tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post5753659750748181343..comments2024-03-29T03:42:44.745+00:00Comments on Silver Blade Adventures: [Article] Combat ProcedureAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-54107239634120000472013-02-08T11:48:29.034+00:002013-02-08T11:48:29.034+00:00Glad that you are enjoying the website, DHBoggs! I...Glad that you are enjoying the website, DHBoggs! Its existence is a sometimes secret! :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-42991856615172762492013-02-03T00:54:39.045+00:002013-02-03T00:54:39.045+00:00Excellent breakdown Matthew. I've spent about...Excellent breakdown Matthew. I've spent about half the day going through your blog posts. For some inexplicable reason I didn't realize until today that you had a blog. Great reading! DHBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-74125293368541212412010-03-23T13:36:55.482+00:002010-03-23T13:36:55.482+00:00Welcome, Bwian. I am glad that you are enjoying th...Welcome, Bwian. I am glad that you are enjoying the site, and thanks for the kind words.<br /><br />There is little doubt in my mind that most young people learnt how to play D&D and AD&D through a combination of written and oral sources; for many players the emphasis was probably on the latter. When I think about it, most of the games I learned in my childhood were explained to me by an adult or a more experienced contemporary, only later did I actually bother to read the rules of <i>Monopoly</i>, and only when I wanted to get better did I read the rules to <i>Chess</i>. So, I suppose it is no real surprise that the same approach would be taken to <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>. Come to think of it, I doubt many of the players I know have actually read the rulebooks, at least not more than once...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-26362298108325492752010-03-23T12:19:10.632+00:002010-03-23T12:19:10.632+00:00Beautiful site and very interesting article! Than...Beautiful site and very interesting article! Thank you. I remember when I finally got some rulebooks for AD&D (I roleplayed for a few years based solely on a friend's verbal description of 'how to play'), I did find the rules confusing. Certainly I tended to let details like 'weapon vs. armour' adjustments and 'spell casting time' slip by. In retrospect I am amazed that more people didn't run into problems playing the game. I guess they just made it up.Bwianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193737279288462654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-23081305558203599692009-08-13T16:48:50.201+01:002009-08-13T16:48:50.201+01:00Well said as usual MatthewWell said as usual MatthewSolonorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622611817027794176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-66626439298718575882009-08-11T20:43:33.907+01:002009-08-11T20:43:33.907+01:00I am glad that you found this article useful, Dave...I am glad that you found this article useful, Dave. Your approach certainly looks like a reasonable one. Resolving individual phases for each side before moving onto the next is the obvious thing to do, and I am often left wondering why neither B/X nor BEMCI took that approach when <i>Chainmail</i> had already outlined exactly that.<br /><br />On the other hand, <i>Eldritch Wizardry</i> is the missing link for understanding why AD&D is the way that is. Talk about a complex combat procedure!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372646503928378490.post-23766233920727779032009-08-11T13:50:53.178+01:002009-08-11T13:50:53.178+01:00Outstanding article, and yes a subject of endless ...Outstanding article, and yes a subject of endless debate. When it came to 1E I don't think any DM I sat in a game with did combat sequence in the same manner.<br /><br />I ended up doing a sequence that we found easy to remember. Each was resolved in order of initiative before the next step.<br /><br />Missiles<br />Movement <br />Melee <br />Magic<br /><br />Each had minor clarifications included, but that was the gist of it.<br /><br />I never bothered to explore other editions, so your attached doc is invaluable. I'd add Morale at the top to that now and call it the 5 M's.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.com