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I make the case for the optional ability Sanity (DMG pg. 264).

I know a lot of us Grognards would like to go back to the good old days of D&D. I think part of it we look back with rose-colored glasses. I'm not sure I would, I grew up playing White Box D&D. I went to Gen Con 12 and bought the DM's Guide. Matter of fact I bought like 10 of them for...

yes...you did keep notes about your character, but they were descriptive and not number-based. You might have a list of known weapons and that you were strong. If you were a mage, you might keep a name, list of spell components, range, and description of what the spell did.

The only thing I remember about UA in my group at the time was Barbarians...I had a great adventure where the Barbarian in the party found a magic sword and tossed it in an underground stream...The party flipped out not expecting that... I don't remember anything else from UA. Our group broke...

This was brought on by Andre Norton and Joel Rosenberg(Guardians of the Flame Book)...where the party starts in the real world and gets portaled to a fantasy world. Through experimentation, you find out if you are strong, smart, charismatic... The DM has to give you enough clues about how you...

In AD&D the sweet spot was 5th to 7th level...keep your players there as long as you can...Instead of making the world magic poor, make the world gold poor. Make the players pay for training to level up. This will slow down leveling faster than anything else. This will also have the party...

In Gygax time...it was the Gord books...but he killed off that version of Greyhawk...when Tharizdun was locked away in it.

In AD&D...want to slow the leveling...stop giving gold...paying for training to go up levels...I fondly remember the party selling magic items to pay for training... Here are my 2cents in the discussion. Limited Hit Points, especially for magic-users and thieves. Which caused lots of...

Heh...same with Lightning Bolt...many misadventures caused by mages forgetting to check out how long that hallway was...

Tom Wham is definitely a character, remember meeting him at Gen Con at Parkside...

We use the Plastic Rings that come off the top of 16oz. Soda bottles...You can find them in all different colors...obvious ones Red-Coke, Green-Sprite, Brown-Root Beer, Clear-Water, Blue-Pepsi...the group goes out of its way to find weird drinks and colors... ;)