This is the multi-year Q&A sessions held by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax here at EN World, beginning in 2002 and running up until his sad pasing in 2008. Gary's username in the thread below is Col_Pladoh, and his first post in this long thread is Post #39.
TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax
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This is the multi-year Q&A sessions held by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax here at EN World, beginning in 2002 and running up until his sad pasing in 2008. Gary's username in the thread below is Col_Pladoh, and his first post in this long thread is Post #39.
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thedungeondelver said:
Or making hundreds of dollars a year in the gaming industry.
Col_Pladoh said:
Not at all. I just have trouble coming up with questions I want to ask you that don't require a lengthy answer. I just wanted you to know that I am trying.
Allow me to try again:
While it isn't the DM's job to provide a story, the DM should provide an enemy, mystery, goal, McGuffin, or other hook. True, false, or other?
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Today a proper institute of higher education would teach Conservative Arts!gideon_thorne said:Hey, what else is a 'liberal arts' education for?
Gary
gideon_thorne
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Col_Pladoh said:Today a proper institute of higher education would teach Conservative Arts!
Gary
*chuckles* I went to one of those too. They almost got closed down when they tried to repress my craft. ^_~`
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
True and other, so both!RFisher said:
The GM is to provide the environment, the plot (mostly unrevealed initially) and backstory for it, including why the PC team is there. The GM also supplies and acts for all of the NPC, allowing the players to sort out the friends, neutrals, and antagonists. The players' PC then interact with the environment and the characters therein so as to create a story based on what they did or didn't do. The quality of the resulting tale, retold or not, is dependant on the information supplied by the GM and the actions of the player groups' characters interacting with the enviroment.
Cheers,
Gary
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
I believe it is a splendid idea for players able to manage two or more PCs. I did that a good deal myself...although if I was playing more that three characters it became difficult for me to handle each and every one properly. Two was no problem, and three was passably done.rossik said:
Cheers,
Gary
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