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Is there a way to do these that doesn't absolutely suck for the players without having to recalculate the XP value of vampires, ghosts and the like?

I played a ton of 2nd edition in college and still have all the books. Most of my current group never played AD&D, and so have no concept of what it was like. I'm thinking I'd like to give them a taste of what it was like by running an AD&D 2e game, but I don't really have the time to create a full campaign (even a shortish one) from scratch. I was thinking I could run them through one of the classic AD&D modules, possibly with some homebrew on top if necessary.

I'd prefer for it not to be purely a dungeon crawl, though... we like some story to go with it.

For reference, I've run them through the Village of Hommlet, Against the Cult of the Reptile God, and Keep at the Borderlands (all converted to 5e), so I don't want to use those again, and we ran the 5e version of Secrets of Saltmarsh.

Any suggestions?

This really brought on the nostalgia for me, it made me wanna start up a campaign again !

I picked up the Red Steel box set today, complete with CD. But I don’t have any way to play a CD. Anyone know of a web link for the soundtrack?

To anyone who has played old adventure modules for 1e, AD&D, OD&D BECMI, or BX and also some of the 5e anthology conversions. What do you think about the authenticity of the reprint and the spirit and intention behind the original prints?

I was going down a rabbit hole of looking at Classic Modules Today, which are community driven conversions for the old game to 5th edition and also getting into DCCRpg. Between those two things I have been inspired to find and run some of the old original modules published for the game. But I had no idea adventure books have been published by WOTC like Quests from the Infinite Staircase, or Tales from the Yawning Portal containing classic adventures.

Modules like White Plume Mountain, Against the Giants, Thamochan, Taojcanth, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, Barrier Peeks, etc. All seem really cool and good insight into adventure design. I watched a Matt Colevile video recently where he was saying that this is how it used to be with short contained adventures instead of huge adventures that never end like Curse of Strahd.

Anyway now I’m torn, I could buy the conversions and pdf/POD for the old adventures and wait for a few weeks and then I’ll have the ability to run it with old DnD, 5e, and maybe DCC. Or I could just get it new through DnD beyond.

I just don’t know if I’m looking at those old adventures with a nostalgic lens and there isn’t as much going on in them as I think, and if converting myself is too much work and easier to use the newer game. Or for those of you who have both or have read, ran, or played in both; is there a major difference?

Good day, everyone.

Using the rules for Morale, how would you game out a PC wielding fire solely to scare away a beast? When I say "beast", I mean the mundane sort (e.g., a great cat), instead of a "larger than life", "legendary" or outright supernatural specimen. Fires would typically include torches and bonfire equivalents (we're assuming the fire was either already on hand or was hurriedly prepared), as well as low-level spells such as Pyrotechnics and Burning Hands.

The 2e modifiers below seem to be germane to this discussion.

>* Creatures with 4 to 8+ HD +1
* Defending home +3
* Creatures are fighting wizards or magic-using foes –2 (Does this require human-level knowledge of spellcasters?)
* Defensive terrain advantage +1 (this might apply with, say, a large bird attacking a human in mountainous territory)

I am trying to complete my collection of 1st Edition D&D modules and booklets, does anyone have a line on where I might find the following for sale? There were only about 300 of each of these produced for conventions, hoping to be able to buy them if anyone has them.

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(Please ignore the typo in the title; Reddit won't let me edit it. No, My1e is not the name of some software)

Just click the link above, click the green flag, and then press space or click/tap the screen to generate a random treasure without having to break out your physical dice. It can be adjusted for different dungeon levels or set to a mode for rolling monsters' treasure types for wilderness lairs. The magic item list contains items from the DMG, UA, OA, The Book of Marvelous Magic, and Bottled Wonders of the Decanter, with more on the way, while spell scrolls include spells from the PHB, UA, Dungeonland, Isle of the Ape, and obscure OD&D 3rd party supplement The Necromican. There are a few features left to add for full functionality, such as a blacklist for excluding certain magic item and spell sources and sliders for adjusting the percentage of Occidental, Oriental, and technological items to be generated.

When I read this spell I note it says this spell is cumulative in the case of a fighter/mage with shield bonus.

This implies a fighter/mage can use a shield. Historical our group has ruled shield is a type of armor and since they can't wear armor we ruled no shield.

Just wondering how others handle this. Can fighter/mage use shields?

Rolling 3d6 gives a bell curve between 3 to 18, and the average of 10.5. The chance of rolling an 18 is 0.00463. If people have the 3d6 ability scores, out of 2000 people, on average there should be about 9 with 18 intelligence. For IQ scores, that number of people is the same as about an IQ of 139. But remember seeing something saying that a 18 Intelligence ability score is the same as 180 IQ? That must be wrong?

I have to know if im doing something wrong but its not problem to be broken because its solo campain. We playing dark sun revised with player option skill&powers. I was just going to wizard only then i rolled 20 int so i picked advanced being wizard/psionic multiclass. And my first time psionic impression is they are insane! You can get disintigrate or dominate or time travel at lvl 1! Why tho? A lot of psionic powers have lvl limit why this ones doesnt? And why psionic so strong compared to wizard? Yeah you have to hit MAC etc. But still.

Starting a RAW ADnD campaign for the first time in many years. Rereading the Identity spell and I am confronted with the reality that I’ve never played it as written. It’s a very complex process which can reveal very little about the nature of the item. My questions are:

1. Do you play this as written?
2. If so how do you keep track of bonus penalties on to-hit and damage as that is not revealed. Do you add/subtract a hidden amount from their rolls?
3. If you’ve modified it, in what way?
4. Do you just hand wave it and tell them what the item is?

I’d like to stay true to RAW, but this is a tough one for my style of play.