Peach Island - Role-Playing Games
Elisia Risbane 7th Level Human Magic-User 10 hp AC9 Thac0 19+1 Damage 1d6+2 Str 6 Con 13 Dex 15 Int 18 Wis 13 Cha 18 Shiny Sparkle Staff (Damage 1d6+2, Emit Shiny Sparkles 3x per day, 1d4 damage each)Thorn Blackbeard 8th Level Dwarf Fighter 50 hp AC 6 Thac0 13+2 Damage 1d8+3 Str 16 Con 18 Dex 11 Int 14 Wis 12 Cha 10 Warhammer of Smithing (Damage 1d8+2, heats any metal hit (including armor, causing additional 1d6 damage), and increases smithing/weaponsmithing skill by +4) Gnobb Gnornbelly 6th Level Gnome Fighter 34 hp AC 8 Thac0 15 Damage 1d8+1 Str 12 Con 13 Dex 15 Int 16 Wis 10 Cha 14 Short Sword+1 (Damage 1d8+1)
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The old red-box D&D Basic Rules set was a great way to get into role-playing games - everything you needed: simple rules, a short basic adventure, great artwork by Larry Elmore to get the imagination juices going, and a set of colorful dice. The rules were a bit too simple, though - just a start. Experience and level tables only got you to the 3rd level or something like that at most - for more, you needed the Expert Rules (blue box) which came with more dice and included a module (X1 - The Isle of Dread), and then after that the Companion Rules (green box) which had new classes like the Druid, then the Master Rules (black box), and then finally the Immortals Rules (gold box). I only bought the first two sets, though - after that, I took the short route to more complete rules - AD&D, including Manual of the Planes, Oriental Adventures, and a bunch of other books.

Don't like the new D&D 3rd Edition too much - I dunno, it seems to lack the old fantasy feeling that I loved in the old AD&D games. The new artwork is very hip, modern, and bad. I am not sure I like the new handling of races and classes, either - the idea of making classes more flexible is great, but I am not sure that the way they did it is the best way.

Lejendary Adventures seems to me to have 'it' - a flexible character system but also room for role-playing without too many rules. The only problem is that it isn't really sold widely, and definitely not at all in Japan... Maybe I will sit down and do a bit of translation of the most basic rules, perhaps.

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