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Doug McCrae sums it up very well. For a long time I've wanted to cook up an OD&D variant in which most spells would be at the power level of The Excellent Prismatic Spray, but each spell could only be used once per adventure, and a magician's brain could only hold 1-6 of such charms. A wizard's...

So I take it that you're now done with the drive-by insults? You're late for the party.

Well, that was a laugh out loud strip for me. And Xykon looks so happy in panel #6. :lol:

They're all great, but the Prince of Demons reigns supreme.

Well, compared to the OotS forum these threads are actually refreshingly civil...

Xykon is always powerful, effective, and intelligent in the rare times when he actually becomes interested enough in the action to care about what is happening. The Xykon in the current strip is precisely the same character that you see here, here, and here, for example. :cool:

Someone must've watched Dark Star too many times.

Yes! Except that in practice I still drop the thief in my OD&D games. :blush:

Yes; I don't think it's unfair to say that brandification plays an important part in the naming conventions of 4E.

James is talking about the literature D&D was originally based on. Is anyone going to suggest that, for example, Clark Ashton Smith's stories are not equal parts fantasy and horror? What is "genre purity" even supposed to mean in the context of fiction written before the genres of fantasy...

It's here. :)

Just as great as the strip in memory of Gary. Here's to Dave!

Oo, I got forked (which, in hindsight, would probably have been a better thing to do in the first place, rather than possibly derail the rather nice rogue thread). There is a portion of the current Old School Renaissance, spearheaded by brilliant guys like James Maliszewski and Philotomy...

I'm not going to touch the subject of whether the following is an accurate portrayal of the history of D&D, but here is a nice blog post that highlights an interesting philosophical difference between "old school" and "new school" roleplaying, particularly when it comes to combat.

d12 baby! No pity vote here, albeit I do think it's a criminally underused die.

I too prefer Demogorgon serpentine, slimy, and hideous, but the mandrill headed version feels a lot more evocative than yet another hyena demon. The image below hits the right notes for me, and is probably my second favorite picture of Demogorgon after the AD&D depiction:

Sure, but if you accept the premise that art design that emulates the popular mythology of the medieval period is a desireable goal in a fantasy role-playing game, then the D&D depiction of Demogorgon is quite awesome indeed -- or, at least the image in the AD&D Monster Manual is. To quote James...

That would be what I was thinking. Perhaps people would prefer something like King Bael? :heh:

Hey Klaus, how about you try your hand at drawing him? :)

It's a funny position I find myself in: at twenty-five years I'm a young newb by EN World's standards, but it's OD&D that has completely won me over during the past six months. I still play in a weekly 4E group (and we're having a good time since the group is great), but I'm not terribly...