Hi Thomas, I am happy to help. I think I should clarify those links, because I am not sure if I explained them right. The boxed set you mentioned is exactly what one needs to play the game. The downloads that are listed on the links I gave out are actual sections of the before mentioned boxed set of manuals that cover about eighty to ninety percent of the printed manuals needed to play. The missing information is propriatary "game world" stuff that is not really needed. So in reality, you could download the manuals from the internet and have them on your computer for free. Of course, you could buy the books as well, I did. If you do buy the books this is what I know of how they are printed. Each page has two columns of text. In addition there is alot of charts involved, many of which are reproduced in the downloads. There is also artwork thruout the books as well. The Dungeons and Dragons for dummies book sounds great, as long as it is third edition or higher. Having never read the book myself, I am not sure if it will talk about certain rules or not, and so I think the distinction should be made. I have never played D and D minatures, but I suspect that those are geared for more mass combat type situations similar to warhammer and other large scale armies. As for canned stories and adventures, I think that I could even help there, since I was usually the Dungeon Master I could write up a small one character adventure to help explore the various skills and powers of certain characters. Also, alot of Dungeons and Dragons web sites list adventures and other free material for download that could help you get a feel for what an adventure might be like. This just came to me, The dungeons and dragons official web site also has free material, and I think free adventures and perhaps even free introductory stuff, I will have to check, but the site is not easy to navigate. I also don't know if the free material is in PDF or not.
The one basic rule concerning the D20 system is this: The higher the roll, the better the result. This is true with everything in the game. I will try to have something ready within a day or two. I am guessing it should be off list, right? later, allan ---- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:17 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: Roll Playing Games. > Hi, Allan. > I checked Amazon.com and I think I see four books that might do the job. > The first is the actual Wizard's of the Coasts rule books in a boxed set > with Player's guide, Dungeon Masters guide, and Monsters guide. Not > having read them I am just concerned how well they would scan. > Especially, if there are any tables of stats and things, but it looks > like the previous links would help with that. Not sure if any of those > books would aid in a few canned stories and characters to practice with. > The other book that looks promising is Dungions and Dragons for Dummies. > Not quite up to 3.5 level, but it looks like it gives a step by step > walkthrough for an absolute beginner such as myself. > I did notice the DND minatures come with a basic rule book and a sample > RPG game. > As you mentioned creating your own character and story is the funnist > part of the game, but before I get there I would feel better if I could > practice with some actual stories and characters before diving in and > start working on my own RPGs. Which is my hope. > I will take you up on your offer for a introduction document. After all, > you asked a while back how to get in to the game programming business, > and this is where you start by helping devs start developing there own > with good ideas or instructions. Smile. > Thanks for the help. > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindgamers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
