Jan/100
Words
I added a new section to the blog that I'll use to post my writings (fiction, poetry, and so forth), that I've written in the past and am currently writing. I don't have a plan for posting. It may come in bursts or slowly.
Jan/100
Dragon Coming Soon
Well my friend Tom loaned me his copies of Dragon Mag so I can now add them to the CSC. It shouldn't take too long I imagine, since I already have a list of the spells included in the mags.
What I'm Working On
- Editing my CSC
- Adding Dragon to my CSC
- Starting my Complete Class Compendium (CCC)
- Creating a template for my Complete Feat Compendium (CFC)
It's a lot to think about especially since classes start next week and I need to finish updating my syllabi and schedule of assignments. Going to be a busy weekend I guess. Which is always nice, from a productive point of view.
Jan/100
CSC Draft 1 Complete
I finished draft one and am about to begin phase two this weekend which involves a lot of formatting, combining, and cross checking.
If anyone wants to check out draft #1 let me know and I'll send you a copy.
Cheers.
Jan/100
Introduction to the CSC
Here's a copy of the introduction to the CSC which lists the current books being used in the document. The only books missing are the Dungeon and Dragon Magazines.
I'm formatting a draft of the document to start working on comparing the spell lists with the spell descriptions and doing some clean up work. I'll add the magazines after the fact if I decide to include them.
Dec/090
Friends and Gaming
So while my friend Lacey was back in town for the holidays, we've been doing a little roleplaying with Samantha. Since I've been watching Farscape lately, I decided to run a clone version of the game that kept things simple and didn't contain a lot of rules or character creation guidelines.
I started them out by having them list all the things that made up the character, whether they were smart, tough, what they looked like, how they fed, what abilities and powers they might have, and so on. After they were done that, I had them assign ranks to those abilities, each rank being the equivalent to 1d12 (since the d12 doesn't get enough love in RPGs). After they were done (Lacey created a biomechanical girl who fed off living organs and couldn't stand bright light, while Sam created a physic vampire, who fed off other creatures physic energy and didn't have a mouth), they game was ready to go.
When they attempted to do something they didn't have any ranks in, such as pilot a ship, they rolled a base d12. When they did something they had ranks in, they rolled the base d12 + a d12 for each rank. I have them generic target numbers they had to get. Combat was just as simple. They rolled against the other creatures defensive roll and the difference was the number they had.
After the first game I created a simple chart that encompassed the rules of the game and made everything clearer. Here's a copy of that chart. The game mechanic is pretty much as complete as I want it to be. Simple and to the point, with most details left up to the person running the game. Have a look and feel free to enjoy it.
Dec/090
Table of Contents
Here's the table of contents for the Complete Spell Compendium. Just to give you a preview of what's to come.
Still working on finishing the Spell Lists and matching them with the Spell Descriptions.
Estimated Number of Pages: 700
Estimated Number of Spells: 3450
Cheers!
Dec/090
Where was I?
Ah yes, working on my CSC. Well here's the latest scoop. I'm all done the 130 books or so I've set out to do. The only things I haven't done are a few 3.0 books (which I don't think I'll do) and Dragon Magazine and Dungeon Magazine. I have all the spells listed for Dragon (can't find one for Dungeon) but I don't have access to the magazine, electronic or otherwise.
I'm now in the process of filling out the class lists and then I'll be comparing the class lists with the actual spell descriptions to make sure they're all listed in both places correctly. It's gonna be a time consuming project, but that's okay. Looks like I'll be able to finishing everything up by the weekend and then on to the rest of my projects . . .
Completed
- Complete Invocations Compendium
In-Process
- Complete Spell Compendium
What's to go
- Complete Class Compendium
- Complete Prestige Class Compendium
- Complete Feat Compendium
- Complete Race Compendium
- Complete Equipment Compendium
- Complete Magic Item Compendium
- Complete Monster Compendium
It should only take me another 6 years or so . . .
Dec/090
5 more down, 6 to go
Five more books completed
- City of Splendors: Waterdeep
- Dragons of Faerun
- Explorer's Handbook
- Five Nations
- Sons of Gruumsh
6 more to go
- Champions of Ruin
- Champion of Valor
- Magic of Eberron
- Oriental Adventures
- Player's Guide of Eberron
- Races of Eberron
A few other loose ends
- Spells on the WOTC website
- Comparing Spells Lists with Spell Descriptions
- Assembling the PDF
Looks like my goal of January 1 is achievable . . . hopefully!
Dec/090
6 more books completed
Here's the latest additions
- Shining South
- Faiths of Eberron
- Eberron Campaign Setting
- Secrets of Xen'drik
- Voyage of the Golden Dragon
- Mysteries of the Moonsea