1:17:00 same Rifts gamr... another time I rolled a critical failure on a radio check trying to jam radio transmission in an area. and the character only had radio basic, instead of radio scrambler so we had to make the role at -30 🙂. The character was in like a police surveillance van with a lot of radios, we were doing surveillance on this one character at a restaurant... Same gm, he didn't really know what to do with this failure, so he set off every car alarm in the parking lot for the failure 😊🙂.
@lexington4767 минут бұрын
1:17:00 I've always liked the degrees of success and failure option. That reminds me of years ago we were playing Riffs, one of the characters rolls a critical success on a computer programming roll 🙂... The GM is like, I don't know really what to do with that, he thinks for a few seconds and he's like ah... the desktop achieves sentients 😀. Character did such a good job programming the computer, the computer is now alive... It never really went further than a laugh at the table... But sometimes I think somewhere in the wreckage of New York there is a sentient computer running Windows 98 with no internet connection, so it's kind of there talking to itself probably 🙂😃.
@Dolgan848 минут бұрын
For you kids who werent there, its hard to impress how HUGE Kung-Fu was in the 70s and Ninjas were in the 80s. Best i can equate it is superhero movies in the 2010s. There was a reason it was Teenage Mutant NINJA Turtles. Also, please just try to understand that for the time, these books and movies were made (mostly) from a place of love. Yes, its cringe and has a fair amount of fetishization from a modern perspective but it was meant as respect and love of the material. Believe it or not, in 30 years your kids will look back and think our current views on certain topics are SOOOOOO outdated. (Insert Grandpa Simpson saying "It will happen to you" GIF here)
@alazdmfirst598014 минут бұрын
I've enjoyed a great many of your history expositions, however i must add the the idea we need cultural appropriations for a game of make believe is just ridiculous. Sadly that is why our beloved game is going down the toilet. Hopefully you can continue to provide some amazing content that can be enjoyed, but steers away from current politics.
@ScottRoste21 минут бұрын
Great video Martin. On the proficiency aspect, i didn't like the min-maxing angle (my PC has blind-fighting, and weapon specialization, etc for all the bonuses), but i do like it for adding character flavor. So i have my group get a free proficiency based on their background (a former butcher gets cooking) and then they get 2-3 others. Kind of helps give them ideas of what non-combat opportunities there might be, but i don't limit them from trying anything even if they lack the proficiency for it.
@nedleeds90846 минут бұрын
The term 'Asian Culture' is nonsense anyway. You might as well say European culture. The book isnt controversial at all unless you are deranged and don't care about intentions. The intention is clearly to make a fun gaming supplement, not a history book or academic tome.
@DuivelsApp51 минут бұрын
FGU had some of Matt Wagner, of Grendel/Mage fame first professional artwork in Flashing Blades.
@daddyrolleda140 минут бұрын
I got to meet Matt Wagner once at my local comics shop and get a few comics and a poster signed by him! Thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. Cheers!
@DuivelsApp7 секунд бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 Neat guy, talked to him at his Booth at Comic-Con in 2014 and have an original Shadow full color sketch by him.
@markbertenshaw397756 минут бұрын
Your videos are always interesting. I think your assessment of the book in the context of the time was very fair. I don't know - maybe we have gone too far the other way regarding sensitivities. And I think that sonetimes the people making the retrospective criticisms of of a historical product are more interested in virtue signalling rather than truly being interested in another culture. I am an occasional "anime" fan, and I love it when My Hero Academia gets western culture totally wrong, because I know the writer has a real love for american superhero comics. And by the way, I love the bonus content. I am yet to disagree with your taste!
@NefariousKoel10 минут бұрын
It has definitely gone too far in the other direction. So many are complaining to get clout amongst their plaintive peers. It's become a contest among them.
@DrPlutonСағат бұрын
We had this book but never used it when I was playing AD&D. When I DMed for 3.5 D&D, one of my players used that edition's version of the samurai to great effect. He used Iajutsu Focus quite a bit (the art of drawing a sword and attacking once for extra damage instead of dealing extra attacks). I thought the Shukenja (wandering monk with divine spells) in both AD&D and 3rd/3.5 editions to be an interesting class and almost played one in a friend's campaign before he said no.
@cdfreester2 сағат бұрын
My 2nd year in college, 1 of my gaming buddies introduced our group to the Bushido RPG. We played about 4-5 sessions. That was 1985. Later that year, Oriental Adventures came out and we played it a couple times but nothing after that. I pretty much exclusively played monks for the 1980's and 1990's, so I naturally gravitated towards this material. We fumbled with pronunciations, too.
