tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post5902529040106610814..comments2024-03-27T10:43:30.532+00:00Comments on Known World, Old World: [King] Arthur as an 'Old School' PCAndy Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-84407169597644049212014-02-23T20:22:22.443+00:002014-02-23T20:22:22.443+00:00But at the same time, his descriptions of Dark Age...But at the same time, his descriptions of Dark Age Britain never get too heavy on the 'this is a crapsack world' (except perhaps, for when he has us visiting Merlin's hillfort, but that is fascinating anyway) for the reader to begrudge spending time there. Well, maybe that's not true of the framing device involving Derfel's later years, but the contrast is deliberate.Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-18503295605226055012014-02-23T20:00:24.955+00:002014-02-23T20:00:24.955+00:00Oh, and congratulations on Dragons of Britain, by ...Oh, and congratulations on Dragons of Britain, by the way.Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-31589633026216014332014-02-23T19:57:22.330+00:002014-02-23T19:57:22.330+00:00Pendragon combat often seems to me to be be a litt...Pendragon combat often seems to me to be be a little, 'tink, tink, tink, tink, BOOOM!' Which is no bad thing.Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-77721340852495932902014-02-23T17:24:07.226+00:002014-02-23T17:24:07.226+00:00Bernard does a great job of describing the various...Bernard does a great job of describing the various negative yet real feeling things of the time period.Joe G Kushnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02454826299896049587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-3367484617110243142014-02-23T16:36:59.483+00:002014-02-23T16:36:59.483+00:00This is one of the primary reasons why, despite so...This is one of the primary reasons why, despite some of its other wonky mechanics, I've stuck with running Pendragon as-written rather than converting it to, say, Savage Worlds. Its combat system is super-deadly, and players really think twice before throwing down. Or else, if they're compelled to fight due to their own passions or the wishes of their lord, they enter into combat with a certain grim fatalism.<br /><br />Plus, healing up from injuries is a real pain (no pun intended), so that adds an additional threat. In the short term, a major wound will take you out of game play just as surely as character death.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.com