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How do I build an AD&D 1e Cleric?
I have recently created a thread about how to build/play an AD&D2e Fighter/Mage/Thief, and the amount of useful and enlightening advice was such that I am back for advice again (even though I...
View ArticleMagically Invisible Psionicist - What ends it?
You've got a psionicist who is magically invisible (potion, friendly mage, whatever). What psionic powers will end the invisibility spell? The telepathic Superior Invisibility science says only a...
View ArticleA series of questions about planescape's factions (Starting with Question 1)
Question 1:If you want to add an anti-doomguard faction what weaponry would they get?Remember the doomguard sometimes gets one of the following four magical short swords:An ash blade-protects the...
View ArticleVampire in gaseous form reduced to 0 hp
I am facing pretty much the exact situation that DeManis faced in this thread:viewtopic.php?t=86494 [corrected link]Thanks to all the good advice. Game night is tomorrow and we pick up with the...
View ArticleUWG 2020 Complete Arms and Armor Guide
I have a PDF I acquired somewhere. It's sixty-four pages long and bills itself as "a complete list of every weapon statted for 1st edition Ad&d."(redacted more details)I think it's pretty cool,...
View ArticleMirror Image
Is there anything in the many many books officially that addresses if things like fireball or lightning bolt or melfs acid arrow or magic missile or Flamestrike or blade barrier etc etc takes out the...
View ArticleShadow Monsters etc.
Do these semi-real creations have a form of sentience in your games. Can they search out what’s behind a door and come back and tell you about it via talking, for example. Can they read what’s the...
View ArticleIdea For Post-Cap Spellcasters
Just thinking about spellcasters, I was wondering how it would work out if instead of their spellcasting freezing that they continued to gain the effect of levels but only insofar as range, AOE, and...
View ArticleDefending another PC?
The other night, a player wanted his PC to "defend" another PC who was concentrating on a spell. Perhaps I need to reread the DM's Guide (it has been decades) but I do not remember any mechanic for...
View ArticleIdeas for a less Generic Dwarven Adventure?
Hi. So, I am kicking around ideas for a short, all-dwarven adventure that occurs underground. Perhaps it would involve a mission or two for dwarven commandos. Unfortunately, most of my ideas so far...
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TSR's 'archetypal' plastic minis
When recently pondering my other thread about which version of Dungeon! had the best map, I paid a bit more attention to the plastic miniatures that came with later editions:These were identified...
View ArticleHow does one tell how old a monitor is?? (OT)!!!
Today, after 3 weeks since my desktop (an 8+ year old Win 7 clunker) finally bit the dust, i bought a new pc, an ASUS. BUT my OLD as heck, Microtek C783 monitor doesn't seem to recognize it, OTHER...
View ArticleCantrips
In your games could the Cantrip spell do the following BFF type things. Clean robes or cloaks or hair? Gather fire wood into a pile, or coins or arrows etc Change a persons eye colour or hair colour...
View ArticleThe man with a cave in his garden
There's an article in today's Guardian newspaper which is about the 200-odd caves beneath the surface in the city of Auckland, New Zealand.There's a guy with a 200m cave in his garden!...
View Article"Mindless undead cannot be considered"
If the undead are in a mixed group — for example, 1 vampire, 3 ghasts, and 8ghouls — you may opt to disallow any turning or other effect if the mostpowerful member — in the example above, the vampire...
View ArticleBarbarian illusion detection interaction with standard disbelieve
Detect illusion: Barbarians have a 5% chance per level of determiningthat some sight, sound or other sensory phenomenon is actually anillusion/phantasm spell of some type. This detection takes one...
View ArticlePsionics - Identity Penetration: What does it tell?
Identity Penetration allows the user to determine the target's true identity in spite of polymorphs, illusions, disguises, etc.That's the entire power description, aside from the power score/20...
View ArticleArticle referencing interviews with Fiend Folio contributors
I fell into a rabbit hole earlier today looking up the history of some monsters and found this article from 2021 in the journal of analog game studies.Apologies if it has been linked to...
View ArticleFind Folio's Vortex Monster
Browsing through FF I thought that the vortex (FF94) might be an interesting monster to use. Not too many hit points but a tough AC and its ability to trap people is a wee bit different. Has anyone...
View ArticleLeprechauns
Is the leprechaun a person (by the book)?Statistics: Posted by James The Just — Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:43 pm — Replies 6 — Views 39
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