Did anyone else who played AD&D 2E in game treat infravision as heat vision whereby when it was used by the characters it would allow them to see at night and see like the Predator, but the ability had limitations such as that massive heat sources could temporarily blind them, difficulty seeing cold blooded creatures, etc? Or did you just treat it as "you can see in the dark?"
Just checking.
@HeyeBodo #ADnD2E and 3.x for me. Started with the former and played most with the latter.
I am still running a game of 3.5 Eberron for my group, but when I play D&D as a #SoloRPG then it's second edition all the way. It's the closest thing to a "toolkit D&D" and is very easy to chop and change things to my requirements.
For me it‘s:
#Adnd2e partly due to nostalgia bc I was socialized into the hobby through Adnd2e and because it is still a good and very module game from my point of view, if (!) one ignores the bloat delivered by TSR’s splatbooks.
#DnDBX / #OSE or the Basic Line of the game: it just works and has put a charm on be. OSE + Advances Options provides me with everything I want from a trope-y Dragongame.
#Shadowdark Masterfully streamlined version giving me Adnd-vibes. #dnd6e of the hearts, truely.
"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.
Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.
https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf
Just finished Stranger Things today. Usually I don't get sentimental while watching TV/films (okay, I always tear up at 'For the Love of the Game' and 'Mama Mia!' - at one scene in each movie), but the end today made me feel a little bit sentimental.
I actually consider writing an email to my buddys from school, with whom I started playing AD&D2e about 35years ago. We haven't met in one place for 30 years, but maybe they're in for a AD&D throwback weekend?
@Hauntedhouse ich bin volle Kanne #Adnd2e #pnpde spielsozialisiert und hab die ganze Kanne Late 80s/90s Crystal Fantasy-Ästhetik leergesoffen. Die Splatbook-Lawine, die TSR zwischen Hochzeit und Todeskampf ausgespien hat, haben das Spiel zerhobelt. Haben 2nd Ed 2025 nochmal angespielt und ich finde, das läuft noch überraschend rund. Als OSRler grenz-häretisch, aber ja: ich find Adnd2e mit 1e Elementen angereichert besser als Adnd1e 🙈
Is there still love for #Adnd2e ?
Every 5 years I get it in my head to run #ADnD2e and use some of my favorite material from the time.
Then I start rereading the rules and I realize that (like alot of folks) we just skimmed the rules, assumed we got it, and basically played #ADnD1e with 2e bits.
This is followed by an internal debate over running 1e, 2e, a retroclone, or BX with one of the Advanced Edition books for LL or OSE.
This continues until i never run the game, rinse repeat...
#PnpdeSwap Tausche „Tiefwasser und der Norden“ (Forgotten Realms, #Adnd2e) gegen: englischsprachigen (A)D&D-Krams, Traveller-, #OSR -Krams oder Obskures.
Ok, so I've been tinkering with different material for my glorious return to #ADnD2e and I think I've settled on some things.
Thing the 1: I'm going to use the core rules CD as much as I can, its still dynamite after all these years.
Thing the 2: We playing in #Greyhawk! Am I super familiar with Greyhawk? NO, but there is lots of accessible AD&D material for it. And we can #Spelljammer if we want!
Thing the 3: I'll probably play #BECMI #Mystara with my kids!
No #MasksANewGeneration game this week. My wife and I are having dinner with family. Should still be up for #Pathfinder on Sunday though.
Also stoked we got to start our #ADnD2e backup campaign last Sunday. I know the system is cludgy at times and rules are all over the place, but I love the higher degree of freedom and wonder I feel both playing it and flipping through the books. I get excited and inspired by the material.
Got players together for session 0.5 for my #ADnD2e #AlQadim game. We've got a wizard, bard, cleric, and fighter in the party. The cleric wanted to play a cat-folk race so I slightly modified the elf: I took away the sleep and charm resistance, changed the weapon proficiencies from swords and bows to a 1d4 claws with +1 to attack rolls, and left the rest the same. The player was happy, so I'm happy. Easy peasy.
We just started a little RP and the NPC that was meant to be more of a patron is now the party thief. Unexpected, but it felt right in the moment, so now I get to add an NPC to the party.
I want to make backstab a little more useful and easier to pull off, but not make it unbalanced. Probably be just a little more liberal and let the thief use it at the beginning of combat, assuming they're not surprised or it just feels inappropriate. The players need the focus, not my NPC.
Super stoked about this as a backup game.
I decided to try and collect my thoughts for this #ADnD2e campaign, and I've been playing with #JoplinNotes. I'm really enjoying this. I can make individual sheets for everything, sync it so I can work in my home office then pull it up on my laptop or even jot down thoughts while I'm at work during lunch. Very cool.
I'm going to start with players on a barge traveling to one of the larger towns or smaller cities on the coast, near the mouth of a river. I can add mountains and desert as needed, until I flesh out the setting completely.
As the players listen to a well-to-do merchant's stories one night, the ship will be attacked as bandits attack the passengers and crew while searching for something in the merchant's cabin. If the players fight the bandits off, they'll be rewarded with an opportunity for great riches. If they fail, they'll be hired to retrieve a valuable from the merchant THEN if they succeed they'll get the offer.
I figure I can stretch out this with jobs from the merchant to gather items that help solve a puzzle to a larger haul. First they'll have to retrieve a special spyglass from a wrecked ship now populated by clever kobolds. Then they can explore ruins, dive into ancient tombs, search dank caves and do all sorts of treasure hunting shenanigans.
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Looks like I might finally get to start my Arabian Nights inspired #ADnD2e backup campaign this weekend. Even if it's just finishing up character creation, I'll be stoked.
I love how easy it is to slot in weird magic items and how much easier it is to work out encounters without poorly calculated challenge ratings in the monster manual. I can just grab some monsters out of the MM and go.
I feel like since there are fewer mechanics set in stone, it's easier to really hit that sense of wonder or of dread when running old D&D or #OSR games. It feels freer to me.
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