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a) In theory it would be but I don't recall anyone doing so. b) I only recall ever adopting one rule from 1e AD&D and then dropping it...

Of course, when you're 15 years old, you are both incredibly shallow while also believing that you're deeper than the Marinas Trench. NO...

No. Not at all. Rather, this is Gary telling you about his own campaign style (which he assumes everyone is ultimately headed toward)...

This doesn't seem to me to address any problems I actually have at the table. This to me looks like pure theory crafting. A lot of...

There are two things going on, particularly in the 1e AD&D DMG. One, Gygax gives some of the strongest examples of play and...

This part makes sense to me. This bit surprises me; I read Gary as extremely prescriptive in many parts of the 1E PH and DMG. He...

One of the more useful classes I had in college was Technical Report Writing. The gist of the class was how to write about technical...

The single heavy oak door opens to a broad stonebuilt chamber with heavy tapestries against the walls and a twin row of six pillars...

I noticed the new 5e box set just has gold and nothing else. Might be to keep things simple or to use the gold cardboard chits, but it...

~$189-$270 US. That's 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 silver pieces, or an equivalent number of gold pieces if you use a gold piece standard where...

So I am going to cut against the grain by saying it is imperative everyone in the group is seeing roughly the same thing in their head...

"He died in the war."

Creativity. Social outlet. Watching and getting feedback from people enjoying my creativity. As a player, solving problems, enjoying...

So like @haakon1 I build my assumptions about prices from wages. One reason for this is that D&D price lists are historically jacked up...

I build the economy up from wages. If you assume 1 sp a day for unskilled labor, the dorm price is more like 2-5 cp, but 1 gp for the...