Save or Die Podcast #49: What works and what doesn’t April 25, 2012 Off By Executive Producer Vincent Listen in this week as the crew breaks down some ideas they have used in the past and shares their experiences on if it worked and if it didnt work. http://media.blubrry.com/saveordiepodcast/saveordie.info/wp-content/uploads/SOD49.mp3Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: RSSShare this:TwitterLinkedInEmailMoreFacebook Related
Talislanta: 30 years and still no elves…but plenty of pointy-eared elf-like races.
Really, really enjoyed DM Chrispy’s campaign-specific race origins and modifications. Excellent thoughts.
DM Mike’s bronze skeleton is a cool idea. Gives a bit of standard cannon fodder just enough of a tweak to make it more of a threat at low levels. It is so easy to boost monsters for just about any level, but takes a bit more imagination and effort to truly alter a monster to make it different and challenging. Bravo.
I’ve done something similar with liches in one of my ancient and lost empires. The wizard-kings would be gilded after death (coated in gold), to return as a “golden lich.” This improved their AC by a little, but was mostly a sign of prestige. In any case, it would make the players pause at the start of the encounter as they tried to figure out what was going on. As a DM, I like to connect with the players behind the PCs.
Has DM Glen been watching The Slayers anime series? Love live the fighting fish.
I always saw Hollow World as an excuse to trot out the few ancient cultures Mystara failed to exploit on the surface. I don’t mind ignoring printed material in favor of my own concepts. I do bristle a bit at paying for hundreds of pages I don’t want.