03-04-2013, 07:58 PM
To Havard,
Yes it is quite difficult to switch between strict combat and role play. Combat actually takes a lot of tactical prep especially if it is a non-campaign encounter. For regular encounters I need a spreadsheet and a mailmerge program to print monster "hit sheets" on label forms (actually plain paper, but labels so I can get more than one monster on a page). Labels contain HD, Hits (on little check boxes so I can mark them off), spells weapons, etc.
I also use an assistant GM to help run the monsters.
When it comes strict role play, it is actually easier, because I can "wing it" off the top of my head and just make the stuff up as I go along.
A tooth of Matea-Kar is exactly the same as a tooth of Dahlver-Nar in the 1st Edition GM's Guide. While Hackmaster had a license for 1st Edition AD&D, they did not have naming rights to all contents, and changed the names to avoid trademark or copyright violations, not sure which. Usually for named items that were repeated in later products they had no license for such as 2nd, d20, 3.0, 3.5, etc. For example, "Queen Ehlissa's Marvelous Nightengale" became "Princess Kristina's Marvelous Nightengale".
Yes it is quite difficult to switch between strict combat and role play. Combat actually takes a lot of tactical prep especially if it is a non-campaign encounter. For regular encounters I need a spreadsheet and a mailmerge program to print monster "hit sheets" on label forms (actually plain paper, but labels so I can get more than one monster on a page). Labels contain HD, Hits (on little check boxes so I can mark them off), spells weapons, etc.
I also use an assistant GM to help run the monsters.
When it comes strict role play, it is actually easier, because I can "wing it" off the top of my head and just make the stuff up as I go along.
A tooth of Matea-Kar is exactly the same as a tooth of Dahlver-Nar in the 1st Edition GM's Guide. While Hackmaster had a license for 1st Edition AD&D, they did not have naming rights to all contents, and changed the names to avoid trademark or copyright violations, not sure which. Usually for named items that were repeated in later products they had no license for such as 2nd, d20, 3.0, 3.5, etc. For example, "Queen Ehlissa's Marvelous Nightengale" became "Princess Kristina's Marvelous Nightengale".
Tracy Johnson
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