SpellObjectEnthusiast
Adventurer
They fit perfectly in when a common B/X party has Elves, Magic Users, and Clerics with magic, and the fighter has a talking sword.
OSR This tells me OSR is alive and well.
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I'm just saying people have different preferences when it comes to magical aesthetics.
@darjr
@MuhVerisimilitude
@Mark Hope
While I have seen (and can point you to, although Mark Hope already did) the original Gygax interpretation of the Thief via Jon Peterson, I have not seen the actual original Gary Switzer & Aero Games Thief as a full written product, although I've seen multiple references to how it worked.
Which means ... if anyone happens to know if there is a full version of it out there somewhere, please post a link to it!
PS- as an addendum, I would be remiss if I didn't mention McDuck. In the Arneson campaign, as I've written before, there wasn't a thief class per se, but Megarry played a thief (called McDuck) who was a thief because he did ... thieving type things. This goes back to the whole debate about codifying abilities and expressio unius est exclusio alterius.
@MuhVerisimilitude
@Mark Hope
While I have seen (and can point you to, although Mark Hope already did) the original Gygax interpretation of the Thief via Jon Peterson, I have not seen the actual original Gary Switzer & Aero Games Thief as a full written product, although I've seen multiple references to how it worked.
Which means ... if anyone happens to know if there is a full version of it out there somewhere, please post a link to it!
PS- as an addendum, I would be remiss if I didn't mention McDuck. In the Arneson campaign, as I've written before, there wasn't a thief class per se, but Megarry played a thief (called McDuck) who was a thief because he did ... thieving type things. This goes back to the whole debate about codifying abilities and expressio unius est exclusio alterius.
Don't cast spells at me!
Total aside, and I don't mean to threadjack...
But putting aside all the .... other recent issues regarding Harry Potter ... did anyone else just come across the spells, and not be able to continue because your eyes were rolling so hard?
Willie the Duck
Hero
Oculos meos advolvit donec videre non potui.
TwoSix
Everyone's literal second-favorite poster
No, but I have a pretty high tolerance (preference?) for silliness.
It was pretty obvious from the get-go that the books weren't going to be about deep, coherent worldbuilding.
Stuff like the Mirror of Erised is meant to make 10 year olds happy when they figure it out.
Grown ups being disappointed with Harry Potter for this stuff is the same as them being mad at The Phantom Menace: It wasn't for you.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
Or adults complaining that Doctor Who is “suddenly” campy or childish. No, it’s always been campy and childish. It’s a children’s show. Those adults just made the mistake of growing up.
TwoSix
Everyone's literal second-favorite poster
"This show has completely failed to fill me with childlike wonder! The fact that I'm 42 has nothing to do with it!"
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