@daddyrolleda1Сағат бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it. I remember seeing a copy of a Bushido book at my local game store in a stack of books, some old/some new (they were notorious for that kind of "organization"). I was aware of it from ads in Dragon magazine and I almost bought it, but I decided not to, as my recollection was that it was originally a boxed set and not a single book. So, I don't have much familiarity with it as a system. Thanks for your support of the channel!
@FatalDevotee12 сағат бұрын
Great video as always my friend!
@daddyrolleda12 сағат бұрын
You are the best! Thank you so much!
@johnmagowan63932 сағат бұрын
I can't believe you're a philistine! No Tea Ceremonies in the dungeon!? Weirdo. That would actually be a cool RP thing for a player to make an orc chieftain feel respected.
@daddyrolleda12 сағат бұрын
Ha! That sounds EXACTLY like what the players in my daughter's campaign would totally try! They once parleyed with an orc chief in the middle of a battle after they'd killed his pet mutant dog (in fairness to them, it was self-defense; the thing was rabid). I could see them trying this! Thanks for the idea, and for watching and commenting. Cheers!
@pcpproduction90712 сағат бұрын
Two things you asked for commentary about: 1 - History of American interest and learning about the cultures covered - kind of missed the missionary work and reporting back from that and the trade that started (for the US at least) when Japan was opened up after China opened up (both somewhat involuntarily by the west) and the occupation of parts of the eastern parts of the region like the Philippines after 1900 etc and is definitely biased through the lens of the speaker. Kind of hard to get through the long intro given that as kid in the 70's and through adulthood I've also read up on the topics involved there and have a very different view of how much of it is post facto politicized and re-politicized ad nauseam. As a whole in my opinion the long intro could be cut as a detraction from the main topic which doesn't really add much to the material presented later on. 2 - The proficiencies being introduced in this particular publication. Tea ceremony and caligraphy (arts etc) versus blind fighting and combat useful stuff. It's a thing where some of these are more useful in a roleplaying versus tactical combat moment and the min-maxing mentioned conflicting kind of hits on a topic of where D&D came from versus what it was evolving into over the early to mid 1980's. Add to that the inclusion of Honor as a system - I don't think it was meant to be a stereotyping of culture* as much as a mechanic that affects the character in the game. In more modern terms it can be looked at like faction standing in an MMORPG where your reputation affects how the npc's react to you because f what you've done, not because of your personal intent. The whole concept of Honor is cross-cultural and like you said something that could be added to any campaign especially if it is a dynamic world that moves on it's own versus a one shot adventure setting. *although yes it could be given the influx of anime and other media and an over attention to Samurai and other warrior culture aspects etc etc. Both things mentioned here and a lot of the rest of the video can be deep rabbit holes by themselves.
@daddyrolleda12 сағат бұрын
I really want to thank you so much for watching (and a detailed watch, not just "background") and commenting. It really means a lot! Your comments are very insightful and I can definitely see your point about the intro being too long (which I have a tendency to do a lot of times) and perhaps even unnecessary. I was just trying to show some context as to why these particular concepts might have been included in the book but it may have gotten a bit away from me. I appreciate your insights. Totally agree that many of the topics in this video could be excuses to go to the rabbit hole! Thanks again, and also for your support in subscribing to the channel. I truly appreciate it.
@jasong80852 сағат бұрын
Hackmaster also used comeliness
@daddyrolleda12 сағат бұрын
Oh, does it? I didn't know that - I've briefly looked at Hackmaster from time-to-time but don't own it and have never played it. Thanks! And, thank you for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!
@sirellyn2 сағат бұрын
Excellent review, just please don't dance around "cultural sensitivity". Just omit any discussion on it. It's so much worse for European ones even now, that highlighting "potential problems" in others just becomes insulting. Why are we even focusing on this? Cherry picked critique seems to become a social weapon for politics. It's much more interesting to focus on what was awesome about these things. You did a lot of that, thank you. And (aside from the binding) there was a ton of awesome from the OA book.
@daddyrolleda1Сағат бұрын
It is definitely a complicated topic! I appreciate you watching and commenting. Thanks!
@FatalDevotee13 сағат бұрын
Shogun sparked my love of Asian culture, art and history.
