tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post7958637333368032076..comments2024-03-28T22:00:35.840-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: A Review of The Grinding Gear Plus Things It Made Me Think AboutZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-38712466006006343352009-11-19T11:57:14.768-08:002009-11-19T11:57:14.768-08:00"Now there is an internet controversy, which ..."Now there is an internet controversy, which I hope is settled by now, about whether it is even possible to beat Tomb of Horrors (without knowing the module beforehand) using the rules as they existed at the time the module was written."<br /><br />Depends on what you mean by beat.<br /><br />The first time I played the Tomb of Horrors, a group of PCs went in with some henchmen/hirelings. My best friend Joe and I didn't know the other players and tended to stick together and watch each others backs while everyone else was very 'every man for himself'. In total I think it was about 7 or 8 characters who went in, with all the PCs being pretty high level.<br /><br />Joe's Elven Fighter/Magic User and my Dwarven Fighter/Thief managed to defeat the main baddie, escape and bath in the riches you received as the result of what we could only assume was a typo that said millions of GP was found. <br /><br />We basically watched the rest of the team fail at things and then figured out what to do next. Toward the end we trussed up the body of one of our fallen former allies and used his body to test a few of the traps.<br /><br />Good times, good times.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-30759741760342857302009-11-19T11:24:15.156-08:002009-11-19T11:24:15.156-08:00The best Tomb of Horrors story I've read was t...The best Tomb of Horrors story I've read was the party realizing one of the false entry set of doors was made of a precious metal. (Electrum IIRC)<br /><br />They went back to town, hired a crew of Dwarves, excavated around the doors and took them off their hinges. The took the doors back to town, sold them and were set for character life. Didn't bother with the rest of the dungeon.<br /><br />I believe the now free version of ToH has changed the doors because of this. At least the written description of plain oaken doors doesn't match the picture provided.Sturathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050427037777680033noreply@blogger.com