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Can we imagine how nightmarish it would be if Dungeons & Dragons fell into the clutches of a smug polarizing entity that did not respect the game? An entity who dislikes a significant number of the game’s adoring and loyal fans? The horror … the horror … ;)

Kent David Kelly / Darkseraphim here, hello everyone! I saw that I was mentioned here, so I thought it would be polite to respond. For the record, I personally dislike Ben Riggs, so please keep that in mind if it would affect your opinion of my expression. This discussion is rather...

DM: "Black Dougal gasps 'Poison!' and falls to the floor. He looks dead." Fredrik: "I'm grabbing his pack to carry treasure in." Rebecca: "I'm giving Black Dougal the last rites of my church." --Dungeons & Dragons, Basic Example of Play, 1981

Hi there, Paradise = Eden, but Gary was always careful to cloak references of faith too close to home (devas instead of angels, etc.). Consider this quote from the poem The Garden, by Andrew Marvell, colleague of Milton: Such was that happy garden-state, While man there walked without a mate...

Why don't we just call the spell Disc? The Floating part is just as redundant as Tenser. :angel: (a little grognard sarcasm to brighten everyone's day)

In my experience, "old school" simply means that the precise nature of a character's minor abilities is not predefined. You have your race, class, secondary skill (DMG 1979) and any background you wish to write. If you want to try something, you don't look at your character sheet; you tell the...

Considering Gary's reading habits, I think it boils down to two distinctly different types of infernal creatures being found in a lot of literary classics. On one side you have the lawful infernals; with Dante's Inferno (evil beings bound by divine law not to harm the sacred intruders); Faust...

How far back do you want to go? Chainmail had multiple editions. Arneson's dungeon crawl rules turned into Gygax's (two?) drafts of The Fantasy Game, which was then retitled Dungeons & Dragons prior to publication B-) I guess if you want to call the 1974 brown box "1st," then you need to...

This is the best news I've heard from WotC since 1999. Bravo. :cool:

Because Gary loved it, and it was his heartfelt salute to his favorite author. The favorite author of the guy who invented RPGs ... and you guys want to rip it out? Yeah, if I'm weary of the dead horse rational argument I go for the emotional throat :lol:

For core, majority rule with designer oversight. For optional supplements, minority options.

If only they had a way to figure out which old edition projects would sell, and to get an idea of what old school players want ... :angel: They're sitting on thousands of developed products that they could sell as .pdfs for a profit. They could track what sells and what doesn't and how much...

Hmm ... haven't ability scores been in D&D since 1974 as one of the defining aspects of character generation? I don't see that going anywhere. I'm happy that WotC is making (and crowdsourcing) 5E, but the more I read about the different opinions--nay, different universes--other players are...

Of note, it features a dungeon adventure beneath Castle Greyhawk, featuring Tiamat, Demogorgon and lots more; written by Gary Gygax. See my write-up at AD&D Coloring Album :cool:

They need to stop thinking in terms of Editions, and need to start thinking in terms of Brand Franchise. Every time they reinvent the wheel, another wheel flies off and more old players fall out of the car. :p They need to embrace .pdf and print on demand. (I'll refrain from posting my...