TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax

Zudrak · Jul 14, 2005

Steverooo said:
Methinks he's been hangin' out with John Barley-Corn, too much!

Wow, there's a lot of Traffic on this thread today. Steverooo, is your last name Winwood?

Zudrak · Jul 14, 2005

gideon_thorne said:
But its so fun! What else are we doing here if we can't have fun with our fellows?

As some alternatives could be quibbling over rules, asking questions that were answered two to fifteen years ago, or going into discussions a la a Star Trek convention ("on p. 33 of the DMG you said... but on p. 11 of EX1 Dungeonland you write..."), I will gladly accept punning with Gary. Actually, as a fan of paronomasia, I would encourage it.

(Now comes the part where I get an e-slap from RJK for my pun shenanigans over on his site.)

haakon1 · Jul 14, 2005

ScottyG said:
That was my thinking when I chose Sunndi. Although I never settled for sure, I was thinking a threat from Acererak <sp> was the reason the city was tucked into the pocket dimension in the first place. Ivid/Zayene discovered the existance of the place and learned of the items that me be there, and were responsible for bringing it back. The party was racing against forces from the South Province and Medegia to find the good loot.
The combat that had recently erupted between the Great Kingdom and Nyrond and the Iron League per the old Greyhawk's World articles in Dragon were part of the story as well.
Scott

Interesting, thanks Scotty and Gary. I think Bone March or Sunndi/Medegia could work, depending on which end of the Great Kingdom you want to use.

BTW, my take on the GK is that it's something like the Holy Roman Empire -- so, claims to ancient grandeur, lots of messy little territories and feudal patchworks, and probably lots of robber barons (tolls every 10 ft, like the Garden State Parkway) if you have to move around there.

Col_Pladoh · Jul 14, 2005

haakon1 said:
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BTW, my take on the GK is that it's something like the Holy Roman Empire -- so, claims to ancient grandeur, lots of messy little territories and feudal patchworks, and probably lots of robber barons (tolls every 10 ft, like the Garden State Parkway) if you have to move around there.

Can't argue with that take in the least, and I have been on the Garden State Parkway--highway robbery

Heh,
Gary

dcas · Jul 14, 2005

Col_Pladoh said:
Can't argue with that take in the least, and I have been on the Garden State Parkway--highway robbery

There are 11 toll plazas over 172.4 miles (about one every 15.7 miles) -- each 35 cents. That's only $3.85 to travel the whole distance of the GSP. A similar distance on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is over $10. Also, when compared to the PA Turnpike or I-95, the GSP is driving heaven.

Col_Pladoh · Jul 14, 2005

dcas said:
There are 11 toll plazas over 172.4 miles (about one every 15.7 miles) -- each 35 cents. That's only $3.85 to travel the whole distance of the GSP. A similar distance on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is over $10. Also, when compared to the PA Turnpike or I-95, the GSP is driving heaven.

Ah, but the frequent stops are the main thing. Better pay more, within reason, at one place than have to stop at all those toll booth "plazas"

Cheerio,
Gary

Mighty Veil · Jul 15, 2005

Cavalier's origin

I'm on chapter 9 of "3 Hearts and 3 Lions". I have to ask.

Why did you decide to create the Cavalier when you had the Paladin already? To give none humans and other alignments a knight class? I remember paladin became a sub-class after. But how exactly then did you envision the paladin and cavalier to be different?

BOZ · Jul 15, 2005

paladins weren't really supposed to be knights... thus, the cavalier.

Steverooo · Jul 15, 2005

Zudrak said:
Steverooo, is your last name Winwood?

Nope!...

Col_Pladoh · Jul 15, 2005

Mighty Veil said:
I'm on chapter 9 of "3 Hearts and 3 Lions". I have to ask.

Why did you decide to create the Cavalier when you had the Paladin already? To give none humans and other alignments a knight class? I remember paladin became a sub-class after. But how exactly then did you envision the paladin and cavalier to be different?

Heh...

The cavalier class was created mainly because all noble warriors were not in the same stamp as Sir Galahad and Roland.

Cheers,
Gary

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