A blog for The Urutsk Cycle and Related Subjects,
including the URUTSK: World of Mystery RPG.
Shipwrecked survivors of a galaxy-spanning empire (ruined when the core exploded) settle upon a wetlands world occupied by humans and other species. They then poke through ruins of their Ancient ancestors as they strive to regain space and then, starflight.
This kind of thing works well. I did this years ago in an attempt to "unify" the mechanics in ADnD. "Roll Low" was the mantra. Roll low for saves, to hit, and attribute checks. the "1" as in "you're number 1" became the new "20!!"
I ran an entire campaign from 1986 through 1989 using that system. It worked great. The change actually allowed for the creation of a spell, "Combatulator" that allowed the recipient to roll d10 to hit rather than d20. These days, I'm using Delta's "Target 20" approach. I tried ascending AC, but then my current group balked and we went back to descending. We're playing LL (cuz some players don't have the original books) so we're making due.
This kind of thing works well. I did this years ago in an attempt to "unify" the mechanics in ADnD. "Roll Low" was the mantra. Roll low for saves, to hit, and attribute checks. the "1" as in "you're number 1" became the new "20!!"
ReplyDeleteJim: Neat. How did it work out?
ReplyDelete--Did you keep playing that way, or have you gone back to the standard mish-mash? :)
I ran an entire campaign from 1986 through 1989 using that system. It worked great. The change actually allowed for the creation of a spell, "Combatulator" that allowed the recipient to roll d10 to hit rather than d20. These days, I'm using Delta's "Target 20" approach. I tried ascending AC, but then my current group balked and we went back to descending. We're playing LL (cuz some players don't have the original books) so we're making due.
ReplyDeleteJim: Thanks for the added details of your long-run game. The spell sounds potent.
ReplyDeleteDelta has invested serious time in his D&D research.
--Good stuff. :)
Have fun gaming! :D