What is Gygaxian?

[Templeton580]

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[ThirdWizard]

Rein●Hagian?

Hmm definately seems to fit the bill. Having never read a Vamprie book, though, the question left is "Are his prose comprehendable without an advanced degree in English or several dictionaries?"

 

[Sammael]

Hmm definately seems to fit the bill. Having never read a Vamprie book, though, the question left is "Are his prose comprehendable without an advanced degree in English or several dictionaries?"

Yes. Also, it's full of angst.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Perfect!

 

[Sejs]

Gygaxian D&D is like going to a baseball game with your dad.

 

[The Shaman]

Gygaxian D&D is like going to a baseball game with your dad.

 

[Agback]

Gygax is a sesquipadalian wordsmith. That's part of the reason Jack Vance's work appealed to him.

The difference between Vance and Gygax is that Vance used words precisely (with the exception of one occurence of 'nuncupatory' where 'nugatory' would have made sense, but possibly it was supposed to be a mistake on the character's part). Gygax used them only suggestively. If Vance used 'phylactery' he would have meant a leather box on a strap containing bits of scripture written on parchment, and worn by a jewish man on his head or upper left arm. Gygax might have meant a necklace.

Gygax's writing gave me the impression that when he encountered an unfamiliar word he looked it up in a thesaurus rather than a dictionary.

 

[Doug McCrae]

Naming conventions that are believable within their millieu.

I'll tell you what's Gygaxian. YOU ARE, Sundragon!

 

[frankthedm]

AFTERWORD
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME, NOT THE LETTER OF THE RULES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. NEVER HOLD TO THE LETTER WRITTEN, NOR ALLOW SOME BARRACKS ROOM LAWYER TO FORCE QUOTATIONS FROM THE RULE BOOK UPON YOU, IF IT GOES AGAINST THE OBVIOUS INTENT OF THE GAME. AS YOU HEW THE LINE WITH RESPECT TO CONFORMITY TO MAJOR SYSTEMS AND UNIFORMITY OF PLAY IN GENERAL, ALSO BE CERTAIN THE GAME IS MASTERED BY YOU AND NOT BY YOUR PLAYERS. WITHIN THE BROAD PARAMETERS GIVEN IN THE ADVANCED DUNGEONS 8 DRAGONS VOLUMES, YOU ARE CREATOR AND FINAL ARBITER. BY ORDERING THINGS AS THEY SHOULD BE, THE GAME AS A WHOLE FIRST, YOUR CAMPAIGN NEXT, AND YOUR PARTICIPANTS THEREAFTER, YOU WILL BE PLAYING ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE. MAY YOU FIND AS MUCH PLEASURE IN SO DOING AS THE REST OF US DO!​

 

[sad_genius]

AFTERWORD
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME, NOT THE LETTER OF THE RULES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. NEVER HOLD TO THE LETTER WRITTEN, NOR ALLOW SOME BARRACKS ROOM LAWYER TO FORCE QUOTATIONS FROM THE RULE BOOK UPON YOU, IF IT GOES AGAINST THE OBVIOUS INTENT OF THE GAME. AS YOU HEW THE LINE WITH RESPECT TO CONFORMITY TO MAJOR SYSTEMS AND UNIFORMITY OF PLAY IN GENERAL, ALSO BE CERTAIN THE GAME IS MASTERED BY YOU AND NOT BY YOUR PLAYERS. WITHIN THE BROAD PARAMETERS GIVEN IN THE ADVANCED DUNGEONS 8 DRAGONS VOLUMES, YOU ARE CREATOR AND FINAL ARBITER. BY ORDERING THINGS AS THEY SHOULD BE, THE GAME AS A WHOLE FIRST, YOUR CAMPAIGN NEXT, AND YOUR PARTICIPANTS THEREAFTER, YOU WILL BE PLAYING ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE. MAY YOU FIND AS MUCH PLEASURE IN SO DOING AS THE REST OF US DO!​

Amen brother.