Showing posts with label house rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house rules. Show all posts
Monday, January 12, 2026

Fed up with “3d6 down the line?” Just FUDGE it!

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Are your players complaining of too many hopeless would-be heroes or bemoaning the lack of rippling Conanesque thew on their fighting men? ...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

The original barbarian class, adapted for Swords & Wizardry

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Like its fellow iconic D&D classes, the ranger, illusionist, and bard, the first published iteration of the barbarian debuted in the pa...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The original illusionist class, adapted for Swords & Wizardry

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Debuting in the winter 1975 issue of TSR's short-lived house organ The Strategic Review, Peter Aronson's illusionist class was the ...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

The original bard class, adapted for Swords & Wizardry

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Doug Schwegman's pioneering bard class, introduced in the February 1976 issue of The Strategic Review, deserves to be celebrated for it...

An expanded armor table for Swords & Wizardy

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On a recent read through the latest edition of Swords & Wizardry, an adaptation of the original D&D from the mid-'70s, it stru...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

A "quick and dirty" single class bard for AD&D

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Like a lot of old schoolers, I dig the flavor of the AD&D 1st edition bard class and even a lot of its implementation, but balk somewha...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

On "fixing" Swords & Wizardry's unified saving throws

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One of Swords & Wizardry's most praised features is its unified saving throw mechanic. While I personally adore classic (A)D&D...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Thief Skill as Saving Throw

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(Note: A version of this piece by me originally appeared in Fight On! Magazine #6 in 2009. I'm reiterating it here now for those of you...
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