Moldvay INC.

The Moldvay Method. - levels 1-3 (3-24 HP) are hard to survive for the careless player. - the Methodical player engages with setting, questions the DM closely, even leading the DM’s creative process. - environmental assets and vulnerabilities, hirelings, questing...

Vance is my favorite author, I’ve read everything he wrote, and this is one of my favorite series of his. Vance is unique, an unmatched prose stylist and one of the most imaginative writers ever.

@tsimalaw Then level drain...

@ARRGETSTUFFED "You were never good enough for her!"

"You open the sarcophagus and, with the stench of death, my Mother-in-Law lurches out!"

"Now, son. When they open the door, rush in and grab the Stygian- its the best."

“Wizard it open.”

"The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair...."

@idiotsavage_ Big fan. I love it.

@ARRGETSTUFFED You not a fan of AD&D?

Not only did Tom Moldvay give us the superior Basic D&D game, he also turned his genius towards AD&D. Want to enjoy AD&D without all the guff? Seek out The Challenges Game System- Moldvay’s 8-page restatement of the rules- the way it’s supposed to be played.

@YoDanno @WB_foundry So good. And, she’s a lefty.

The artist’s own take on this masterpiece… Artist Daniel Horne said the scene on this cover painting for Dragon magazine 126 "Takes place on a frozen tundra. The sun is setting, the hoar frost is glittering like thousands of pieces of broken glass." A ranger in the service of the High King has just been attacked by the undead remains of one of her old opponents - a frost giant who has waited a long time for this moment of revenge. Having lost her sword and used up her normal arrows, the ranger has a single elven arrow left - from which comes the painting's name: "Saving the Best for Last."

@indigoshift You’re a genius! Why has no one done so???

@DKagemann So many great ideas remain in Nod.

Sit down to write an awesome idea that I had. Realize after a minute that I had this idea in my sleep. Try to salvage the parts of it that actually make sense.

@dpmont0407 One of the best.

The only good bug is a dead bug

A bevvy of beauties from Basic to Master.

When you reach lvl 3 in Red Box Basic.

🎶My baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster- Two great big humps, then I’m gone🎶

Keep those eyes shut, mate. The Monster Manual says that if a nymph is disrobed you have to save vs magic or die... Tough call.

@EzhmaarSul Looks like Nigella.

I know people are saying she should have been Helen and sure she’d be better than the ne@ress, but this is worth tracking ten years across the ocean for

@DungeonNoir @dpmont0407 I would normally think they’re screwed, but because it’s Conan…

Cover art by Bob Larkin for The Savage Sword of Conan #192 (December 1991)

It would be interesting in a renaissance tech level game. I don’t recall that style being historical. Cloak and dagger was generally hiding your dagger beneath your cloak to facilitate a surprise assassination attempt. I’m not sure how you’d get everything sorted out in a timely fashion if you had to get your cloak and dagger sorted in one hand and your rapier in the other.

@ARRGETSTUFFED 👍🏼 It's my understanding that there was a specific style using daggers with a heavy cloak. But I might be misremembering. I just thought it might be interesting for an RPG

@ARRGETSTUFFED What do you think of cloak and dagger style? Have you designed a fencing cloak for a game? Hollow Ground swords ⚔️ what do you think of them?