tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802520424485051490.post9111660198172390663..comments2023-03-30T06:56:31.229-07:00Comments on Fuzzy's Dicecapades: Back in the RingFuzzy Skinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802520424485051490.post-33190260849495697552017-03-09T23:54:49.605-08:002017-03-09T23:54:49.605-08:00I have a nice sheet that updates all the distribut...I have a nice sheet that updates all the distributions as soon as I change a cell in excel. It does all the calculations. This is cool in real time, as whenever I add even one damage to any one player, all the players get to see a jump to their personal x.p.<br /><br />I do play with a mirror screen so the players can see exactly what's on my desktop. Full transparency. (I usually keep monster hit points in my head or scratched on a piece of paper)Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802520424485051490.post-77185320950468014252017-03-03T02:38:25.568-08:002017-03-03T02:38:25.568-08:00After the session I described, I realized that I h...After the session I described, I realized that I had indeed forgotten the party's "pooled" XP for the combat. And trust me, subsequent uses of your method of combat XP (including in B/X, not only in my AD&D2 campaign) have only cemented my enjoyment of it; after the party's long-suffering thief really got slammed in one of the later fights - and, partially because of this, finally got enough XP to reach level 2 - my players are enjoying it too.<br /><br />As much as I am trying to decrease my reliance on my laptop for running games, it certainly wouldn't be hard to print out a sheet with two columns for each character, and a separate one for group XP. (It would probably go faster that way too, since my poor grasp of spreadsheet software means that the Excel file on my laptop only serves as a glorified ledger.)Fuzzy Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802520424485051490.post-4338080559497810652017-03-01T23:30:07.193-08:002017-03-01T23:30:07.193-08:00If you review the fight, I'm sure you'll f...If you review the fight, I'm sure you'll find that the druid did not get much experience due to not being hit, not from not doing much hitting. The system really awards people who put themselves at risk; if the druid hung back, tried to be the medic for the party, then yes, the druid isn't going to get much experience.<br /><br />Give it another try. Be sure to give experience for damage received and don't discount that special bonus experience that is spread among the party.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.com