tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541600234261335250.post1506017430760423591..comments2024-03-27T03:09:46.950-07:00Comments on Tomb of Tedankhamen: How the Best Houserules WorkTedankhamenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181643018957592969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541600234261335250.post-29026805515251670202013-12-09T14:06:38.200-08:002013-12-09T14:06:38.200-08:00Thanks for reminding me about Trollsmyth's &qu...Thanks for reminding me about Trollsmyth's "Shields Shall Be Splintered" house rule. I remember reading about it ages ago, but forgot where it came from and what it was called. Bookmarked now, and forever.<br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />--Ditherditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541600234261335250.post-86398657218279507642013-06-27T04:57:05.981-07:002013-06-27T04:57:05.981-07:00JD - Yeah, it's all subjective isn't it? W...JD - Yeah, it's all subjective isn't it? Whatever works and is 'easy' for me might be incomprehensible or unwieldy or just lame for others. "Well explained and easy to access" sounds good enough for starters, but people will be getting different mileage out of whatever rule. This is why I like 'Shields', but extending it to breaking swords and bones makes sense to me, but not some of the people I played with.<br /><br />Vive la difference! Tedankhamenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181643018957592969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541600234261335250.post-26028180522702916612013-06-27T03:11:34.016-07:002013-06-27T03:11:34.016-07:00Ah, "easy" is such a hard word to use. E...Ah, "easy" is such a hard word to use. Every time I think the house rule I came up with is easy to remember and implement into every game, I realize, as soon as I start writing it down, that "easy" might be true for me, but not necessarily for everybody else. Or, at least, that my capability to explain a rule does not reflect how easy a rule might in fact be. Example (other than me trying to explain my point...):<br /><br />http://the-disoriented-ranger.blogspot.de/2012/12/aimed-hits-fast-and-easy.html<br /><br />For me, it's totally fine. I wrote it, I know how it works. For others, I'm not that sure.<br /><br />So maybe one more point on your list could be "The best house rules are well explained and easy to access". Now that I think about it, wasn't that one of the claimed advantages of OSRIC and (or?) S&W? That they were able to present the rules in a way people could understand easier than the originals?<br /><br />Other than that I believe you're spot-on.Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.com