tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post8127596969151368554..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Grognard's Challenge #4: The Crib of the SleeperJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69152546723963097162008-09-13T12:49:00.000-04:002008-09-13T12:49:00.000-04:00Awesome. I'm all over it, like ugly on an aberrati...Awesome. I'm all over it, like ugly on an aberration.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80881220512349525232008-09-13T11:01:00.000-04:002008-09-13T11:01:00.000-04:00How exactly do you sacrifice to it? It seems to me...<I>How exactly do you sacrifice to it? It seems to me adventuring parties might well get through 45 HD of monsters a day, but does that count?</I> <BR/><BR/>I left it open to personal interpretation on the DM's part on purpose. But I'd run it that sacrifice would require some sort of ritualistic method ala stock pulp tradition (big altar, hooded worshippers, candles made of some vile substance, maybe a BIG snake for set-dressing...), so just hauling it around with you as you waded through beasties wouldn't count towards the 45 HD goal.<BR/><BR/><I>Very, very interesting, and possibly Elrickian in its repercussions: an imperative need to keep the adventures going. Just try to attract hirelings once word of this gets out.</I><BR/><BR/>There was certainly Moorcockian elements in my mental stewpot, the "paladins of Law" reference in the history being the most obvious. I figured that this little wrinkle in the ownership contract would make a great adventure seed --the party notices that there's been a lot of mysterious disappearences in town, intensifying just around the time of the new moon, and decides to investage --, but it also can be used as a litmus test to how far the party is willing to go for power.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38748930460529553922008-09-13T10:34:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:34:00.000-04:00Rach,C&C is just fine.Rach,<BR/><BR/>C&C is just fine.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68738304421006168362008-09-12T18:47:00.000-04:002008-09-12T18:47:00.000-04:00Hmmm. How exactly do you sacrifice to it? It seems...Hmmm. How exactly do you sacrifice to it? It seems to me adventuring parties might well get through 45 HD of monsters a day, but does that count? Perhaps they don't get any XP from monsters so sacrificed, or perhaps (maybe more interestingly) they do, and they only notice the hunger of the sleeper when they exit the dungeon...<BR/>Very, very interesting, and possibly Elrickian in its repercussions: an imperative need to keep the adventures going. Just try to attract hirelings once word of this gets out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49040210951341000952008-09-12T16:32:00.000-04:002008-09-12T16:32:00.000-04:00True enough, I guess. Do you consider Castles and ...True enough, I guess. Do you consider Castles and Crusades an acceptably compatible retro-clone?Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3086642605816242182008-09-12T11:32:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:32:00.000-04:00Keep in mind that any future stuff would have to b...<I>Keep in mind that any future stuff would have to be pretty stat-lite,</I><BR/><BR/>That is the essence of old school!James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77035800166621303172008-09-12T02:59:00.000-04:002008-09-12T02:59:00.000-04:00I wish I had enough OD&D books to give everyon...<I>I wish I had enough OD&D books to give everyone copies</I><BR/><BR/>Kind, but shipping it to (for example ;P) Poland... Price and distance kills everything. ;) <BR/><BR/>Nice thing, Mike!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75450805654585026992008-09-12T00:13:00.000-04:002008-09-12T00:13:00.000-04:00James: Dude, you have made my day knowing that I w...James: Dude, you have made my day knowing that I was so heavily considered. I fully intend to keep on entering.<BR/>Keep in mind that any future stuff would have to be pretty stat-lite, or else would have to be for a system I did know reasonably well (IE Castles and Crusades or d20). I could try to use OSRIC or something, but it might run messy.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23033815387731216952008-09-11T22:28:00.000-04:002008-09-11T22:28:00.000-04:00Mike,Any time you want to send me more of your stu...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Any time you want to send me more of your stuff to post, I'll gladly take it. You've clearly got a great imagination and a solid old school sensibility.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62248447017166098672008-09-11T17:43:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:43:00.000-04:00Thank you, James.I'd be interested in seeing some ...Thank you, James.<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in seeing some of the other entries for any of the past or future contests, perhaps in a Grognard's Grimoire.<BR/><BR/>One never knows where inspiration or the right gee-gaw for an adventure or campaign might strike next.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4794767587618686282008-09-11T17:19:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:19:00.000-04:00Mike,You will note that I already included a link ...Mike,<BR/><BR/>You will note that I already included a link to you blog; I found evidence of its existence earlier and took the liberty of adding it to my collection on the right.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90213325019434622062008-09-11T17:18:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:18:00.000-04:00Rach,I liked your entry a great deal; it was in fa...Rach,<BR/><BR/>I liked your entry a great deal; it was in fact one of the ones I considered as a possible winner. The only reason I didn't select it was because I felt it didn't quite fit the theme of the contest, even though it was very nicely done.<BR/><BR/>You're definitely getting into the spirit of the old school, make no mistake about that.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21140720501579874482008-09-11T17:15:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:15:00.000-04:00I appreciate the kind words and again, I'm hon...I appreciate the kind words and again, I'm honored to have been chosen. It seems that I'm amongst the right crowd around here with my thought process.<BR/><BR/>I've been trying to shed a lot of the "bad habits" I've accumulated from playing and running more modern RPGs. Not that those habits are wrong, in the context of the games that I've acquired them, but sometimes I get a little "post-modern" in my design process and have to step back and ask myself "what would Gary or Dave do with this?" That usually puts me on the right track when it comes to things D&D related.<BR/><BR/>If you don't mind a plug, I've been documenting my attempt to get back to my old-school roots at <A HREF="http://poleandrope.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope</A>. I'm going to be going live with it tomorrow, but it's been up since Aug. 21st and I've accumulated a some content since then. I'll be playing along with Berin Kinsman's "Dire Shark Week" next week, so there'll be a few more strange AD&D creations with a shark theme on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from me. Then it's back to my megadungeon with a classic feel design process.<BR/><BR/>But enough of that. I'm just glad that I can evoke the pulp feeling of D&D as it was intended and that people find my attempts useful and entertaining.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25250105724761797312008-09-11T16:59:00.000-04:002008-09-11T16:59:00.000-04:00What did you think of my entry, James? I wasn't qu...What did you think of my entry, James? I wasn't quite sure if it fit this contest, which is why I included the little postscript, but I thought it might be suitable. Even outside of the context's criteria what was your opinion?Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-11844253038807950312008-09-11T16:34:00.000-04:002008-09-11T16:34:00.000-04:00It's a pretty amazing piece of work in my opinion ...It's a pretty amazing piece of work in my opinion and rather nicely evokes some of the feel of early <I>D&D</I>, at least as I remember it.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21970822719771241812008-09-11T15:29:00.000-04:002008-09-11T15:29:00.000-04:00I have to applaud this. I definitely intend to in...I have to applaud this. I definitely intend to insert it into one of my games.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358099916267465455noreply@blogger.com