11-19-2017, 02:06 PM
Havard Wrote:Thanks for letting us know about your game Chirine! It is cool that you get to play Blackmoor again. Those guys are lucky to have you in the group. I wonder if the absence of the city map has to do with copyright issues, but I would not think so since the dungeon maps appear in both the FFC and the d20 line.
They did add some things in the d20 line that probably was not from Arneson. On the other hand, the d20 line is set 30 years after the situation as detailed in the FFC so perhaps that could also account for some changes? Much of the 30 year leap also appeared in the DA modules from the 1980s and I think Dave had more of a hand in developing those modules (except DA4), even though he did have a co-author on that project (Ritchie).
Anyway, let us know how this game continues!
Oh, and tell us about your character!
-Havard
Thanks for your reply! No idea why the map was left out- there's a lot of stuff that's simply gone, and it's simply not the Blackmoor I knew and loved. Things have not gone well; I had a 'rules lawyer' in a recent game session who reamed me a new one for "not knowing the rules and so should not be playing in this group." Okay, I said, and handed in my PC sheet to the GM and resigned from the group. Then I told the guy who I used to play D & D with - couple of guys named Dave and Gary - packed up my stuff and left. Couple of weeks later, I'm in the FLGS where this campaign is being run, and the GM and other players apologize and invite me back to GM for them as they want to visit Lord Chirine and his family. So, I'm doing 'local color' and the real GM is doing the game mechanics.
It's Chirine, translated into D & D stats and from 1976 as he was rolled originally in Phil's campaign. Nominally a 'Cleric', but considered a 'Paladin' per a ruling by Gary in 1979 at a Gen Con.
No idea how this will all play out, really, and just hoping that the players have a good time.