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I get it. All the bard shade is shtick. Fine. But, the most fun I had with 1e was playing a bard, as best as we could interpret it...

They kind of feel like a Gygax original. "I try to remove the monstrous tick." "It releases a puff of poisonous gas. Everyone within 5...

This is what I would expect. You are drastically reducing the number of things a player needs to know so you can jump straight in to the...

Did they see much use? I remember them existing, but never used them. They didn't simplify like this product does.

I'm not a fan of the linking material in this book. It feels contrived and cheesy. But the adventures are good, I would use them on an...

I'm running through some of them now. After using The Lost City, I'm expanding the "Zargon Plot" using some of the guideance in 3e's...

As Sage Advice on page 10 in Dragon #56 says, "the bard-to-be must stop at the 6th, 7th or 8th level of thieving ability — between, but...

That's life. You prove yourself good at doing one boring admin job and you get promoted to a bigger one with more responsibility and...

Your prejudices are showing. Clearly, the bard is not a joke, because a shedload of work was put into it. What it is is a...

How simulationist do you want it to be? Actually running a kingdom involves a huge amount of dull repetitive work. Why would anyone want...

I see a patron relationship as a possible story hook, something a player and DM can make important if they want. I am not a fan of...

This is a starter set. Why would you assume it has more advanced options? The rest of the D&D line is for more advanced players.

As someone who came in through BECMI (which didn't have VSM components), I don't feel that they are terribly important to the game.

They are subject to the law of conservation of ninja.

Looked like she was knocked aside to me. And there was an attempt at communication.