#Adnd2
@randomwizard 's musings on AD&D had me thinking. I too stand by the idea that 2e was not as bad as it's usually painted, it being 95% mechanically similar to 1e, but sans the edgyiness.
Except for a poorly thought out DMG, I have very few misgivings about AD&D2e compared to, say, BX. If 2e had streamlined stats a la BX, removed S-M/L damage, aligned Thief skills with NWPs , used "soft" level caps (or removed them) I think we could have seen a very different 3e #ttrpg #ADnD2
Monstrous Mondays: The Ravenloft Monstrous Compendiums
I have been covering the AD&D 2nd Ed version of Ravenloft all this month. I have also been covering the the Forgotten Realms and currently in the AD&D 2nd Edition era. One thing they both have in common is that a few of the books feature new monsters in AD&D 2nd Monstrous Compendium format. #adnd2 #monsters #ravenloft
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/10/monstrous-mondays-ravenloft-monstrous.html
Review: Forgotten Realms Adventures
While I have been flirting with AD&D 2nd Ed and Realms for the last few months, it is time to dive in head first with the combination that defined Dungeons & Dragons for many in the early 90s.
#adnd2 #realms #ttrpg
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/09/review-forgotten-realms-adventures.html
This Old Dragon: Issue #146
Been a bit since I have done one of these. Lets head back to June 1989 at the dawn of AD&D 2nd Ed and the 13th Anniversary of Dragon Magazine.
#tsr #dragonmag #dragon #adnd2
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/02/this-old-dragon-issue-146.html
#RPGaDay2024 Most recently played
That would have to be my AD&D 2nd Edition one set in the Forgotten Realms with my oldest. We play a little here and there when he gets off of work (usually around 11:00pm to midnight).
#adnd2 #dnd #forgottenrealms #RPGaDay
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/08/rpgaday2024-most-recently-played.html
Larina Nix and Malcear for Quest of the Ancients
A discussion about obscure RPGs turned our 2nd Ed Forgotten Realms session into a Quest of the Ancients character exploration. Will it replace AD&D 2e for me?
#ttrpg #adnd2 #ForgottenRealms
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/07/larina-nix-and-malcear-for-quest-of.html
@thoughtpunks I think either #FengShui or #adnd2.
Feng Shui combat math can drive me nuts, but I have so much fun playing or running a session. Last time, I ran for almost a dozen people.
AD&D 2e is full of weird, inconsistent rules, but it was the first #TTRPG I ever played and I still get excited reading the books or thinking about THAC0 and the weird rules on races and classes.
Heute auf MYRA: Entspricht dem Sechzehnten Tag des Wolfsmonds Adar im Jahr des Blutes. (16.12.443 n.P. in der Zeitrechnung von Myra.)
Am 16.12.376 n.P. wurde die erendyrische Waldläuferin Yllumiel, genannt Lumi, geboren (siehe Bild) https://myra.fandom.com/wiki/Yllumiel - #ProjektMyra #ADnD2 #DungeonsandDragons #Erendyra #JahrDesBlutes
This is a data-mined, behavioral-science backed, statistically refined, individually targeted retoot for @greuh
From: @Oiselarius
https://dice.camp/@Oiselarius/111705159886926980
Am more of a B/X / modern #osr games kind of person (one brought up on #Adnd2), but due to @wandererbill i fell into an #odnd rabbit hooooooooooooole…..
Character Creation Challenge: Celene Werper for Wasted Lands
A side step in the family tree, but onto the next Edition of AD&D. Today, I discuss 2nd Ed and Celene Werper, healer, exorcist, and light necromancer.
#characterdesign #CharacterCreationChallenge #adnd2 #ttrpg
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/01/character-creation-challenge-celene.html
12. Have you ever designed a #dungeon? Yes - but my love for ❤️dungeons❤️ started pretty late compared to my time in the hobby. To some extent, this might be due to the fact, that I was socialized into #ttrpgs playing #Midgard (Germany’s earliest #ttrpg) - in which dungeons did not feature prominently - and #Adnd2, which was geared towards playing „plot“-driven campaigns (#Dragonlance, #Ravenloft), at least from our perspective back then.
@ShenSiril @Bjarne wir haben’s gerade auch erst wieder rebootet. Waren alle bisschen erschrocken, dass wir uns auf einmal an zig obskure Regeln erinnern konnten 😅. Offenbar ganz tief abgespeichert. Auch interessante Einsicht beim Wiederentdecken des Spiels: wir haben damals offenbar krass viele #Adnd2 komplett ignoriert. Anyway: tolles Spiel
@AetherEgo @RPP_Cast in #5e gibt es keine Level Drains (ich weiß nicht, ab welcher Ed. auf Lvl Drain verzichtet wurde? #Adnd2 hatte die noch). Insgesamt verfolgt #5e ja schon einen heroic und high Fantasy default. Habe #5e lange gespielt, aber die superkompetenten und robusten SC, die das Spiel vorsieht (und es auch erfolgreich machen) holen mich nicht so ab. Exploration und Survival, wichtige Säulen des Adventure Gaming, lassen sich mit der marvelesken #5e Personage m.E. nicht so gut abbilden.
#PnpdeSwap Mag jemand englischsprachigen #Adnd, #Adnd2, #osr oder #OldSchoolDungeondAndDragons Krams gegen die deutsche Version von #Symbaroum tauschen?
Kann gern maximal zerknittert und zerlesen sein. Finde, #Symbaroum ist ein grundsolides Spiel, aber ich werd’s vmtl nicht an den Tisch bekommen, weil die „Dark Fantasy-ich-stolper-im-dunklen-Wald-herum-oh-Nein“-Tropes für mich schon gut durch #TrophyDark und #TrophyGold bedient werden.
Looking through my old copy of Chronomancer for #adnd2 and was wonder if anyone has used time travel, regardless of genre? I just finished watching #Fringe for probably the 3rd time Al the way through and it just twists your mind trying to sort out the timeline changes and still have a consistent world.
Probably #Adnd2 in the 90s. The German Translation of the Players Handbook was a revelation for us Kids. Not long, and we started to pile english language splatbooks, setting books, including stuff from the first edition game. I‘m convinced to this day, that deciphering #Adnd2 books as a 15 years old, helped me to vastly improve my mediocre english school grades 1/2