Saturday, June 17, 2017

Holmes Ref 2.0 for Free RPG Day - expanded to 18 pages!

Holmes Ref 2.0 for Free RPG Day - expanded to 18 pages!

http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2017/06/holmes-ref-20.html
http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2017/06/holmes-ref-20.html

14 comments:

  1. Absolutely brilliant! Every update/addition is better than the last!

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  2. I really like the backgrounds section.

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  3. I'm going to print this in a small booklet format. It's great for quick classic D&D if somebody is asking for it!

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  4. And the best thing (for me) is that everything Zach PDFs is completely compatible with my own 0e+Supps/Holmes house rules!

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  5. I really like the updates and the new cover sheets. I offer up my cheat sheet with the only items i use on a regular basis that I missed from your reference :)
    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xZ3KP1kZoiTpqQZbJ7Gx2oe66E7c8RHi6ZmYln1YdBtyaLvzLNQt9yrHTfe6dVf3yveEcYiK5mr4OQ=s0

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  6. Thanks Thom! I plan to do a combat sheet. Once on ODD74 I wrote up a combat order like in Moldvay, but I later decided I didn't like it as it made things too rigid. For example, Holmes doesn't really say that missile fire comes before melee every round; instead it happens before melee because the monsters are closing with the party.

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  7. Other tables I'd put in there: the Range table for missile weapons, and the table I made for oil/holy water (which you could use for other thrown items): odd74.proboards.com - Oil & Holy Water | Original D&D Discussion

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  8. Zach H Yeah, oil and holy water grenades were my next to be added. But, you already did it! huzzah thanks. I definitely like the flexibility of Holmes combat. Keeping the rules of the various editions I employ at the table straight from eachother requires good reference sheets and these have been great

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