@daddyrolleda12 сағат бұрын
Yes! I talk about that in the video and I also wrote a blog post about it around a decade ago. Chees!
@JeffHeinenCFI3 сағат бұрын
Where in central CA did you grow up, Martin? I used to live on the central coast.
@daddyrolleda13 сағат бұрын
We moved around but the area I was talking about in that part of the video was Modesto. I lived there for about four years while I was in elementary school. Thanks for watching and commenting and for your support of the channel!
@jbloggerable3 сағат бұрын
the only thing you can really do is invest in rebinding it
@daddyrolleda13 сағат бұрын
Thanks! Have you ever done that before? Were you happy with the results?
@briansmaller74433 сағат бұрын
I have two copies - got a mint one the other week that has been stored for the best part of 30 years in a dust/moisture/uv/acid resistant storage bag. A rare find here in New Zealand. And it did not cost me my pension.
@jbloggerable57 минут бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 I have not done it personally but i have looked into it. Not sure how well the cover integrity could be reinforced but it would look great after its done. It would not look the exact same afterword, but it would be stronger.
@oxylepy23 сағат бұрын
The penanggalan is Malaysian, but it should be noted that the there are a ton of similar creatures in asian folk lore
@daddyrolleda13 сағат бұрын
Yes, thank you! I looked it up after I recorded the video and there's actually a quick note on screen indicating that it's Malaysian, and I did notice that there are very similar creatures throughout Asian mythology/folk lore. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@sirellyn3 сағат бұрын
Oriental Adventures was basically a LOVE LETTER to China, Japan and to a smaller extent, Korea. Yes, it was fantastical, but so is anything for knights and princesses, and honestly anything european has far more abuse in it than the nearly zero amount in this book.
@briansmaller74433 сағат бұрын
Oriental settings are one of my favourites - sorry for the multiple comments. I was remembering back to the Dragon mag No. 3 Samurai - they had crazy auto critical hit numbers because of the fantastic, but not magical nature of their swords. I am sure this came from the idea that most Japanese swords were these uber-weapons. A +2 Katana auto-crit (and there was a crit table of sorts) like 10% of the time (19-20).
@daddyrolleda13 сағат бұрын
No worries! And yes, I talk about that Samurai from Dragon #3 (although I have it as part of Best of Dragon II). The whole idea of the katana being some kind of pseudo-magical uber-blade is so pervasive in video games, movies, comics, and more! It's so funny. Even the 3E era samurai class was allowed to invest XP into their blade to make it more powerful, as I recall.
@MrRourk3 сағат бұрын
The OSR has Flying Swordsman which is very playable
@daddyrolleda13 сағат бұрын
My recollection is that Flying Swordsmen is based on the 2E era "Dragon Fist" game by Chris Pramas (of Green Ronin fame) that was intended for bigger publication but never released commercially and instead given away for free by WotC on their website once 3E came out. I have both and they are fun.
@briansmaller74434 сағат бұрын
We used to play Lee Gold's Land of the Rising Sun published by FGU. It used a version of Chivalry and Sorcery for the base rules. Lee Gold also did GURPS Japan. It was so complicated but as a resource I still use it. It's village and name generation tables are awesome. Bushido also was a popular game here in New Zealand.
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
Yes! I actually talk about "Land of the Rising Sun" and Bushido both in this video, and I talk about Lee Gold writing LotRS as well!
@briansmaller74432 сағат бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 My copy of LotRS is a different cover than the one you showed. It is black and white but with a traditional red rising sun.
@randyandrews19804 сағат бұрын
I’m interested to see how/if you address the more controversial aspects of this book. Can’t wait to watch this one!
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much for the support, as always! I hope you are not disappointed. I touch briefly on it and I correct one thing that I've heard used as a "problem" with this book, but for the most part, I discuss the American cultural background from the post-WW2 period up until 1985 which provides the context for understanding how and why this book was made, and then I go into the legacy of the book in terms of its mechanics and how that affected future editions of D&D as well as the legacy of the book as a whole. I felt like perhaps I'm not qualified to discuss some of the negative things people say about this book. I did talk to a wide variety of friends here in the San Gabriel Valley (you can look that up to see the demographics), both gamers and non-gamers, about the book and they all suggested I might not want to address it.
@briansmaller74434 сағат бұрын
These guys looked like they thought it was alright. Masataka Ohta, Akira Saito, Hiroyasu Kurose, Takafumi Sakurai, and Yuka Tate-ishi.
