My main problem with 3.5 is not just that the skill system is a "MERP port" using D20 instead of D100, but the fact that it offers TOO MUCH FREEDOM to the players. Restrictions MATTER. They make the game MORE fun. Too much freedom breaks the game.

My son is playing Neverwinter Nights. It uses the D&D 3.5E system, & although I still generally dislike 3.5, I think it has some redeeming features. E. g., protection spells give + to AC, instead of a fixed AC, & you can use feats to improve your AC. I still prefer 2E, though.

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The more we play ReconQuest, the better we like it. When we played MYFAROG, we kept spotting mistakes and things to improve (and I had to make new editions. ). When we play ReconQuest, we just get a confirmation that it works great and is awesome. 😎

The Dwarf has a -4 adjustment to the die for crafting, but he only has 11 INT, and the Elf has 17, so he does the crafting anyhow.

. and 10 Aquamarine Ettin stone hearts. The Elf crafted them all, with mostly Critical Successes, 3 Successes, and only 1 Semi-Success. 4 Stone Heart Amulets were kept, and the rest SOLD (for 10 GP each). A VERY profitable day. 5 weapons were enchanted in the following weeks.

The campaign is going great. The party is made up of 2 Human Warriors, 1 Dwarf (also used for disarming traps and such), and 1 Elf (also used for sneaking and healing). Today 10 Deep Dwellers of different hues were ended, and the party returned to Nárvik with 60 AP. .

The quality rule is easy to remember, and you can simply change the three - to + in the book itself, using a pen.

I also added a way to randomly determine the quality of items (page 30): Cast a D6: on a 1, the item is of inferior quality; on a 5 or 6, the item is of superior quality.

CORRECTIONS made for the Advanced Rules: . FLAWS: Alcoholism, Annoying, and Seasick. The -2 adjustment listed in those flaws is supposed to be a +2 adjustment. Also, the text for the Noisy Flaw was a bit confusing, so it has been reformulated to become less confusing.

We play RAW and do NOT fudge die. If you die, you die. I think this is an important lesson to teach my kids (= players), age 7, 11 and 18.

Our Fighter was seriously injured, too, and after resting for some days (to heal a bit), our party returned to Nárvik - where they met up with the unfortunate player's new Dwarf character. In all, we have seen 4 character deaths in the last few weeks. -/.

Another ReconQuest session ended in a character death today. Wights can be brutal, if you critically fail your WIL tests against their "drain" power. 3D6 drain damage meant instant death for our Dwarf (player, age 7). When done, we quickly rolled up a new Dwarf (again) for him.

Our ReconQuest campaign (including the Expert & Advanced Rules) is progressing nicely, although one of my players (age 11) has had his character die two days in a row. He is now on his third (level 1) character (still playing a Human, Male, Warrior, armed with a Sword. ).👍

In ReconQuest you get XP per round you spend fighting. Regardless of end result. If you fight for a long time, you get more XP. If the fight is over quickly, you get less.

ReconQuest is a mix of FANTASY, FAIRY TALE, HORROR, MYTH, and HISTORY. You can focus on any one of these yourself when you play the game.

Small flint KNIVES, used for butchery etc., were also made by our Neanderthal forebears up to 300.000 years ago.

This is incorrect. The SPEAR was the first weapon invented, and the dagger came much later. Spears are about 400.000 years old. Flint daggers only about 6.000 years old. The SWORD, though, was based on the DAGGER.

And with magic healing? You might not need to die after all. If magically healed fast enough. If not? . EPIC DEATH.

Last stand? Heroic combat? . Ok, hear me out. if you are mortally wounded, you may STILL be able to KEEP ON FIGHTING. For some time. Before you die. WILLPOWER. I refuse to die until after I have WON the fight.

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