Recent content by Anson Caralya

...although going with the OP's rules of only using equipment in the books, we're limited to a +1 bow and +4 arrows (although a pregen character in WG6 had a +2 bow), and max damage per arrow comes down to 33 hp, resulting in a total for 36 arrows of 1188 hp damage. Before anyone gets too...

Wow, in all my years of re-reading the 1E DMG, I never noticed that. However, the example of combat just a few pages later in the DMG doesn't make use of this rule, instead giving normal rate of fire during the surprise segment, so I'd think twice before using it. (And PCs will appreciate that...

From the intro to Eldritch Wizardry (Timothy Kask, April '76): "The introduction of psionic combat is bound to enliven games grown stagnant. It opens up untold possibilities for both players and the DM, and in so doing recognizes one of the favorite topics of science fiction and fantasy writers...

This was a black hole in my experience.

That doesn't sound like a real against-the-clock situation to me. Let's introduce some consequences (to the PCs) for delay and see what happens. This general approach lets one character dictate the pace of the adventure, whether it's appropriate for the group and the goal or not. If the DM...

If you have the CD archive of issues 1-250 you might be able to find annual statements there...

Thanks for everything Gary! I'll miss you!

Master Transmogrifist. Oh, the endless possibilities... Never played one, of course, because if I did I would have needed to build an 8MB spreadsheet for the stats of every possible form...

WotC is sitting on my proposal for a sequel to Hourglass, but don't hold your breath.

My memory was that the Gray Mouser did it first, but checking copyright dates, it's shockingly close. Eyes of the Overworld includes stories published in '65 and '66, while The Lords of Quarmal, in which Mouser casts a "Great Spell," was published as a novella in '64. But I agree with the...

Thanks Gary, will do.

Isle of the Ape Gary, I'm thinking of running Isle of the Ape, and after a refresher reading, I have a few questions I thought I'd run past you. As always, my apologies if I've missed coverage of this elsewhere. And, of course, thanks for making yourself available for questions like these...

Apologies if it's already been posted somewhere -- Stephen Colbert mentioned D&D and role-playing in general in a very positive light in an NPR interview today, citing it as a beginning in his acting career. The comment comes at just about the 38 minute mark. I'm hard pressed to think of someone...

Assuming there's some reason Elminster would be compelled to fight rather than flee... Give me a low-epic Master Transmogrifist, shapechange into a kraken with the immunity to magic special quality of a will-o'-wisp through Infinite Variety, beat up on him a bit, and once you've succeeded with...

Yup, it all just suddenly became clear to me last night, looking through tired eyes at the FAQ, but then the Vogon constructor fleet appeared in the sky this morning and there's some type of countdown going on...