BX - D&D - One Shot 09/08/21 @ 8PM CST
I have been wrapping my head around how I want to do this, and I think I finally have a good baseline that might/will change as I travel down this path. If you are interested in playing a BX D&D game, in a way that it was never intended or thought of being playing in 1981 than this might be the game for you.
This game will be a one shot because it is to help teach those I play with locally both BX D&D and FG Unity I will just call it FG in the future. I am also rusty myself and this will be the chance to understand how the game will work in FG, I have larger campaign ideas further down the road. I am not saying that I will only do the campaign with those that I play with here, but if I know you are fun to play games with that is a plus. I may run the same few one shots a few times until I get the bugs worked out if needed. Please know my campaign is not designed as a one shot, so it will be run differently.
The video/audio will be through a link that I can provide to FaceBook Messenger Rooms, turn off your camera if you wish to not be seen or provide a static picture you would prefer. This is more meant to communicate than anything. I chose this program because there is not a time limit like other forms of video chat, and you do not even need FB or Messenger to use it, the copied link will do it all. I also want to be clear, I do not want anyone recording this one shot, I will not be recoding it either, and I do not release the rights to show it, but if you want to talk about it I am ok with that. If you do please let me know, so I can check it out. Let me get a few games in before it goes out to the public. lol
- First off anything you need I can send you a PNG of (Class/Race, Turning Chart, Spells & etc), I do not share whole PDFs, and the PDFs I have are all paid for. I do not hold it against people if they choose a different path, this is just the path I walk.
- Books used are the Basic (Red in Color), Expert (Blue in Color) both by Tom Moldvay this is commonly referred to as the BX edition or the Moldvay Edition.
- Characters are pre-made by me, I will post a work up with basic stats and what not and attach it to this thread. If you want to watch the characters made like I am going to do them on FaceBook Live or a more detail video about each of the Pre-Mades on YouTube my name on both FB and YouTube is DM Xoan feel free to search for it.
- The Classes are Cleric (Human Only), Dwarf (Fighter like), Elf (Fighter or Magic-User like), Fighter (Human Only), Halfling (Fighter Like), Magic-User (Human Only), & Thief (Human Only)
- We are using the THACO system, but no worries, I got you (DM Facing).
- Variant Damage system will be used, that means more or less than just a d6 for damage.
- Magic-Users & Elves roll for their spells twice and pick one they want to use when they get a spell, if enough time they can research the exact spell they want (Campaign Only).
- Elves do not have "Spell Books" they are the spell book, Magic Users carry Spell Books.
- 3rd level Character's only (One Shot Only) Campaigns start at 1st level baby!
- FG doesn't have the rights to this version of the game so there are no Core Books. That said it wont matter a lot, because most of the game is DM Facing and I have the rules.
What is DM Facing you might ask...
- You roll to hit and when you hit the DM rolls the damage and then describes it. If it is a solid it, it will sound like it, if it is a glancing hit doing low damage it will sound like it. This means if you roll a critical hit you will know it, though you wont know exactly how big it was.
- Critical Hits and Enemy Death when either of these happen I let you describe what happens, if the critical hit doesn't kill the creature, the creature will continue to fight on.
- When you take damage the DM will described it to you using the same method as above, and if you drop below 50% or 25% the DM will let you know... Even at 3rd level BX is brutal, try to avoid combat, especially if you are not designed for it. lol
- DM roll saves against things like charm, but you roll all other saves and the damage is described as above.
What do we use FG for...
I can understand the issue with that, and if I could buy the core rules for BX in FG I would for sure do that. I plan to run other editions of the game, and I play currently in a bi-monthly D&D 5e game. That said the biggest reason to be in FG is for maps, positioning, dices rolls, visual conditions (Poisoned, Bloodied, Near Death, & etc).
