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Hello - Julian Grimm - 07-02-2010
I just wanted to say hello and announce my presence here. I have just recently (in the past year) gained interest in Blackmoor. I hope to meet those of you I don't know yet and discuss this setting.
(Yep, cheezy entry note)
- Dave L - 07-03-2010
Hi Julian.
Which of the Blackmoor books do you have so far?
- Rafael - 07-03-2010
Hi Julian! In your case the most interesting question for me: Which ruleset would you use?
Also, to understand most of the things we are discussing,
you might want to start reading this here:
http://blackmoor.mystara.us/pdfs/maidentimeline1.pdf
(We need really a BM beginners' FAQ.)
- Julian Grimm - 07-03-2010
Dave L Wrote:Hi Julian.
Which of the Blackmoor books do you have so far?
I have a battered copy of the FFC.
- Julian Grimm - 07-03-2010
Rafael Wrote:
In your case the most interesting question for me: Which ruleset would you use?
I'm pretty much an OD&D/Swords and Wizardry person. I do want to get Dragons at Dawn though.
- Rafael - 07-03-2010
Cool enough!
I strongly recommend to read both David Ritchie's and my own guide to BM, then. The FFC alone is way too few to run a campaign there that would make sense (holy-water-breathing horses, exploding apples, etc).
Also, I strongly recommend you to get DA1 and the free Supplement II pdf. With that, you really don't need anything more.
- Julian Grimm - 07-03-2010
I may have those. I bought some of the pdf's when it was announced sales would stop. I know I have the whole OD&D run but I am not sure about the DA series. BTW, do you have links to the guides you mentioned?
- Dave L - 07-03-2010
If you go here there's lots of cool stuff, including "The Maiden's Blackmoor" and "OD&D Supplement II".
Not sure if David Ritchie's guide is on there though.
- Havard - 07-04-2010
Welcome Julian!
I think the others are getting David Ritchie confused with David Ross. David Ritchie co-authored the DA series of modules with Dave Arneson.
David Ross is a legendary Blackmoor fan who did some impressive research on the pre-3E Blackmoor source material. It can be found here:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/zimriel/Blackmoor/ (recommended)
Havard
- Dave L - 07-04-2010
Ah, that's the one I was thinking of, I just copied Rafael.
