Trolly Troll's Top Ten Troll Questions for Your Game.
Trolly Troll's Top Ten Troll Questions for Your Game
1. Race (Elf, Dwarf, Halfling) as a class? *Yes*. We can always add more classes.
2. Do demi-humans have souls? *What is a soul?* They can all be resurrected.
3. Ascending or descending armor class? *Descending*. I can use the books I like as they are.
4. Demi-human level limits? *Yes*. They are *strange*. (Brendan points to Jeff’s article, Everyone has Level Limits exactly backwards except Timrod and me)
5. Should thieves be a class? *No*. Anybody can steal. *Yes*. It’s what some of my players want.
6. Do characters get non-weapon skills? *No*. If you want to so something that requires training, explain why your character has that training and add this fact about your character’s past to your character sheet.
7. Are magic-users more powerful than fighters (and, if yes, what level do they take the lead)? **I don’t know.** My campaign has not reached that level, yet. With appropriate preparation and the right spells a magic user seems invincible. Without the right preparation, a magic user seems very fragile.
8. Do you use alignment languages? *No*. A surprising number of creatures speak the common tongue, however.
9. XP for gold, or XP for objectives (thieves disarming traps, etc...)? *XP for gold spent*. I have price lists for buildings and encourage characters to hire servants and guards and specialists to populate them.
10. Which is the best edition; ODD, Holmes, Moldvay, Mentzer, Rules Cyclopedia, 1E ADD, 2E ADD, 3E ADD, 4E ADD, Next? *Moldvay*. Easy to get started. I’m assuming I’ll eventually switch to the *Rules Cyclopedia* for the high levels.
Everyone has Level Limits exactly backwards except Timrod and me
What about you?
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See also 2013-10-10 More Troll Questions.
2013-10-10 More Troll Questions
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Good answers!
– greywulf 2013-07-21 18:04 UTC