Anyone with both some AD&D 2E and wiki experience?

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:54 pm

In addition to, or because of, hosting ARAIG (which seems to be legal by the same reasoning that makes cloning arcade games legal, but I am not a lawyer), I want to make some AD&D 2E sections for my Wiki. One problem: I never played AD&D, read an AD&D book, or know anything about AD&D. So I don't know what sort of formatting templates I need to make, common properties between sections (monsters, magic items and whatnot) and well...all that sort of indexing stuff. Could anyone help me out here?

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:57 pm

3rd edition was built on the back of AD&D. So save for a few things change, the templates would look similar in regards to stat blocks.

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:01 pm

Unfortunately, I can't just tell the computer that this "looks similar" to something else and have it do its magic. I need to know specifics.

And I don't own any AD&D books so unfortunately I cannot just find them and copy that formatting.

Leress · Post by **Leress** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:04 pm

shadzar wrote:3rd edition was built on the back of AD&D. So save for a few things change, the templates would look similar in regards to stat blocks.

Umm... no

There are many changes such as there is no CR line or skill section. It also has an XP line few Attribute lines and morale.

Also treasure would have an XP line and no lines about creating them.

Also there are Non-weapon proficiencies and weapon proficiencies. Different XP charts for each class. Also the section on kits.

There are a lot of differences.

EDIT Here is the creature stat block

Climate/Terrain:
Frequency:
Organization:
Activity Cycle:
Diet:
Intelligence:
Treasure:
Alignment:
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No. Appearing:
Armor Class:
Movement:
Hit Dice:
THAC0:
No. of Attacks:
Damage/Attacks:
Special Attacks:
Special Defenses:
Magic Resistance:
Size:
Morale:
XP Value:

Apperance:

Combat:

Habitat/Society:

Ecology:

Variants:

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:06 pm

Surgo wrote:Unfortunately, I can't just tell the computer that this "looks similar" to something else and have it do its magic. I need to know specifics.

And I don't own any AD&D books so unfortunately I cannot just find them and copy that formatting.

Oh im sure if you looked hard enough you could just find them.

TarkisFlux · Post by **TarkisFlux** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:42 am

*Raises hand*

I have experience, and the books on my shelf. Leress got the monster stat block nicely, what else you want? Feel free to ask me about it in the other usual places as well.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:23 am

Have the whole set of books, too, and played it quite a bit, 'back in the day'.

Unfortunately, I'm in Tampa.

3E does have many similarities to AD&D, but is enough removed that its 'apples and oranges', as far as a wicki would be concerned.

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:31 am

If we ever catch each other in the IRC, Tarkis, I'll outline what we need. Thanks!

Lokathor · Post by **Lokathor** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:42 am

Surgo wrote:If we ever catch each other in the IRC, Tarkis, I'll outline what we need. Thanks!

Does the Den have it's own IRC channel?

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:43 am

No; my wiki does, however.

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:07 pm

stupid idea, and not knowing what you fully want to do, but.... sice it is a wiki, why not let people go in am help you make some templates to start in their user space, and everyone can work on them together to make them work correctly?

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:14 pm

The only people on my wiki who know how to make formatting templates are myself and Tarkis. And a couple others who aren't on very often. Otherwise I'd just ask people on my wiki to go and...make the templates. No user space involved.