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by Guy Fullerton
Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:56 am
Forum: White Box Rules
Topic: S&W White Box History?
Replies: 32
Views: 56721

Re: S&W White Box History?

Some genesis of White Box as distinct from Core in the top post here: http://web.archive.org/web/20080615002514/http://www.swordsandwizardry.com/blog/ Finarvyn started giving feedback on S&W right away: http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/3744/white-box-supp-retro-clone ... and became responsible for ...
by Guy Fullerton
Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:20 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

I didn't know that about the original Quick start. I just assumed the license was different back then. The both-AC-notations-required element of the license hasn't ever changed. (It was even in the v0 draft version that happened to have some different license details on other aspects.) I think cont...
by Guy Fullerton
Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:14 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

References to ability, abilities, etc. should be changed to attribute. Another area of discord with White Box: The use of attribute bonuses is an optional rule in White Box, but almost a default rule in the current Quick Start draft. (I do see that the language was changed slightly, relative to the ...
by Guy Fullerton
Sun Jan 15, 2017 5:29 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

I'm not sure what to do about descending AC. I like the simplicity and less possible confusion for new players with just ascending AC. BUT this was a S&W product and I feel like maybe we should pay homage to that by saying on the cover "Compatible with Swords & Wizardry". You should probably priori...
by Guy Fullerton
Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:39 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

On Alignment: This appears to be an intentional omission, which is fine. If so, remove Alignment from the pregens, and also strike the reference to alignment & faith in the skeleton monster descriptions. Should probably mention very briefly that the Quick Start's Cleric class is assumed to be Lawful...
by Guy Fullerton
Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:31 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

Maybe the introductory material needs a brief explanation of a default goal of the game (acquire experience via killing monsters and acquiring treasure), and how that relates to making your character more powerful. Incidentally, both S&W and WB:FMAG kind of fail at making a clear connection between ...
by Guy Fullerton
Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:10 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

On Descending & Ascending AC: Since this is a White Box quick start, it doesn't need to indicate compatibility with Swords & Wizardry. (If a new player actually gets started with this, they can find out about Swords & Wizardry after they move to the full White Box.) If not indicating compatibility, ...
by Guy Fullerton
Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:12 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: New Quickstart
Replies: 63
Views: 87469

Re: New Quickstart

Points to consider: The existing Quick Start uses the term "Game Referee" — and in one case, an inadvertent "Game Master" — where the base game uses just "Referee." Think about whether the new Quick Start should be consistent with the base game. Besides consistency, "Referee" will simplify layout ve...