HerbN

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I've been playing RPGs since the late 70s when I started with Holmes Basic and first edition Gamma World.

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Aug 19	awarded	Yearling
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Jun 3	answered	How does a fighter get his 4th attack per round in Labyrinth Lord?
Jun 2	answered	Which Mage: The Awakening sourcebook (if any) has info on mages' daily, non-adventuring lives?
Jun 2	comment	What would be some good monsters for Planet of the Apes D&D? That works for TSR versions as well, which with Ape as Class this is designed for.
May 21	awarded	Nice Question
Feb 22	comment	How can I make BRP less variable? Aramis, are you saying you gave up on BRP because of dick GMs? Why not give up on dick GMs instead?
Feb 22	comment	How can I make BRP less variable? Well, taking that here's a "complex" model. At 30% Driving you can drive to someplace you know where it is without hitting Grandma without bothering to roll (if you're hitting grandma 7 out of 10 trips to the store why aren't you in jail), you can climb the climbing wall at the gym regularly without injury, and for Reading Latin if you can sit down with a dictionary and the text with no time pressure you'll eventually read it. I'm confused how this requires a complex mental model. If you're worried about "can a Unix admin recover lost files in a VMS system in 30 seconds" then I'd get it.
Feb 10	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Jan 6	comment	Using 2x on d12 instead of x on a d6 in OD&D/Classic D&D/Clones @Iszi: BECMI = Basic/Expert/Companion/Masters/Immortal...the Mentzer boxed sets (and more or less the Rules Cyclopedia).
Jan 6	awarded	Nice Answer
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Oct 5	accepted	Using 2x on d12 instead of x on a d6 in OD&D/Classic D&D/Clones
Oct 5	accepted	What are the consequences of changing the ratio of XP to GP?
Oct 4	comment	What are the consequences of changing the ratio of XP to GP? Okay, I had used 'fast' meaning relative to level. Historically a medieval baron treated the costs of things like armor as highly important. While I don't want to simulate that it is troubling to me that before they're halfway to name level these costs are meaningless. I have updated my question to better explain what I meant by fast.
Oct 4	revised	What are the consequences of changing the ratio of XP to GP? added 77 characters in body
Oct 4	comment	Using 2x on d12 instead of x on a d6 in OD&D/Classic D&D/Clones Good point that the majority of these rolls are hidden. As for spells you could define the spell as giving you a roll of twice normal minus one on a D12 (for thrice minus one on a D20).
Oct 4	comment	Using 2x on d12 instead of x on a d6 in OD&D/Classic D&D/Clones I was thinking the d12 as I could just double the numbers and have the finer grain for defining unique monsters, traps, ect. But, it's true that most of the changes on 3x, round nearest, for a d20 aren't really that meaningful.