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    D&D 5E The -10 Myth: How a Poorly-Worded Gygaxian Rule Became the Modern Death Save

    I don't know mate all that banging about people misinterpreting rules because the were motivated to go get an advantage that doesn't exist, instead of just interpreting them intuitively, sounded to me an awful lot like a thinly veiled insinuation that we were all cheating munchkins - I didn't...
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    D&D 5E The -10 Myth: How a Poorly-Worded Gygaxian Rule Became the Modern Death Save

    Yes I saw some guys talking here on the internet saying they played an alternate way back in the day and then go on to say that everyone I knew were doing it all wrong apparently deliberately before 2E - so I came to say that it never occurred to me or anyone I knew to read the rule the way you...
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    D&D 5E The -10 Myth: How a Poorly-Worded Gygaxian Rule Became the Modern Death Save

    I think EGG may have been asked about this one on his Q&A thread and said something about it but I didn't bother noting it and that is quite a haystack to go back through unless this point is a big deal for you. I don't believe it was supportive of your construction. FWIW, I agree there are...
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    Frank Mentzer reveals more details on Worlds of Empyrea

    As I said, I was aware the Kickstarter didn't get off the ground, as they can do for any number of reasons. It remains regrettable fans of Oerth didn't get to see this continent detailed back then but who knows what will happen in the future. My post simply concerned the banner image since it...
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    Frank Mentzer reveals more details on Worlds of Empyrea

    Well I know this box set didn't happen but I'm still curious if those 9 planets in the logo are the only ones you can see in the night sky whilst standing on the continent of Aquaria and if so what their given and indigenous names were, back in the day.
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    D&D General WotC Has Owned D&D Longer Than TSR Did

    Well maybe I'm was making a kind allowance for the previous poster's obtuse system analysis of the organic but homogenous modular expansions to the original light and advanced versions of D&D, or it could be recognition of unsubtle sarcasm is a lost art these days.
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    D&D General WotC Has Owned D&D Longer Than TSR Did

    Maybe the subtlety of my references to a library of largely compatible books were lost on you, or it was the subtlety of library itself that was lost on you when it was published at the time, assuming you have actual experience of regularly playing the original advanced and light versions of the...
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    D&D General WotC Has Owned D&D Longer Than TSR Did

    The true owner(s) of that trademark and the associated copyrights are the human beneficial owners of the majority shareholdings of whichever parent company controls WotC from time to time - not some company where the asset is notionally parked in a corporate veil from time to time. Of course...
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    Are there any red or pink demihuman/humanoid species in the D&D Multiverse?

    Male dwarves, when they are caught in flagrante delicto at it with one of their bearded 'girlfriends' ... they usually do all those colours in one go.
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    Burning Questions: How Do You Deal With Ludicrous Players?

    Isn't it the primary function of good players to come up with ideas that wreck the DM's best laid plans to make life 'challenging' or 'uncomfortable' for their PCs? Some might saying successfully wrecking the DMs nefarious plans for the PCs is the whole point of the game.
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