tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post7917496885552824903..comments2024-01-14T05:19:08.074-06:00Comments on Troll and Flame: Starting EquipmentNorman J. Harman Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-48716000240379621562009-10-05T16:19:37.529-05:002009-10-05T16:19:37.529-05:00The shiny mud ball thing is fantastic. I love it. ...The shiny mud ball thing is fantastic. I love it. I absolutely want to play a Dwarf with Mud Ball skills. I want to know where the best soils are!<br /><br />I had read the Dwarven "making my baby" post before. Awesome idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-15431246160378920712009-10-05T09:10:23.644-05:002009-10-05T09:10:23.644-05:00I generally like a bit more choice in starting ite...I generally like a bit more choice in starting items for players (though I often mix this with "schrodinger's character", but the pick list is the way I do things too. You start with 10 items, pick from the list (some things take more than one starting "item").Zzarchovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07714805545939725730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-32731846012506854132009-10-05T04:00:51.853-05:002009-10-05T04:00:51.853-05:00E.G., excellent starter item list. Now I have to ...E.G., excellent <a href="http://oldguardgamingaccoutrements.blogspot.com/2009/03/100-item-list-of-random-objects-for.html" rel="nofollow">starter item list</a>. Now I have to decide if the visceral feel of holding a card is worth writing up all those index cards...Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-72665473084827124132009-10-04T22:19:26.264-05:002009-10-04T22:19:26.264-05:00Jeff is just chock full of great ideas, isn't ...Jeff is just chock full of great ideas, isn't he?<br /><br />I took the idea for my 100 random starter items list from his card deck post.<br /><br />Here it is if you would like to mine it for your game.<br />http://oldguardgamingaccoutrements.blogspot.com/2009/03/100-item-list-of-random-objects-for.htmlE.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-71323860338312260132009-10-04T01:24:54.725-05:002009-10-04T01:24:54.725-05:00I like it when the players need to start from litt...I like it when the players need to start from little to nothing. I plan on starting a shart run campaign where the players wake up loin clothed in a slaver's pen.<br /><br />I'll take the #3 special value item and I'll take a large axe on the side with a retractable 10' pole.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-49692396517519805532009-10-03T18:44:46.085-05:002009-10-03T18:44:46.085-05:00armored<a href="http://igs.indiana.edu/Geology/rocks/armored_mud_balls/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">armored</a>Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-46158092142864762192009-10-03T17:49:48.450-05:002009-10-03T17:49:48.450-05:00Well that depends on what sort of finish shiny or ...Well that depends on what sort of finish <a href="http://web-japan.org/trends01/article/011005sci_r.html" rel="nofollow">shiny</a> or <a href="" rel="nofollow">armoured</a> we're talking about and whether you prefer the easy portability of a small mud ball or wish to make the impression that only carrying a large mud ball would make?<br /><br />Hey, don't knock the mud balls. Never know when you'll get the hankering to <a href="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/03/demihuman-oddities.html" rel="nofollow">make a child</a>.<br /><br />My job as DM is to provide "things", it's up to the players to figure out what to do with them :)Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179649506981851979.post-6450565979551266122009-10-03T17:13:39.459-05:002009-10-03T17:13:39.459-05:00Let's say I want to buy a second ball of mud. ...Let's say I want to buy a second ball of mud. How much would this valuable prize cost me, yon shopkeep? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com