Mages and Heroes
As often happens with this blog, I intended to post this in late September, then had to put it off because of school. I'm really pleased with this two-line combat matrix . I had a couple other ideas for how I might use it with od&d. Mages Mortals and Monsters vocabulary can also be adapted to spells, as follows: Charm Person only applies to Mortals. Charm Monster effects both Mortals and Monsters. Same logic applies to Hold Person and Hold Monster . Protection from Evil provides its defensive bonuses against Monsters but not Mortals. Hold Portal prevents the passage of Mortals, but not Monsters. Wizard Lock blocks both. Sleep ignores hit dice and effects 2d8 (or 2d6, whatever your preference) Mortals or 1 Monster. Monsters can cross a Wall of Fire (taking damage), but Mortals can't. Heroes One could add a Heroes tier between Mortals and ...