tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post5177510660718138213..comments2024-03-12T22:45:16.936+01:00Comments on The Disoriented Ranger: Random Encounter Status (A Response)Jens D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-28837745237779445462013-03-08T02:32:33.624+01:002013-03-08T02:32:33.624+01:00Okay, thanks, that's a relieve. scribd was a b...Okay, thanks, that's a relieve. scribd was a bad idea anyhow... Dropbox is not a bad solution for now (will take some time to fill up those free 2 GB...).<br /><br />I think CC is not a bad thing. There, after all, is a difference between Public Domain and shared content. But I'll have to check out further, maybe write a post about it, too.<br /><br />Thanks for the link! I try to avoid Gamer ADD and I love the Roman Empire as a setting, so it might not be the best idea to check it out. I'll file it under guilty pleasure and give it an honest look tomorrow ;-)Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-86320366169974275982013-03-08T01:39:42.981+01:002013-03-08T01:39:42.981+01:00No no, Google Drive/Docs is unconnected from the r...No no, Google Drive/Docs is unconnected from the realname-centric Google Plus. I'm not on Plus at all, and I use Drive/Docs as the gloriously pseudonymous Cygnus. :-)<br /><br />See, for example, some <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2GCq2EK60OMcGVaaE9PVk1PTDQ/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">ancient Roman setting fun.</a> (Glarp, I just realized I should have slapped a Creative Commons on that...)Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-66029810544915533242013-03-07T13:53:18.328+01:002013-03-07T13:53:18.328+01:00Thanks, guys!
@Cygnus - I'm not sure about Go...Thanks, guys!<br /><br />@Cygnus - I'm not sure about Google Drive, mainly because I played it anonymous up to now and, at least to my knowledge, I'd have to give that up to use the drive. But I'll have to dig further into it to see what the options are. You are, of course, right about the benefits.Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-51766914998695264482013-03-07T13:44:44.732+01:002013-03-07T13:44:44.732+01:00Thanks! And I agree with you wholeheartedly. That&...Thanks! And I agree with you wholeheartedly. That's what I love the OSR for (and one of the reasons to start blogging). Enough diversity for not being an echo chamber and enough common ground to be fertile. With no need to take propositions as they are, but the flexibility to make them your own. That, and having an open discourse about it.<br /><br />I read somewhere some time ago (don't remember where) that the D&D rules are at it's best when they are abstract. I believe this is very true. And one way to master the system is to take it apart and put it together again. Or seeing how other people do it.<br /><br />Happy to hear you liked the 3D approach! Yeah, it's pretty much "feeling into the landscape". And I do hope they complement each other. I think the key is to go into and establish the scenery way before the encounter actually occurs, maybe 3 turns in game, maybe depending on how much of an impact (hd) an encounter should have on an area. This way it's far better integrated into the narrative and nothing that happens in passing.<br /><br />I, too, hope to produce more free material for the community. Will check out Box, thanks for the tip!Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-14525394615306132422013-03-07T03:02:06.220+01:002013-03-07T03:02:06.220+01:00This is really brilliant, oh Disoriented Ranger!This is really brilliant, oh Disoriented Ranger!Tallgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-90118469122807468152013-03-06T23:27:16.610+01:002013-03-06T23:27:16.610+01:00Very nice! About PDFs: I use Google Docs (or Goo...Very nice! About PDFs: I use Google Docs (or Google Drive, or whatever they've renamed it this week) to host them. Most people think of that service as mainly for collaborative editing and office-ish document creation, but you can easily upload PDFs that (1) can't be edited by anyone else, but (2) can be given a unique URL that you can share. I'm not sure if the content is Google-searchable, but given it's owned by the same people, it should be.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-74203816962703498692013-03-06T22:01:02.920+01:002013-03-06T22:01:02.920+01:00'Wow!' from me too - I love that you ran w...'Wow!' from me too - I love that you ran with it and I love what you've done.<br /><br />I've also read your reply at the original post and I agree it has almost mini-game potential - and that would be an avenue worth exploring to see how just much the system could be made to carry. That said, this is closer to the degree of simplicity I find useable at the table when the action is coming thick and fast.<br /><br />Having the level of awareness and position in the one roll is the golden feature I think, and it looks to me like you've done a good job with the modifiers, weighing them very well. There's a lot there - it's a full and solid resource.<br /><br />For my own use - and with Labyrinth Lord / Swords & Wizardry OD&D specifically - I'd probably dip in to the modifications by day and simplify the core, maybe in the LL-S&W-OD&D case by using the distance roll instead of the d20 and replacing the modifiers with one more or one less d6 being dropped, i.e. 1-3 dice.<br /><br />I know early D&D can seem crazy to some and this level of abstraction - one die more or less? - can seem imprecise. When I read your posts, like the recent one on height difference in encounters for example - which was outstanding by the way - I'm very impressed, but I'll confess I soak up the essence rather than the detail, distilling that form of deep thought into another. The justification I'd give for this approach is mainly the freed capacity for feeling into the landscape.<br /><br />I think the two approaches complement each other very well, as we see here. Freewheeling stimulates grasp which encourages new freewheeling. A great spiral and good, productive interaction.<br /><br />Re the pdf, if you think this might be the first of many - and I hope you go on and on - and you want visibility and speed of access for the reader, you could take a look at Box. Hereticwerks have the ready widget embedded on a page here:<br /><br />http://hereticwerks.blogspot.com/p/free-stuff.html<br /><br />I've also seen it somewhere in a sidebar. I assume you just add a HTML entry to the blog page in the Layout section and copy in the code.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.com