Out Of Character

[doctorx]

...I am reminded all too much of our expedition into the Gottfried crypt."

Holy crap, how do you remember all of these names??? I need to start taking some ginkoboloba or whatever that is.

Ah, the Gottfried crypt has a special place in our lady knight's memory...

[waysoftheearth]

Okay folks, I've finally got around to bringing the Hinterlands house rules into line with reality.

The good news is it's now divided up into sections, and overall is quite a lot briefer than before

See the "new" house rules (which we've been playing for some months) documented here.

(There's a thread to ask Hinterlands-rules questions over there too).

The main thing to note, perhaps, is that as of now I'm switching from the Target20 method, to the coarse-grained OD&D-style attack matrix (see the Attack Matrix online here--the table takes a moment to load if you haven't already got the page open).

Note especially that normal-tier PCs now have a THAC2 of 17 (or 16 for fighters). Heroic-tier PCs now have a THAC2 of 15.

So overall I expect that combat will be marginally (normals are +1 pip on a d20 more likely to hit) more dangerous than it was previously. For both sides.

Enjoy

p.s. The new hit point re-rolls due to constitution will come into play the next time I roll for your hit points. If you already have hit points, you will keep your existing roll until your next "proper rest" between adventures.

[Olroda]

The Hinterlands: 2014. Now with 5% more gruesome death!

Like DoctorX, I haven´t been posting as much as I would like, but I wanted to tell you that I really enjoy the campaign, and I´ll take a look at the new Hypertext rules a.s.a.p.

[waysoftheearth]

The Hinterlands: 2014. Now with 5% more gruesome death!

Like DoctorX, I haven´t been posting as much as I would like, but I wanted to tell you that I really enjoy the campaign, and I´ll take a look at the new Hypertext rules a.s.a.p.

Thanks Olroda, good to hear you're still enjoying the game... Beringar must be just about ready for 2nd level with all he's seen!

I suspect it's the heroic fighter types who will be piling on the extra hits; we'll see. But it certainly wouldn't hurt for everyone to upgrade to plate armour. Oh wait! The town has been overrun by goblins

[ehiker133]

The Hinterlands: 2014. Now with 5% more gruesome death!

Like DoctorX, I haven´t been posting as much as I would like, but I wanted to tell you that I really enjoy the campaign, and I´ll take a look at the new Hypertext rules a.s.a.p.

Thanks Olroda, good to hear you're still enjoying the game... Beringar must be just about ready for 2nd level with all he's seen!

I suspect it's the heroic fighter types who will be piling on the extra hits; we'll see. But it certainly wouldn't hurt for everyone to upgrade to plate armour. Oh wait! The town has been overrun by goblins

Quick, before we stumble upon the mother load, everyone rush back to Ket!!!

[mistere29]

just touching base, do i need to join any threads yet?

[waysoftheearth]

just touching base, do i need to join any threads yet?

Not yet Mistere29; I ideally want to get you started with a couple of other 1st level players--that might help improve your odds of survival somewhat There are two other PCs "cooking" at the moment... once they're ready I'll get you started together.

Shouldn't be too long...

[Eris]

I just want to welcome all of the new players joining the game. Ways has made it a fun game, an exciting game, for us and I'm sure he'll make it just the same for y'all! Maybe your PC(s) will run into my PC someday soon.

[danhem]

Welcome to the new players and welcome back Heartless!

[waysoftheearth]

Mistere29, Condorcet, you are good to enter the game in thread 64.

Good luck!

Heartless, you will join them as soon as your PC is ready...