tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post9020598552689068807..comments2024-03-04T03:10:18.986-05:00Comments on Tales from the Tower: 19th Level Wizard from my early D&D days in the Monty Hall DungeonDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04473393141669242603noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-80900285806625850342012-04-16T13:35:58.739-04:002012-04-16T13:35:58.739-04:00Yeah, I just posted that for a guy in our game tha...Yeah, I just posted that for a guy in our game that hadn't heard it before. If you have gamed anytime in the last 15 years you have probably heard that story and it is pretty hysterical - next victim... LOLDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473393141669242603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-8508782627563274442012-04-15T21:30:54.305-04:002012-04-15T21:30:54.305-04:00What, you never found the Head of Vecna? (I love t...What, you never found the Head of Vecna? (I love that story) http://www.blindpanic.com/humor/vecna.htmFuglihttp://povera.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-89061591667633118652012-04-15T03:08:19.119-04:002012-04-15T03:08:19.119-04:00I designed and wrote up Elroy's keep afterward...I designed and wrote up Elroy's keep afterwards and was going to populate it with an army of orcs but never really fleshed it out. I looked for the maps I drew of that but couldn't find them. <br /><br />Someday I might write up a keep and dungeon filled with all of the stuff we got out of demogorgon's lair that Elroy ended up with on his character sheet. Its quite a bit of treasure and magic items (more than enough for a medium sized fortress with a dungeon below).<br /><br />I never really played Elroy after we ran through that dungeon and I never actually got around to cutting off his hand to put on the hand of Veccna because I was too chicken to do it. It would have made him evil but that's probably what he would have done since its such a powerful artifact but it probably would have driven him mad or led to his demise one way or another - there's a story seed for a new dungeon someday...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473393141669242603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-26501957243546402372012-04-15T03:04:41.423-04:002012-04-15T03:04:41.423-04:00So Jay, do still have a copy of this dungeon? If ...So Jay, do still have a copy of this dungeon? If so I'd love to see a scan of it if you do. I think we were more intent on killing monsters and taking their stuff than in the story back in those days (we were kids after all). At least that's what I remember the focus was but the fact that there was a common thread throuought (rescuing Cornelius' lost soul from Demogorgon) was actually a pretty cool idea for a dungeon and gave the whole thing an overarching goal or purpose.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473393141669242603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-54840370387804360072012-04-14T10:33:13.084-04:002012-04-14T10:33:13.084-04:00However it went down, it was kewl... Swag vs. Stor...However it went down, it was kewl... Swag vs. Story... some things never change.<br /><br />Ok D, you got J here. Who were the members of the party? We went in at like 1st to 3rd level or some such, and I remember exiting After months of play at like 19th or 20th level. (I was the 1e Bard).Fuglihttp://povera.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-35719224667670894712012-04-13T11:04:13.698-04:002012-04-13T11:04:13.698-04:00I think I was using the roll two or three times an...I think I was using the roll two or three times and choose the best roll technique for choosing monsters and treasure. But then again the older random generation tables where a little on the treasure heavy side.<br /><br />I did actually make up the dungeon layout, I remember working on some of those levels for hours in my room and the images that I am getting make no sense to me at all weird long hallways and clusters of rooms with no order that my mind now can see but perhaps my younger better brain had some mad genius thing going on (I wish ha)<br /><br />All of the content in the rooms Monsters and treasure, that was completely random from the tables.<br /><br />I don't remember where the idea came from but I do remember I originally wanted a more 'story' oriented game but that was not what the folks playing where interested in (ain't that life?)... We had even heard the name Monty Hall style game from a source out side of our circle. But where or whom I have no idea...jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034489848894029411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-66812545188743087052012-04-02T17:35:42.628-04:002012-04-02T17:35:42.628-04:00I think the treasure was random too which explains...I think the treasure was random too which explains the prevalence of really powerful magic items, especially when you consider all of the powerful monsters we were fighting (including lots of demons and probably some dragons too). It was fun but it was kind of a crazy "write it as you go down" type of adventure - I think he would roll up the next level right before we played. By the time we were at the bottom we were pretty close to being in Demogorgon's plane (if not already there)...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473393141669242603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769685386933352671.post-68753970760269570302012-04-02T16:19:24.949-04:002012-04-02T16:19:24.949-04:00Why have hit point caps? I'm not sure that we ...Why have hit point caps? I'm not sure that we ever did. Also, when you lost levels, you rolled for the number of hit points that you lost, then rolled again when you regained them. Add to that a few limited wishes or something else that you may have picked up from a deck of many things. Jay was using the random dungeon appendix in the back of the DMG. I knew it, and so he placed messages throughout to tell us that it was not a random adventure... but he used the random monster tables and the random treasure tables to their max... so yea... the layout was pretty random.Fuglihttp://povera.comnoreply@blogger.com