This doesn't surprise me, but there is an interesting possibility in all of this: at <B>some</B> point, Original D&D will have been fully re-imagined, but it's not at all clear that AD&D 1st Edition is the "natural" next step. Nothing against the fine folk who have put together <A HREF="http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/" REL="nofollow">OSRIC</A>, but fairly soon we will be able to take our "Original D&D" in directions that were not thought of "back in the day" - and that will be a good thing, I think. YMMV.Victor Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38283224486566727322009-03-12T00:01:00.000-04:002009-03-12T00:01:00.000-04:00Monte Cook, 3e Psionics... Since 3.x has turned ol...<I>Monte Cook, 3e Psionics... Since 3.x has turned old-school, our Pope is tempted by a reformation ;) Soon a Council of Trent?</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly. Run away, and fast. Next thing you know we'll have a Nicene Edition with a Trinity of acceptible psionics systems. Where will the madness end? Curb thy enthusiasm.metamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89685311259150205692009-03-11T23:58:00.000-04:002009-03-11T23:58:00.000-04:00Ooh! Ooh! I wanna be Martin Luther!Ooh! Ooh! I wanna be Martin Luther!Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25066380047012334492009-03-11T23:31:00.000-04:002009-03-11T23:31:00.000-04:00The Freudian attack forms are a couple serial numb...The Freudian attack forms are a couple serial numbers I wouldn't mind seeing filed off.K. Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623767121412820113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10179254969048064822009-03-11T22:27:00.000-04:002009-03-11T22:27:00.000-04:00But... why?Psionics was a bastard child from the g...But... why?<BR/><BR/>Psionics was a bastard child from the get-go, and one that Gygax deeply regretted ever including in the game. Why include it?Secular Transhumanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793034218287755156noreply@blogger.com