Appy-polly-loggies for the dearth of posts this month. November should see some more substantive content, including a return to the world of Rifts:2112. In the meantime...
Last night's Wilderlands D&D game saw--for the first time in my long and storied gaming career, mind--the successful implementation of a ten foot pole. Being used in the way the gods intended, as a method to trip a suspected trapped number puzzle lock. Even better? The player who was using the pole retrieved the poisoned darts that were shot out by the trap so she could smear the resinous poison on her crossbow bolts.
Unfortunately, the ten foot pole shortly after became a five foot pole when it was again employed to trip another trap, this one a revolving wall that took half the pole with it on a failed Dexterity save. So it goes.
As one of the other players commented, "God bless the ten foot pole." Amen, brother.
I'm curious - what version of D&D are you using? (Not itching to start an edition war, I swear!)
ReplyDeleteCastles & Crusades, with some choice bits cherry-picked from earlier editions and Hackmaster.
ReplyDeleteCool. I am currently thinking about doing something Wilderlands-related myself, and am trying to figure out what system to use.
ReplyDeleteI do need to get a better grip on BRP, so I was considering trying out the new "Classic Fantasy" monograph, but Chaosium's insane shipping prices are scaring me away (and I don't like PDFs much).
C&C works nicely for me, since it has a certain backwards AND forwards compatibility which allows me to use the 1e and d20 Wilderlands materials side by side. Plus Mischler is doing (has done?) all his excellent Wilderlands stuff statted up for C&C.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up on Classic Fantasy. Looks like one to check out for sure. I hear you on the shipping costs, though.
Nice.
ReplyDelete~Adaen of Bridgewater
Well, I broke down and ordered Classic Fantasy. Chaosium has a 30% off sale at the moment, which means that it almost offsets the shipping costs. I basically paid cover price, which is fine, but god help me if I ever want to buy monographs and there isn't a sale on.
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