2E Rulesets and Modules

[greenduck6]

Hi im new to the program and was wondering if there are any good rulesets and modules for 2E my DM has only really used and likes using 2E so if there are any good modules for it could you guys show me where to get them that would be amazing, also to the dev team are there any plants to add rulesets and modules for first and second edition?

[ddavison]

I posted in the other thread. There is a 2E ADD ruleset and you might also look at OSRIC since it recreates much of 1st Edition. Castles & Crusades is also very similar to earlier editions of D&D and it has very strong support with an official ruleset, and lots of official modules.

AD&D
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Ruleset:_2E

OSRIC
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Ruleset:_OSRIC

Castles & Crusades
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/product.xcp?id=DGA045

[greenduck6]

so there are no actual modules for 2E or AD&D because i know nothing about that Castles & Crusades and if it will work for our DM.

[Trenloe]

so there are no actual modules for 2E or AD&D because i know nothing about that Castles & Crusades and if it will work for our DM.
There aren't any data or adventure modules specifically for 2E or AD&D because Fantasy Grounds doesn't have an agreement with Wizards of the Coast to release such products and 2E and AD&D are not covered by the Open Gaming License which D&D 3.x was (hence why there are 3.5E modules with base Fantasy Grounds).

Castles and Crusades is very, very similar to AD&D - the classes, abilities, spells, XP, etc. are virtually identical (you wouldn't know the difference unless you combed through an AD&D players handbook - and then you'd see many similarities). The main differences are: AC doesn't go down, it goes up (more like later editions of D&D) and you have to match or exceed someone's AC in your attack roll to hit; Skill checks/ability checks are done using what is known as the "Siege check" (just a name for their skill/ability check rules) - you don't have to use it if you don't want to. You can get the quickstart rules here: https://www.trolllord.com/downloads/pdfs/cnc_qs.pdf And some more info here: https://trolllord.com/cnc/

[damned]

there are quite a few Castles&Crusades GMs and Games going on.
If your GM is interested in having a chat or getting a demo Im sure we can arrange.

Also - here are some long(ish) videos at around 1h15mins to 1hr30mins taken from last FG Con where we did some hangout Intro sessions. I used the C&C ruleset for the first 3.
https://www.fg-con.com/latest-news/fg-con-hangout-recordings/

And here are some very short videos showing very specific things in the Castles&Crusades ruleset.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsgd1zJLdiKUrEd85Dqr6UcaaLvD7YlJd
They are not great quality productions but the content is good.


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[JohnD]

so there are no actual modules for 2E or AD&D because i know nothing about that Castles & Crusades and if it will work for our DM.

If 2E is your game, and/or 2E "works" for your DM, then C&C will be like a walk in the park on a warm and sunny day to pick up and have everyone fully comfortable. It's such an easy conversion that calling it a "conversion" is really an injustice... spells and pretty well everything you have in 2E or AD&D can be brought over without much fussing around, same with monsters and magic items.

It's that good/close.

[damned]

It's that good/close.

Its not just close - its better!


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[dr_venture]

Here are the free quick start rules for C&C -- you can get a really great idea of what the system is all about by just browsing through these.

https://www.trolllord.com/downloads/pdfs/cnc_qs.pdf

[damned]

And dr_venture created a great wild west skin for Castles & Crusades too -
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?19786-Old-West-Theme-for-the-new-FG3-C-amp-C-3-ruleset