Jon Hopkins

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I'm very, very tired.

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Jun 8	asked	At what point does a trap on a lock spring?
Feb 26	awarded	Popular Question
Jan 26	awarded	Yearling
Nov 11	awarded	Nice Question
Sep 12	comment	House Rules for AD&D Character Generation (1e+) @MadHatter - sorry, didn't notice your question. I'm definitely in favour of the "heroes not super heroes" mantra. I hate the idea of overpowered characters but do think the average for a PC should probably be slightly higher than average for the wider population if that makes sense? So I'm in favour of 17, 16, 15, 12, 10, 8 type spreads of ability scores, against 18, 17, 16, 16, 13, 10.
Sep 12	comment	House Rules for AD&D Character Generation (1e+) I quite like the idea of improving ability scores though I'm not sure that at the frequencies you're suggesting it wouldn't overpower characters relatively quickly. Similarly HP - I can see that you want to avoid very weak characters but other than saying reroll ones (just once, roll a one again and live with it), I'd personally stick close(r) to the rules as written.
Mar 17	comment	House Rules for AD&D Character Generation (1e+) Each to their own but I'd say if you're only spending 10 minutes generating a character, you're missing out on a load of fun - generating characters is interesting and, for me at least, a great part of the game in it's own right.
Feb 21	comment	Do you get a save vs Falling Damage? And I guess the 3 in 6 is a guide for a typical pit which the PM can adjust based on specific circumstances.
Feb 21	comment	Is it possible to turn Tenser's Floating Disk into a chariot? But how do you tether the "plate" to the chariot? I think the word disk is misleading, it seems the correct way to think about it more like an electro-magnetic field which creates a disk like area rather than as a physical object.
Feb 14	accepted	Can AD&D Thieves Wear Studded Leather Armour?
Feb 14	comment	Can AD&D Thieves Wear Studded Leather Armour? @RS - Sorry, was just being pedantic.
Feb 14	comment	Where can I find a complete list of every D&D book ever released before 3rd Edition? +1 - Yay for the Acaeum, a love bunch of chaps (and chapesses)
Feb 11	comment	Good Single Word Instruction for “Command” Spell Re. sleep - sleep is both a noun and a very and does work (again, expressly stated in the PHB).
Feb 11	comment	Good Single Word Instruction for “Command” Spell @AceCalhoon - suicide is not a verb. It's not to suicide, it's to commit suicide. Commit is the verb, suicide is a noun. As it goes the PHB specifically mentions that suicide won't work for this reason.
Feb 11	accepted	How do you calculate THAC0?
Feb 10	comment	How do you calculate THAC0? @SevenSidedDie - Have been asked by the DM to do so to speed things up. Does the concept not work with 1e? Flicking through the DMG the principal of the die roll changing by one with each drop in AC of one seems to hold so the principal should work shouldn't it?
Feb 10	awarded	Teacher
Feb 9	asked	How do you calculate THAC0?
Feb 9	comment	Good Single Word Instruction for “Command” Spell In terms of the duration I guess the thing is to try and find something which has consequences lasting longer than the round...
Feb 9	accepted	AD&D 1e Cleric / Thief Weapons (by the book)