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Ok, I can see that. It would have been nice if you'd mentioned it in the article though. SF fans have been trying to educate people regarding who's actually depicted on that cover for decades, because Buck fans keep using it as you did. But often without knowing that it isn't him, unlike yourself.

So why are you using a picture of Richard Balinger Seaton for your Buck Rogers article? The cover of the issue of Amazing Stories (which would be published by TSR for a while), which also published Nowlan's story, features the heroes of EE 'Doc' Smith's story: The Skylark of Space, NOT anything...

I'd go with #2. That's one way to make a Goblin useful!

My fav is TOS, because that was my first. Although the early movies (EXCEPT for the first) run a close second. And I too played FASA Trek, but nearly as much as I would have liked.

I've finally gotten to play (DM) a 5E game. As I prefer heroic characters, and its easier to survive being heroic if your PC has good stats to begin with, I put the following in place: Either roll 4D6, drop the lowest, or use my 'special' stat array: 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11. BUT, if you roll and...

Isn't the spell still 'prepared' even if you run out of slots? Or do you have to re-prepare all your spells after a long rest?

Oh, there are ways, especially if the DM is willing to bend the rules a bit (or already has house rules in place). I just ment that by RAW you can't chop someone up. ;)

Just a quick note. This is one of the things that I've never liked about D&D. The obvious solution is to chop the Big Bad up into small pieces, box the pieces up in concrete (or whatever) and toss the pieces into the deepest parts of the ocean. Problem solved. (At least as far as they're...

Don't have any riddles myself, but I think the answer to this is The Moon.

I'll take your word for it, as I never met him. Did see him once at a con, but that's not the same thing. And there's no doubt that our hobby would be quite different without him.

Well, there's no denying that.

I would agree if Gary had really acknowledged the other's influence, especially later (AD&D and forwards) when he did his level best to proclaim that his ideas were the only ones that counted.

So, three out-of-staters showed up at Gary's house. Dave Arneson, Dave Megarry, and... WHO was the third person? And yet more proof that E. Gary stole all 'his' good ideas.

As others have said, its up to the DM, but I'd allow it.

You've obviously never seen someone without any special training 'pick a lock' with a credit card. Or even a comb! I have. And female characters in old movies were always doing so with a hair- or bobby- pin. (And, AFAIK, that's a real thing as well.) So, no specialized tools needed. Not in my...

The answer to your question is "No". However, one must accept/realize that D&D has never gotten armor right, so you'd need to replace the whole system to 'fix' it.

Yes and no. It depends on your definition of "terrified", and how well the populace knows the difference between real magic and slight of hand. On the one hand, if they're really terrified, and don't know the difference, I could easily envision a street magician being accused of spellcraft if...

The first thing that lept out at me was that there are magic shows going on in a town where magic is forbidden. Next, you need to get a bit of buy in from the players before you start. If not, any MUs in the group might just say "Screw this, I'm going somewhere else!" But I like your ambition...

Yep, those things, and a couple of others that have been mentioned, could have a detrimental effect on one's enjoyment of the game if you are only familiar with D&D style play. Hit Points can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how 'grim and gritty' you like your games. Runequest is very much...