Shades of Eternity
Legend
Just saw Mr. Welch 's breakdown and am curious
Whom has used it and how?
Any ideas on how to use?
Whom has used it and how?
Any ideas on how to use?
D&D General Whom has used the Egg of Coot?
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I'm confused.... the Egg of Coot referred to both a place and the ruler of the place in Arneson's Blackmoor, but wasn't an object to be used. So ... not sure who Mr. Welch is and what he broke down and why that make it something to be used.
Very little is known (AFAIK) about the original Egg of Coot other than it being a "big bad," that ruled an area and operated through its minions, but it became the source of later interpolation and extrapolation with people arguing about it- everything from arguments regarding its name (EGG = Gygax to Egg = Gregg) to who, or even what, it was.
Very little is known (AFAIK) about the original Egg of Coot other than it being a "big bad," that ruled an area and operated through its minions, but it became the source of later interpolation and extrapolation with people arguing about it- everything from arguments regarding its name (EGG = Gygax to Egg = Gregg) to who, or even what, it was.
Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Oh, youtubers. Nvm.
Mind of tempest
(he/him)advocate for 5e psionics
He means the user The Glen
who is Mr welch of the list things Mr welch is not allowed to do in an rpg
Misanthrope Prime
Hero
Mr. Welch is actually a pretty old "internet personality" well predating youtube- he's actually from the same generation that gave us PhBB forums like the one we're posting on now. He's famous for "Things Mr. Welch is no Longer Allowed to do in an RPG"
Cool. I'm sure he's fine, and maybe he was around for usenet, too. But this was a random question that didn't have a source, and apparently it is from a youtube video.
When it comes to TTRPG history, I don't do youtube. We have excellent books and actual source documents. Call me old-fashioned, but I try to do historical research on TTRPGs from written sources and not from internet personalities, whether pretty old or pretty young.
ETA- to get this back on topic, I still do not know what this is about. I assume it's about the later references in the DA series of modules.
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Misanthrope Prime
Hero
I guess my question is how is the list not a written source?
The question that started the thread is, "Whom has used the Egg of Coot," and is (apparently) based on that youtube video.
Either I am missing something, or you are.
Misanthrope Prime
Hero
I guess the way I see it, Welch has been an upstanding, contributing member of our community and hobby for two whole decades and I think it's great that he's found a way to reach "the kids" through youtube and don't understand the hostility to the medium.