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
Yes, definitely something I probably should have highlighted - the Japanese playtesters for the book.
@mitchryan2574 сағат бұрын
I don’t watch videos like this for spilled tea.
@BlackEcology3 сағат бұрын
Why bother? It's not like there isn't "controversial" aspects in all of fantasy if you want to nitpick everything. The entire mythologies of slaying dragons and invading "uncivilized" areas to loot them could be ripped to shreds in a second. Stemming from earlier myths of civilization like gilgamesh or the slaying of tiamat (aka chaos) by marduk. It's fantasy. It's bullshit. It's roleplay. real brains will parse out what they want from these books and play a game. small brains will get mired in the swamp of politics hoping they can find some Perfect Position of sensitivity. Hell, most of you live in a house built on indigenous cultures/corpses and you're worried if some dumb 40 year old D&D book is controversial. You can't even do anything in your own life without some type of hypocrisy if someone wanted to nitpick it. Play your own game.
@josiahmartin701919 сағат бұрын
Always happy to hear more about Moldvay. He contributed an insane amount to the hobby. My girlfriend and I were once able to track down a second photo of him, in a newspaper covering a gaming event he ran in Ohio. Wish there was more info about him available to the public.
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
It's sad that he died so young, and I think he would be so happy to know the huge positive impact he had on a whole generation of gamers as well as even new gamers coming into the hobby via the OSR, much of which owes its roots to Moldvay B/X! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@stevenkennedy413020 сағат бұрын
Oi!
@stevenkennedy4130Күн бұрын
Very informative. Thanks for the share!!
@daddyrolleda1Күн бұрын
@@stevenkennedy4130 So glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@MarkCMGКүн бұрын
Thanks for the video! My first PC was a Fighting-Man in (O)D&D though the sheet and most of the memories are gone and faded. It's ironic that Gary preferred warriors but the exhibit at the Geneva Lake Museum dedicated to him is called The Wizard of Lake Geneva. That bourbon mix is something I never knew existed. Happy belated anniversary, in any event!
@stevenkennedy4130Күн бұрын
Without rules, we live with the animals...
@stevenkennedy4130Күн бұрын
Thanks for the share!!
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
Thank you for watching, commenting, and subscribing!
@russellharrell2747Күн бұрын
Too bad thief skills weren’t implemented like the Cleric’s turn undead ability. Need to pick a pocket? Roll 2d6 and consult the chart referencing thief level to the target’s level. High level characters would be impossible to pick pocket while low level characters will eventually be automatic. Same with picking locks or finding and removing traps. Or use a progression similar to (or the same as) saving throws. I can see some of the skills working this way as well, especially hide in shadows or move silently. Perhaps if the thief’s abilities used those mechanics instead of the seemingly random % chance they wouldn’t have seemed so out of place.
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
I love using the 2D6 distribution for stuff like this. Great idea!
@boobio1Күн бұрын
Dragon lance destroyed d&d
@boobio12 күн бұрын
It's not real dnd.
@stevenkennedy41302 күн бұрын
JG Inferno would be neat. JS.
@stevenkennedy41302 күн бұрын
Gama World? Boot Hill? Yes, please!
@daddyrolleda14 сағат бұрын
I do have a couple of videos about them! Boot Hill (and 3 other RPGs from 1975): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7uqqdOJp7CpfHU.htmlsi=FKGztAnvl8H_78AB Gamma World: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLZ0m9JyrL26h6s.htmlsi=gdnvJJboY5h9o8b4
@seanferguson-th6ny2 күн бұрын
Like you, I loved the B/X known world and was a fan of Conan the Barbarian -- reading the books, collecting the comics and the original movie. At the time Warhammer became known to me we were playing a Dragonlance campaign and I remember it being extremely high fantasy and that I found Kenders extremely annoying, at least how my friends played them. Warhammer FRP was just the antidote! Huge fan of real-world based inspiration as it just lends itself to a certain immersive verisimilitude. Another great video!
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! Nice to meet another fan of the Conan comics. I tell a very brief story of playing a Kender (my only time!) somewhat recently is an online Dragonlance game (also my first time playing online) in my overview of Dragonlance Adventures and Greyhawk Adventures. You might get a kick out of it. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
@Jakk31132 күн бұрын
Advanced is where I started as I was only a year old when DnD came out in 1974.
