[DL] Re: LS question (dual statting space)

[Hank Woolsey <hwoolseylists@yahoo.com>]

Mr. McGlothlin was generous enough with his time to
write:

> >This possibility is disappointing to me. I have
> very much enjoyed 
> >Christopher's other writings for DL and was excited
> about LS.
> 
>          Thank you very much for the kind words,
> good sir!

You are quite welcome - the praise is certainly well
earned.

> 
> >  I sope the space used for the dual stats is not
> so much that PEG roducts 
> > drop down my priority list.
> 
>          From my perspective, dual-statting in the
> majority of the book is 
> quite unobtrusive, save for Hexes/ Spells and
> Abominations/ Monsters.
>          As for the Hexes/ Spells, that's simply
> unavoidable given the 
> differences between the Classic DL and D20 magic
> systems, and I think even 
> the most ardent D20 fan would agree that properly
> rendered D20 Monster stat 
> blocks are--to be charitable--expansive by their
> nature.
>          There are only three new Abominations in
> LS, so I think you'll 
> find no problems with that. However, I would not
> presume to claim the same 
> of the new Hexes. There's a lot of them, and they do
> gobble up the word 
> count, at least IMHO.

I hadn't thought about the hexes taking up space -
what I've seen from other companies made me worry
about NPCs and monsters.

Thank you for addressing my concern. This post and the
previous response were very helpful. As I have no FLGS
at which to browse product, I must order things sight
unseen. Needless to say, this can create some
nervousness.

Hank Woolsey


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