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Joshua Randall reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with
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All I can think of for Gygaz and thieves is someone in his campaigns was amazingly effective as a thief and he felt he needed to counter... -
Joshua Randall reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
I know! In fairness, consistency wasn't one of Gygax's hallmarks. But the sadism he directed toward the poor thief was so pronounced...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
It's my sincere belief that every single time that Gygax looked at the thief, he thought to himself, "Self, how can I nerf this class...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
So ... I think that the Bard is a terrible example. If you want better examples from the past, I would offer the following: 1e: As...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
As I already suggested, if you want to play a Bard in 1e (WHY? FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, WHY?), I recommend playing one of the...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
By that logic, we should never have bought rulebooks, because using rules at all is letting others make decisions for us.
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Joshua Randall reacted to RhaezDaevan's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
It may not be your intent but you're coming off rude with talk like this. There are multiple 1E retro-clones out there. The authors...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Like.
Because Gygax, et al. weren't particularly good technical writers. Remember, the need to say thing in particular ways so they'd be...
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Joshua Randall replied to the thread D&D 4E Rambling thoughts about D&D 4th Edition.According to my searches there is a plain old Dog in Dragon 399, hunting dog in Dungeon 220, deathdog in Open Grave.
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Joshua Randall reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games with Like.
Well, there is a wizard's tower that overlooks the forest and no giant, but also, yes, this certainly feels like a pharmaceutically...
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Joshua Randall replied to the thread Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games.I always thought it was a tall skinny giant. But in the 1980s it’s well known that all creatives were high on coke at all times, so…...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games with Like.
City of Thieves is fantastic and probably way more influential on fantasy RPGs than it's given credit for. (I think Americans generally...
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Joshua Randall reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games with
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"Original" varies by region. I'm still sad that I got rid of my American version, because it seems almost impossible to find, and I... -
Joshua Randall replied to the thread Dragon Reflections #97.“Catacomb” (the short story) was incredibly prescient. It may not be the best written story, but it absolutely nailed the MUD (and later...
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Joshua Randall replied to the thread Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games.These are the first five published in this new format. They intend to do another five which I assume will be numbered 6-10. According...