So twisted, he needs a corkscrew to put his robes on in the morning

[Staffan]

The WOTC site has an article up about the history of D&D starter sets. That's all well and good, but to top it off the article ends with 4e stats for everyone's favorite evil magic-user, Bargle.

Oh, and I have one shiny XP for the first person to post where the quote in the thread title comes from.

 

[Lord Xtheth]

That looks like it came from "How the Grinch stole christmas" But, I could be wrong.

 

[Darkwolf71]

A play on Hunter Thompson's obsessivly hateful obit. for President Nixon. Rolling Stone, June 16, 1994
"Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. "

Will refrain from further comments, as this isn't the forum for them. I just wanted that shiny xp.

 

[Staffan]

Nope, both wrong. It's a quote specifically about Bargle.

But it's very possible that the source I'm looking for is, in turn, referencing the Hunter Thompson quote, so Darkwolf gets an XP. Anyone else?

 

[Shroomy]

I have no idea where that quote is from, but I have to say that the 4e stats for Bargle really captures an old school feel IMO.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Sounds like a quote from Kill Bargle.

I'm pissed because they skipped my Basic set. The one, true basic set from the height of D&D's powers.

Morgan Ironwolf, Fred, Silverleaf, Sister Rebecca, and Black Dougal FTW!

 

[RFisher]

I'm pissed because they skipped my Basic set. The one, true basic set from the height of D&D's powers.

Right?

I was also amused at the creative edition numbering they used in order to sync with their editions.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Nope, both wrong. It's a quote specifically about Bargle.

But it's very possible that the source I'm looking for is, in turn, referencing the Hunter Thompson quote, so Darkwolf gets an XP. Anyone else?

Hmmm... Now I'm really curious.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Sounds like a quote from Kill Bargle.

YOu may be right, the only place I can find an exact quote is in a wizards thread about Kill Bargle, and it is written as a quote there.

I'm pissed because they skipped my Basic set. The one, true basic set from the height of D&D's powers.

Morgan Ironwolf, Fred, Silverleaf, Sister Rebecca, and Black Dougal FTW!

I know, right?

 

[Kwalish Kid]

I'm guessing the quote comes from one of the Almanacs, but I don't want to go through all of them!