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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.The D&D comics were awesome, especially with how well they handled notable characters (Alias having to defend the credibility of her... -
James Gasik reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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Tim Kask has said the rules are in the PHB are because of him. He has stated several times that he didn't like how monsters got psionics... -
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There were actually pretty successful. Which makes the story even more of a tragedy. A couple years ago I was rereading mine and made a...
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James Gasik reacted to Warren's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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I collected all of the DC/TSR comic lines, and was bummed when they stopped. I still have them all. At the time (I was a kid) I assumed... -
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The comic books were a story in Slaying the Dragon. TSR West (under Flint Dille, as I recall) was working on multiple different media...
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James Gasik reacted to Warren's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
Did Gygax come up with the original AD&D psionics? Those were points based. Or did that not count? :)
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James Gasik reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I was there. I had a copy. But did nobody read the blurb on the back of it? "The common theme of this dungeon is that no joke is so old...
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James Gasik reacted to Some Dude's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
WG7 Castle Greyhawk is a better adventure than it gets credit for, though it's a terrible "Greyhawk" adventure. There's a veritable...
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James Gasik reacted to numtini's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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Also, Mr. Gygax was not really a fan of the creativity of the community's creativity. He begrudgingly accepted non-humans, but he got... -
James Gasik replied to the thread How do you handle gems as a GM?.I used to go all-in describing gems and art objects, taking my inspiration from the tables in 2e's Forgotten Realms Adventures. Love...
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I want to be this guy: "You find an onyx worth 50 gp and two opals, each worth 75 gp." In reality I'm this guy: "The troll's treasure...
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I just say how much they are worth. Any game discovering the worth or haggling to sell is just a boring distraction from getting on with...
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I used to do more along the lines of "an onyx and two opals" without the valuation, but it's just easier to tell them the value rather...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Should a general Adventurer class be created to represent the Everyman?.Bringing up Star Wars amuses me. I've played enough Stars Wars games to know that any character without force powers might as well be...
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James Gasik reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Should a general Adventurer class be created to represent the Everyman? with Like.
Of those examples, only the Jedi got in nearly as many life-threatening combats as the average D&D party. And as others have pointed...