Two good series of posts right here on EN World:
www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/275042-semi-brief-history-d-d-some-other-rpgs-1967-1979-a.html
Look for the link to part 2 at the bottom.
www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/309339-1st-edition-collectors-guide.html
These...
Yeah. Any politician who can only make a speech when he's reading it off a teleprompter and who thinks there are 57 States can't be very intelligent.
Oh, wait. That's not what you meant. I'm sorry.
To the original question "Why must my DM restrict chicken ownership? The answer comes down to just three words....
Seven Billion Chickens!!! :lol::lol::lol:
Pomarj Pie
Taglines: There's something about your first piece. In a 10 foot by 10 foot room.
Orc gets girl.
Orc loses girl.
Orc gets pie.
Adventurers kill orc.
Adventures take pie.
Pie tastes good.
This is why when you defeat a monster you strip every piece of gear off the corpse regardless of apparent value.
Heck, even harvest the bodies for organs. You never know when that kobold's spleen might have m@g1cal p0werZ!! :D
Killing them should earn more XP. Once they're dead, taking their stuff is too trivial of an act.
Now if you take their stuff and then kill them..... B-)