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<blockquote data-quote="Col_Pladoh" data-source="post: 211859" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>Salutations!</p><p></p><p>Fact is that of late I have been doing so much work, business and creative writing, that I am not posting much to any boards. I keep up with my own website's pretty well, and otherwise I am frequently over on <a href="http://www.lejendary.com" target="_blank">www.lejendary.com</a> and www,dragonsfoot.org</p><p></p><p>I'll be a bit more active in a week or two, but work takes precedence over fun...</p><p></p><p>Why do I produce D20 material? Well, I'd rather do OAD&D work, but I can't. So, as some have speculated here already, I do the D20 stuff to share. Thare are a lot of gamers who want to play adventures that I write. I really love my current rules-light, skill-bundle-based system, so I am most productive writing from that base. Conversion to D20 is then TCO by a co-writer. Hopefully, this will make for more fun for more gamers.</p><p></p><p>The "Gygaxian" World Builder material coming from Troll Lord Games is from a generic project I began years ago, this now growing like topsy. D20 and LA game material is featured in the books so as to make it easy for the majority of FRPGers (D&D/D20) to employ it in their campaign and adventure creation, the LA game system material included to supply those fans and also show the reader how that system manages such things easily and simply.</p><p></p><p>The point I made about the "Rings Trology" is not a unique view. Others commenting on the work also noted it reminded then of the sturdy British shopkeepers (hobbits) bearing up against the Nazis (all the bad guys) in WW II. Even the end of Souron, he going up in a cloud of smoke without a big fight, recalls the end of Adolph Hitler.</p><p></p><p>Those who point out the many authors and books referenced in an appendix of the old DMG are quite on target. Unlike many FRPG buffs, it so happens I began reading F&SF in 1948, was a hardcore fan by 1950, and in the years between then and 1970, when I wrote the CHAINMAIL Fantsay Supplement, I read thousands--literally--of yarns in those genres. The LoTR material was, in fact, a latecomer in the ranks of influences, and not one that particularly stirred my imagination, comparitively speaking.</p><p></p><p>BTW, Piratecat called my attention to this thread, or I'd be plugging away at a supermodule for D20/LA that I am doing now.</p><p></p><p>Cheerio,</p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Col_Pladoh, post: 211859, member: 796"] Salutations! Fact is that of late I have been doing so much work, business and creative writing, that I am not posting much to any boards. I keep up with my own website's pretty well, and otherwise I am frequently over on [url]www.lejendary.com[/url] and www,dragonsfoot.org I'll be a bit more active in a week or two, but work takes precedence over fun... Why do I produce D20 material? Well, I'd rather do OAD&D work, but I can't. So, as some have speculated here already, I do the D20 stuff to share. Thare are a lot of gamers who want to play adventures that I write. I really love my current rules-light, skill-bundle-based system, so I am most productive writing from that base. Conversion to D20 is then TCO by a co-writer. Hopefully, this will make for more fun for more gamers. The "Gygaxian" World Builder material coming from Troll Lord Games is from a generic project I began years ago, this now growing like topsy. D20 and LA game material is featured in the books so as to make it easy for the majority of FRPGers (D&D/D20) to employ it in their campaign and adventure creation, the LA game system material included to supply those fans and also show the reader how that system manages such things easily and simply. The point I made about the "Rings Trology" is not a unique view. Others commenting on the work also noted it reminded then of the sturdy British shopkeepers (hobbits) bearing up against the Nazis (all the bad guys) in WW II. Even the end of Souron, he going up in a cloud of smoke without a big fight, recalls the end of Adolph Hitler. Those who point out the many authors and books referenced in an appendix of the old DMG are quite on target. Unlike many FRPG buffs, it so happens I began reading F&SF in 1948, was a hardcore fan by 1950, and in the years between then and 1970, when I wrote the CHAINMAIL Fantsay Supplement, I read thousands--literally--of yarns in those genres. The LoTR material was, in fact, a latecomer in the ranks of influences, and not one that particularly stirred my imagination, comparitively speaking. BTW, Piratecat called my attention to this thread, or I'd be plugging away at a supermodule for D20/LA that I am doing now. Cheerio, Gary [/QUOTE]
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