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Are there rules about what happens when two ships separate after touching? Would you rule it that a gravity plane remains suppressed until the ship it would belong to leaves the air envelope of the other one, or would it immediately reassert itself after the ships disconnect? And would this be different if the interaction was between a ship and larger body?

Seems like a really elegant solution to not have to deal with variable gravity and all the issues that would cause. I like your houserule too, and it's easier to justify than it may appear at first glance. See, unlike a ship, a planet's atmosphere is part of the planet. Therefore, when you touch the atmosphere around a planet, you are touching the planet and its gravity takes over. Depending on how the book phrases things, this may even work rules as written if with maybe an unintended interpretation of what counts as a planet.

What if my ship has a K.F. drive?.......😅

I have always enjoyed the simplicity of Spelljammer Gravity Planes once learning about them...and then I remember Truespace exists. Still! Another good video!

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Thanks for making it make sense

Thanks for this I learned something new and no longer feel as confused as I always have about Spelljammer

Hey! Just wondering, why are the videos in your AD&D 2e Explained playlist in backwards order? It starts with the Item Saving Throws video and ends on the THAC0 one, which is Episode 1. What gives?

Thank you very much for this video and many others, Mr. Old Grognard man. I am a new DM looking to play with AD&D 2e and I'm happy to say, your videos help me and new players get the hang of this timeless system. Please don't ever stop making these, they're very useful and welcoming to the game. You're the GOAT.

Sometimes I feel like the monkey looking at the shoe ... okay a lot of times I feel like that.

If you didnt said it, I wouldnt had notice your voice was affected by something... I like the mechanics, I would try to find a way to use it someday, I at leadt hope so

"Instead of giving the dm tools to challenge the players, they gave the players tools to challe ge the DM" Honestly, couldn't have been said better... at some point there was a paradigm shift where WotC realized it was mainly DMs buying books and wanted to monetize all the other players, so they started flooding the market with player centric products regardless of how they interacted with each other or how much more complicated it made the DMs life... That's why I run Old School Essentials lol... basically the old D&D basic/expert game, and its great and so many modules are compatible with it...

That is wrong that is not how it works

I liked that there was 5 saves as opposed to 3. They kinda went back to that in 5th edition, but unfortunately it's almost always saves vs either DEX, WIS or CON (which is a rip-off of the old 3/3.5ed, and a wasted change) I'm planning a campaign in 3.5ed that will use 2nd ed saving throws to make classes more unique. No class (except monk) will be good versus more than one, but also bad against more than one. I LOVED the 2nd edition AD&D. IMHO far better than 3rd, 4th and 5th - oh it had it's issues (I prefer skills and magic resistance from 3.5 and damage resistance from 3.0 for example) but it was far more balanced (well... without any add-on books, especially unearthed arcana, which messed magic up too much) Thanks for the vid

I find it interesting to see the what changed and what stayed the same with these rules compared to those in 3.5 edition. I think I'm the only one who remembers 3.5 has rules for this, and even I forget about them most of the time. Anyway, tucked away on page 177 of the 3.5 PHB in the chapter on magic of all places you will find rules for this. They state that if a character rolls a natural 1 on a saving throw that can damage items then they have to figure out which of their items got hit and roll a save for the item to see what if anything happens to it. I think the biggest differences are two fold. First, whether an item is hit or not is quantified, so there's no issues with DM fiat on when and what item is hit. Second, the saving throw roll is greatly simplified as almost without exception the item just uses the save of the person carrying it.

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I have a house rule that helmets, wearable by warriors and clerics, turn critical hits into normal hits a la Baldur's Gate, but when this happens the helmet must make a save vs crushing blow or be destroyed. Great helms get a bonus.

My old gm made us roll item saves for all our stuff whenever we failed a save. I made it so stuff in your hand and not in a pack or case. Every significant fall meant that we lost all our potions basically

didn't know it was possible to make saving throws interesting...

I really like those poison rules. I may have to adapt them to 3.5 D&D if I start running it regularly again. I also agree with the not tracking or stacking intensity for later rounds. That's just not worth it. I propose giving an intensity bonus equal to the current stage of exposure as an alternative. That would be thematically in line with the rules as written and simple to do as you've already got the chart to hand to compare the new roll to the first exposure anyway.

I always liked the idea of the Health As AC thing. Dunno why it strikes me as better than a roll, but it does.

My first character was a half elf fighter named Garand. He was a bastard sword master, he was awesome he had 18/93 strength and a magic +1 sword with green runes on it. The good old days man

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Nicely done...Weird about the disease rules they probably just got missed in editing. TSR was kind of sloppy like that back then

Nice video 😃

I run a table of 7, it's not terrible. But jesus christ have I had to pull some hardass DM stuff. I ran a succubus classically. The player that got vamped nearly walked out of the game, accused me of railroading and not giving his character free choice. I had to pull my notes out and walk him through his three betrayals thought, word and deed. Culminating in him literally turning his bow on his allies when they discovere what she was and came for the intervention. One character even left a book on fiends open to the chapter about succubi/incubi on his bed, he literally swept it off the bed in his lust. Player was just furious with me for not giving him a chance, because at the very end, she used her compulsion to make him run with her instead of dying together. Like I said I ran it old school, and when she kissed him, it dropped him to exactly zero HP, which uniquely creates a vampire. He eventually rejoined the party, took a trip or two through the soul washing machine (don't ask, but it was hilarious) and hes doing a bit better now. The game and being a DM is about Arcs, and character discovery, and clownstomping the rando villians is not that. I refuse to let it be that, and fighting has a cost.

My players for the most part are great! Granted, I run WFRP games, but still! A good vetting process and a Session Re-Zero for new players has made it so that the group's pretty consistent, there's open communication, and constant feedback if the players or I need to change a modality of play. Pretty solid stuff, love those guys.

I love solitaire adventures. I totally run them a couple times when I see them in a rulebook. More games should have solo introductory adventures just like this.. sure it's just a little choose your own adventure but it's also a fun way to learn some basic mechanics. I would suggest that even advanced rules could be taught to the reader in this fashion.

Hello! I'm new to D&D and just became interested in learning more about the older editions. I do have a 2nd Edition handbook (revised) but it's still a little confusing to me on how everything works. Would you be able to do a more in-depth video on spellcasting and how to make/set up your 1st level Wizard/Mage? I read that if your INT is higher (14, for example) you have the ability to possibly get (up to?) a max of 9, level 7 spells? With a 60% success rate in learning those spells. Or since I would be only level 1 (starting the game) I'd only be able to learn 1 spell, but I can choose from up to level 7? It's just a little confusing to me and I might be looking into it wrong. Thank you for any replies/tips! I enjoy your videos!