Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks for the link Xaxaxe!

While I appreciate the nod toward AD&D, this conversion highlights one of the things I really dislike about 3rd edition:  the power inflation.  Whereas Tomb of Horrors in 1976 was an uber-nasty dungeon that would challenge and devestate entire parties of high-level PCs, repeatedly, now 4-6 9th level characters should reasonably expect to tackle it successfully.  

Le sigh....

grodog wrote:Thanks for the link Xaxaxe!

While I appreciate the nod toward AD&D, this conversion highlights one of the things I really dislike about 3rd edition: the power inflation. Whereas Tomb of Horrors in 1976 was an uber-nasty dungeon that would challenge and devestate entire parties of high-level PCs, repeatedly, now 4-6 9th level characters should reasonably expect to tackle it successfully.

Le sigh....

A truly wicked GM can kill ANY characters with a paper clip, rubber band, and one goblin.

Once I had a group that wanted to go through it, but changed their mind after three rooms.  Guess they didn't like all of the traps and the fact that both of their thieves were incapacitated...

MrFilthyIke wrote:A truly wicked GM can kill ANY characters with a paper clip, rubber band, and one goblin.

Of course they can.  Have you seen goblins recently?  Just give 'im "Great Cleave".  :lol:  

If I was GMing this module, I'd add a feature from Baal's lair in Diablo II -- if you stop moving for more than about 3 seconds, a magical trap blasts you with poison/fire/lightning/cold.  That should even up the odds quite nicely.  

A pretty bizarre level to convert the module to, imo. A lot of the stuff in the original T1 is stuff I'd expect to find at ~15th level in 3E.

This isn't representative of 3rd Edition changing the game, it's representative of a dumbass conversion.

GraysonAC wrote:A pretty bizarre level to convert the module to, imo. A lot of the stuff in the original T1 is stuff I'd expect to find at ~15th level in 3E.

This isn't representative of 3rd Edition changing the game, it's representative of a dumbass conversion.

I half agree with you.  I'd say this conversion is representative of the style of gaming that 3e has created...

S1, not T1. Sorry.

I was always of the opinion that S1 was pretty much level neutral. What I mean is that characters should be in the range, but in no way does that guarantee success...or survival for that matter. I don't think a 14th fighter vs a 10 level fighter has much more chance to survive

Definately agree. S1 didn't have so much to do with the character, but the player playing it. A dumb or careless player running a high level character is going to die, regardless of level.

1st ed. AD&D is and was tough and the threat of death is constant. You cannot say that about 3E

Um.. ok? Bbarsh, have you actually played a 3E campaign? My games have more player deaths than my 2nd Edition games ever had. 3E actually has enemy power scale a bit faster than player power - monsters get abilities at the mid-levels that players simply don't get (such as Improved Grab, Rend, Rake, the godawfully dangerous Pounce, for those that actually know the system) that are player-killers. Players, on the other hand, don't get anything the enemy doesn't

I have a lot of respect for most folks on this board, but honestly, it really, really seems like a lot of the talk about 3E is coming straight out of posteriors, not from experience.

killjoy32 wrote:i like 1E because its quick and simple and its about ROLEPLAY not dice rolls and tables.

That's the kind of stuff I understand - folks not liking 3E because it's a different style than the original game. It's very different. That's a dislike based on the game philosophy.

i found when i played the 3E game (which i actually got up and left in mid-game) i spent so much time trying to figure out all the skills and calculate stuff all the time, that i got no enjoyment out of the scenario or the role play at all.

maybe that was just me *shrugs*

*nods* Definately not just you. 3E is way, way more complicated as far as rules go. That's why I have to laugh when I see folks here saying things like "3E is meant for younger gamers" - no 12 year old is going to figure out 3E  Our group is still looking stuff up all the time, and we've been playing once or twice a week for a few years now.