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
I started with B/X in 1981 but we quickly began adding bits and pieces from Advanced to our games. I loved all the new options! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@Privateer_242 күн бұрын
I have done the same thing with incorporating ideas from Warhammer into D&D, like the Road Warden which becomes a multi-class Ranger/Fighter instead of just a normal fighter and they have police authority. The idea of Stevedores helps to enrich the activities along the waterfront, etc.
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Very cool! This is very much like the approach I take, but I do use them more as backgrounds rather than full-fledged classes. But, similar idea. Cheers!
@leesweeney88792 күн бұрын
GW stole every idea they ever printed. NEXT!
@spudsbuchlaw2 күн бұрын
So interesting how videos games like Final Fantasy 1, which has such obvious inspiration from DnD, has VERY clear Sci Fi stuff, flying ships and Space stations etc, are more accurate to DnD than the strictly medieval fantasy games. Even Zelda 1 with them considering the "Dark world" to be a futuristic sci fi Hyrule, and now with Tears of the Kingdom we finally really got that
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Yes, so many people forget about the science-fiction inspirations (or choose to ignore them) of D&D. I really feel like it was a combination of Tolkien and its derivative works (like Sword of Shannara, etc., even though those are technically post-apocalyptic) that began to create the line between "fantasy" and "science-fiction." Before that, it was a much looser definition. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@SpaghettiWst2 күн бұрын
17:14 - I heard that Harold Johnson was also important early on in the conceptualization of the serie of adventures. I remember listening to an interview where he explain the seasons (alluded in the novel titles) and that each month, similar to the main 12 adventures, could have a dragon in it (5 Chromatic+ 5 metallic + Tiamat + Bahamut). How much the DL series maintained that concept, I don't know - But it seems like a cool idea! Thank you for the video!
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Oh that's very cool! I've not heard that before, but it's a really neat concept. Thanks for sharing that, and also for watching and commenting!
@stevenkennedy41302 күн бұрын
Sounds more like WFB than D&D? Very cool. Thanks for the share!!
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Interesting... I'd not thought of it that way. I think there's some connective ideas between all three games both in terms of mechanics as well as settings. So glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@CryminerPlays3 күн бұрын
OSR stands for "Oh shit! Run!"
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Ha! That cracked me up. Sometimes, it's so true! My daughter's group runs and/or avoids combat often!
@Pharto_Stinkus3 күн бұрын
1st: Everyone talks about how perfect the Rules Cyclopedia is - with everything you ever need to play forever contained in one book - but no one ever mentions the OG all in one book, WHFRP 1st Edition! I have 4 copies of WHFRP including a hardback, but I can never get anyone to play it. I don't think I've played a game of WHFRP since the early 90's. :( 2nd: I'm not a gaming historian. All of my "knowledge" is based on stuff I've heard over the many years I've been in the hobby, and I've bothered to verify very little of it. But, I thought I had heard once that the AD&D Fiend Folio started as a Warhammer project? Or, was related in some similar way? Can you expand on or clarify that? 3rd: I would KILL for a copy of the UK cover Basic book. I've never seen or heard of that before!
@daddyrolleda12 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 1. I tend to agree about WFRP's "completeness" as compared to the Rules Cyclopedia! 2. The Fiend Folio was originally developed by Games Workshop UK featuring monsters from White Dwarf Magazine's "Fiend Factory" column. At the time, White Dwarf was much more like the original Dragon Magazine, in that it provided material for a variety of different games. It had not yet become a "House Organ." Much of the content of the first few years of the magazine was developed for Dungeons & Dragons, including the monsters from the Fiend Factory. Also, at the time, Games Workshop was TSR's official distributor of Dungeons & Dragons in the UK. But, as I mentioned in this video, they also had begun printing TSR products as well, to save on shipping costs. So they were intending to release the Fiend Folio in 1979. However, TSR decided that since Games Workshop was also distributing other games that competed with Dungeons & Dragons, such as Traveller, that they (TSR) would open their own UK Division, and the Fiend Folio was then published in 1981 by TSR despite it having been complete for 2 years and originally intending to be published by Games Workshop as an official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons product. I have a whole video on the Fiend Folio and the formation of Games Workshop and TSR UK that might interest you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsqkdraQttWwgoE.htmlsi=ZXzUaQpxG27b_pDP 3. I have never seen one for sale, although to be fair I wasn't going out of my way to look for one. But, I just did a quite search and there are NONE available for sale anywhere that I can find!