Tenkar's Tavern: Rule Correction / Clarification For The Secret Fire

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Rule Correction / Clarification For The Secret Fire

George emailed me last nite to inform me that I was not wrong in thinking that the Luck Throw uses 2D6. Apparently there are 2 typos in the PDF where it states a Luck Throw uses a D12 - and I found one of those typos inadvertently using the new PDF with bookmarks.

So, until the PDF is updated, remember 2D6 for any Luck Throw you may need to make. Now if I can only convince him to use DARO (doubles are rolled over) from Tunnels & Trolls ;)

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Dithering FoolAugust 11, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Hey! I purchased TSF based on all the things you've been hinting at here and I too am very interested in a bookmarked version - any word on when lulu will have it available? Oh, there are evidently two different lulu PDF versions - any idea what the differences are?
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ADD GrognardAugust 11, 2011 at 12:53 PM
That's the PDF for Adobe Digital Editions for readers with e-book devices and has the heavy DRM. It's what stopped me from buying the 'Dragons at Dawn'. So beware if you want an open format pdf. Read the details at he bottom of the page.
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TenkarAugust 11, 2011 at 2:16 PM
Dithering - contact George and he'll hook you up with a RPGNow copy of the PDF
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Bill HeronAugust 11, 2011 at 2:18 PM
@Dithering Fool - please see George's post here: http://legendsandlabyrinths.com/2011/08/11/did-you-buy-the-lulu-pdf/
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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