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by Halaster Blackcloak
Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Level Draining Undead - Revisited
Replies: 3
Views: 159

Re: Level Draining Undead - Revisited

Garhkal wrote: Sounds like it might be fun.. Pity i don't game online. Yeah, I'm not fond of online gaming, though everyone playing is so spread out (one lives out of state), so that's our only option. The game really is only properly played in person though. Everything else is a poor substitute. I ...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Fri Aug 30, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Level Draining Undead - Revisited
Replies: 3
Views: 159

Level Draining Undead - Revisited

Old topic, new thoughts! :lol: So I'm going to try running another Zoom AD&D game again with a group of old friends I've known from grade school. We'd stopped playing for awhile because of attendance issues and what not, but that seems fixed. And with Halloween season coming (I refer to Oct. 1st...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Sat Aug 10, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Site News & Announcements
Topic: Is anyone else having site problems?
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Re: Is anyone else having site problems?

Got someone looking at it now. It looks like we need another phpBB update but I wanted to make sure we can keep the same traditional parchment paper theme like we did last time. Hopefully everything will be working properly shortly.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: Site News & Announcements
Topic: Is anyone else having site problems?
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Re: Is anyone else having site problems?

No, the problem is there was another PHP update at Hostmonster and now the phpBB version is out of date. Is the site working right for you? I have errors no matter which browser I try using.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Wed Aug 07, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: Site News & Announcements
Topic: Is anyone else having site problems?
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Re: Is anyone else having site problems?

Ok, I have someone looking into it now. On Fiverr, so hopefully they can fix it fast!
by Halaster Blackcloak
Wed Aug 07, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: Site News & Announcements
Topic: Is anyone else having site problems?
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Is anyone else having site problems?

Is anyone else noticing the site freezing up or having the same problems where you get an error message when posting, then go to re-post only to see the message already posted? This sucks - looks like I'm gonna have to hire someone to fix the site again.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Fri Jul 19, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Ruins of Undermountain III: The Deadly Levels
Topic: Back to work
Replies: 13
Views: 11001

Re: Back to work

Guys, post some feedback on my last post. I'm curious how you guys feel about it.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Mon Jul 15, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Life draining psionic power..
Replies: 1
Views: 1691

Re: Life draining psionic power..

Not sure I have an idea on this. I never used psionics in AD&D. To me, that belonged in Gamma World.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Sat Jul 13, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Ruins of Undermountain III: The Deadly Levels
Topic: Back to work
Replies: 13
Views: 11001

Re: Back to work

I gotta see if AI can produce line art, pencil art. I mean, the art is a big factor, but the content is what counts. Still, having that art brings the entire thing up to a new level. I'd be very disappointed if I bought a product like that and it had no art. Nobody has guessed what Brodeen's Magical...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Wed Jul 10, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: Ruins of Undermountain III: The Deadly Levels
Topic: Back to work
Replies: 13
Views: 11001

Re: Back to work

Hey guys! We're so close yet so far away. To update... Level 7 is completely finished The sub-level ( Arachnia ) is completely finished Level 8 is almost finished - there are only 13 rooms left for Level 8 that need writing - however, they are already planned out and outlined. The New Monsters (all ...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: Site News & Announcements
Topic: Upgrade announcement!
Replies: 0
Views: 4423

Upgrade announcement!

So Hostmonster is once again upgrading servers in the first week of February. Sometimes this causes glitches and the site may show up intermittently as offline. Not to worry, I'll be watching them. But if any of you notice the site is not working right or you can't access it, email me so I can bitch...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Mirror image.. WHILE ON something?
Replies: 6
Views: 24004

Re: Mirror image.. WHILE ON something?

Also, looking back on your original post and the examples there, some of those situations simply would not work. The spell has a 12' diameter circle area of effect - a circle 12' across. No way could you fit 5, 6, 7, or 8 wagons, horses, chariots, etc. in that space. So considering that, it would by...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Mirror image.. WHILE ON something?
Replies: 6
Views: 24004

Re: Mirror image.. WHILE ON something?

I'm thinking, as you said, having it be able to make duplicate things like horses would make it a more powerful spell. But the spell has inherent problems. The spell says that the duplicates do exactly what the actual wizard does . So if the wizard mounts a horse, do all 8 images (assuming the max n...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Tue Aug 01, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: GRR 5e...
Replies: 19
Views: 99238

Re: GRR 5e...

Yeah, California is as failed a state as you can get. About as bad as Illinois is up here. Totally fucked. I thought they had something in a ballot about voting to split CA as you mentioned - I thought it was something where they wanted southern CA (LA area) to be broken off the north end. They want...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:07 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: GRR 5e...
Replies: 19
Views: 99238

Re: GRR 5e...

McDeath wrote: I’m not sure what alignment that would be. Patriotic Chaotic Good! :lol: Take the texas border thing and the razor barb floating barricade. I’d gladly volunteer to be on the border and pop any mother fucking crossing via stream or else-wise. Man, woman, child, baby. They are like verm...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Megadungeon Ideas & Inspirations
Replies: 10
Views: 38695

Re: Megadungeon Ideas & Inspirations

Yeah, can't be done. You figure, if you have a 300 pg. supplement, you're going to need about 50 pages to detail all the background, ways in and out, monsters, etc. The original Undermountain box set had 39 pages that were not room descriptions. And that was in a supplement that had only 126 pages, ...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: GRR 5e...
Replies: 19
Views: 99238

Re: GRR 5e...

I couldn't get past the first sentence or two. The guy is a fucking idiot. The moment someone starts whining about how alignment is a straightjacket because you can't be a CE druid, they lost the argument and proved their ignorance of the system. D&D (the real game not the 3E-5E crap) is based o...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Megadungeon Ideas & Inspirations
Replies: 10
Views: 38695

Re: Megadungeon Ideas & Inspirations

That Castle of the Archmage sounds phony. Another 13 leveled dungeon detailed in one book? Unless it's 600+ pages, that's simply not possible and still have any sort of quality to it.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Megadungeon Ideas & Inspirations
Replies: 10
Views: 38695

Re: Megadungeon Ideas & Inspirations

I never heard of it, but then again I can't stand anime.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:54 pm
Forum: Back In Print Project
Topic: UPDATE 5/18/16
Replies: 90
Views: 647193

Re: UPDATE 5/18/16

Glad to see I was able to get your account working again! Yeah, not a lot of rooms left.
by Halaster Blackcloak
Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Followers/Familiars when Dual classing?
Replies: 3
Views: 15973

Re: Followers/Familiars when Dual classing?

It is stated.

"A wizard can have only one familiar at a time, however, and he has no control over what sort of creature answers the summoning, if any at all come."

2E PHB, pg. 134
by Halaster Blackcloak
Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:49 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Followers/Familiars when Dual classing?
Replies: 3
Views: 15973

Re: Followers/Familiars when Dual classing?

I've had so few dual or multi-classed player characters over the years (only one player ever really had a dual classed character) that this has never come up. Here's my thoughts though... A familiar is magically bound to the character, so I would rule that the familiar stays. After all, a dual class...
by Halaster Blackcloak
Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:26 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Need 2E PHB PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 28098

Re: Need 2E PHB PDF

Perfect! Thank you so much!
by Halaster Blackcloak
Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Need 2E PHB PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 28098

Re: Need 2E PHB PDF

Any luck finding the PHB?
by Halaster Blackcloak
Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:26 pm
Forum: General Out of Print Edition Discussion
Topic: Need 2E PHB PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 28098

Re: Need 2E PHB PDF

I needed the DMG, also, thanks. But I really needed a copy of the PHB more so. Do you have a link to that?