tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post6280924735748711484..comments2024-03-27T22:37:01.796-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: GURPS Conan: Beyond Thunder River playthrough session 2Peter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-13792369836877962612022-09-18T20:52:38.126-04:002022-09-18T20:52:38.126-04:00I purchased a First Ed boxed Set from Dragon's...I purchased a First Ed boxed Set from Dragon's Treasure, in theory it's in 'adequate' condition except for the box having split corners, so we'll see when it get's here in a few weeks.<br /><br />It will be a third uncut Cardboard Heroes set I've got, but that's okay. Someday I'll cut one up to use it...evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-33253796303953982702022-09-18T19:24:06.510-04:002022-09-18T19:24:06.510-04:00I remember snapping up the Basic Set immediately w...I remember snapping up the Basic Set immediately when it came out. I think I may have technically gotten it as a Christmas present, but I grabbed it and bought it and then had to wait to open it. But I got it as soon as it came out, hence getting one of the rare 1st editions. It might be valuable if I'd kept it anything remotely resembling good condition. I did not.<br /><br />I think in 4e a lot would change - everyone would have higher defenses, so fights will last longer. Most will have higher HP, so fights will need more damage to finish. And most will have multiple rolls to stay conscious, which is not a 1st edition thing at all, so you won't have so many one-blow defeats. Conan will need to go for more body blows and less head shots - the classic Conan splitting a foe's skull - in order to use Deceptive Attack to overcome the +3 everyone will have against him. Also Block won't suck.<br /><br />I should run it with 2nd edition since it came out after that did, but I'd need to find GURPS Update and then try to back-construct what 2nd edition is.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-23263569356541714272022-09-18T11:09:54.477-04:002022-09-18T11:09:54.477-04:00"I'm using the 1986 GURPS Basic Set Book ..."I'm using the 1986 GURPS Basic Set Book 2: Adventuring"<br /><br />Agh. I keep forgetting that exists! My bookstore went from Man to Man to having GURPS Basic Set Second Edition the next year, so I've always just associated "first edition" as Man to Man, despite a few people sayign "No there was a seperate first edition". I've never actually seen one.<br /><br />Okay, it's off to ebay/Thrifty Books for me to see if I can find a decent box set for sale... (I'm a "completionist" with GURPS books, especially rules books. I like being able to track changes in rules across editions to see how ideas shifted.)<br /><br />ALso, I now want to play through the Conans using 4e rules to see how the adventure design holds up against newer rules (just how important was Passive Defense versus the tweaked 4e defenses, for instance).evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-4291164781076749132022-09-18T08:52:21.644-04:002022-09-18T08:52:21.644-04:00Thanks. That tracks with what I'm finding.
To ...Thanks. That tracks with what I'm finding.<br />To be pedantically clear, though - I'm using the 1986 GURPS Basic Set Book 2: Adventuring, not the Man-to-Man book, for my lookups. This adventure may have been written with 2e in mind - it came out in 1988 (the same year as 3e, actually) - but I played it with my 1e rules back in the day.<br /><br />GURPS Update was very confusing, because I didn't realize I'd missed an edition in between. Little things tripped us up, since we'd never had the update they were further updating. I didn't realize until later what had happened.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-9784762063316658302022-09-18T02:21:09.659-04:002022-09-18T02:21:09.659-04:00"- I can't seem to find any rules for inj..."- I can't seem to find any rules for injuring an unarmed strike with a weapon parry. That might not be in 1st edition. I'll dig further.":<br /><br />It wasn't in 1e GURPS (Man to Man), it is in 2e. In Man to Man there is the chance of being injured if you parry a weapon using a bare-handed attack, but not the inverse.evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-50637550691870588862022-09-17T20:24:28.433-04:002022-09-17T20:24:28.433-04:00Thanks! I'm enjoying the playthrough. Maybe I&...Thanks! I'm enjoying the playthrough. Maybe I'll do the same with the others - Moon of Blood (which features mass combat), Wyrmslayer (a fun one in general, I've played it a lot), and Queen of the Black Coast. I own them all, so why not?Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-42408382386574295372022-09-17T19:09:40.576-04:002022-09-17T19:09:40.576-04:00Man, I'm really liking those solo posts.Man, I'm really liking those solo posts.O Escribahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15480007920695715134noreply@blogger.com