Do monsters ever get a bonus to hit based on their hit dice or anything else? I've been reading through Better Than Any Man and it suddenly occured to me that none of the creatures appear to have any bonus to hit, regardless of hit dice. I'm okay with that, I just want to make sure I have the right end of the stick.
51 2013-09-04 00:12:34
Topic: Quick question regarding monster hit dice and chance to hit... (10 replies, posted in LotFP Gaming Forum)
52 2013-08-29 07:19:23
Re: Ref Book Crowdfunding: Fifth Draft (12 replies, posted in Crowdfunding Forum)
By my rough calculations I would be in for about 90 euro comprising of the regular refs book, a slipcase, a screen, dice and a hardcopy of Thulian echos.
I like the strech goals and am especially keen for as many of the old modules to come back into print as possible.
I can appreciate the likes of the personalised art and commentry sections, but each represents a poor return for cash spent, personally speaking.
As someone who has only become commited to LotFP recently, that 70 euro could get me harcopies of Isle of the Unknown, The Seclusium and a couple of other books.
I enjoy Ken Hite's turn of phrase as well as the next guy (Trail of Cthulhu I'm looking at you...) but he's not worth 25 cents a word to me :-)
53 2013-08-20 14:57:49
Re: Introduce yourself! (219 replies, posted in LotFP Gaming Forum)
Cutter Goode here from Belfast in Northern Ireland. I’m 42 years old, so should be getting to grips with the meaning of life if Douglas Adams is to be believed. I’ve been casually monitoring the OSR scene for a few years now and have bought a few bits and pieces on pdf.
This week I ordered the LotFP rulebook and Carcosa from Jim in reaction to Monte Cook’s Era of the New Men (or Numenera, as he seems to prefer to call it…). I wanted something real, recognisable, written with humour and free of nouveau jargon.
I don’t hate ‘story games’, but given the choice between words and numbers, I prefer numbers.
I started gaming with AD&D back in the early ‘80s and passed through the predictable phases of Cyberpunk, Shadowrun and World of Darkness before settling into Call of Cthulhu and SLA Industries as my systems and settings of choice.
I was also witness to the creation of several home grown games in the ‘90s, and of all of these I regard Wasteland Games’ Heretic to be the most beautiful.
But I never forgot AD&D.
I haven’t played very much since my kids were born but circumstances are now making gaming more of a realistic possibility again. If I have to nail my colours to a mast it might as well be Jim’s mast.
I’ll use small nails Jim, you’ll hardly feel a thing.