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@GreyLord Let me try to be concise. It's my contention that any lock which is so simple that the thief (from 1st level) can...

I'm always fascinated to hear about how different tables played the game, but what triggered the conversation is your claim that that...

I'm at times giving descriptions of processes of play that preexisted D&D's actual publication. This is a pretty narrow window and it...

Meh. You've eliminated all the reasons for ever playing a Barbarian, that is, to play a fighter that is competent in non-combat...

Multi-classing is not available to humans. They can't do it. And shared XP is massively punishing and per multi-classing rules never...

It doesn't, and I didn't. You can assassinate with any weapon. You cannot backstab with any weapon. Although, there is a quote by...

Even if we were to liberally reduce the chance of assassination in most cases following the guidelines of the RAW (maximum chance...

Also by RAW, basically every town and city has a 14th level assassin. I'm OK with the death cult aspect of the assassins. One of the...

I've finished the revised barbarian write up. And I hate this, but I love it. It's more Ranger-y than the Ranger now. Which, might...

I have no intention of arguing with your own lived experience, but that claim is not one I find objective. Gygax played his first game...

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Assassins are a sub-class of thieves, and they have the functions of the latter as well as their own as well as certain limitations in...

This is going to be a work in progress. I never liked the Assassin class back in the day and generally forbade it at my table. No one...

I asked only one question: "Out of curiosity, seeing as you were there, can you think of any written references from 1974 or 1975 to...

I think you might be conflating a number of different things. Particularly with what was published and not. In terms of wild variety in...