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Yet you "paraphrased" me with: I never suggested the mods need to "baby sit" as Piratecat put it, or edit out "possible" offenses. If that's the way you guys interpreted my post, I was not clear. I didn't think I gave any clear-cut lines or definitions. Out of curiousity, are these quotes...

Obviously, I did not explain my concept well, at all. And I can't think of a clearer way of stating it. Quasqueton

The consensus on the definition of "railroad": http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=169243 Quasqueton

I agree, that does happen. And that should not be allowed either. Easier said than done. If that concept worked so well, there wouldn’t be a ban on religion and politics, here. People don’t like to be insulted, and insulting a person’s favorite hobby (or version of the hobby) is essentially...

Edition Wars usually erupt because of Edition Insults. Sometimes the Edition Insult is subtly or "cleverly" inserted into an otherwise civil discussion. Sometimes the Edition Insult is expanded upon and used as a thesis for an opening post to start an Edition War thread. Sometimes the Edition...

That's because you are intelligent, reasonable, open-minded, polite, and just generally pleasant. And you don't have an agenda for your prefered flavor or a grudge against the other flavor. Quasqueton

A couple years ago, I made a foray into the d20 publishing industry, as an editor. I had two projects to edit for two different non-WotC d20 gaming companies. You'd definitely recognize one of the companies, and you might recognize the other. I edited one of the projects. But I came down with...

My groups very rarely have/had more than their personal PCs in an adventure, in any edition. Even on an expedition like to the Isle of Dread. Quasqueton

In the earlier editions of D&D, there were no gods listed in the PHB. Those of us who started with the earlier editions, how long did you play without clerics having gods? How long did you play before you actually started noting the gods, or having clerics mention, refer to, or in some way...

Give some thought on how to bring in new PCs in the event one or more are killed. If your luck is like mine, one, some, or near all PCs will die at some point when they are far (distance and time) away from where they could find another PC. Quasqueton

I missed this resurgence. Thanks, grodog, for the info on the dungeon. I had not seen that info (or I just don't remember it). How old was Rob Kuntz at the time of early D&D (the time of this dungeon)? I think he was notably younger than Gary Gygax, but I've never read an age. [Edit: For that...

Good points. Thanks for this. Seems my original thoughts/interpretations were correct. A seems the answer. Quasqueton [Edit: Or maybe its 8 HD, minus 10 hit points? Just kidding.]

But, again, I point out that the plus is not a range. The +13 and +48 make the monster tougher (last longer in a fight) without substantially increasing its offense (to hit). And there still is no space between the base HD and the plus sign. But hey, I'm not arguing for the B answer -- just...

No, just chaotic. ;-) Quasqueton

I know about 1+1, 1-1, 4+1 (ogres), 6+6 (trolls), etc. But giants were the only one (to my memory, right now) that had a range after the plus. And I know that the "+1" after the HD put the monster attacking one "level" better on the to-hit matrix (and for XP). But for those purposes, "8+1"...

In the AD&D1 Monster Manual, giants had hit dice of “X +Y-Z” For instance, hill giants were HD: 8 +1-2. What did this mean? A) 8 HD, plus 1 to 2 hit points B) 9 to 10 HD And I think fire giants were HD: 11 +2-5. A) 11 HD, plus 1d4+1 hit points B) 13 to 16 HD When I DMed AD&D1, I went...

"You busted into the wrong ***damn rec-room, didn't ya?" I've only run one encounter with a bulette, that I remember, but it was fun (even if anticlimatic). The party saw it in the distance, saw it burrow, and watched the fin make its way to them. Watching the fin cut through the surface...

See? That's how one would do an insult analogy. Quasqueton

That's like asking which is my favorite child. (Not to imply my children are monsters.) I really can't narrow it down to a single favorite. Although, I think the deathknight was the first that awed me. (The FF was the first AD&D book I ever saw.) Quasqueton

1 page. And that includes a character image (sometimes), spells (if a caster), and equipment list. Quasqueton