tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656623729955069942.post3144105939667492301..comments2022-11-08T05:41:04.596-06:00Comments on The Babbling Bane's Blog: Not Sure Why I Am Posting This...The Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618418974424858748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656623729955069942.post-46945504506146255212011-12-19T16:22:16.330-06:002011-12-19T16:22:16.330-06:00Thanks, I thought it was interesting myself consid...Thanks, I thought it was interesting myself considering they are kind of tenants of D&D. I can do dungeons, but they need a purpose or a reason for them. I cliff side castle that got buried by landslides hundreds of years ago, for example.<br /><br />Other than Vancian Magic, we appear to be on the same wavelength I would gather. So, I guess I will check out the Dying Earth stories. Perhaps it will give me some insight.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by,<br />TBThe Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618418974424858748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656623729955069942.post-40254999656408865532011-12-19T14:39:28.259-06:002011-12-19T14:39:28.259-06:00Huh, interesting list.
Dungeons I love, though th...Huh, interesting list.<br /><br />Dungeons I love, though they are rarely literally dungeons. More like ancient ruins. The Tomb Raider video games are some of my favorite examples. I also like to base maps on real world structures (<a href="http://untimately.blogspot.com/2011/12/your-next-dungeon-shopping-mall.html" rel="nofollow">example</a>).<br /><br />I've never really minded Vancian magic, but the flavor was really enhanced when I finally got around to reading the Dying Earth stories. If you haven't, I highly recommend them, also as the best fictional example of a "points of light" setting. But, as I said, I didn't mind fire and forget magic before that either, so YMMV.<br /><br />I'm with you on HP. Can't picture loss of HP as anything more extreme than minor wounds. Actually being hit directly with an axe is taking you below 0 HP most of the time in my book.<br /><br />Treasure has never bothered me, but my treasure is rarely sacks of coins. It's paintings in a haunted house that you carry back to a town and fence for a letter of credit with a local merchant. Or the remains of dead adventurers in the ghoul's lair. I guess that is a very naturalistic take, but it always seems to be logical at least.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com