What would you like to see in a 'table-ready' version?
I’m working on another update and I want your input!
The Littlest Brown Book intentionally leaves out information missing from the LBBs. However, several people have reasonably expressed interest in a ‘table-ready’ version with the most glaring gaps filled in. Though I don’t want to add bloat to a project whose main selling-point is being pocket-sized (nor do I want to make an inferior copy of Delving Deeper or Swords & Wizardry), I think it would be good to offer a version with less assembly required.
Currently, I’m thinking of adding the following:
- Missing monster stats
- Stats for a few of the monsters suggested in the LBBs but not in any encounter table (androids, cyclopes, etc.)
- Pithy descriptions for monsters that warrant it (mainly the Martians)
- A Chainmail-derived combat/initiative procedure
- Slightly more detailed guidelines for making dungeons & wilderness
- Some ‘missing’ stocking tables (traps, gem types, other?)
- Fleshed-out hireling rules, drawing on the wages listed in U&WA
I’m on the fence about these:
- Chainmail ‘Man-to-man’ weapon vs. armor tables
- Naval combat
And I think the following are out-of-scope (though I’m willing to be convinced otherwise):
- Full domain rules (castle building, mass combat)
- Advancement past the highest named level (F9/MU11/C8)
- Most material from Greyhawk & later supplements
My question is: what else would you like (or not like) to see in a slightly-expanded Littlest Brown Book? (Second-littlest Brown Book??) Any/all suggestions, thoughts & ideas are welcome!
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The Littlest Brown Book
A pocket-sized 0e retroclone
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From your lists, I would suggest you include:
I would agree with you with regards to nothing in from the various Supplements. Let this be a kind of template for folks to use to build their own "supplements."
Fight on!
Duly noted, thank you! I think the plan will be to prepare condensed versions of all of these, then decide which to include in the main book and which to make available as printable add-ons. One lesson from doing this is that it’s not at all easy to predict how much can be trimmed from a given section without just going and doing it.
I really like the idea of brief guidelines for statting your own creatures!
I'm probably like a lot of people out there, in that we dream of the meaningful naval campaign, but I understand not wanting to fuss with it, lol! Love this project, and it's already an amazing resource!
Thank you so much! I am planning to try re-writing the LBB naval combat rules along the lines of everything else – the question is just how much I can condense it. If I can get it few pages, I’ll put it in the next update, otherwise I’ll put it in a supplement.
I really enjoy the lightness of this book. Other than missing and additional monster stats, I can't think of anything it really _needs_. I've always looked at OD&D and its retroclones as good bases for building upon. The other stuff you listed would be best in a Littlest Brown Book Supplement.
Thanks so much for weighing in! That makes sense. I have been kicking around ideas for a supplement, probably formatted as a slim, print-friendly booklet (working title “Supplement I: Silversparrow” lol). So I’ll definitely consider anything dropped from this list for inclusion there.