RADD looks rad

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RADD looks rad

Quendalon 13 Nov 2009 23:23

This game, I would like to play it.

Re: RADD looks rad

Invincible Overlord 15 Nov 2009 16:44

Thanks, Eric :)

I've run a couple of sessions and it's going quite well. I wanted something that

• is very fast
• articulates with any pre-3E material
• hits AD&D expectations (Paladins, Bards, Assassins, etc.)
• addresses some of my pet peeves like languages
• could be toggled between old-school slaughter and middle-school baby-epic

and it took only seven editions to do! It still leans pretty heavily on "stunt" and "save" rolls, but that's partly my bad GM habits of going to the dice without thinking enough.

I'm especially proud of the defined rules on Meetings — reactions, morale, and followers.

Now that I've finished GGG Traveller, I'm going to try to sucker Red Boxers into playing a few sessions on the Savage Frontier (toggled to old-school slaughter). Hope you can make it!

Re: RADD looks rad

Quendalon 15 Nov 2009 17:13

Cool! Maybe I'll bring Trebbelos the Boy Magician.

For the Stealth & Stunts rule, by the book it seems that magic armor is actually worse for stunting than regular armor (because higher armor class is always worse). Is this deliberate?

Re: RADD looks rad

Invincible Overlord 15 Nov 2009 17:35

Naw, magic armor descriptions would note that the AC for stunts is that of normal armor.

The Boy Magician sounds familiar … where was he before?

Re: RADD looks rad

Quendalon 15 Nov 2009 17:50

He's one of the premade PCs from B1: In Search of the Unknown. I played him when you ran that module earlier this year, and he survived! Playing him again should be fun, either in RADD or as a low-level character in White Box.