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From: cc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel M. Rives)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Soliciting Opinions on AD&D Style
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 09:18:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 09:18:11 1985
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In article <2a7d8c2b.917@apollo.uucp> johnf@apollo.uucp (John Francis) writes:
>Before anybody ELSE tells me - I know that what I play is not AD&D, but I hope
>that some of the points I make below are relevant to any frp game.
>
>(I know that AD&D has a Raise Dead spell to get the characters back, but I
>regard that as a cop-out). There are other ways to remove characters from
>
>Another point - Monster value. In my campaigns, my players will go to any length
>to avoid combat with a dragon. I simply do not believe that there exist dragons
>with as few as 30 "hits to kill", let alone less than this. An average sixth-level
>fighter has 33 hit points! To me this means that Dragons should START at around
>80 hits to kill, and range up to maybe two or three times this amount. Instead of
>dragons I have firedrakes, colddrakes, etc., which have the hits-to-kill of an
>AD&D dragon (although slightly less offensive power), but do NOT have the vast
>amounts of loot that dragons have. If my characters find a single item worth
>2500 GP this is great treasure indeed - none of these Dragon Hoards with seven-
>figure sums in gems, platinum, +4 plate mail,... I try and match the amount of
>loot that a monster has on hand with the amount that a comparable player character
>has. In other words if you defeat a monster single-handed in fair combat you might
>double your total worth, but no more than that. And this is only for the richest
>monsters, as I assume that my adventuring characters are the cream of their society.
>An average monster might only have one quarter of this amount (or less).

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If you have not tried it already, I strongly suggest you look into RuneQuest.
From the sound of things concerning your campaign, it would suit your needs 
better than modified AD&D rules.
Just a suggestion.

					the never-present whisper spirit 


Joel Rives
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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