tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post242801459666236175..comments2024-01-06T04:13:41.492-07:00Comments on A Paladin In Citadel: Dragons At Dawn RPG ReviewAaron E. Steelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-70935175180708156892010-04-22T20:03:27.641-06:002010-04-22T20:03:27.641-06:00Thanks much for the kind review! Using D@D as a s...Thanks much for the kind review! Using D@D as a supplement for OD&D or Classic D&D isn't an approach I had in mind but is certainly a very workable one. For my gaming at the moment, its OD&D and AiF that act as supplements to DaD - mostly for monsters and treasure and some OD&D rules. But regardless of what is supplementing what, there is definetly a high degree of "swapability" between the rule sets; meaning if you don't like the classes, or the combat system or the magic system etc. of one or the other you could, without much trouble, swap it from one game to the other and/or add in elements back and forth. In fact that's exactly the sort of thing Dave Arneson did.DHBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-55452006370307388452010-04-20T19:56:47.425-06:002010-04-20T19:56:47.425-06:00I personally would not use Dragons at Dawn as a st...I personally would not use Dragons at Dawn as a stand-alone ruleset. <br /><br />But whether someone else would use D@D as a stand-alone ruleset depends on their preferences. Do they find the original 3-book OD&D set too restrictive? Is B/X too rules-heavy for their tastes? Then D@D is probably for them.<br /><br />I would definitely incorporate some of D@D into an OD&D campaign, or at a minimum, use it as insiration for my own house-brewed rules.<br /><br />Perhaps my perspective will change with the release of Dragons at Twilight.<br /><br />Having said all that, I really enjoy D@D, both as an archaeological exercize and as inspiration.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-42422693690342658322010-04-20T13:13:48.430-06:002010-04-20T13:13:48.430-06:00Thanks for reviewing this -- I've been very cu...Thanks for reviewing this -- I've been very curious and now I think I will get it.netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-20641666234037917572010-04-20T06:58:35.264-06:002010-04-20T06:58:35.264-06:00Paladin,
Nice review. It has helped me understand...Paladin,<br /><br />Nice review. It has helped me understand just what D@D has to offer. I really like the way damage is handled in the game.<br /><br />Here is the rub though... would you actually use D@D for a full blown campaign, or is this game something that is cool to have around for reference only? I do not expect it to replace D&D, but I am curious just how much the game will get played?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />ShaneShane Mangushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865733072718219138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-76796289946700655822010-04-19T20:09:44.373-06:002010-04-19T20:09:44.373-06:00Dragons at Dawn is so mechanically different from ...Dragons at Dawn is so mechanically different from AD&D that, frankly, you would have to do a lot of tweaking to make it work for AD&D. That's not to say that it is valueless in that environment, its just you'd have to play the role of Gary Gygax, teasing out and expanding on Dave Arneson's crazy ideas.<br /><br />Dragons at Dawn is much closer to OD&D, in that you are given a lot of latitude to make rulings.<br /><br />An interesting feature of Dragons at Dawn: you inflict damage on your opponents based on your character's level, not by what weapon you wield. For example, if he wins the combat, a 7th level fighter inflicts 7d6 damage on ALL opponents he is fighting. The total wounds is distributed between all of his opponents, from weakest to strongest. Since what weapon you wield is immaterial, Dragons at Dawn dispenses with a weapon listing: any weapon is 5-15 gp. You can decide what specific weapon it is, but that is simply a flavour thing.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-12142628017437759012010-04-19T18:50:07.167-06:002010-04-19T18:50:07.167-06:00Thanks for posting about this. I've been quit...Thanks for posting about this. I've been quite curious about it.<br />I too would like to know how much it could add to a more AD&D centric rules set.Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-54042606403554881902010-04-19T17:09:30.318-06:002010-04-19T17:09:30.318-06:00How much would you say would be new and salvageabl...How much would you say would be new and salvageable to AD&D or an AD&D clone?<br /><br />(Though it sounds neat enough I may have to check it out regardless.)Dave R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00767476872158176086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-347081829380301672010-04-19T15:25:36.356-06:002010-04-19T15:25:36.356-06:00That would be my preferred use for this product. ...That would be my preferred use for this product. There's some useful advice,and lots of promising kernels in this ruleset.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-38474914615941433642010-04-19T05:04:51.287-06:002010-04-19T05:04:51.287-06:00Thanks for the review. I was curious about this e...Thanks for the review. I was curious about this exact take on Dragons of Dawn, i.e. whether it worked as a supplement.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.com