tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post621061385803121059..comments2023-05-09T17:43:00.019+02:00Comments on The City of Iron: B/X Essentials: Classes and Equipment -- Draft TextGavin Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362875699031245377noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-84610181213360165602017-10-03T07:52:07.313+02:002017-10-03T07:52:07.313+02:00Thanks!
That's a really interesting historica...Thanks!<br /><br />That's a really interesting historical observation. In B/X Essentials, I've favoured the Expert rules, in case of inconsistencies like this. So it turns out I've also perpetuated this mistake. I do wonder if it was a deliberate design choice, though.Gavin Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362875699031245377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-83338499600756235412017-10-03T05:31:22.600+02:002017-10-03T05:31:22.600+02:00Great work consolidating the Basic and Expert rule...Great work consolidating the Basic and Expert rules into a single core rulebook. Keep up the great work! _\\\<br /><br />One thing that always gets over-looked with the "Basic" rules (blue-box, BX, BECMI, RC, black-box, etc.) is an error with the Dwarf/Hafling saving throw array that stems from the Expert rulebook. In OD&D, Dwarves where noted as having "a high level of magic resistance, and they thus add four [fighting-man] levels when rolling saving throws (a 6th level dwarf equals a 10th level human [fighter])", which basically pushes them up to the next saving throw tier. In B26, they got it right, but in X24, they were bumped-up an extra tier, thus count as being 8-levels higher than an equivalent human Fighter, and this small error was never pick-up and reverberated across later editions of the "Basic" rules.Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-34227057368905817142017-09-19T16:09:27.787+02:002017-09-19T16:09:27.787+02:00X10 large sailing ships can mount two light catapu...X10 large sailing ships can mount two light catapults.<br /><br />X63 ship modifications; catapult: long ships, any type of galley, and either type of sailed warship can add one light catapult... Ordinary sailing ships, troop transports, and the smaller vessels not mentioned above cannot mount a catapult. A catapult and twenty rounds of shot weight 10,000cn.<br /><br />**warships are modified large or small sailing ships costing an additional 1/3 of original.<br /><br />I see what you mean. Thats a tad messy.Sean Robert Meaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-5100369688293724362017-09-16T23:34:03.020+02:002017-09-16T23:34:03.020+02:00Thanks Andy! It means a lot to me to hear that my ...Thanks Andy! It means a lot to me to hear that my writings are of use to others :)Gavin Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362875699031245377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681509622212079331.post-71314723449624859932017-09-16T21:16:44.520+02:002017-09-16T21:16:44.520+02:00Gavin Norman, you do yeoman's work for the B/X...Gavin Norman, you do yeoman's work for the B/X clan - sincere thanks from this DM who uses all of your work at my myriad tables.Andy Actionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230751305411973866noreply@blogger.com