I decided to drain some of the water out of the OD&D pool and dump it on the people swimming in 4E, and the result can be downloaded from 4shared.
You know how elves used to be able to choose whether or not they were fighters or magic-users, and be able to switch "when the moon rises" (or whenever)? I decided that the 4E Eladrin should gain that ability; and trying to keep both the description and the usage simple was no easy feat.
That was a pun. Enjoy!
I tend to switch from news source to news source, and focus on different websites for different lengths of time, and then return to them later and consume their archives. So that explains why it took so long for me to discover THIS.
Last October, the Wizards of the Coast put up that article to reminsice about previous Basic sets while unveiling the 4E Starter Set. Something really cool, though, was including the 1977 Basic Set's sample dungeon, and the 1983 BECMI (first?) sample dungeon. It's always nice to see this stuff again, and straight from the source, too. It would have been amusing if they included a sample party and some super-lean rules to play with, too, but oh-well. ;)
Oh, and I know exactly what I'm putting up on Monday. Won't you be surprised!
It's just a game, I should really just relax.
I love OD&D. And Basic. And 4E. And whether I like it or not, I know 3.5E. I've played AD&D. I've tried Shadowrun, and Ars Magica. I've always wanted to play FATE. I've got a few other systems somewhere, and maybe a few scars from contact with cosmic horrors too terrible to remember. Some systems are open, some are closed. Some are clones. Some are re-imaginings. Some try to reinvent the wheel.
But you know what they all are?
They're games.
Someone, somewhere, is, or was, playing them, and enjoying them. Good for them.
So what will it be on Monday? A Pathfinder (Beta) side trek? A 4E monster? A Swords & Wizardry class? Maybe I can't make a name for myself with such an eclectic portfolio, or I'll scare away die-hards of one game due to the inclusion of others, but as long as even one person downloads something and has fun with it... you know what, not even that matters. This is the Internet, and there's plenty of space for me to say what I want and release what I please.
Enjoy, or not. I'll be that one person if I have to.
I mentioned in my last quick "little" post, gushing over the D&D Test Drive, that I think it would be cool and worth it to digitize old-edition books and sell the PDFs.
Apparently, many old-e books were available. I had a lengthy rant (strangely articulate considering it's 6AM and I'm not just waking up) but I decided to delete it. There's no need to go backwards in time to one of those mistakes that left us displeased with Wizards of the Coast.
I'd better cut this short, I feel like every draft I delete is angrier and more costly in XP of the soul.